| Fauda (2015) | 8.3 | |
| Skyfall (2012) | 7.8 | |
| Casino Royale (2006) | 8.0 | |
| Kandahar (2023) | 6.1 | |
| The Manchurian Candidate (2004) | 6.6 |
Covert operation movies and TV shows – page 2
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 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:
revolution, mercenary, gunfight, machine gun, war, torture, undercover, soldier, military, dictator, espionage, political intrigue ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s
Place:
africa, west africa, new york, london, central america ...
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, intelligence agency, spy, cia, terrorism, undercover, profanity, code breaking, police, heroes, double agent, renegade ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, lebanon, europe, britain ...
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Genre: Action, 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:
suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
covert operation, chase, fight, terrorism, race against time, fighting crime, special agent, secret agent, prospector, secret mission, undercover agent, spy mission ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, Iran, Spain, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile to destroy an unspecific target in that country.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, period piece, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
covert operation, spy, espionage, nuclear threat, arms dealer, political intrigue, betrayal, terrorism, sabotage, paranoia, moral ambiguity, cold war ...
Place:
tehran, iran
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Enrique Chacon kills Oscar Romero, a Catholic archbishop in San Salvador. The CIA calls a special agent, Malko Linge, a ruined prince who lives with an expensive woman - Countess Alexandra - to get rid of this nuisance of a man. He does, with many ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tropical, action drama, neo noir ...
Plot:
covert operation, espionage, assassin, spy thriller, cia agent, assassination, political intrigue, secret mission, moral ambiguity, black ops, spy, femme fatale ...
Time:
80s
Place:
central america
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Genre: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A military group led by Henry Silva and Woody Strode are bound by their honor, to execute their orders to kill as many enemies as possible.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, retro, poliziottesco
Plot:
kgb, covert operation, spy, cold war, military, violent, espionage, infiltration, conspiracy, hand to hand combat, assassination, undercover ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, cambodia
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A female CIA agent is assigned to train and lead an all-female squad to Colombia to stop a renegade agent who has hired himself out to a drug cartel.
Style:
action thriller, fast paced, suspenseful, independent film, serious
Plot:
covert operation, drug cartel, female agent, rogue agent, jungle warfare, violent, mercenary, espionage, female empowerment, betrayal, exploitation, women's prison ...
Place:
colombia
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, four canisters containing biological weapons are stolen by European terrorists. The East and West must work together to stop the terrorists from selling the weapons to the highest bidder. It is up to the CIA and an East ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, neo noir, independent film
Plot:
berlin wall, terrorism, covert operation, cia, espionage, arms dealing, cold war, conspiracy, smuggling, surveillance, investigation, border crossing ...
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assignment is to protect her until the plans can be properly destroyed.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, political thriller, fast paced, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, ira, spy, covert operation, conspiracy, rescue mission, british intelligence, betrayal, neo nazi, violent, cat and mouse, european ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. ...
Style:
suspenseful, action packed, noir
Plot:
covert operation, beefcake, muscleman, torture, spy, spy thriller, espionage, secret mission, undercover, political intrigue, moral ambiguity, female spy ...
Place:
black sea
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Israel, Belgium, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young operative is sent on a mission to follow an older agent who's behavior has come into question.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tension, bleak
Plot:
espionage, mossad, spy, covert operation, black ops, investigation, danger, politics, nothing goes right, lie, social problems, spy thriller ...
Place:
syria, israel
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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:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak, captivating
Plot:
witch, assassin, vampire, ninja, sword fight, covert operation, female fighter, car theft, revenge, suicide, violence, book of magic ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An FBI agent (Stewart Granger) goes to Hong Kong to short-circuit a smuggler of electrical parts to the communists.
Style:
tense, suspense, atmospheric, period piece, noir ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, covert operation, cold war, murder, smuggling, investigation, fbi, undercover agent, spy thriller, organized crime, betrayal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Action thriller trails two attractive female cops (Zoli Marki and Kryska Witowska) on the hunt for a lethal drug lord who’s responsible for injuring one of the women’s former partners. Things get even more dangerous when the two women learn they ...
Style:
suspense, tension, fast paced, intense, action packed ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
covert operation, drug lord, police, undercover, danger, drug traffic, witness protection, buddy cop, violence, revenge, organized crime, street crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
south africa, johannesburg south africa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A street cop is picked by the national security service in order to carry out an important and delicate task. His mission is to go undercover and infiltrate a dangerous international cabal of homosexuals.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, dark, political thriller ...
Plot:
covert operation, deception, double life, secret police, investigation, moral ambiguity, police procedural, sting operation, ethical dilemma, gay slur, paranoia, betrayal ...
Time:
80s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade
Is relevant?
93K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by ...
Style:
talky, brutal, suspense, intense, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
secret agent, one woman army, assassin, spy, kick-butt women, mercenary, espionage, rescue, chases and races, revenge, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
ireland, washington d.c., europe, usa, san diego california ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, stylized, predictable ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, gi joe, martial arts, president, superhero, terrorism, vengeance, military, bodyguard, revenge, betrayal, maximum security prison ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., seattle, pakistan, pentagon, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
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, prison, rambo, vietnam war, chase, violent, behind enemy lines, torture, soldier, guerilla warfare, propaganda ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vietnam, arizona, thailand, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing ...
Style:
spy action, saga, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, agent, 007, cold war, spy hero, train, vigilante, assassin, secret service, secret agent, espionage ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place:
turkey, russia, istanbul turkey, venice, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China ...
Style:
neo noir, political thriller, visually stunning, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, covert operation, spy thriller, cold war era, undercover agent, undercover, secret agent, manhunt, female impersonator, letter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
russia, moscow russia, soviet union, china, asia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in ...
Style:
tense, sexy, suspense, political, factual ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, double agent, cia, politics, corruption, conspiracy, mentor, secret agent, patriotism, invasion ...
Time:
year 1960, 1940s, 20th century, year 2006, year 1961 ...
Place:
cuba, usa, london, berlin germany, washington d.c. ...
Is relevant?
738K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Bahamas, Italy
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
007, spy, poker, james bond, espionage, secret service, chase, casino, cia, undercover, terrorist, heroic mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, britain, bahamas, italy, europe ...
Is relevant?
64K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation ...
Style:
political thriller, tense, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, investigation, spy, double agent, cia, betrayal, working undercover, fbi, manipulation, suspicion, mission ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Quantum of Solace continues the adventures of James Bond after Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, saga, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot:
james bond, espionage, 007, chase, secret service, spy, secret agent, revenge, female spy, roman empire, car chase, cia ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, south america, austria, britain, chile ...
Is relevant?
342K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, surprise ending, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
secret service, cia, espionage, spy, secret agent, female protagonist, strong female lead, female spy, chase, conspiracy, cia agent, hitman ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
north korea, washington d.c., new york, russia, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factions who are traveling on the same line.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, atmospheric, political thriller, noir
Audience:
adult
Plot:
espionage, covert operation, train, spy thriller, mistaken identity, falsely accused, female protagonist, conspiracy, paranoia, deception, cat and mouse, mistrust ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A Secret Service agent and his brother, a reckless ATF agent, try to stop a group of extreme right-wing U.S. military mercenaries, led by a fanatic Taiwanese vixen, who hijack the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner with the U.S. and Chinese presidents on ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
daring rescue, undercover, terrorism, hostage, rescue, one man army, escapades, save the day, rivalry, confined, danger, race against time ...
Place:
china, asia
Is relevant?
943
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After surviving a fall from a plane 3000-feet over the ocean, a former CIA operative turned government contractor re-infiltrates a dangerous North Mexican drug trafficking ring to find his own killer. With his memory unraveling, he descends into a ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, action adventure, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, betrayal, one man army, danger, tough heroes, dishonesty, chases and races, working undercover, car chase, revenge, covert operation, spy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, death of wife, female warrior, escape from reality, computer cracker, rescue, machismo, murder, deception, brutality, father son relationship, violence ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 2010s, year 2005, year 2004 ...
Place:
langley virginia, central europe, czech republic, prague, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A former agent from the North Korean intelligence and a senior member of the South Korean security services conduct a secret mission to prevent the breakout of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
Style:
suspense, political thriller, political, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
spy, politics, coup d'etat, inter-korean relations, geopolitics, society, sting operation, danger, rivalry, kickass, covert operation, espionage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north korea, south korea, east asia, korea, seoul
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