Covert operation movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant covert operation movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, tense, captivating and realistic films and TV shows about / with covert operation, spy, chase, danger, murder, shootout, violence, explosion, undercover and mission plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as covert operation: Tehran (2020), Lone Survivor (2013), Munich (2005), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Undercover (2015), Ultimate Force (2002), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Bourne Legacy (2012), Blacklight (2022), The Dogs of War (1980).

List of covert operation movies

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 7.6
 23K
Tehran (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA, UK, Greece
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Plot: mossad, covert operation, computer, hacker, danger, spy, israeli, secret agent, investigation, criminal, terrorist group, hostage ...
Place: tehran iran, israel, iran, middle east, palestine
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 7.5
 305K
Lone Survivor (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level al-Qaeda operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find ...
Style: rough, tense, captivating, emotional, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, survival, soldier, war, terrorism, gunfight, courage, military life, selflessness, war on terror, squad, army ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, middle east, usa
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 7.5
 237K
Munich (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 164 min.
Story: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and ...
Style: political, intense, suspense, brutal, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, espionage, vengeance, assassination, mossad, judaism, politics, murder, spy, terrorist, islamic terrorism, cia ...
Time: 70s, year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, year 1972
Place: middle east, israel, palestine, germany, europe ...
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Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Style: suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful, political thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cia, spy, conspiracy, sniper, politics, assassination, shootout, drug cartel, violence, espionage, covert operation, mercenary ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: colombia, washington d.c., usa, langley virginia, iraq ...
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 6.5
 108
Undercover (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Young female police officer Nurgül Özdemir lives her life in a rural environment. When she gets asked for an undercover mission in Amsterdam, she grabs the opportunity to get out of the problems this place is giving her. She leaves her homesick ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot: covert operation, police officer, fake identity, gang war, violence, murder, criminal, undercover, fight, drug smuggling, infiltration, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: netherlands, amsterdam
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Ultimate Force (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 74 min.
TV show
Story: Ultimate Force is a British television drama series that was shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the SAS. The programme started on 16 September 2002 and four series were produced.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: military, covert operation, counter terrorism, mercenary, danger, terrorism, special forces, survival, hostage, mission, spy, rescue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, political, tense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: spy, cia, cold war, terrorism, espionage, nuclear war, secret agent, terrorist, nuclear bomb, nuclear explosion, nuclear threat, covert operation ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, year 1973, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: maryland, israel, russia, washington d.c., chechnya ...
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The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Style: exciting, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: cia, espionage, spy, secret service, secret agent, on the run, cia agent, chase, assassin, intelligence, intelligence agency, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: the philippines, maryland, virginia, usa, seoul ...
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 4.8
 24K
Blacklight (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: one against many, hitman, fbi, blackmail, conspiracy, federal bureau of investigation, covert operation, spy, abuse of power, political conspiracy, federal agent, whistleblower ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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The Dogs of War (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Style: suspense, intense, harsh, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mercenary, revolution, war, gunfight, torture, military, commando, soldier, covert operation, undercover, jail cell, espionage ...
Time: year 1980, 80s
Place: africa, london, new york, central america, paris france
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 3.5
 1K
Alpha Code (2020)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Johana (Denise Richards), a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie (Randy Couture) a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin (Bren Foster), and with help of Bowie’s ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find ...
Style: psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: ufo, alien, businessman, scientist, erased memory, countryside, investigation, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, mistaken identity, multiple deaths, memory loss ...
Place: central europe, prague
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 6.1
 2K
Wild Dog (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Wild Dog aka Vijay Varma is an NIA agent who’s brought back to field from a desk job to handle a terrorism case. Despite having a personal motive, he moves heaven and earth to ensure justice is served for the sake of the country.
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot: covert operation, chase, fight, race against time, terrorism, secret agent, special agent, fighting crime, undercover agent, mission, spy mission, secret mission ...
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 6.6
 42K
The Informer (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones…
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking ...
Plot: prison, organized crime, police, prison gang, violence, murder, kidnapping, betrayal, danger, brutality, ex convict, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
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 7.5
 194
Line Walker (2014)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
TV show
Story: Chief inspector of Hong Kong’s Criminal Intelligence Bureau, Cheuk Hoi, is suspicious of his close colleague’s mysterious death. Adding to the enigma, he discovers that the five undercover agents who were in constant contact with his dead friend ...
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, detective
Plot: covert operation, police operation, undercover cop, police officer, police detective, secret mission, japanese mafia, mafia, police corruption, crime solving, criminal gang, police investigation ...
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The Witches Hammer (2006)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: On the day of her death a normal woman is transformed into a genetically engineered vampire and trained to kill. She is sent on a mission to stop the Souls of the Damned being unleashed into our dimension.
Style: scary, suspenseful, bleak, captivating, suspense
Plot: witch, ninja, vampire, sword fight, assassin, covert operation, car theft, female fighter, revenge, violence, suicide, magic ...
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 6.6
 113K
U.S. Marshals (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: manhunt, cia, on the run, conspiracy, frame up, agent, fugitive, tough cop, corruption, car chase, murder, u.s. marshal ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city
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 8.3
 38K
Fauda (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Plot: espionage, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, war on terror, terror, israeli, assassination, murder, danger, chase, mossad, spy ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east
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 6.1
 32K
Kandahar (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating
Plot: cia agent, world war, stranded, undercover agent, cia, behind enemy lines, translator, undercover, reconnaissance, covert operation, swat team, mission ...
Time: 2020s
Place: langley virginia, dubai, iran
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 6.7
 2K
Black Work (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 135 min.
TV show
Story: 'Black Work' is the story of Jo Gillespie, a woman who's husband is shot dead in the line of action, in his job as a undercover cop. Jo, a police officer herself soon has to confront issues in her marriage and family life in order to ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: investigation, police, undercover, uncover truth, law enforcement, murder, life is a bitch, strong female presence, cheating wife, female police officer, husband wife relationship, murder mystery ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: northern england, england, yorkshire
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 5.4
 18K
D.E.B.S. (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Style: humorous, sexy, not serious, offbeat, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, high school, lesbian love, espionage, female protagonist, feminine wiles, love and romance, hot chick, love affair, female warrior, nymph ...
Time: year 2004, 1950s, 2000s
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Never Say Never (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A young man goes to great lengths to enter the drug syndicate to finish the undercover mission that his girlfriend started. Fang Han (Qin Junjie) and his girlfriend were childhood friends. She was an exceptional cop and undercover. Upon finding out ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: drug, covert operation, criminal gang, organized crime, undercover agent, unsolved crime, drug dealing, murder investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, crime investigation, gang ...
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Anti-Terrorism Special Forces: The Wolves (2019)
Genre: Action
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A story about two brothers who become enemies in a fight against terrorism. Qin Xiaoyang (Yang Xuwen) and Tang Shi (Wei Chen) grew up together like brothers. Because of an incident, the two ended taking very different paths. Qin Xiaoyang gets the ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot: military, terrorism, cybercrime, terrorist, black ops, war on terror, entity, criminal organization, police operation, counter terrorism, covert operation, elimination
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 3.6
 2K
Wire Room (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and contacts the gangster directly to save his life. As gunmen break ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, harsh, captivating
Plot: agent, investigation, special agent, fbi agent, federal agent, arms dealing, police operation, cartel, covert operation, gangster, weapons, police ...
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Renegaded Archangel (2020)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Mikhael is a sergeant in charge of BOPE, always on dangerous missions in Rio de Janeiro. But after getting involved in a controversial operation that culminated to a slaughter, he is transferred to a police unit at the state countryside.
Style: captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot: favela, police, murder, male protagonist, flashback, demotion, choice, police sergeant, special agent, wartime life, small village, killings ...
Time: 2010s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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 5.7
 2K
The Four (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An undercover agent is assigned by his corrupt chief to infiltrate a rival department and sabotage their investigation of counterfeit currency. What he discovers is the counterfeiter's real plan. To overthrow the capital. Not by flooding it ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: martial arts, supernatural, investigation, secret agent, rivalry, zombie, medieval, undercover, danger, wuxia, military officer, officer ...
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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 2.9
 398
Mindstorm (2001)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sci-fi thriller starring Jeff Beach as Griffin Michael, the only survivor of five people raised in a top-secret C.I.A. program to make them into 'superweapons' - human killing machines. Griffin has been trained to use his mind as a weapon: ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, road movie, captivating
Plot: rivalry, heroes, captivity, chases and races, chase, danger, chaos, secret weapon, covert operation, eye, telekinesis
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 6.2
 13K
Crisis (2021)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's ...
Style: tense, captivating, social, suspense, anamorphic
Plot: war on drugs, drug dealing, drug addiction, drug, drug lord, drug smuggling, snow, fighting crime, drug traffic, social problems, family relations, father son relationship ...
Place: montreal, detroit, canada
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 6.1
 25K
Sniper (1993)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Peru
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by ...
Style: psychological, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, political thriller ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: sniper, soldier, assassin, manhunt, tough heroes, military, special forces, hitman, killer, army, spy, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place: panama, latin america, central america, washington d.c.
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Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Style: action packed, harsh, intense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: one man army, revenge, rambo, weapons, vietnam war, violent, prisoner, prison, chase, violence, soldier, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: vietnam, arizona, asia
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 4.7
 273
Fly Me (1973)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, sexy, sex comedy, hot
Plot: exploitation, stewardess, kung fu, blaxploitation, forced prostitution, airline, covert operation, airplane, sex scene, martial arts, abduction, seductive ...
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