Movies and TV series about secret agents

The 50 best titles about secret agents, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
iRank82
2023 · Christopher McQuarrie
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the f
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
iRank82
2011 · Robert Hughes
MovieActionAdventureAnimation
Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they d
Skyfall
iRank82
2012 · Sam Mendes
MovieActionAdventureThriller
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the
Slow Horses
iRank80
2022 · Julian Stevens
SeriesComedyCrimeDrama
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Archer
iRank79
2009 · Adam Reed
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationComedy
Smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer and his dysfunctional team of secret agents turn dangerous missions into messy misadventures around the globe.
Dr. No
iRank79
1962 · Terence Young
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ry
Phineas and Ferb
iRank79
2007
SeriesAnimationComedyFamily
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platyp
The Secret Agent
iRank77
2025 · Kleber Mendonça Filho
MovieCrimeDramaThriller
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven h
MacGyver
iRank77
1985 · Stephen Downing
SeriesAction & AdventureCrimeDrama
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items h
Chuck
iRank77
2007 · Josh Schwartz
SeriesAction & AdventureComedyDrama
When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck
Sense8
iRank77
2015
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ord
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
iRank76
2011 · Tomas Alfredson
MovieDramaMysteryThriller
George 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
Marvel's Agent Carter
iRank75
2015 · Stan Lee
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), P
Total Recall
iRank73
1990 · Paul Verhoeven
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory imp
Kingsman: The Secret Service
iRank73
2015 · Matthew Vaughn
MovieActionAdventureComedy
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tec
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
iRank73
2025 · Christopher McQuarrie
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Ethan 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
Thunderball
iRank72
1965 · Terence Young
MovieActionAdventureThriller
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James
True Lies
iRank72
1994 · James Cameron
MovieActionThriller
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nucle
Despicable Me 2
iRank71
2013 · Pierre Coffin
MovieAnimationComedyFamily
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
The Spy Who Loved Me
iRank70
1977 · Lewis Gilbert
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappeari
Mission: Impossible III
iRank69
2006 · J.J. Abrams
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, w
Who Am I?
iRank68
1998 · Jackie Chan
MovieActionAdventureComedy
A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering s
Mission: Impossible
iRank68
1996 · Brian De Palma
MovieActionAdventureThriller
When 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
Hanna
iRank68
2011 · Joe Wright
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys ac
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
iRank66
1997 · Jay Roach
MovieComedyCrime
As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes
Spectre
iRank65
2015 · Sam Mendes
MovieActionAdventureThriller
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to r
Hot Shots! Part Deux
iRank64
1993 · Jim Abrahams
MovieActionComedyWar
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—w
Diamonds Are Forever
iRank63
1971 · Guy Hamilton
MovieActionThriller
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his arch
Central Intelligence
iRank63
2016 · Rawson Marshall Thurber
MovieActionComedy
Calvin 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
Quantum of Solace
iRank63
2008 · Marc Forster
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the
Police Story 4: First Strike
iRank62
1996 · Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
iRank62
2005 · Doug Liman
MovieActionComedyDrama
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.
Mission: Impossible II
iRank61
2000 · John Woo
MovieActionAdventureThriller
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineere
Charlie's Angels
iRank59
2000 · McG
MovieActionComedyAdventure
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
iRank59
2017 · Matthew Vaughn
MovieActionAdventureComedy
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
iRank58
2023 · Guy Ritchie
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Special 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
Ghosted
iRank53
2023 · Dexter Fletcher
MovieActionComedyRomance
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie—but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away
Johnny English Reborn
iRank53
2011 · Oliver Parker
MovieActionComedyCrime
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the targe
Johnny English
iRank53
2003 · Peter Howitt
MovieActionAdventureComedy
A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When a billionaire entrepreneu
Killer Elite
iRank50
2011 · Gary McKendry
MovieActionAdventureThriller
Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives—Danny, an ex-special ops agent and Hunter, his longtime mentor—against the cunning leader of a secret militar
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
iRank50
2017 · D.J. Caruso
MovieActionAdventureCrime
Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.
Total Recall
iRank49
2012 · Len Wiseman
MovieActionScience FictionThriller
Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the pol
Heart of Stone
iRank49
2023 · Tom Harper
MovieActionCrimeThriller
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.
Swordfish
iRank48
2001 · Dominic Sena
MovieActionCrimeThriller
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
iRank48
2003 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
iRank48
2003 · McG
MovieActionAdventureComedy
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a r
Argylle
iRank46
2024 · Matthew Vaughn
MovieActionAdventureComedy
When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accom
The Tuxedo
iRank41
2002 · Kevin Donovan
MovieActionComedyScience Fiction
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
iRank34
2011 · Robert Rodriguez
MovieActionAdventureComedy
Eight 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
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
iRank30
1989 · Rob Hedden
MovieHorrorThriller
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.