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1. Deutschland 83 (2015)
TV-MA | 42 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 15,032
2. Deutschland 89 (2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Sylvester Groth, Corinna Harfouch
Votes: 3,344
3. The Same Sky (2017)
120 min | Drama, Thriller
Lars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
Stars: Tom Schilling, Sofia Helin, Friederike Becht, Ben Becker
Votes: 2,540
4. The Assets (2014)
60 min | Thriller
CIA counter-intelligence officer Sandy Grimes works to save Soviet intelligence officers from being exposed by a mole inside her organization.
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Paul Rhys, Harriet Walter, Ralph Brown
Votes: 2,360
5. A Perfect Spy (1987)
374 min | Thriller
The rise and fall of Magnus Pym and his career through intelligence. From chance meetings with people will be important to him in the future to a life in Czechoslovakia, Pym weaves his way through the complicated world of espionage.
Stars: Ray McAnally, Rüdiger Weigang, Alan Howard, Peter Egan
Votes: 999
6. Glória (2021)
TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in the small village of Glória do Ribatejo, João Vidal will take on several high-risk espionage missions that could change the course of Portuguese and world history.
Stars: Miguel Nunes, Matt Rippy, Stephanie Vogt, Carolina Amaral
Votes: 5,057
7. Beirut (2018)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Jon Hamm, Jay Potter, Khalid Benchagra, Ania Josse
Votes: 24,697 | Gross: $5.02M
8. The Optimists (2017)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The Optimists is a Russian spy drama series that brings a 1960's "Mad Men" aesthetic to the Nikita Khrushchev-era, set during peak Cold War. The show opens during the 1959 American National... See full summary »
Stars: Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Severija Janusauskaite, Artyom Bystrov, Egor Koreshkov
Votes: 163
9. Myortvyy sezon (1968)
138 min | Adventure, Drama
Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal, Dr. Hass, who is finishing the creation of a deadly ... See full summary »
Director: Savva Kulish | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Rolan Bykov, Sergei Kurilov, Gennadiy Yukhtin
Votes: 423
10. Odin iz nas (1971)
104 min | Action
Soviet counterintelligence receives information about the Nazis' intentions to infiltrate Moscow and sabotage a strategically important military plant. Sergei Biryukov, an experienced and ... See full summary »
Director: Gennadi Poloka | Stars: Georgiy Yumatov, Dmitriy Masanov, Valentin Grachyov, Nikolay Grinko
Votes: 73
11. Spies (1928)
Not Rated | 90 min | Romance, Thriller
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Lien Deyers
Votes: 3,947
12. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Film-Noir, Romance
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer, Vladimir Sokoloff
Votes: 3,445
13. Krasnaya koroleva (2015– )
Drama
The rise of a girl from proverbial humble beginnings to top Russian fashion model during Cold War-era USSR.
Stars: Anna Sagaydachnaya, Bastien Ughetto, David Holt, Anna Vasileva
Votes: 373
14. The Sentinel (1992)
139 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A medical student returning to France finds himself mixed up in a dark affair of espionage between the Eastern and Western blocs, involving agents of the DGSE (French foreign intelligence service).
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuel Salinger, Thibault de Montalembert, Jean-Louis Richard, Valérie Dréville
Votes: 910 | Gross: $0.01M
15. Tehran (2020– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.
Stars: Niv Sultan, Shaun Toub, Shervin Alenabi, Yoalah Brinson
Votes: 23,597
16. Spy/Master (2023)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Victor Godeanu, Ceausescu's right-hand man, has a secret. He is also a KGB agent and must escape before he is discovered, so he will seize a valuable diplomatic opportunity.
Stars: Alec Secareanu, Parker Sawyers, Ana Ularu, Svenja Jung
Votes: 3,822
17. 1989 - A Spy Story (2019 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Due to the fall of the Berlin Wall, a double agent is targeted by the American foreign intelligence service CIA.
Director: Sven Bohse | Stars: Michael Baral, Lilly Barshy, Oskar Belton, Alexander Beyer
Votes: 404
18. The Man Between (1953)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard Knef, Geoffrey Toone
Votes: 2,527
19. Page Eight (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Johnny works for MI5. His neighbor Nancy approaches him. When his best friend and boss suddenly dies, Johnny's left to sort out things about the PM, MI5 and US.
Director: David Hare | Stars: Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Tom Hughes, Michael Gambon
Votes: 19,823
20. Catch Me a Spy (1971)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Andrej (Kirk Douglas), a smuggler of microfilmed Russian manuscripts, uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers to transport the contraband out of the country.
Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Marlène Jobert, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay
Votes: 439
21.
Fox Mystery Theater (1984)
Episode:
Czech Mate
(1984)
73 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Vicky's ex-husband, John, invites her on a trip to communist Prague. First John disappears, then her passport. Vicky finds herself alone and penniless in Prague and becomes a tragic pawn caught in a web of espionage and murder.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Susan George, Patrick Mower, Richard Heffer, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 160
22.
Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode:
Traitor
(1971)
61 min | Comedy, Drama
Dishillusioned by his rich, aristocratic upbringing in Britain, top foreign office diplomat Adrian Harris became a spy for the Russians. He escaped to Moscow after being found out and it is... See full summary »
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: John Le Mesurier, Jack Hedley, Vincent Ball, Neil McCallum
Votes: 63
23.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Blunt
(1987)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama
The story of Anthony Blunt, the "fourth man" in a notorious 1951 spy scandal.
Director: John Glenister | Stars: Ian Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Williams, Rosie Kerslake
Votes: 213
24.
Screen One (1985–2002)
Episode:
The Mountain and the Molehill
(1989)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is ... See full summary »
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Michael Gough, Michael Quill, Demetri Jagger, Jacob Krichefski
Votes: 22
25.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Double Image
(1986)
PG | 89 min | Drama
This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1962.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Josef Sommer, Ed Lauter, Oleg Rudnik
Votes: 152
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