Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "british-embassy"

1. The Night Manager (2016–2025)

TV-14 | 346 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.

Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman

Votes: 103,310

2. The Courier (2020)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, History, Mystery

Businessman Greville Wynne is asked by a Russian source to try to help put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Director: Dominic Cooke | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Vladimir Chuprikov

Votes: 73,716 | Gross: $6.61M

3. Cocorico (2024)

92 min | Comedy

It tells the story of the Bouvier-Sauvage family of aristocrats. Their daughter is in love with the son of a Peugeot dealer. When the children announce their marriage, the aristocratic family does not agree.

Director: Julien Hervé | Stars: Christian Clavier, Didier Bourdon, Sylvie Testud, Marianne Denicourt

Votes: 608

4. Breathe (I) (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville, Ed Speleers

Votes: 24,697 | Gross: $0.49M

5. Mortdecai (2015)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part-time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost gold.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn

Votes: 76,883 | Gross: $7.61M

6. The Tailor of Panama (2001)

R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller

A tailor living in Panama reluctantly becomes a spy for a British Agent.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela

Votes: 31,149 | Gross: $13.73M

7. Queen of the Desert (2015)

PG-13 | 128 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis

Votes: 12,589

8. Drunken Master II (1994)

R | 102 min | Action, Comedy

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

Directors: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan | Stars: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti, Anita Mui

Votes: 48,950 | Gross: $11.55M

9. The Russia House (1990)

R | 123 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A British publisher is sent a manuscript detailing Soviet Union nuclear missile capabilities. British Intelligence intercept it and recruit him to investigate the author's editor, a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox

Votes: 17,554 | Gross: $23.00M

10. 55 Days at Peking (1963)

Unrated | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine, Maj. Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green, Andrew Marton | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson

Votes: 7,429

11. The Far Pavilions (1984)

315 min | Drama, History, Romance

Story of forbidden love in 1800s India set against the revolution for India's freedom from England.

Stars: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee, Robert Hardy

Votes: 878

12. Walk Don't Run (1966)

Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Romance

During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.

Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, John Standing

Votes: 4,518 | Gross: $9.81M

13. The Lady (2011)

R | 132 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse

Votes: 11,300 | Gross: $0.36M

14. 5 Fingers (1952)

Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden

Votes: 5,479

15. Icon (2005 TV Movie)

190 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

On the eve of the elections in Russia, there's an outbreak of a mysterious disease. The British are curious to find out what's going on, so they need to send someone. An official knows ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Patrick Bergin, Michael York, Annika Peterson

Votes: 1,048

16. A Good Man in Africa (1994)

R | 94 min | Comedy

In a West African nation, the womanizing British 1st Secretary of the High Commissioner deals with different issues.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Colin Friels, Sean Connery, Joanne Whalley, John Lithgow

Votes: 2,720 | Gross: $2.31M

17. The State Within (2006)

TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a plane explodes over Washington D.C. panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to the U.S. Mark Brydon finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.

Stars: Jason Isaacs, Ben Daniels, Eva Birthistle, Neil Pearson

Votes: 2,445

18. War (2002)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Two of the hostages are then released to bring the money for the British woman who is forced to wait for the ransom.

Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Sergey Bodrov

Votes: 5,415

19. Riot (1996)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Gary Daniels, Sugar Ray Leonard, Paige Rowland, Charles Napier

Votes: 570

20. Ring of Treason (1964)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During the Cold War, a RN warrant officer stationed in the British Embassy in Warsaw leaks secrets to his Polish girlfriend who's a Soviet agent and after his transfer to a naval station in Britain he joins a Soviet spy ring.

Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Bernard Lee, William Sylvester, Margaret Tyzack, David Kossoff

Votes: 474

21. Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)

Not Rated | 171 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A man befriends and protects a British girl from a group of nationalists that want England to hand India back to them. They fall for each other, but the man is due to marry.

Director: Subhash Ghai | Stars: Vivek Oberoi, Isha Sharvani, Antonia Bernath, Sushmita Sen

Votes: 1,459

22. Holiday in Mexico (1946)

128 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

The U.S. Ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 524

23. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)

106 min | Action, Comedy

In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the world sterile and repopulate it with his harem. UK spy, Susan Fleming, helps Kelly.

Directors: Henry Levin, Dino Maiuri | Stars: Mike Connors, Dorothy Provine, Raf Vallone, Terry-Thomas

Votes: 416

24. Stolen Holiday (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Nicole Picot is working as a model in a Paris dress salon when she is picked by Stefan Orloff to help him convince a wealthy investor that he is well connected. She is to wear an expensive ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter, Alison Skipworth

Votes: 621

25. Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode: Czech Mate (1984)

73 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Vicky's ex-husband, John, invites her on a trip to communist Prague. First John disappears, then her passport. Vicky finds herself alone and penniless in Prague and becomes a tragic pawn caught in a web of espionage and murder.

Director: John Hough | Stars: Susan George, Patrick Mower, Richard Heffer, Peter Vaughan

Votes: 160

26. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004)
Episode: Britannia Waives the Rules (2004)

Comedy, Drama

Barry is detained for questioning while the rest of the lads return to the UK courtesy of the British Consulate in St Petersburg. A Russian crime lord, whose mansion they have been working ... See full summary »

Director: Maurice Phillips | Stars: Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail

Votes: 55

27. Smiley's People (1982)
Episode: The Rogue Elephant (1982)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery

Smiley gets into trouble with his superiors, who want the investigation closed. But he finally encounters the woman and gets her account.

Director: Simon Langton | Stars: Alec Guinness, Mario Adorf, Vladek Sheybal, Eileen Atkins

Votes: 159

28. The Dan Bongino Show (2017– )
The Destruction and Redemption of General Flynn (2020 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Dan Bongino, Joe Armacost

29. Ibx2cat (2011– )
Episode: The North Korean Embassy in London is Hilarious (2019)

18 min | Documentary

A quick look at embassies around the world.

Star: Andrew Andrews

30. The New Look (2024– )
Episode: The Hour (2024)

TV-MA | Biography, Drama, History

Christian embarks on a quest to free Catherine from German captivity; Coco is sent on an undercover mission and recruits her friend Elsa.

Director: Todd A. Kessler | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Juliette Binoche, Maisie Williams, John Malkovich

Votes: 303

31. Tucker on X (2023– )
Episode: The Andrew Tate Interview (2023)

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Tucker Carlson interviews Andrew Tate III, British-American businessman, World Champion Professional Kickboxer, and social media sensation.

Stars: Tucker Carlson, Andrew Tate

Votes: 35

32. Sherlock (2010–2017)
Episode: The Six Thatchers (2017)

TV-14 | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sherlock takes on the case of finding out who is going around and smashing six unique head statues of late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves

Votes: 25,806

33. The Night Manager (2016–2025)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After being approached with details about a secret arsenal of weapons set to be sold by a British business magnate, hotel night manager Jonathan Pine is pulled into a dangerous world.

Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Nader Boussandel, Holly Hayes

Votes: 3,484

34. Birds of a Feather (1989–2020)
Episode: There's a Girl in My Souk (2016)

TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy

Travis has finally been allowed to fly the nest on a gap year to Spain, but nobody has heard from him for 4 days and he was last seen heading for Morocco. A worried Tracey sets off to find him with Sharon and Dorien in tow.

Director: Martin Dennis | Stars: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Samuel James

Votes: 26