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1. Black Sea (2014)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall
Votes: 40,898 | Gross: $1.17M
2. Crimson Tide (1995)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza
Votes: 123,397 | Gross: $91.40M
3. Night of the Fox (1990 TV Movie)
R | 200 min | Adventure, Thriller, Drama
An American officer on a landing craft carrying plans for the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy takes part on landing maneuvers, his craft was attacked and sunk by German E-boats and he... See full summary »
Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: George Peppard, Deborah Raffin, Michael York, David Birney
Votes: 384
4. U-571 (2000)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, War
A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi
Votes: 87,432 | Gross: $77.09M
5. Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of Navy SEALs comes to learn the identity of their target: Osama bin Laden.
Directors: John Stockwell, Paulette Victor Lifton | Stars: Cam Gigandet, Jenny Gabrielle, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodríguez
Votes: 11,132
6. K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
PG-13 | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo
Votes: 67,427 | Gross: $35.17M
7. In Enemy Hands (2004)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller, War
When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Thomas Kretschmann, Clark Gregg
Votes: 4,557
8. Phantom (I) (2013)
R | 98 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission cloaked in mystery.
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: Ed Harris, Julian Adams, David Duchovny, William Fichtner
Votes: 15,168 | Gross: $0.49M
9. 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: 214,853 | Gross: $122.01M
10. Pearl Harbor (2001)
PG-13 | 183 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, William Lee Scott
Votes: 351,975 | Gross: $198.54M
11. We Were Soldiers (2002)
R | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott
Votes: 151,320 | Gross: $78.12M
12. Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
R | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Barry Pepper, Joseph Cross, Jesse Bradford
Votes: 129,293 | Gross: $33.60M
13. Hart's War (2002)
R | 125 min | Drama, War
A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser
Votes: 55,347 | Gross: $19.08M
14. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
R | 131 min | Action, Drama, War
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
Votes: 277,707 | Gross: $51.40M
15. Courage Under Fire (1996)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 59,598 | Gross: $59.03M
16. Enemy of the State (1998)
R | 132 min | Action, Thriller
A lawyer becomes targeted by a corrupt politician and his N.S.A. goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a politically motivated crime.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet
Votes: 259,026 | Gross: $111.55M
17. The Russia House (1990)
R | 123 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A British publisher is sent a manuscript detailing Soviet Union nuclear missile capabilities. British Intelligence intercept it and recruit him to investigate the author's editor, a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox
Votes: 17,551 | Gross: $23.00M
18. Allied (2016)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim
Votes: 169,844 | Gross: $40.10M
19. The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
R | 94 min | Biography, Drama, War
Former Major League Baseball player Moe Berg goes undercover in World War II Europe for the Office of Strategic Services.
Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Paul Rudd, Pierfrancesco Favino, Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen
Votes: 11,896 | Gross: $0.71M
20. The Looming Tower (2018)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History
A look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Tahar Rahim, Wrenn Schmidt, Bill Camp
Votes: 17,552
21. The Interpreter (2005)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 110,954 | Gross: $72.71M
22. The Peacemaker (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iures, Aleksandr Baluev
Votes: 62,452 | Gross: $41.26M
23. The Aftermath (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.
Director: James Kent | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin, Jason Clarke
Votes: 23,831 | Gross: $1.62M
24. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong
Votes: 319,039 | Gross: $95.72M
25. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring
Votes: 16,805 | Gross: $0.27M
26. The Yellow Birds (2017)
R | 94 min | Drama, War
Two young soldiers, Bartle (21) and Murph (18) navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Director: Alexandre Moors | Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Daniel Jose Molina, Mikey Collins, Tye Sheridan
Votes: 4,717
27. Green Zone (2010)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear, Igal Naor
Votes: 142,731 | Gross: $35.05M
28. The Good Shepherd (2006)
R | 167 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 108,616 | Gross: $59.95M
29. Decommissioned (2016)
R | 80 min | Action, Thriller
A retired agent's life is turned upside down when he discovers he's the patsy for an impending CIA planned presidential assassination.
Director: Timothy Woodward Jr. | Stars: Johnny Messner, Vinnie Jones, Estella Warren, James Remar
Votes: 522
30. State of Affairs (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Thriller
A CIA officer is plucked from the field to become the president's daily briefer, assuming responsibility for targeting America's most critical threats while navigating the unique lifestyle that comes with such a high-powered job.
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand
Votes: 6,128
31. The Unit (2006–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
Stars: Dennis Haysbert, Regina Taylor, Audrey Marie Anderson, Robert Patrick
Votes: 23,141
32. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong
Votes: 212,579 | Gross: $24.15M
33. Breach (2007)
PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
Director: Billy Ray | Stars: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Haysbert, Laura Linney
Votes: 61,773 | Gross: $33.23M
34. The English Patient (1996)
R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 201,130 | Gross: $78.65M
35. The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.
Stars: Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell, Rupert Evans
Votes: 111,064
36. Roman Empire (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Chronicles some of the most famous leaders of the Roman Civilization.
Stars: Aaron Irvin, Corey Brennan, Jerry Toner, Steve West
Votes: 9,378
37. The Enemy Within (2019)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
FBI agent Will Keaton enlists the most notorious traitor in American history to help catch a spy.
Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut, Raza Jaffrey, Kelli Garner
Votes: 7,043
38. Basic (2003)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A D.E.A. Agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger Drill Sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Tim Daly
Votes: 66,556 | Gross: $26.54M
39. The Outpost (2019)
R | 123 min | Action, Drama, History
A small team of U.S. soldiers battles against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy
Votes: 40,569
40. NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Follows an NCIS team that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment, and decadence.
Stars: Scott Bakula, Rob Kerkovich, CCH Pounder, Daryl Mitchell
Votes: 20,515
41. The Hot Zone (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi
The frightening spread of the Ebolavirus (season 1) and anthrax (season 2).
Stars: Julianna Margulies, Tony Goldwyn, Noah Emmerich, Daniel Dae Kim
Votes: 9,697
42. Intelligence (2014)
TV-14 | 550 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A high-tech intelligence operative, enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, aids an elite government cyber-security agency in special missions.
Stars: Josh Holloway, Meghan Ory, John Billingsley, P.J. Byrne
Votes: 19,954
43. Covert Affairs (2010–2014)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Fresh out of the farm, Annie Walker must adapt to the challenging life of a CIA operative under the guidance of her handler, Auggie. But soon she realizes her recruitment might have to do with her last boyfriend rather than her talent.
Stars: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 31,607
44. SEAL Team (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Drama, War
The lives of the elite Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions the United States of America can ask.
Stars: David Boreanaz, Neil Brown Jr., A.J. Buckley, Toni Trucks
Votes: 33,001
45. The Bourne Legacy (2012)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Scott Glenn
Votes: 315,669 | Gross: $113.20M
46. Jason Bourne (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Thriller
The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 242,173 | Gross: $162.43M
47. NCIS: Sydney (2023– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama
It follows a talented and tireless team of Naval Criminal Investigative Services agents dedicated to solving criminal cases involving the Marines and the Navy. The series explores local stories with Australian actors and producers.
Stars: Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle
Votes: 2,501
48. NCIS: Hawai'i (2021–2024)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Follow a team of Naval criminal investigators who operate on the Hawaiian islands.
Stars: Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Jason Antoon
Votes: 9,519
49. The State Within (2006)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a plane explodes over Washington D.C. panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to the U.S. Mark Brydon finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Ben Daniels, Eva Birthistle, Neil Pearson
Votes: 2,445
50. Agent Game (2022)
R | 90 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA officer finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for the death of an interrogation subject.
Director: Grant S. Johnson | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Adan Canto, Katie Cassidy, Annie Ilonzeh
Votes: 3,007
51. Operation Mincemeat (2021)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, War
During WWII, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to outwit German troops.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Rufus Wright
Votes: 35,233
52. The Crossing (2000 TV Movie)
89 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Roger Rees, Sebastian Roché, Steven McCarthy
Votes: 2,192
53. TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, War
A Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
Stars: Jamie Bell, Heather Lind, Samuel Roukin, Daniel Henshall
Votes: 23,448
54. War & Peace (2016)
TV-14 | 63 min | Drama, History, Romance
As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
Stars: Paul Dano, James Norton, Lily James, Adrian Edmondson
Votes: 26,650
55. Argo (2012)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin
Votes: 639,326 | Gross: $136.03M
56. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.
Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless
Votes: 79,203
57. No End in Sight (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, War
A comprehensive look at the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraq war and its occupation of the country.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Campbell Scott, Gerald Burke, Ali Fadhil, Omar Fekeiki
Votes: 8,631 | Gross: $1.43M
58. The Untold History of the United States (2012–2013)
TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, History, War
Oliver Stone 's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.
Stars: Oliver Stone, Alan Shearman, Jim Ward, André Sogliuzzo
Votes: 9,709
59. The General's Daughter (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
Director: Simon West | Stars: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 63,868 | Gross: $102.71M
60. Point of No Return (1993)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A government fakes the death of a criminal to turn this young woman into a killer on its service.
Director: John Badham | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 30,171 | Gross: $30.04M
61. Army Wives (2007–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Romance, War
Four women and one man share the common bond of loving someone in the U.S. Army.
Stars: Brian McNamara, Wendy Davis, Catherine Bell, Sterling K. Brown
Votes: 8,435
62. In the Valley of Elah (2007)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker, Jason Patric
Votes: 75,113 | Gross: $6.78M
63. Safe House (2012)
R | 115 min | Action, Thriller
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 235,676 | Gross: $126.37M
64. Rules of Engagement (2000)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller, War
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 50,331 | Gross: $61.34M
65. Taken (2017–2018)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
As former CIA agent Bryan Mills deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world, he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge.
Stars: Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Jessica Camacho
Votes: 11,715
66. The Gray Man (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller
When the CIA's most skilled operative, whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.
Directors: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton
Votes: 238,912
67. NCIS (2003– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Follows the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), as they get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
Stars: David McCallum, Sean Murray, Mark Harmon, Brian Dietzen
Votes: 163,189
68. Treadstone (2019)
TV-MA | 44 min | Action
Having created super-spy Jason Bourne, the Treadstone project turns its attention on a new protocol to develop unstoppable superhuman assassins.
Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Tracy Ifeachor, Omar Metwally, Han Hyo-joo
Votes: 12,383
69. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
Votes: 361,064
70. The Code (2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
A look at the professional and personal lives of some of the military's brightest legal minds in the courtroom, where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator - and a Marine.
Stars: Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Phillipa Soo, Raffi Barsoumian
Votes: 2,234
71. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 239,631 | Gross: $39.39M
72. Obliterated (2023)
TV-MA | 407 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
An elite special forces team tracking a deadly terrorist network, hell bent on blowing up Las Vegas.
Stars: Shelley Hennig, Nick Zano, Terrence Terrell, Paola Lázaro
Votes: 18,457
73. The Americans (2013–2018)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
At the height of the Cold War, two Russian agents pose as the average American couple, complete with family.
Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Keidrich Sellati, Holly Taylor
Votes: 111,406
74. Shooter (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama
A conspiracy thriller that follows the journey of Bob Lee Swagger, a highly-decorated veteran who is coerced back into action to prevent a plot to kill the President.
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Shantel VanSanten, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Omar Epps
Votes: 42,152
75. Berlin Station (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Follows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities.
Stars: Leland Orser, Michelle Forbes, Mina Tander, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 10,483
76. The Recruit (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Follows a lawyer at the CIA who gets entangled in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency.
Stars: Noah Centineo, Fivel Stewart, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn
Votes: 46,336
77. Sergio (2020)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History
A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.
Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Brían F. O'Byrne, Bradley Whitford
Votes: 10,983
78. Treason (2022)
TV-MA | 41 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Adam Lawrence was trained and groomed by MI6; his career seems set. When the past catches up with him in the form of Kara, a Russian spy with whom he shares a complicated past, he is forced to question everything and everyone in his life.
Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin, Ciarán Hinds, Charlie Cox
Votes: 23,121
79. Citadel (2023– )
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Global spy agency Citadel has fallen, and its agents' memories were wiped clean. Now the powerful syndicate, Manticore, is rising in the void. Can the Citadel agents recollect their past and summon the strength to fight back?
Stars: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Stanley Tucci, Lesley Manville
Votes: 33,471
80. JAG (1995–2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The cases of Harmon Rabb, former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow lawyers of the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's office.
Stars: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell, Patrick Labyorteaux, John M. Jackson
Votes: 20,018
81. The 355 (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild-card C.I.A. agent joins forces with three international agents on a mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger
Votes: 37,689
82. The Operative (2019)
TV-MA | 116 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A woman is recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.
Director: Yuval Adler | Stars: Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar, Rotem Keinan
Votes: 7,537
83. The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts (2019 Video)
80 min | Drama
Known actors read out excerpts from the Mueller Report regarding Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and Donald Trump/John Lithgow.
Director: Scott Ellis | Stars: Annette Bening, John Lithgow, Kevin Kline, Jason Alexander
Votes: 360
84. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.
Votes: 731,115 | Gross: $326.11M
85. Special Ops: Lioness (2023– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Joe attempts to balance her personal and professional lives as the tip of the spear in the agency's war on terror.
Stars: Zoe Saldana, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner
Votes: 42,282
86. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
TV-14 | 108 min | Drama, War
Follows a naval officer who stands trial for mutiny after taking command from a ship captain he felt was acting in an unstable way, putting both the ship and its crew in danger.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Clarke, Jake Lacy, Monica Raymund
Votes: 4,165
87. Sound of Freedom (2023)
PG-13 | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from traffickers.
Director: Alejandro Monteverde | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, Bill Camp, Cristal Aparicio
Votes: 114,395
88. 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: 201,655 | Gross: $46.87M
89. Land of Bad (2024)
R | 113 min | Action, Thriller
A US Army special forces unit is ambushed during a mission to retrieve an intelligence asset and their only remaining hope lies with a remote Air Force drone operator assisting them through a brutal 48-hour battle for survival.
Director: William Eubank | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle
Votes: 19,408
90. Alias (2001–2006)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college, trained for espionage and self-defense.
Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman
Votes: 54,781
91. The Hurt Locker (2008)
R | 131 min | Drama, Thriller, War
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce
Votes: 473,996 | Gross: $17.02M
92. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold
Votes: 279,781
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