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1. 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: 176,348
2. Men in Black: International (2019)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The MIB tackle a mole in their organization.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 147,626 | Gross: $80.00M
3. The Ipcress File (2022)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
Stars: Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 5,515
4. Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all of the active undercover agents in Britain, Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker.
Director: David Kerr | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Emma Thompson
Votes: 83,581 | Gross: $4.41M
5. This Means War (2012)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
C.I.A. operatives wage an epic battle on each other when they discover they are dating the same woman.
Director: McG | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger
Votes: 194,462 | Gross: $54.76M
6. Deutschland 83 (2015)
TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 15,069
7. I Spy (2002)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A professional athlete has to help a U.S. government agent recover a missing jet.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell
Votes: 53,500 | Gross: $33.56M
8. The Love Factor (1969)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.
Director: Michael Cort | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Robin Hawdon, Anna Gaël
Votes: 1,023
9. Cambridge Spies (2003)
59 min | Drama, History
The true story of a group of Cambridge University Students who are recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
Stars: Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samuel West
Votes: 2,221
10. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
British spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer stumbles upon an oil tycoon's plot to overthrow Communism using a supercomputer.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oscar Homolka
Votes: 6,036
11. Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
110 min | Comedy
A Russian spy is supposed by the British Secret Service to steal some faked orders, but he is too stupid to succeed. His girlfriend tries to help him, but it seems he is too foolish to succeed.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Grégoire Aslan, Jean-Marc Tennberg
Votes: 469
12. SuperSeven Calling Cairo (1965)
GP | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Super 7 looks for a piece of a new metal hidden in a camera.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Roger Browne, Fabienne Dali, Massimo Serato, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 203
13. Herec (2020– )
TV-MA | 78 min | Drama, Thriller
During the Communist regime, a struggling actor joins the KGB as an informant to manage to make a living. He soon finds himself caught up in a dangerous web of deception and betrayal.
Stars: Jan Cina, Jenovéfa Boková, Martin Finger, Jan Nedbal
Votes: 226
14. Spy Story (1976)
103 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A British spy is framed, so he must evade the KGB, the CIA and the British Intelligence to reach the the heart of the conspiracy in Arctic.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Michael Petrovitch, Philip Latham, Don Fellows, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 67
15. Three Faces East (1930)
71 min | Drama, Thriller
A beautiful British intelligence agent attempts to reveal the identity and motives of a powerful German spy during World War 1.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Constance Bennett, Erich von Stroheim, Anthony Bushell, William Holden
Votes: 317
16. Richard Sorge. Master Spy (2019)
624 min | Biography, Drama, History
A film about the life and work of the Soviet intelligence officer Richard Sorge in Japan on the eve of and during the Second World War in Japan. Working as a correspondent for an ... See full summary »
Stars: Aleksandr Domogarov, Shion Nakamaru, Osamu Yamamoto, Andrey Rudenskiy
Votes: 77
17. Spies (1992–1993)
22 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A 26-part documentary series about (in)famous spies, predominantly from WWII and Cold War era.
Star: Michael Carroll
18. Videt Salisbury (2022)
117 min | Comedy
The film was filmed based on the play of the same name by Viktor Shenderovich. A black comedy about a striking journey of two agents Tchepigin and Mishkin to the Mother Russia. Former ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Lang | Stars: Jakub Albrecht, Tomás Bukovský, Tomás Dianiska, Vendula Fialová
19. Trináctá legenda (1977 TV Movie)
106 min | Drama
Director: Jaroslav Novotný | Stars: Eduard Cupák, Bohumila Dolejsová, Kveta Fialová, Alexej Gsolhofer