Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "secret-informant"

1. The Informant! (2009)

R | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Matt Damon, Tony Hale, Patton Oswalt, Lucas McHugh Carroll

Votes: 67,489 | Gross: $33.31M

2. Syriana (2005)

R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller

A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.

Director: Stephen Gaghan | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet, Kayvan Novak

Votes: 134,329 | Gross: $50.82M

3. The Sentinel (2006)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Secret Service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the President. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a Secret Service Protective Intelligence Division agent.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria

Votes: 52,416 | Gross: $36.28M

4. Taking Sides (2001)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Music, War

After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.

Director: István Szabó | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr

Votes: 3,830 | Gross: $0.19M

5. Night People (1954)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

During the Cold War, an American soldier is abducted in West Berlin, sparking a recovery effort led by Colonel Steve Van Dyke.

Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Björk, Rita Gam

Votes: 1,514

6. We Steal Secrets (2013)

R | 130 min | Documentary

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, John 'FuzzFace' McMahon, Alex Gibney

Votes: 8,181 | Gross: $0.16M

7. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

8. Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode: The Inside Man (1972)

TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Joe Mannix goes undercover by joining a New Orleans mob to learn the identity of another member of the organization who wants to turn state's evidence against the head mobster, Lytell. His ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, John Colicos, Nancy Kovack

Votes: 96

9. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Man Who Knew (2002)

TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, News

As an FBI agent who specialized in counter-terrorism, John P. O'Neill investigated the bombing of the American embassies in Africa, the USS Cole in Yemen, the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia,... See full summary »

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Richard Clarke, Louis Freeh, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld

Votes: 92

10. Gazette (1968)
Episode: Stranger (1968)

Drama

A strange girl parks her car at a local pub, then walks to a random house and suicides in the dining room. Sue works on the story, piecing it together from reluctant sources while competing against the national press and a deadline.

Director: Christopher Hodson | Stars: Jon Laurimore, Michael Blackham, Gillian Wray, David Robinson

11. The Hunter (1952– )
Episode: Athens Incident (1952)

Drama

Adams journeys to Athens to attempt to ferret out a communist cell operating in the Greek city. He learns that one of its members is in a local hospital and might be willing to provide critical information before he dies.

Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Barry Nelson, Gregory Morton, Somar Alberg, Jacqueline deWit

12. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: The True Story of Mississippi Burning (1999)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The FBI investigates the nationally known case of the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Philadelphia Mississippi amid the tension of the civil right movement.

Director: Jeffrey Fine | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Terrance Afer-Anderson, Dennis Allard

Votes: 53

13. Dexter (2006–2013)
Episode: The Damage A Man Can Do (2008)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Dexter undertakes to teach Miguel the Code, but doesn't realize he's whetting his partner's thirst for blood; Debra is one step closer to finding the Skinner but a secret revealed about Anton sends him packing.

Director: Marcos Siega | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, C.S. Lee

Votes: 4,853

14. Assignment (1990– )
Episode: The Unbearable Difficulty of Forgetting (1991)

Documentary, News

Reporter Peter Godwin visits Czechoslovakia two years after the Velvet Revolution, which brought down the communist regime, to cover the new democratic government's controversial inquiry into the communist secret police and its informants.

Stars: Peter Godwin, Jan Kavan

15. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Secret State of North Korea (2014)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News

Through smuggled footage and interview with defectors, the true state of North Korea under Kim Jong-Un is examined.

Director: James Jones | Stars: Will Lyman, Jiro Ishimaru, Lee, Jin-Sung Jang

Votes: 310

16. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014– )
Episode: Adam Levine/Bethenny Frankel/Alessia Cara/Jeremy Gara (2015)

TV-14 | 57 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Adam Levine (The Voice (2011)); Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel (The Real Housewives of New York City (2008)). Also: Alessia Cara performs; Jeremy Gara sits in with The 8G Band.

Stars: Seth Meyers, Adam Levine, Bethenny Frankel, Alessia Cara