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Plot Summary:
Kate Capshaw plays a schoolteacher and suburban housewife who happens to be an ex-spy. Nobody knows of Capshaw's previous espionage activities, least of all her somewhat obtuse husband Cliff De Young. When Capshaw's ex-lover Jeroen Krabbe, an intimate of Castro, lands in a Cuban prison, she is swept back into the spy business, leaving her nonplussed hubby in the dust.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Red Eagle (1994)
Plot Summary:
Her friend, Doctor Peter Husak, introduces the American Jack Carver to his friend, nurse Kate, and it's love on first sight. But when she learns, in a dramatic incident, that Jack's a C.I.A. Agent, she leaves him and marries Husak instead. Together, they go into a war area in Nagorny Karabach for a relief organization. When Kate finds out that Husak is willingly cooperating with the K.G.B., she leaves him and asks Carver, who's about to bring a businessman out of the country, to take her and her baby with him on a dangerous flight.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags:
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The Berlin Conspiracy (1992)
Plot Summary:
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, four canisters containing biological weapons are stolen by European terrorists. The East and West must work together to stop the terrorists from selling the weapons to the highest bidder. It is up to the CIA and an East German agent to overcome their own differences and get the weapons back.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: political thriller, independent film
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The Ice Runner (1992)
Plot Summary:
US-agent West travels to Moscow for the CIA in order to buy Russian weapons and to send them to the rebels in Afghanistan. When West gets caught he hides his identity and receives 15 years in a working camp in Siberia as penalty.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Notorious (1992)
Plot Summary:
After Alicia Velorus' father is convicted as a communist spy, CIA asks her to prove her loyalty by getting close to her father's friend, who's a suspected arms dealer. In the meantime she and her CIA contact Devlin fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending
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'Gator Bait (1973)
Plot Summary:
Desiree lives deep in the swamp and supports herself and her siblings by poaching. Ben and deputy Billy hope to get a little sexual comfort from the "Cajun swamp rat" when they catch Desiree trapping 'gators, and give chase. Desiree outsmarts them but Billy accidentally shoots Ben and tells his sheriff dad that Desiree did it. Ben's dad and sons join them in the search party and quickly get out of control. Soon the hunters become the hunted as Desiree exacts her revenge for their violence against her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, southern gothic
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Day of the Warrior (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Legion to Ensure Total Harmony and Law (L.E.T.H.A.L.), is tracking a criminal mastermind known only as The Warrior. While investigating his combination diamond smuggling/art theft/porn production industry, the agents discover that he has cracked their secret database and has stolen the files on all of their agents. With the help of their martial arts intructor Fu, agents Tiger, Willow and Cobra take on the case while also taking every opportunity to remove their bikini tops.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, rough, realistic, semi serious, sexploitation film, cult film
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The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)
Plot Summary:
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, which was rearranged into a slightly different, harder-edged arrangement by Dave Grusin.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: spy comedy
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OSS 117 prend des vacances (1970)
Plot Summary:
OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: France, Brazil, Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, eurospy
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Trade Routes (2007)
Plot Summary:
Set against an Eastern European nation's election, in a country that was the most notorious communist dictatorship, the film charts the paths of five characters; An aging CIA officer; A young attractive economic advisor; The ambitious Bulgarian Prime Minister's chief of staff; An American political consultant; and a retired member of the Bulgarian Communist State Police. These five character destinies intertwine in the weeks leading up to the elections in a fledgling democracy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: political, political drama
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Altered Minds (2013)
Plot Summary:
A family reunion goes awry when the oldest son makes the accusation that his dying father, a famed psychiatrist who also did work for the CIA, adopted his children for the purposes of psychological experimentation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 709
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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008: Operation Exterminate (1965)
Plot Summary:
The British Secret Service sends agent 006 (Alberto Lupo) to Cairo, to collaborate with an American colleague in searching for a stolen anti-radar device. Arriving in Egypt, he finds that agent 008 is actually an attractive female (played by Ingrid Schoeller). But they soon find out that the assignment won’t be a picnic, as a criminal mastermind named Kemp has sent his henchmen out to destroy them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Italy, Egypt
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
Plot Summary:
J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell, plan on producing a bomb carrying an anthrax virus to be used in the United States. Garrison summons CIA agent Zack Hamilton who puts together a team of three beautiful women; CIA trainer Kim Taylor; photographer Victoria Carrera; and actress Eva Kirov to go to undercover as fashion models to infiltrate the terrorist organization to find the bomb before it can be used.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, tv series pilot
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Code Name: Vengeance (1987)
Plot Summary:
Soldier of fortune, Monroe Bieler, is sent to dole out some American-style justice when the wife and child of an African president are kidnapped by terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, low-budget
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Acts of Betrayal (1997)
Plot Summary:
FBI agents attempt to protect a woman who is testifying against her gangster boy friend. However, an army of assassins are after her in an endless series of shootouts.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
Plot Summary:
Code Name: Foxfire is an American television series that aired on NBC in 1985. The series stars Joanna Cassidy, Robin Johnson and Sheryl Lee Ralph as a trio of unorthodox female government agents performing secret missions for the brother of the president of the United States.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Art of Deception (2019)
Plot Summary:
After uncovering the CIA’s ruthless master plan for world domination by gaining complete mind control over the entire population, top scientist Joseph Markham is ultimately left with a choice: save the lives of billions…or the life of his wife, who has been kidnapped, interrogated, and brutally tortured but continues to viciously fight for her life. As a nationwide manhunt ensues, deadly assassins pursue, and one man’s decision will determine the fate of the world. Art of Deception is about a fight for life, love and world dominance.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark
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Hangmen (1987)
Plot Summary:
Rob Greene has information about an undercover terror team inside the CIA led by Joe Connelly. To stay alive with the knowledge, he is advised to stay undercover by his supervisor Andrews. Connelly's men try to kill Greene, but he can escape and warns his son Danny that he also may be in danger and that he should look for Dog Thompson.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Living Daylights (1987)
Plot Summary:
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: suspense, saga, exciting, slasher, cult classic, action adventure, spectacular, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Come Spy with Me (1967)
Plot Summary:
Set amidst the steamy underworld of Bermuda and Jamaica, this spy adventure chronicles the exploits of a female spy trying to investigate the mysterious murders of two colleagues before an important meeting between the world's most powerful leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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MR-9 (2023)
Plot Summary:
Masud Rana is a Secret Agent with code name MR-9 of the Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Agency.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 626
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bangladesh
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags:
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The Sell Out (1976)
Plot Summary:
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Israel
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, poliziottesco
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Cover-Up (1991)
Plot Summary:
Mike Anderson, a tough American reporter on a dangerous foreign assignment, finds his own life in jeopardy when he uncovers a deadly labyrinth of political intrigue that threatens the lives of thousands. Dispatched to investigate a mysterious and fatal attack on an overseas US naval base, Anderson, a leading investigative journalist and ex-US marine, finds himself back on familiar ground. Instinct makes him question the official CIA explanation that cites an unknown terrorist group called Black October. Alone, and armed only with his combat training and determination to uncover the truth, he sets out to expose a complex and dangerous political web.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Israel
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, freeze frame
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Red Sparrow (2018)
Plot Summary:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, psychological thriller, sexy, rough, brutal, erotic, sexual, exciting, motivational
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 521000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, breathtaking, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, clever, entertaining, action adventure, stylized, action packed
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Hanna (2011)
Plot Summary:
A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, fairy tale, exciting, tense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, serious, visually appealing, heroic
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Unstoppable (2004)
Plot Summary:
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy Knight, in a dinning restaurant, he is mistakenly taken as being the CIA agent that is investigating the robbery of the military experiment EX by a man called Sullivan. He is injected with the drug and abducted by the thieves. Amy has six hours to find the also stolen antidote and save Dean's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Aruba
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, suspense, political thriller, psychological, experimental, fast
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Plot Summary:
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 No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 462000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, clever, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, tense, saga, cerebral
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Ava (2020)
Plot Summary:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, suspense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller, stylized, surprise ending, neo noir
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Salt (2010)
Plot Summary:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 327000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining, visually appealing, action packed, tricky, political, action thriller
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The Operative (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Israel, Germany, USA, UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, suspense, powerful