Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "captured-spy"

1. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Karen Allen

Votes: 200,670 | Gross: $174.48M

2. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

Votes: 529,496 | Gross: $209.40M

3. Odette (1950)

105 min | Drama, History, War

During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Peter Ustinov

Votes: 1,044

4. 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: 417

5. Ironclads (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 94 min | War

A naval battle between two large ships: the "Monitor" and the "Merrimack".

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Alex Hyde-White, Reed Diamond, Philip Casnoff

Votes: 311

6. The Real Inglorious Bastards (2012 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

The Office of Strategic Services parachutes two Austrian naturalized citizens, Fred Mayer and Hans Wijnberg, back into the Austrian Alps to strike back at Nazi Germany during "Operation Greenup."

Director: Min Sook Lee | Stars: Robert Nolan, Patrick O'Donnell, Fred Mayer, Gerald Schwab

Votes: 446

7. Mariah Carey: Honey (1997 Music Video)

7 min | Music

Mariah Carey is Agent M in this music video for her 1997 chart-topping hit "Honey." Agent M manages to escape an interrogation by jumping off the balcony and into a pool, and later is chased by men on jet skis.

Director: Paul Hunter | Stars: Mariah Carey, John G. Brennan, David Fumero, Eddie Griffin

Votes: 184

8. Operation 'The Bus' (1978)

94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In 1950 a Western spy is clandestinely parachuted into Communist Romania to retrieve secret WW2 codes and agent lists and also to assist a group of anti-Communist guerrillas escape but the Communist police is setting a trap.

Director: Virgil Calotescu | Stars: Mircea Albulescu, Aura Andritoiu, Ion Anghel, Aurelian Banica

Votes: 119

9. The Braves' Island (1959)

102 min | Drama, War

During World War II, a battle-hardened officer of the Greek Army arrives in the island of Nazi-occupied Crete, to organise a counter-attack strategy, and sabotage the enemy's vital facilities.

Director: Dimis Dadiras | Stars: Alekos Alexandrakis, Jenny Karezi, Aliki Georgouli, Lykourgos Kallergis

Votes: 67

10. Castro's Revolution vs. The World (2019)

Documentary, Biography, History

Cuba's revolutionary story is one of much fervor. Fidel Castro had one objective: the liberation of a Communist Cuba. Castro's ability to form key strategic alliances enabled him to stand at the precipice of realizing his dream for Cuba.

Stars: Jose Basulto, Napoleon Vilaboa, Ricardo Alarcón, Fabian Escalante

Votes: 110

11. The Capture of a Russian Spy by the Japanese (1904)

Short, Drama, War

Japanese soldiers capture a Russian spy..

12. A Revolutionary Romance (1911)

Drama, Romance, Short

During the American Revolution, an American girl, played by Marian Swayne, falls in love with a captured British spy and helps him escape his captors, but not before she recovers the military plans of the Continental Army.

Star: Marian Swayne

13. When the Flag Falls (1909)

Short, Drama, Romance

During the American Revolution, An American girl infiltrates a British army camp and saves her lover, a captured Colonial messenger, by arranging a fake execution before a firing squad.

14. Alias (2001–2006)
Episode: Full Disclosure (2004)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

In this episode, Sydney finally learns the shocking truth about her missing two years from an unlikely source: FBI Special Officer Kendall. Kendall whisks her away and talks to her from the... See full summary »

Director: Lawrence Trilling | Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan, Carl Lumbly

Votes: 541

15. Aux frontières du possible (1971–1974)
Episode: L'effaceur de mémoire (1974)

55 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

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Director: Victor Vicas | Stars: Pierre Vaneck, Elga Andersen, Jean-François Rémi, Yvette Montier

Votes: 6

16. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... (1968)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Directors of the Capitol Land and Development Company are being killed. They have the tender for the Cupid project, an underground government headquarters in the event of a nuclear war. ... See full summary »

Director: James Hill | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Jimmy Jewel, Julian Chagrin

Votes: 272

17. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: Split! (1968)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Security agents are being murdered, and the clues point to notorious foreign agent Boris Kartovski. The only problem is that Steed killed Kartovski five years earlier.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Nigel Davenport, Julian Glover

Votes: 210

18. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The Bird Who Knew Too Much (1967)

TV-G | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two spies have obtained information about a secret missile base which they are passing to the other side, via a person known as Captain Caruso, whom the Avengers are charged to locate. In ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Rossotti | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Ron Moody, Ilona Rodgers

Votes: 322

19. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The Fear Merchants (1967)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

The executives of several ceramics companies are being driven crazy or killed by fear. The trail leads to a consulting company with some unusual techniques for helping their clients beat their competition.

Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Patrick Cargill, Brian Wilde

Votes: 363

20. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The Gravediggers (1965)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Steed and Mrs Peel must find out why an early warning radar is failing. Emma joins the staff of The Sir Horace Winslip Hospital for Ailing Railwaymen - while Steed has lunch with Sir Horace himself aboard his private, indoor train.

Director: Quentin Lawrence | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Ronald Fraser, Paul Massie

Votes: 453

21. The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
Episode: Over the Hill Spy (1977)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Oscar Goldman asks retired OSI agent Terrence Quinn to help catch his long time Sovjet nemesis Vanovic. Jaime Sommers is brought in to accompany Quinn on his mission.

Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Richard Erdman

Votes: 96

22. The Bionic Woman (1976–1978)
Episode: Which One Is Jaime? (1978)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When Oscar learns some men are investigating Jaime, he lures her into OSI HQ under the pretense of a mission. Callahan is tasked to take care of Max at Jaime's carriage house, only to fall victim to the kidnappers who mistake her for Jaime.

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Martin E. Brooks, Jennifer Darling

Votes: 103

23. Get Smart (1965–1970)
Episode: The Day They Raided the Knights (1969)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

It's budget-cutting time at CONTROL and 99, who has less seniority, is temporarily laid off.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, John Harding

Votes: 158

24. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode: The Dog-Gone Affair (1966)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Thrush, operating on an island near Greece, has found a way to cause people to move in slow motion. April Dancer and Mark Slate are sent to smash the operation.

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Luciana Paluzzi

Votes: 46

25. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode: The Drublegratz Affair (1967)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

April and Mark go undercover in the world of music to protect a prince who will be assassinated when a certain song is played to trigger an avalanche.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Barry

Votes: 36

26. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode: The Jewels of Topango Affair (1966)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A jewel thief posing an U.N.C.L.E. agent gets the trust of the African nation ruler whose jewels April and Mark are assigned to protect.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Leslie Uggams

Votes: 25

27. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Question (1973)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A foreign agent assassin defects to the US, or he may be a foreign mole. It is up to the IMF team to kidnap him from his US safe-house, then uncover if his defection is real or a hoax.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 155

28. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: A Matter of Choice (1987)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

Francine is the target of a cruel scheme to kidnap a prominent scientist involving her ex-fiancée and an enemy of Lee's that he is obsessing about.

Director: Burt Brinckerhoff | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 49

29. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: All the World's a Stage (1986)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A Russian puppet master manipulates a love struck playwright and Amanda acts on stage.

Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 63

30. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: Flight to Freedom (1985)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

An old reporter friend of Lee's, recently blinded, insists her dead husband is alive and has evidence against corrupt officials in Santa Maria.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 64

31. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: Saved by the Bells (1983)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

When Amanda agrees to house-sit for Lee she is kidnapped by Soviet agents mistaking her for the Scarecrow and is held to ransom. Lee throws his career to the winds, springs an enemy spy and becomes a fugitive in order to rescue her.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 100

32. Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987)
Episode: You Only Die Twice (1985)

TV-PG | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

When a friendly agent is accidentally given Amanda's ID for an undercover mission and is killed, Amanda's life gets very complicated.

Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Kate Jackson, Bruce Boxleitner, Beverly Garland, Mel Stewart

Votes: 66

33. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: Anschluss '77 (1977)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Nazis hiding in South America try to rebuild the Third Reich by cloning Hitler.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton, Mel Ferrer

Votes: 217

34. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: Hot Wheels (1978)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Diana helps the police find a car theft ring and a Rolls Royce with a valuable microfilm hidden in its hood ornament.

Director: Dick Moder | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Lance LeGault, John Durren

Votes: 188

35. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: I Do, I Do (1977)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Diana Prince marries White House aide Christian Harrison with Joe Atkinson giving her away and Steve Trevor acting as the best man. But Diana is really on a mission to find a leak located ... See full summary »

Director: Herb Wallerstein | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton, Celeste Holm

Votes: 190

36. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: Knockout (1977)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Several I.A.D.C. agents are being targeted for abduction by a terrorist organization. Diana Prince manages to escape as Wonder Woman, but Stever Trevor is not so lucky. Trying to safeguard ... See full summary »

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton, Jayne Kennedy

Votes: 204

37. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: The Deadly Dolphin (1978)

TV-G | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A land developer abducts a trained dolphin and uses it to sink an oil tanker which will lower beachfront property values.

Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Nicolas Coster, Britt Leach

Votes: 172

38. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: The Man Who Made Volcanoes (1977)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Volcanoes are mysteriously appearing all over the world. Diana is assigned to replace the missing IADC agent on the case in Mexico. As Wonder Woman, she also faces two rival teams of ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Norman Burton, Roger Davis

Votes: 202

39. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
Episode: The Starships Are Coming (1979)

TV-G | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A man vanishes after a UFO sighting and Wonder Woman discovers the aliens may have started their conquest of Earth.

Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Tim O'Connor, Jeffrey Byron

Votes: 169

40. The Gray Ghost (1957– )
Episode: Mosby's Rangers (1957)

27 min | Adventure, War, Western

Furious over Major Mosby's successful raids behind Union lines, General Stoughton orders Captain Morrow to locate the source of the Confederates' information. Morrow convinces pretty ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Tod Andrews, Jean Willes, Willis Bouchey, Douglas Dick

Votes: 12

41. History's Mysteries (1998–2011)
Episode: Spies of the Revolutionary War (1999)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

How Washington's spies Nathan Hale, John Honeyman, Benjamin Tallmadge, his spy network in New York known as the Culper Ring, and British spies Thomas Hickey, John Andre and Benedict Arnold played key roles in the Revolutionary War.

Director: Jim Milio | Stars: David Ackroyd, Andrew C. Batten, Clare Brandt, Willard Sterne Randall

Votes: 8

42. The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode: Episode #5.6 (2020)

TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Thriller

Jonas goes to Cairo to strike a deal with the sheikh. Sisteron has to remain discreet as he goes about investigating JJA.

Directors: Samuel Collardey, Anna Novion, Eric Rochant | Stars: Florence Loiret Caille, Jonathan Zaccaï, Mathieu Amalric, Jules Sagot

Votes: 195

43. Dark Matters: Twisted But True (2011–2012)
Episode: Sexy Secret Agent/Full Body Transplant/Honey I Nuked the Planet (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Horror, Sci-Fi

"Sexy Secret Agent" examines the story of Candy Jones who believed she was the subject of a CIA mind control experiment. "Full Body Transplant" looks at a scientist Robert White who worked ... See full summary »

Director: Amy Foster | Stars: John Noble, Ali Cook, Colin Ross, Richard Dolan

Votes: 24

44. World on Fire (2019–2023)
Episode: Episode #2.5 (2023)

TV-14 | 56 min | Drama, Romance, War

Tragedy strikes at the heart of Harry's unit as the siege drags on in Tobruk. In Manchester, Kasia is confronted by more of the horrors of the war. In France, romance blossoms between David and Henriette.

Director: Meenu Gaur | Stars: Eugénie Derouand, Gregg Sulkin, Blake Harrison, Jonah Hauer-King

Votes: 139

45. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Soviet General Who Switched Sides (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eva Dillon, James M. Olson, Paul Joyal, Oleg Kalugin

46. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: France's Man in Moscow (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Vladimir Vetrov was a KGB officer who worked for the French intelligence service. The "Farewell Document," shared with President Reagan included Soviet intelligence gained by Vetrov.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eric Raynaud, David Charney, Calder Walton, Sergey Kostin

47. The Bastard Executioner (2015)
Episode: Broken Things/Pethau Toredig (2015)

TV-MA | 53 min | Action, Drama

Wilkin, Milus and Toran team up to hunt down a fugitive.

Director: Ciaran Donnelly | Stars: Lee Jones, Katey Sagal, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Sam Spruell

Votes: 219