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List of covert operation movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Style:
spoof, parody, exciting, witty, visually stunning ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, mad scientist, spying, 007, cold war, secret agent, chase, agent, weather, weather manipulation, spy spoof ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1966
Place:
fictional island, washington d.c., new york, marseille, france ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Canada, Czech Republic, India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion ...
Style:
exciting, action adventure, breathtaking, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, cia, mission, gunfight, frame up, female spy, escapades, undercover, chases and races, tough guy, working undercover ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, budapest, washington state, bay area, iran ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
father son relationship, violence, cia agent, tough cop, car chase, terrorist, terrorism, 007, american abroad, car accident, traffic jam, uranium ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
russia, seattle, new york, langley virginia, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Style:
exciting, action comedy, entertaining, action thriller, satanic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, manly
Plot:
assassin, cia, spy, hitman, secret service, chase, female spy, on the run, ex cia agent, mercenary, mission, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, kansas, langley virginia, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged ...
Style:
realistic, political, period piece, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, older man younger woman relationship, journalism, cia, love triangle, moral ambiguity, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, cold war, dishonesty ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, indochina, asia, hong kong ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
espionage, cia, spy, secret service, sex scene, conspiracy, hostage, assassin, violence, female agent, undercover, secret agent ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, belgrade serbia, former yugoslavia, switzerland, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, covert operation, conspiracy, cia agent, secret mission, cold war era, gay bar, police dog, hostage, exodus ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
paris france, germany, europe, france, soviet union ...
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21K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, retro ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy, betrayal, secret agent, cuban missile crisis, undercover, surveillance, conspiracy, politics, kgb, government agency ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1962, year 1969
Place:
cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past--but his son has to search the world to find it
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
espionage, nazi, conspiracy, undercover, holocaust, violence, brutality, hitman, against the odds, haunted by the past, dishonesty, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, year 1985, year 1945, future
Place:
berlin germany, england, switzerland, west berlin west germany, tower bridge london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, political, exciting, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
submarine, cold war, navy, espionage, spy, nuclear threat, politics, cold war era, water, cia, nuclear submarine, torpedo ...
Time:
80s, year 1990, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
russia, washington d.c., usa, atlantic ocean, maine ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, France, Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tricky, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, interpol, assassin, investigation, gunfight, conspiracy theory, chase, politics, twists and turns, hitman, lawyer, revenge ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, berlin germany, italy, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 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, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
investigation, undercover, british police, police, uncover truth, law enforcement, murder, cheating wife, life is a bitch, strong female presence, female police officer, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
northern england, england, yorkshire
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Needing funds to study art abroad, Gong Shim rents out her rooftop room to a pro bono lawyer, who begins shaking up her otherwise dispiriting life.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, sweet, romantic ...
Plot:
friendship, sibling rivalry, love triangle, covert operation, long lost relative, family secret, siblings, private detective, heartwarming, class differences, family drama, wealthy family ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
korea, seoul
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Alexa Reikowski, a rookie FBI agent, embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family, after a attack on American soil.
Style:
suspenseful
Plot:
fbi agent, covert operation, spy thriller, moral dilemma, surveillance, domestic terrorism, paranoia, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, urban, claustrophobia, isolation
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four canisters of deadly VX nerve gas have fallen into the hands of an international arms dealer in Myanmar. A CIA recruit delivers a high-tech detection device to an agent already on the ground.
Style:
action thriller, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
martial arts, undercover agent, covert operation, spy thriller, espionage, cia, agent, undercover police officer, battles, swashbuckler, working undercover, arms dealer ...
Place:
southeast asia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
L'omicidio di un camionista avvenuto su di un'autostrada nei pressi di Roma mette in allarme la polizia che affida le indagini all'ispettore Giraldi.
Style:
poliziottesco, detective, suspense, road movie, fast paced ...
Plot:
investigation, gang, italian police, highway, undercover, covert operation, police, trucker, organized crime, double life, car chase, corruption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant.The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, cult classic, retro, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, undercover, spy thriller, british, nazi, espionage, world war, luftwaffe, covert operation, great war, machine gun, aviation ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
germany, london, england, europe, big ben london ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Style:
political, black and white, suspense, grim, realistic ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, berlin wall, british intelligence, iron curtain, double agent, spy thriller, literary, politics, great ending, secret agent ...
Time:
60s, year 1965, 20th century
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, london, england, persia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A mysterious space craft kidnaps a Russian and American space capsule and brings the world on the verge of another World War. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and meets with his archenemy Blofeld. The fifth film from the legendary James ...
Style:
saga, exciting, witty, spectacular, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, james bond, faked death, 007, secret organization, secret headquarters, espionage, secret service, interracial romance, white man asian woman relationship, sluttiness, slut ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
japan, tokyo, russia, hong kong, asia ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological thriller, psychological, cerebral, political thriller ...
Plot:
surveillance, paranoia, character study, spy, conspiracy, loner, losing-it hero, loneliness, obsession, wiretap, murder, hotel ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
bay area, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, spy, tough guy, one last job, secret organization, kung fu, conspiracy, assassin, ninja, martial arts, assassination, sword fight ...
Time:
20th century, year 1975, 70s
Place:
usa, san francisco, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, clever, suspense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, secret service, secret agent, conspiracy, mission, chase, undercover, train, spy, disguise, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
prague, virginia, paris france, shanghai, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, sincere, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, mossad, terrorist, male pubic hair, gay club, lgbt, hitman, homoeroticism, redemption, glbt, murder ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
israel, germany, berlin germany, argentina, lebanon ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, rough, political thriller ...
Plot:
secret agent, kidnapping, spy, politics, missing person, female agent, secret service, conspiracy, espionage, political conspiracy, scarecrow, extramarital affair ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, harvard university, usa, london, dubai
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a ...
Style:
political thriller, cerebral, political, intense, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, corruption, cia, capitalism, spy, oil, globalization, conspiracy, middle east conflict, politics, terrorist ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2005, 21st century
Place:
middle east, iran, lebanon, usa, israel ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, light, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, james bond spoof, espionage, undercover, farce, secret agent, undercover agent, dance, embassy, villain, agent, secret service ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 2006, 2000s, 50s ...
Place:
france, africa, usa, europe, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history— about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, political ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, iron curtain, undercover, double agent, danger, betrayal, state affairs, dishonesty, working undercover, kgb, father son relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 20th century
Place:
soviet union, france, russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style:
sexy, exciting, action comedy, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, murder, undercover agent ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
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256K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
spy, espionage, black ops, hitman, cia, chase, assassin, rogue agent, cia agent, secret service, one man army, assassination ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, berlin germany, washington d.c., reykjavik iceland, greece ...
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing telephone tapping. Duval accepts financially without questioning the purpose of the organization ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
espionage, wiretap, murder, unemployed, alcoholic, election campaign, politics, new job, torture, election, covert operation, chase ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
france
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