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Plot Summary:
Sometime in the near future, the Korean peninsula attempts to reunify. The South Korean government, which needs enormous funds for the unification to succeed, develops a landmark new technology called the TWR. The TWR is a high speed nuclear reactor and other countries want the technology. To prevent terror in the aftermath of the TWR breakthrough, the government establishes a new organization named NTS (National Anti-Terror Service). Jung-Woo (Jung Woo-Sung) is transferred to the NTS group from the NIS. He's excited about the transfer and hopes to live the life of a real agent, but then discovers his main responsibility is to watch North Korean defectors.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, romantic, captivating
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1989 - A Spy Story (2019)
Plot Summary:
Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a double agent is targeted by the American foreign intelligence service CIA.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: romantic, serious, suspense, intense
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Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy (2009)
Plot Summary:
METAL GEAR SOLID PHILANTHROPY is a movie inspired by the Hideo Kojima’s videogame series “Metal Gear Solid”. It is not a Hollywood-style production, better a fan movie made out of the passion of some fans, non profit and no budget. The movie has been released on September 27th, 2009, for free.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 711
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: tense, parody, captivating, suspense, independent film
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Kill Plan (2021)
Plot Summary:
A weathered CIA agent is thrown into a web of deception when he uncovers a rogue government plot to unleash a deadly drug on humanity.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, black cinema
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The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002)
Plot Summary:
Andy Lau is Wesley, investigating alien existence on this earth. He works outside of the MIB-influenced FBI operation, run by Shu Qi and Roy Cheung. They're hot on the trail of the Blue-Blooded Alien (Rosamund Kwan). Two other aliens, the "Warlock Toxin Group," are gunning for her as well -- red maggoty swarming creatures that form into Mark Cheng and Almen Wong.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Action, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing
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Rogue Agent (2022)
Plot Summary:
The TRUE, extraordinary and chilling story of career conman Robert Freegard who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled people into going into hiding, and the woman who fell for him, and then brought him down.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Illegals (2018)
Plot Summary:
Konrad Wolski, head of the Q department, an elite Polish intelligence unit, taking over a Belarusian arms dealer in Istanbul, learns about a terrorist attack planned in Sweden. The weapon to be used in the attack is to come from the Soviet arsenal hidden in Belarus. Konrad immediately contact with Travis, a Polish spy secreted in the Minsk KGB, to obtain intelligence information that will defeat the terrorist plan. The matter is complicated by the fact that Travis has just been exposed by one of the Belarusian KGB officers. He's financial blackmail, will not remain in his position for a long time. Sara - an officer of the Polish Intelligence Agency is sent to Minsk with the mission of his immediate evacuation. At the same time, a retired general of Belarusian services in Warsaw is blackmailing the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. The officers of the Foreign Intelligence Agency must at all costs take over archival materials incriminating the head of the Polish government. All roads lead to Minsk. A murderous game begins with time.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Poland, Turkey
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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The Spy Gone North (2018)
Plot Summary:
In 1993, former military officer Suk-young Park is recruited as a spy by South Korea's National Intelligence Service, and given the code name "Black Venus". He is then sent to infiltrate a group of high-ranking North Korean officials based in Beijing, with the ultimate goal of acquiring information on the North's nuclear program. After becoming close to Myong-un Ri, a key power broker, Black Venus succeeds beyond his wildest dreams of gaining the trust of North Korea's leadership. But political machinations on both sides of the border threaten to derail his accomplishments.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, intellectual, captivating, social, period piece
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Blackmark (2018)
Plot Summary:
1963 Military Industrialist Arthur Blackmark must race against the clock to stop an international incident which threatens to end the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Queen's Messenger (2001)
Plot Summary:
By order of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Captain Strong is given a dangerous assignment to deliver a delicate communication to the British Ambassador in Kazakhstan. As the senior officer for the elite Queen's Messenger corps, Captain Strong must pledge to protect his diplomatic cargo with his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Action
Country: Bulgaria, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, informative
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Man to Man (2017)
Plot Summary:
From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with a background in special investigations and the Hallyu star he is supposed to protect.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Code Name: Emperor (2022)
Plot Summary:
Juan, a secret service agent, approaches Wendy, a young Filipina who works as a maid for a suspicious couple.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Shadow Lines (2019)
Plot Summary:
During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: political, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political thriller, historical drama
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The Royal Swordsmen (2005)
Plot Summary:
The series is set in China during the Ming dynasty. Zhu Wushi, the uncle of the reigning Emperor, has been ordered by the previous emperor to establish a secret service called "Dragon Defending Mountain Manor" to protect the monarchy. Zhu, who is nicknamed "Tiedan Shenhou" has four elite secret agents serving under him. They are known by their codenames: "Heaven Number One", "Earth Number One", "Mysterious Number One", and "Yellow Number One". The Dragon Defending Mountain Manor has an ongoing rivalry with the Eastern Depot, another government spy agency led by the eunuch Cao Zhengchun. The Emperor knows that Zhu Wushi and Cao Zhengchun are equally influential in court politics and has been trying to use both of them to balance against each other. The four agents have to assist Zhu Wushi in curbing Cao Zhengchun's power, preserve the secret service's position in the imperial court, and defend the Emperor from internal and external threats.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless Columbian drug lord has been using a cold-blooded assassin nicknamed The Devil to wipe out his competition. Sensing a threat to the US, the DEA hires a Marine sniper to kill The Devil, and capture the kingpin.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama, perverse, action thriller
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Athena: Goddess of War (2010)
Plot Summary:
Athena: Goddess of War is a South Korean espionage television drama series broadcast by SBS in 2010 and a spin-off of 2009's Iris. Budgeted at ₩20 billion like its predecessor, the two series are among the most expensive Korean dramas ever produced. Starring Jung Woo-sung, Cha Seung-won, Soo Ae, and Lee Ji-ah, the series premiered in December 2010 after filming in a number of overseas locations, including Italy, New Zealand, Japan, and the United States. The series is set in the same universe as its predecessor, allowing for select characters from Iris to reprise their roles throughout the story.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Action, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, romantic
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Ailiseu (2009)
Plot Summary:
IRIS revolves around two friends from the 707th Special Mission Battalion recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service. Of the pair, recruit Kim Hyun-jun begins to uncover evidence that his foggy past may not be so irrelevant to his joining of the secret organization after all. As the two friends find their loyalties tested and forge new, unlikely alliances, the journey takes them from their home country to Hungary, Japan, and China where they find themselves at the center of an international conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, dorama
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The Berlin File (2013)
Plot Summary:
JUNG Jin-soo, a South Korean intelligence agent, comes across an unidentifiable operative, a 'ghost,' while surveilling a North Korean weapons deal in Berlin. The mystery figure is a North Korean secret agent, PYO Jong-seong, whose information cannot be found on any intelligence database. Jung quickly goes after Pyo to unveil his identity and gets himself embroiled in a vast international conspiracy. In the meanwhile, another North Korean operative, DONG Myung-soo, is dispatched to Berlin with a secret agenda to purge Pyo and take control of the North Korean embassy. Dong sets a trap to frame Pyo's wife, RYUN Jung-hee, for treason and tightens the noose around Pyo's neck. Pyo surveils his wife with hopes of clearing accusation against her but he plunges into deeper confusion when he discovers her secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, stylized, political, suspense, twisted, realistic
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Queen Sono (2020)
Plot Summary:
A highly trained South African spy must face changing relationships in her personal life while taking on her most dangerous mission yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Undeclared War (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a leading team of analysts at the heart of the UK’s NSA-style spy agency GCHQ attempt to ward off a cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, political, thrilling, political drama
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Freefall (1994)
Plot Summary:
New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they become hot lovers, her first infidelity. She's drugged before he leaves unannounced. In London Grant saves her from armed killers and discloses to be an Interpol agent. Dex has an incompatible story but is killed. It's the start of a cascade of violence and charades.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 706
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense, cliffhanger, suspense, independent film
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Empire of Lust (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae (Shin Ha-Kyun) is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won (Jang Hyuk) is the King’s son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty era, but he was not picked as the Crown Prince. He still holds ambitions of becoming the King one day. Jin (Kang Ha-Neul) is Kim Min-Jae’s son and the King’s son-in-law. Due to his position as the King's son-in-law, he is unable to take part in politics and only seeks out pleasure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: erotic, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, disturbing, romantic, sexy, costume drama
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Secret Reunion (2010)
Plot Summary:
Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee (Song Kang-Ho) losing his job at the NIS (National Intelligence Service). Six years later, Ji-won Song (Kang Dong-Won), an ex North Korean spy. now operates somewhere in the Seoul metropolitan area. As these two men hide their identities and work their particular angles, trouble brews again.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, serious, stylized, psychological, noir
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Spy City (2020)
Plot Summary:
After a defector is murdered, British agent Fielding Scott is assigned to track down a mole in his own ranks in 1961 Berlin. His investigation leads him into a deadly web of crime, betrayal and paranoia. Who can Scott trust in the city of spies?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling
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Steel Rain 2 (2020)
Plot Summary:
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, political thriller
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Plot Summary:
Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
Plot Summary:
Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of international contacts, Hamilton manages to get them on track. Hamilton, along with some military colleagues, plans a daring rescue mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, rough, realistic
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Complicit (2013)
Plot Summary:
An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 789
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, disturbing, thought provoking, gloomy
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Möbius (2013)
Plot Summary:
An FSB officer fall in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller, stylized
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The Veil (2021)
Plot Summary:
Han Ji-hyuk, an NIS agent gone MIA, returns after one year to join a new team as he searches for his lost past.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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Body of Lies (2008)
Plot Summary:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic, political thriller, serious, suspense, entertaining, enigmatic