Movies and TV series about espionage
The 33 best titles about espionage, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
North by Northwest
1959 · Alfred Hitchcock
MovieAdventureThrillerAdvertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
The Lives of Others
2006 · Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
MovieDramaThrillerIn 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces co
SPY x FAMILY
2022 · Takahiro Habuta
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedyA spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Paul Greengrass
MovieActionDramaMysteryBourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the
SPY x FAMILY CODE: White
2023 · Takashi Katagiri
MovieActionAdventureAnimationWhile under the guise of taking his family on a weekend winter getaway, Loid's attempt to make progress on his current mission Operation Strix proves difficult when Anya mistakenly gets involved and t
The Night Manager
2016 · Clare Cornwell
SeriesCrimeDramaMysteryFormer British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infil
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · Matt Thunell
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaWhen CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse th
The Bourne Supremacy
2004 · Paul Greengrass
MovieActionDramaThrillerA CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their live
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · Tomas Alfredson
MovieDramaMysteryThrillerGeorge Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back throug
Burn Notice
2007
SeriesAction & AdventureCrimeDramaA formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025 · Christopher McQuarrie
MovieActionAdventureThrillerEthan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious gho
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Phillip Noyce
MovieActionDramaThrillerAgent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his ya
Lust, Caution
2007 · Ang Lee
MovieActionDramaRomanceDuring World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Wes Anderson
MovieAdventureComedyCrimeWealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terroris
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · Peter R. Hunt
MovieAdventureActionThrillerWith the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in t
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Brian De Palma
MovieActionAdventureThrillerWhen Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the pr
Secret Invasion
2023 · Kyle Bradstreet
SeriesAction & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyNick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
Central Intelligence
2016 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
MovieActionComedyCalvin Joyner, a mild-mannered accountant whose high school glory days are long behind him, reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook. After meeting up, Calvin’s mundane life ta
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Tony Gilroy
MovieActionThrillerNew CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Die Another Day
2002 · Lee Tamahori
MovieActionAdventureThrillerJames Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023 · Guy Ritchie
MovieActionAdventureComedySpecial agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens t
The Voyeurs
2021 · Michael Mohan
MovieThrillerWhen Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite – inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive c
U.S. Marshals
1998 · Stuart Baird
MovieActionCrimeThrillerU.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016 · Edward Zwick
MovieActionCrimeDramaYears after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is f
Heart of Stone
2023 · Tom Harper
MovieActionCrimeThrillerAn intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieActionAdventureComedyEight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. Retired spy Marissa is called back into action, and to bond wit
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