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1. Snowfall (2017–2023)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.
Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John
Votes: 30,988
2. The Terminal List (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A former Navy SEAL officer investigates why his entire platoon was ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission.
Stars: Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough
Votes: 108,216
3. Man on Fire (2004)
R | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 391,037 | Gross: $77.91M
4. 12 Strong (2018)
R | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
Director: Nicolai Fuglsig | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban
Votes: 92,389 | Gross: $45.82M
5. Red Sparrow (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to 'Sparrow School,' a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 202,246 | Gross: $46.87M
6. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
PG-13 | 161 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke
Votes: 307,793 | Gross: $453.72M
7. FUBAR (2023– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A C.I.A. operative on the edge of retirement discovers a family secret and is called back into the field for one last job.
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, Milan Carter, Gabriel Luna
Votes: 37,796
8. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain violates orders and heads for the U.S. in a new undetectable sub. The American CIA and military must quickly determine: Is he trying to defect or to start a war?
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill
Votes: 215,499 | Gross: $122.01M
9. The November Man (2014)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-C.I.A. operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high-level C.I.A. officials and the Russian President-elect.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Bill Smitrovich
Votes: 70,732 | Gross: $24.98M
10. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko
Votes: 85,893 | Gross: $33.33M
11. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
Votes: 92,184 | Gross: $16.00M
12. The Ghost Writer (2010)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 171,083 | Gross: $15.54M
13. Air America (1990)
R | 113 min | Action, Comedy, War
A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift operation in Laos during the Vietnam conflict.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins
Votes: 30,635 | Gross: $31.05M
14. Kill the Messenger (2014)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contra insurgents in Nicaragua.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Jena Sims, Robert Pralgo
Votes: 48,836 | Gross: $2.45M
15. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the early 80s of the Cold War, the campaign follows CIA operative Russel Adler as he pursues an alleged Soviet spy, whose goal is to subvert the United States and tilt the balance of power towards the Soviet Union.
Stars: David Agranov, Damon Victor Allen, Jeff Bergman, Creed Bratton
Votes: 3,722
16. Ishtar (1987)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.
Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin
Votes: 12,139 | Gross: $14.38M
17. 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: 24,772 | Gross: $5.02M
18. The Quiet American (2002)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 29,799 | Gross: $12.99M
19. The Killer Elite (1975)
PG | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Mike Locken, who works for a private security firm affiliated with the C.I.A., is betrayed by his partner and left apparently crippled for life.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins
Votes: 7,283
20. Extraction (II) (2015)
R | 82 min | Action, Thriller
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Director: Steven C. Miller | Stars: Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney
Votes: 12,046
21. Agent Hamilton (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In the wake of a series of bombings and cyberattacks in Stockholm, agent Carl Hamilton soon finds himself on a life-threatening mission against an invisible enemy with traces leading to Russian, Swedish and US intelligence forces.
Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Annika Hallin, Nina Zanjani, Jörgen Thorsson
Votes: 3,099
22. The Last Narc (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime
Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.
Stars: Hector Berrellez, Jorge Godoy, Geneva Camarena, Ramón Lira
Votes: 2,900
23. State of Siege (1972)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber
Votes: 6,089 | Gross: $1.13M
24. The Century of the Self (2002)
59 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 6,381
25. The Losers (1970)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.
Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage
Votes: 622 | Gross: $0.46M
26. The Fourth Angel (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man seeks justice after his wife and two daughters are gunned down in a terrorist attack.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley, Briony Glassco
Votes: 3,334
27. The Situation (I) (2006)
R | 111 min | Drama, War
The story of an American journalist, a CIA operative, and an Iraqi photographer against the backdrop of the bloody war in Iraq.
Director: Philip Haas | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada, Driss Roukhe
Votes: 889 | Gross: $0.05M
28. 9/11 Alchemy - Facing Reality (2018 Video)
176 min | Documentary
An examination of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Focusing particularly on the possible use of Directed Energy Weapons and holograms.
Director: Christian Hampton | Stars: Arthur C. Clarke, Mark Conlon, Milton William Cooper, Mark Devlin
Votes: 21
29. Dark Sector (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Hayden Tenno, a covert CIA operative, has been sent into the dark city of Lasria to perform a simple clean-up job, but is unknowingly thrust into a deceptive world where an unknown enemy is always close.
Directors: Michael McCormick, Robert Taylor | Stars: Michael Rosenbaum, Dwight Schultz, Jürgen Prochnow, Julianne Buescher
Votes: 379
30. Assignment Berlin (1998)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot.... See full summary »
Director: Tony Randel | Stars: Sammi Davis, Cliff Robertson, Dominic Raacke, Jan Niklas
Votes: 212
31. Did the Mob Kill JFK? (2009 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History
Did the Mafia order the killing of JFK? The compelling evidence includes a never before seen interview with an FBI informant who shared a prison cell with a Mafia kingpin.
Stars: Jack Van Laningham, Gerald Posner, Ronald Goldfarb, Lamar Waldron
Votes: 30
32. New Agents (2021 Video)
1 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Stars: Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniel Craig
33. The Worst Batman Fanfilm Ever... Period (2016)
3 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Mr. Freeze, (Not Exactly) Batman and CIA collide in a plotless spoof of a fan film.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Hermann The Refridgerator, Anton Yevtikhov, Askold Tutylopydirskiy, Mykola Yeriomin
Votes: 16
34. ¡Qué hacer! (1972)
R | 90 min | Drama
A Brechtian mix of political fiction, real-life footage and Country Joe McDonald music. In Chile in 1970, a young woman Peace Corps worker becomes involved with a mysterious American 'businessman' and a local revolutionary.
Directors: Saul Landau, Raúl Ruiz, Nina Serrano | Stars: Sandra Archer, Aníbal Reyna, Richard Stahl, Luis Alarcón
Votes: 65
35. Ian Fleming, James Bond and the Public Perception of the CIA (2011 Video)
67 min | Documentary, History, Talk-Show
Christopher Moran explores the similarities between Ian Fleming's James Bond novels and the real world of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Stars: Christopher Moran, Mary Louise Reker
36. America and Me (2017)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Australian filmmaker David Bradbury has been coming and going to the United States for the last forty years. A one-man band political activist who always travels with his camera, the twice ... See full summary »
Director: David Bradbury | Star: David Vine
37. The Unspoken Ones
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | Announced
The Unspoken Ones must reach the chosen one; popular young blogger named Kate, who's forces are of light and power. A holy being born on earth to a virgin mother named Sarah. Kate is the ... See full summary »
Star: Tressa Ohler
38.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Duty and Honor
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When some prostitutes are being killed, Castillo recognizes the M.O. as similar to some killings he saw when he was in Vietnam and working with a Vietnamese investigator. And the investigator shows up in Miami.
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 450
39.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Stone's War
(1986)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Ira Stone films a video of American forces on illegal operations in South America, Crockett must protect him from their old nemesis Maynard, who will stop at nothing to silence Stone.
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 482
40.
Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode:
Phantom Pain
(1988)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After Susan is arrested for Mel's murder, Vinnie refuses McPike's order to pull out of the Profitt case, because Susan, who has seemingly lost her grip on reality, has told him she is pregnant with his child.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ
Votes: 55
41.
Hanna (2019–2021)
Episode:
To the Meadows
(2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Action, Drama
At Hanna's request, Marissa agrees to help save Clara from The Meadows and arranges a passport for her, so that she can join Hanna in Canada. Hanna returns to Passway, where she locates ... See full summary »
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, Natasha Atherton
Votes: 825
42.
Hanna (2019–2021)
Episode:
Welcome Mia
(2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama
The morning after her beating, Marissa wakes to a call from Carmichael, informing her that Hanna is at The Meadows. They arrange to meet at a pick-up point in England. En route, Marissa ... See full summary »
Director: Ugla Hauksdóttir | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, Victor Ade
Votes: 797
43.
Hanna (2019–2021)
Episode:
A Way to Grieve
(2020)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Drama
Following Marissa's failed break-out attempt, Carmichael accuses her of being involved in both Sonia and Sawyer's deaths and locks her in a cell at The Meadows' Staff Headquarters. ... See full summary »
Director: Ugla Hauksdóttir | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, David Avery
Votes: 814
44.
Hanna (2019–2021)
Episode:
You're With Us Now
(2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Action, Drama
Carmichael receives intel that a British journalist, Nicola Gough, and an internal source, codenamed 'Tacitus', are arranging to meet, and he informs Hanna and Jules that they are to embark... See full summary »
Director: Ugla Hauksdóttir | Stars: Esme Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, David Avery
Votes: 782
45.
System Update with Glenn Greenwald (2020– )
Episode:
The Sham Prosecution of Michael Flynn
(2020)
Talk-Show
Star: Glenn Greenwald
46.
The Boys (2019– )
Episode:
Barbary Coast
(2022)
TV-MA | 61 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Tonight at 9/8C on Vought Plus, it's the season finale of #AmericanHero. Three contestants remain, but only TWO will join #TheSeven. Will Starlight choose her old flame Supersonic? Or will someone else be moving into the Seven Tower?
Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 12,980
47.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
(1993)
99 min | Documentary, History
A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.
Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal
Votes: 11
48.
Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode:
The Soviet General Who Switched Sides
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
Arguably the greatest spy for the West during the Cold War, Dimitriy Polyakov was a Russian Military Intelligence General who turned on Russia. He was run by the CIA and FBI and betrayed by both Ames and Hanssen.
Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eva Dillon, James M. Olson, Paul Joyal, Oleg Kalugin
49.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
The Drug Wars
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary
This episode uncovers the conspiracies behind America's 40-year drug campaign. Why does the U.S. Government classify marijuana and heroin as equally dangerous drugs, and will the move by ... See full summary »
Stars: Jonathan Adams, Darrell Issa, Jason Howerton, Michael Levine
Votes: 47