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Genre: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lt. Ariel Vergara one of the police officials who handles the Anti-Narcotics Command goes undercover and pretends as an inmate named Turo to befriend a significant illegal Chinese Triad member, Kai. He soon earns the trust of Kai, who hires him as ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tense, action packed, realistic
Plot:
organized crime, infiltration, criminal underworld, criminal syndicate, undercover, triad, drug traffic, covert operation, law enforcement, deception, gangster, double life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Based on real-life crimes that terrorized Hong Kong in the 1990s, Logan (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) is the head of leading a notorious human trafficking gang, abducting the children of Hong Kong's elite. Police forces decide to send in Sky (Louis Koo), ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, gang, human trafficking, covert operation, kidnapping, hostage, undercover cop, kidnapper, fighting crime, outlaw gang, bandit, secret mission ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, macau
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Colombia
TV show
Story:
An action-packed series about several Colombian women who work as intelligence agents. They investigate the perilous criminal activities of drug lords while maintaining their lives outside of work. Undercover Law is based on a true story.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
drug cartel, undercover, espionage, mission, drug traffic, informant, drug smuggling, working undercover, narcotics, organized crime, covert operation, drug ...
Place:
latin america
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Katja hasn't reported in for months and, against orders, German undercover cop Alex follows her to Amsterdam to find out what's going on. Complicated by the fact she is more than just the colleague he has been training as a covert ...
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug, law enforcement, undercover, covert operation, police, drug dealer, drug trade, politics, police detective, politician, police investigation ...
Place:
amsterdam
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Da Hua, Ah Chun and a few others find themselves involved in wild and dangerous adventures when they get caught in a showdown between the China Mainland Police and Hong Kong bandits.
Style:
tense, bleak, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
showdown, covert operation, undercover cop, gang warfare, gang of outlaws, police, peril, gang, trapped, bandit, danger, adventure hero ...
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
With telecom fraud cases going increasingly rampant, it’s a war in the air against invisible enemy in digital network era. The Ministry of Public Security has established a special center focusing on telecom fraud crimes, criminal mastermind ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, confusing, crime thriller ...
Plot:
law enforcement, investigation, teamwork, scam, covert operation, mind game, cons and scams, twists and turns, outsmarting, secret plan, justice, police investigation ...
Place:
beijing china, thailand
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413
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, undercover, organized crime, drug dealer, recruit, undercover agent, mob boss, secret mission, drug lord, covert operation, danger, power struggle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
It's been two years since John Falk and Frank Wagner broke their cooperation and Frank started working undercover with the police. Frank's search for Kevin crosses Johan's investigation and opens up a new collaboration between them - ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
police procedural, crime investigation, danger, law enforcement, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, urban, nordic, murder, drug smuggling, covert operation, drug traffic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, germany
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a top secret mission to bring down a dangerous drug lord, the police recruit Hazaloum to impersonate his right hand man Adham after he is killed.
Style:
crime drama, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
police, arab, covert operation, secret mission, danger, undercover, workplace situations, police detective, detective inspector, homicide detective, police officer, workplace ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
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366
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A cop disguises as a gangster in order to capture a mafia leader.
Style:
suspense, action packed, exciting, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
mafia, fight, lust, killer, seductress, murder, rape, seduction, love, undercover cop, secret police, undercover agent ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
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213
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Lying, cheating, thieving—they’re the best undercover cops in the business. Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompkinson, Wild at Heart) take on false identities to infiltrate society’s underbelly and stop ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, captivating, dramatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
crime investigation, undercover cop, nypd, criminal, infiltration, deception, covert operation, murder investigation, police investigation, detective inspector, police detective, evidence ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general ...
Style:
retro, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, mind blowing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, mountain, nazi, two man army, winter, military, espionage, machine gun, fortress, castle, secret mission, army ranger ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, alps, bavaria, europe, austria
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Jamaica
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Style:
saga, retro, exciting, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, james bond, 007, espionage, snake, fictional country, virginity, human sacrifice, interracial romance, cia, occult, british ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
caribbean, west indies, louisiana, united kingdom, fictional island ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Switzerland, Bahamas, Canada, Italy, Egypt, Brazil, Spain, France, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Austria, Thailand
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
007, cold war, james bond, espionage, secret agent, female agent, car chase, secret service, chase, villain, female spy, secret service agent ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
egypt, england, sardinia, cairo egypt, soviet union ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
During the transportation of a Space Shuttle a Boeing 747 crashes in the Atlantic Ocean yet when they go to look for the destroyed shuttle it is not there. James Bond investigates the missing mission space shuttle and soon learns that the shuttles ...
Style:
saga, entertaining, exciting, stylized, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, space travel, 007, space shuttle, astronaut, amazon, secret agent, agent, secret service, space opera, espionage, murder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
venice, brazil, rio de janeiro, california, italy ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all ...
Style:
humorous, witty, laugh out loud, fast, semi serious ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, male male relationship, cold war, conspiracy, covert operation, kgb, chase, hotel, revenge, bookstore, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, munich germany, austria, germany, bahamas ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Arthur Davis, a junior bachelor in the British secret service's African section, is seen taking a file with him to meet his girlfriend Cynthia- the brass fears he may be the leak to Moscow, and allows Dr. Percival to terminate the ...
Style:
medical drama, political thriller, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, interracial romance, double agent, conspiracy, covert operation, politics, suspicion, intrigue, interracial marriage, traitor ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
britain, england, africa, europe, south africa ...
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120K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style:
exciting, tense, saga, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
james bond, espionage, cold war, circus, secret agent, 007, race against time, terrorism, agent, secret service, female nudity, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
india, east germany, west germany, east berlin, fictional island ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, undercover, cold war, kgb, nuclear bomb, secret agent, conspiracy, closeted homosexual, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
russia, england, glasgow scotland, europe, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style:
saga, suspense, exciting, spy action, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
007, espionage, cold war, soviet afghanistan war, desert, cello, assassin, secret service, secret agent, deception, british secret service, cia agent ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
vienna, britain, soviet union, central europe, middle east ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The ...
Style:
sexy, political, talky, suspense, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, politics, gangster, roman empire, mentor, adultery, brainwashing, undercover, conspiracy, secret agent, debt ...
Time:
year 2001, y2k, 90s
Place:
panama, latin america, england
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Turkey, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, action packed, action thriller, saga ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, family outing, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, vigilante, one man army, kidnapped, hostage, brutality, lone hero, chase, retribution, secret service, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, europe, los angeles, balkan ...
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106K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Style:
suspense, sexy, ambiguous ending, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hitman, loner, one last job, nudity, sex, undercover, anti hero, betrayal, skinny dipping, small town, assassination, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, california, canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Jordan, Morocco, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret military society. Covering the globe from ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, action thriller, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, secret service, spy, conspiracy, mentor, undercover, rescue, espionage, hostage, mercenary, violence, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2011, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
middle east, london, australia, iran, europe ...
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34K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, rough, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, father daughter relationship, spy, secret agent, undercover, hitman, secret service, conspiracy, on the run, lone hero, brutality ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
belgium, usa, antwerp, new jersey, brussels ...
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41K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Plot:
terrorism, spy, biohazard, female warrior, rogue agent, cia agent, virus, female protagonist, female spy, cia, biological warfare, terrorist ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, paris france, moscow russia, big ben london, tower bridge london ...
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93K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Colombia, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
Style:
perverse, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
black ops, terrorist, top secret, rogue agent, spy, secret service, surveillance, political corruption, woman with a gun, cia, espionage, computer cracker ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, asia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Style:
spy action, action comedy, saga, spoof, spy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
agent, spy, secret government organization, espionage, mission, tough guy, technology, female agent, one against many, chase, memory loss, secret service ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, kentucky, italy, cambodia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
action adventure, saga, clever, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, female spy, tough guy, cia agent, plutonium, hand to hand combat, violence, bodyguard, rogue agent, cia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, kashmir, ireland, france, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, bloody ...
Plot:
female killer, female protagonist, female assassin, woman fights a man, revenge, murder, martial arts, assassin, secret identity, female secret agent, yakuza, badass female lead ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
south korea, east asia
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