Counter-Terrorist
by Skavation | created - 5 months ago | updated - 5 months ago | PublicTV shows and films focused around counter-terrorism operations.
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1. 24 (2001–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 197,049
2. Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into dangerous field assignments.
Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Abbie Cornish
Votes: 175,599
3. Quantico (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist.
Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jake McLaughlin, Johanna Braddy, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Votes: 63,890
4. Manhunt (II) (2017–2020)
TV-14 | 817 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
Stars: Gethin Anthony, Arliss Howard, Kelly Jenrette, Cameron Britton
Votes: 63,831
5. 24: Live Another Day (2014)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four years after Jack Bauer went on the run, the CIA agents in London manage to capture Bauer; one of their agents called Kate Morgan suspects he is up to something, and President Heller's condition is sparking worries with his staff.
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Votes: 46,721
6. Special OPS (2020– )
TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The story through the eyes of Himmat Singh is based on the inspiration was taken from Nineteen Years of nationally significant events, several espionage missions were undertaken by India in the last two decades.
Stars: Kay Kay Menon, Karan Tacker, Gautami Kapoor, Muzamil Ibrahim
Votes: 37,313
7. Fauda (2015–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The human stories on both sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Stars: Lior Raz, Itzik Cohen, Neta Garty, Rona-Lee Shimon
Votes: 37,945
8. Strike Back (2010–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Follows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.
Stars: Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Michelle Lukes, Daniel MacPherson
Votes: 33,497
9. Covert Affairs (2010–2014)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Fresh out of the farm, Annie Walker must adapt to the challenging life of a CIA operative under the guidance of her handler, Auggie. But soon she realizes her recruitment might have to do with her last boyfriend rather than her talent.
Stars: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 31,601
10. Special Ops: Lioness (2023– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional lives as the tip of the spear in the agency's war on terror.
Stars: Zoe Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner
Votes: 42,166
11. MacGyver (2016–2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Young Angus "Mac" MacGyver works for a clandestine organization within the U.S. government, relying on his unconventional problem-solving skills to save lives.
Stars: Lucas Till, Tristin Mays, Justin Hires, Meredith Eaton
Votes: 23,112
12. Crackdown (2020– )
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A high intensity action-thriller Crackdown 2 starts off with a plane hi-jack. This new turn of events causes grave crisis for the RAW agents where they need to figure who their enemy is, their motivations, and uncover threats.
Stars: Saqib Saleem, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Iqbal Khan, Ankur Bhatia
Votes: 20,745
13. Intelligence (2014)
TV-14 | 550 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A high-tech intelligence operative, enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, aids an elite government cyber-security agency in special missions.
Stars: Josh Holloway, Meghan Ory, John Billingsley, P.J. Byrne
Votes: 19,949
14. MI-5 (2002–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization.
Stars: Peter Firth, Hugh Simon, Nicola Walker, Rupert Penry-Jones
Votes: 18,386
15. The Looming Tower (2018)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History
A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp
Votes: 17,536
16. The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller
As a Palestinian assassin is targeting prominent Israelis, a young English actress is recruited by Mossad to infiltrate the assassin's terrorist cell, requiring all of her acting talents but also putting her at considerable risk.
Stars: Simona Brown, Gennady Fleyscher, Clare Holman, Daniel Litman
Votes: 14,956
17. Taken (2017–2018)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
As former CIA agent Bryan Mills deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world, he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge.
Stars: Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Jessica Camacho
Votes: 11,714
18. 24: Legacy (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A military hero who returns to the U.S. with a whole lot of trouble following him back. With nowhere else to turn, the man asks CTU to help him save his life while also stopping one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.
Stars: Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto, Anna Diop, Teddy Sears
Votes: 11,684
19. La Femme Nikita (1997–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A clandestine anti-terrorist organization fakes the death of a convicted murderer and trains her in the fighting skills necessary to succeed in her new job.
Stars: Peta Wilson, Don Francks, Eugene Robert Glazer, Roy Dupuis
Votes: 10,818
20. Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
TV-14 | 554 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An FBI agent and his new partner, a CIA operative, embark on missions to save the world, but have to put up with each other first.
Stars: Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams
Votes: 10,381
21. Crisis (2014)
60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Centers on an idealistic Secret Service agent who finds himself at the center of an international crisis on his first day on the job. In his search for the truth, he will have to cross ... See full summary »
Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Rachael Taylor, Lance Gross, James Lafferty
Votes: 8,628
22. Wolf (2018)
80 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Tasked with risky missions across Turkey, members of a special-operations police unit confront danger and tragedy both on the field and at home.
Stars: Ahu Türkpençe, Serkan Çayoglu, Emir Benderlioglu, Murat Arkin
Votes: 8,383
23. The Enemy Within (2019)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
FBI agent Will Keaton enlists the most notorious traitor in American history to help catch a spy.
Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut, Raza Jaffrey, Kelli Garner
Votes: 7,040
24. Informer (2018)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young East London man is coerced by an officer to work undercover for him.
Stars: Paddy Considine, Nabhaan Rizwan, Bel Powley, Reiss Jeram
Votes: 6,578
25. State of Affairs (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Thriller
A CIA officer is plucked from the field to become the president's daily briefer, assuming responsibility for targeting America's most critical threats while navigating the unique lifestyle that comes with such a high-powered job.
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand
Votes: 6,127
26. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The two top Agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H.
Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, John Herman Shaner
Votes: 6,265
27. Ransom (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A team of crisis negotiators travels the globe to help multinational corporations and governmental agencies with complex negotiations and conflict resolution.
Stars: Luke Roberts, Brandon Jay McLaren, Nazneen Contractor, Sarah Greene
Votes: 4,058
28. The Professionals (1977–1983)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice
Votes: 3,660
29. 24: India (I) (2013–2016)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
This thriller series focuses on an anti-terrorist unit agent named Jai Singh Rathod who has twenty-four hours to save the country from a major terrorist attack.
Stars: Anil Kapoor, Neil Bhoopalam, Raaghav Chanana, Anita Raj
Votes: 3,199
30. Civil Servant (2019– )
47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young, ambitious Serbian Secret Service agent negotiates the dangerous rules of the modern century international spy game.
Stars: Milan Maric, Radovan Vujovic, Vaja Dujovic, Milena Radulovic
Votes: 3,055
31. Ailiseu (2009–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Mystery, Romance
The National Security Service (NSS) is a secret South Korean black ops agency that takes on a secret terrorist organization, called IRIS.
Stars: Kim Yeong-cheol, Yun Ju-sang, Kim Seung-woo, Lee Jung-Gil
Votes: 2,314
32. The Shadow Team (2021– )
150 min | Action, Drama
National Intelligence Organization members are always ready to serve to destroy the enemies of Turkey.
Stars: Serdar Yegin, Deniz Baysal, Ahmet Ugur Say, Turgut Tuncalp
Votes: 2,703
33. La Unidad (2020–2023)
Action, Drama, Thriller
A secret unit of cops is assembled to stop a terrorist band from attacking Spain after their leader is arrested there.
Stars: Nathalie Poza, Michel Noher, Marian Álvarez, Fariba Sheikhan
Votes: 1,862
34. Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)
Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Secret agents fight to stop the spread of a deadly virus that menaces millions of people.
Stars: Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood, Sophia Myles
Votes: 1,704
35. Trackers (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Action series featuring various stories of organized crime, diamond smuggling, Black Rhinos, the CIA and terrorism in Cape Town, South Africa.
Stars: James Gracie, Sandi Schultz, Rolanda Marais, Thapelo Mokoena
Votes: 1,365
36. Livvagterne (2009–2010)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bodyguards in PET, 3 newly-trained in particular, are followed while doing their job protecting the PM, other ministers, and other political individuals threatened with attacks.
Stars: Cecilie Stenspil, Søren Vejby, André Babikian, Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Votes: 1,308
37. The Inside (2005–2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A rookie FBI agent is recruited as the new violent crimes task force profiler to solve murder cases.
Stars: Rachel Nichols, Adam Baldwin, Katie Finneran, Nelsan Ellis
Votes: 1,235
38. E-Ring (2005–2006)
60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Major Jim Tisnewski, until recently an active special forces commando, takes up a Pentagon job as assistant of US Army colonel Eli McNulty. He must now learn to battle the Pentagon way ... See full summary »
Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Dennis Hopper, Kelly Rutherford
Votes: 1,208
39. The Border (2008–2010)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of the Canadian Immigration and Customs Security Squad.
Stars: James McGowan, Graham Abbey, Jonas Chernick, Mark Wilson
Votes: 993
40. The Grid (2004)
266 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.
Stars: Jemma Redgrave, James Remar, Piter Marek, Silas Carson
Votes: 827
41. Den fjärde mannen (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 174 min | Crime, Drama
The year is 1975, and the West German embassy in Stockholm is occupied by German terrorists. It's an attack not only on the embassy, but on Sweden's long-standing pride as a peaceful nation... See full summary »
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Helena Af Sandeberg, Henrik Norlén, Shima Niavarani
Votes: 805
42. Munich Games (2022– )
48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
50 years after the Munich Massacre, Munich is hosting a soccer game between an Israeli and a German football club. When things start to fall apart, it seems history might be repeating all over again.
Stars: Seyneb Saleh, Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Sebastian Rudolph, Doval'e Glickman
Votes: 835
43. Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993–1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure
It is about 6 former secret agents who act as a covert agency based out of Mexico. They are undercover as bathing suit designers and models and thwart attempts to kidnap, murder and bomb all over Mexico.
Stars: Catherine Oxenberg, Brendan Kelly, Alison Armitage, Spencer Rochfort
Votes: 791
44. HaMidrasha (2015–2018)
44 min | Drama
The hamidrasha is a drama thriller TV series about the Israeli secret service spy's academy.
Stars: Yehuda Levi, Liron Vaisman, Hana Laslo, Shai Avivi
Votes: 715
45. Bullets (2018)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kosonen plays the exceptionally gifted undercover cop Mari Saari.
Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sibel Kekilli, Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen
Votes: 662
46. Bloody Monday (2008–2010)
Drama
A genius high school student and also a hacker uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to fights against "Bloody Monday", the worst and most evil form of viral terrorism, in order to save his family, friends, and the entire world.
Stars: Haruma Miura, Takeru Satoh, Michiko Kichise, Umika Kawashima
Votes: 588
47. Britz (2007– )
235 min | Drama
In this two-part Channel 4 drama, two British-born Muslim siblings are drawn in radically different directions after 9/11.
Stars: Riz Ahmed, Manjinder Virk, Mary Stockley, Chinna Wodu
Votes: 570
48. Spooks: Code 9 (2008)
Action, Drama
Following a devastating terror attack on London in 2012, six MI5 officers fight to return Britain to normality. Britain in 2013 is a highly monitored world, which spills into everyone's private lives. MI 5 defend the realm.
Stars: Andrew Knott, Heshima Thompson, Liam Boyle, Ruta Gedmintas
Votes: 506
49. Athena: Goddess of War (2010–2011)
TV-14 | Action, Romance, Thriller
IRIS Spin-Off about a new agency, called the National Anti-Terror Service (NTS), as they go up against another secret terrorist organization, called Athena.
Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Soo Ae, Cha Seung-won, Lee Ji-ah
Votes: 482
50. Threat Matrix (2003–2004)
60 min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Special Agent John Kilmer leads an elite team on missions to eliminate terrorists and other threats as part of USA's Homeland Security force.
Stars: James Denton, Kelly Rutherford, Will Lyman, Anthony Azizi
Votes: 362
51. UC: Undercover (2001–2002)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Action
As a federal team, the group responds to emergencies all over the country: taking down elite bank robbers, drug kingpins, domestic terrorists, spies, jewel thieves, and corrupt cops. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Oded Fehr, Jon Seda, Vera Farmiga, Bruklin Harris
Votes: 312
52. Counterstrike (1990–1993)
60 min | Action, Adventure
After his wife is killed in a terrorist operation, international industrialist Alexander Addington assembles a private team of troubleshooters to help combat terrorism around the world.
Stars: Simon MacCorkindale, Christopher Plummer, Tom Kneebone, Andre Mayers
Votes: 232
53. The Handler (2003–2004)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
FBI agent Joe Renato trains and handles rookie agents who go undercover to solve crimes at all levels of Los Angeles' diverse society, interfacing with government and local law enforcement ... See full summary »
Stars: Joe Pantoliano, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, Tanya Wright
Votes: 207
54. The Glory Boys (1984)
PG | 139 min | Thriller
Two ideologically-disparate terrorists (one from the PLO, one from the IRA) meet up in London to assassinate a visiting Israeli nuclear scientist. An alcoholic ex-government agent is brought out of retirement to track them down.
Stars: Rod Steiger, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Burke, Joanna Lumley
Votes: 188
55. El padre de Caín (2016)
Drama
Spain, 1980s. Eloy Rodríguez, Lieutenant of the Civil Guard, voluntarily requests as temporary destination to the dangerous Intxaurrondo barracks in San Sebastian.
Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Patxi Freytez, Aura Garrido, Luis Bermejo
Votes: 181
56. C-16: FBI (1997–1998)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The series revolves around Criminal Division Squad 16, part of the Los Angeles field office of the FBI.
Stars: Eric Roberts, D.B. Sweeney, Christine Tucci, Angie Harmon
Votes: 145
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