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1. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 280,020
2. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 471,313
3. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a warmonger and a terrorist organization.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell
Votes: 898,125 | Gross: $176.65M
4. Allied (2016)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim
Votes: 170,040 | Gross: $40.10M
5. Blacklight (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Travis Block is a government operative coming to terms with his shadowy past. When he discovers a plot targeting U.S. citizens, Block finds himself in the crosshairs of the FBI director he once helped protect.
Director: Mark Williams | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Taylor John Smith, Emmy Raver-Lampman
Votes: 24,607 | Gross: $9.59M
6. Anthropoid (2016)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on the extraordinary true story of Operation Anthropoid, the WWII mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution and the Reich's third in command after Hitler and Himmler.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy, Brian Caspe, Karel Hermánek Jr.
Votes: 54,333 | Gross: $2.96M
7. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,117 | Gross: $39.10M
8. Suspect Zero (2004)
R | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious serial killer is preying on other serial killers and one FBI agent suspects there may be more to the vigilante than the obvious characteristics.
Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harry Lennix
Votes: 21,247 | Gross: $8.73M
9. If Looks Could Kill (1991)
PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Comedy
Michael has to take summer class in French, a class trip to France, to graduate high school. He is, however, mistaken for an agent and people try to kill him. There are 007 style cars, cuties, crooks etc.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Robin Bartlett
Votes: 7,697 | Gross: $7.79M
10. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty
Votes: 57,236
11. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,085 | Gross: $9.53M
12. The Package (1989)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard
Votes: 11,490 | Gross: $10.65M
13. 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: 53,468 | Gross: $33.56M
14. The Fixer (2008–2009)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ex-special forces operative and convicted murderer John Mercer is awarded an early release from prison on the condition that he becomes an assassin for the government.
Stars: Andrew Buchan, Jody Latham, Tamzin Outhwaite, Peter Mullan
Votes: 1,164
15. Open Windows (2014)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A jilted fan soon finds himself pulled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after he accepts the opportunity to spy on his favorite actress via his laptop.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Sasha Grey, Elijah Wood, Neil Maskell, Adam Quintero
Votes: 15,105
16. Meet the Applegates (1990)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., Stockard Channing, Dabney Coleman, Bobby Jacoby
Votes: 2,617 | Gross: $0.49M
17. Kfulim (2015–2022)
40 min | Drama, Thriller
Five ordinary people wake up one morning to discover that they are implicated in a ruthless kidnapping operation following the disappearance of the Iranian Defence Minister while on a secret visit to Moscow.
Stars: Miki Leon, Angel Bonanni, Moris Cohen, Sergey Bukhman
Votes: 1,663
18. Alpha Code (2020)
97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Johana, a woman with no past, is hiding from a UN Agent Bowie, a head of secret space program. On her run she meets Martin and with help of Bowie's ex-colleague Lance they both help Martin to find his half alien daughter.
Director: Keoni Waxman | Stars: Bren Foster, Denise Richards, Randy Couture, Marek Vasut
Votes: 1,112
19. To Steal from a Thief (2016)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A bank. A safe box. An information that would shake a country.
Director: Daniel Calparsoro | Stars: Luis Tosar, Rodrigo de la Serna, Raúl Arévalo, Jose Coronado
Votes: 7,377
20. The Lovecraft Investigations (2018 Podcast Series)
Horror, Sci-Fi
An investigation into witchcraft, the occult and secret government operations. From H.P. Lovecraft.
Stars: Barnaby Kay, Jana Carpenter, Mark Bazeley, Nicola Walker
Votes: 126
21. Operation Daybreak (1975)
PG | 118 min | Drama, History, War
In 1942, Britain sends a group of British-trained Czech commandos to Prague to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Nazi security services.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland, Nicola Pagett
Votes: 2,394
22. Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, History
Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a... See full summary »
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza, U Thant
Votes: 2,794 | Gross: $0.09M
23. Iron Eagle on the Attack (1995)
PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Drama
Fighter pilot Doug Masters teaches at his flight school for teens in trouble with the law. In an emergency landing on a deserted airforce base, the kids accidentally uncover a deranged plot to wage chemical warfare.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Jason Cadieux, Joanne Vannicola, Max Piersig
Votes: 1,475
24. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
93 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Jan is a decent, boring man, living a decent, boring life as a rocket designer. When his adventurous twin brother dies in a breakfast accident, Jan decides to impersonate him, unwittingly becoming a part of a Nazi time travel conspiracy.
Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Vlastimil Brodský
Votes: 1,473
25. Paradox (2009–2010)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.
Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Emun Elliott, Mark Bonnar, Chiké Okonkwo
Votes: 2,019
26. Hit! (1973)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Federal Agent, whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose, is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles
Votes: 867 | Gross: $0.08M
27. Ragion di stato (2013– )
Action
During an operation in Afghanistan, in an ambush member of Italian secret service is captured. To free him they rely on Rashid, a Lebanese warlord, but Rosso will have to deal with the protection of Raniah, Rashid's wife, and his daughter.
Stars: Vincent Riotta, Saadet Aksoy, Giorgio Colangeli, Luca Argentero
Votes: 26
28. Comrade Drakulich (2019)
95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Vampires are among us. But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts. Hungary in the 70s. ... See full summary »
Director: Márk Bodzsár | Stars: Lili Walters, Ervin Nagy, Zsolt Nagy, Szabolcs Thuróczy
Votes: 2,894
29. I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Jirí Sovák, Jana Brejchová, Lubomír Lipský, Iva Janzurová
Votes: 574
30. Pysäyttäkää Nyqvist (2022)
43 min | Comedy, Thriller
Aleksis Nyqvist, an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is thrust into Finland's new secret service. Nyqvist accidentally provokes a political security crisis. Soon Helsinki will be swarming with secret agents.
Stars: Antti Tuomas Heikkinen, Marc Gassot, Sonja Kuittinen, Jarkko Pajunen
Votes: 281
31. Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (2011 TV Movie)
Documentary
The inside story of the hunt for Bin Laden.
Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Jamie Lee, Marc Ambinder, Osama bin Laden, John O. Brennan
Votes: 83
32. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)
97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák
Votes: 857
33. The Assassination (1964)
104 min | Action, Drama, History
The assasination of Heydrich in Prague during WWII.
Director: Jirí Sequens | Stars: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Rudolf Jelínek, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Ludek Munzar
Votes: 480
34. The Secret of an Old Attic (1984)
101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
During a summer holiday, two boys discover an anti-gravity cannon in an old attic.
Director: Vladimir Tadej | Stars: Mario Mirkovic, Jirí Guryca, Nina Petrovic, Rene Bitorajac
Votes: 326
35. The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Michael Moriarty, David Huffman, Tom Bower, Robin Gammell
Votes: 163
36. Stunts Unlimited (1980 TV Movie)
90 min | Action, Drama
A group of Hollywood stunt performers are recruited by former U.S. Intelligance agent Dirk Macauley (Corbett) to retrieve a stolen laser gun from a notorious arms dealer in this pilot to a proposed TV series.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Christopher Mayer, Susanna Dalton, Sam J. Jones, Glenn Corbett
Votes: 30
37. Perfect Dark (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Same as the original game but with improved graphics. Join the Carrington institute's newest agent as she battles the evil Datadyne Corporation.
Votes: 64
38. Operation Sunflower (2014)
105 min | Drama, History
Through the eyes of the scientist in charge of the operation, we see the events leading to Israel developing her nuclear option in the 1960's.
Director: Avraham Kushnir | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Baruch Brener, Daniella Kertesz, Tzufit Grant
Votes: 53
39. Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1991)
87 min | Comedy
Soldiers of the third squad get their holidays denied so they devise a great plan. The discovery of the plan leads the headquarters to start an operation called Shhh.
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Pentti Siimes, Tom Pöysti, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 650
40. Rise of the Legend (2017)
Horror
Director: Tim Becker | Stars: Joe Hammerstone, Kyle A. Lee
Votes: 9
41. Thinking Speed (2014)
Unrated | 111 min | Horror
A Reader becomes trapped in an evolving autobiography of an executed killer.
Director: Lisa Menzel | Stars: Lisa Menzel, Patrick Doran, Adam Fallon, Nick Doetsch
Votes: 8
42. Theoretically, an even more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When The Pro Bono Spy Hunter obtains data that can destroy the world, he must share it with The Boss at 3600 meters above the sea level in a faraway traditional Andean village with plenty of historic value located in Peru before the end.
Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato
43. Praha nultá hodina (1963)
78 min | Drama, War
Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.
Director: Milos Makovec | Stars: Josef Bek, Ivan Palec, Jutta Hoffmann, Lubor Tokos
Votes: 13
44. Clockwork Climate (2015 TV Movie)
84 min | Documentary
The Cold War's wildest dreams of climate control have made a spectacular comeback: from the USA to China, 'geo-engineers' promise to make climate change the way we want. And they have found... See full summary »
Director: Pierre-Oscar Lévy | Stars: Matthew Watson, Nathan Myhrvold, David Keith, Lee Lane
Votes: 16
45. Ten' vraga (2017)
89 min | War
1943 year. At the very height of the war, Soviet intelligence services are preparing an especially secret operation in the territory occupied by German troops. The situation at the front is... See full summary »
Director: Igor Senkov | Stars: Igor Senkov, Pavel Savelev, Igor Denisov, Evgeniy Ivkovich
Votes: 9
46. Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1993–1994)
Comedy
Soldiers of the third squad get their holidays denied so they devise a great plan. The discovery of the plan leads the headquarters to start an operation called Shhh.
Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Vesa Vierikko, Tom Pöysti, Kalevi Kahra
Votes: 15
47. Transit Carlsbad (1966)
Crime
In the monotonous surroundings of a luxurious hotel in Karlovy Vary, an equally monotonous charade takes place in which several foreign agents show interest in a famous Austrian scientist, ... See full summary »
Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Valentina Thielová, Miroslav Machácek, Jirí Adamíra, Josef Vinklár
Votes: 16
48. Vääpeli Körmy ja etelän hetelmät (1992)
104 min | Comedy
Finland is given the global nuclear launch codes and the enemy agents are trying to steal them. It's up to Sergeant First Class Körmy and his soldiers to protect the operation and the president.
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Heikki Kinnunen, Kalevi Kahra, Pentti Siimes, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 540
49.
Torchwood (2006–2011)
Episode:
Children of Earth: Day Two
(2009)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The bomb explodes, blowing up Torchwood. Gwen escapes and goes on the run with husband Rhys, with an army detachment under tough female Captain Johnson in pursuit. Dekker gives Frobisher ... See full summary »
Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Kai Owen
Votes: 1,439
50.
Walking Wartime Britain (2021– )
Episode:
Hampshire
(2021)
45 min | Documentary, History
Arthur learns about the secret operations that occurred in Hampshire during the war, including secret factories that helped assemble aircraft, a secret bombing range in the New Forest and the women who became lumberjacks.
Director: Steven Perring | Star: Arthur Williams