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1. The Bricklayer (2023)
R | 110 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-CIA agent is reactivated when an extortionist targets the agency.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 6,742
2. The Beekeeper (2024)
R | 105 min | Action, Thriller
One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers."
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Josh Hutcherson
Votes: 83,477
3. 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: 360,894
4. The Equalizer 3 (2023)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman
Votes: 114,345
5. Sicario (2015)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 476,529 | Gross: $46.89M
6. Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.
Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill
Votes: 204,783 | Gross: $376.85M
7. The Punisher (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his revenge on those who murdered his family, aimless Marine veteran Frank Castle finds a new meaning in life as a vigilante known as "The Punisher".
Stars: Jon Bernthal, Amber Rose Revah, Ben Barnes, Jason R. Moore
Votes: 264,913
8. Vice (I) (2018)
R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell
Votes: 162,378 | Gross: $47.84M
9. Operation Napoleon (2023)
102 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A lawyer is sucked into an international conspiracy after being accused of a murder she didn't commit. Her only chance of survival lies in uncovering the secret of an old German WWII airplane, discovered on Iceland's largest glacier.
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson | Stars: Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox, Iain Glen, Wotan Wilke Möhring
Votes: 2,723
10. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect.
Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 9,414 | Gross: $6.49M
11. 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: 30,533 | Gross: $31.05M
12. Fortress (2021)
R | 99 min | Action, Thriller
A group of criminals led by Robert's former nemesis - Balzary who hellbent on revenge, forces a retired CIA Agent and his estranged son into a high-tech bunker. Will the thick walls and defenses be powerful enough against Balzary's forces.
Director: James Cullen Bressack | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, Kelly Greyson
Votes: 5,446
13. The Mighty Quinn (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
Director: Carl Schenkel | Stars: Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, James Fox, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 6,540 | Gross: $4.56M
14. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History
Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Oliver Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 4,230
15. JFK: What the Doctors Saw (2023)
92 min | Documentary, History
Startling medical observations about JFK's wounds when seven doctors who were in the Parkland Hospital ER reunite to discuss a day none of them can forget.
Director: Barbara Shearer | Stars: Ronald C. Jones, Lawrence E. Klein, Joe D. Goldstrich, Kenneth Salyer
Votes: 558
16. General Commander (2019)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
GRS operative Jake Alexander and his team of young recruits go after the most dangerous and notorious criminals with the help of a Hong Kong billionaire.
Directors: Philippe Martinez, Ross W. Clarkson | Stars: Steven Seagal, Sonia Couling, Byron Gibson, Mica Javier
Votes: 1,963
17. Scorpio (1973)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, the CIA orders free-lance operative Scorpio to assassinate his former CIA mentor Cross and a deadly cat-and-mouse game ensues.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos
Votes: 5,206
18. Golden Years (1991)
Not Rated | 232 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An elderly janitor hurt in an explosion at a secret army lab run by "The Shop" starts to grow younger. A ruthless operative is sent to cover it up, so the janitor and his wife go on the run with help from a sympathetic female agent.
Stars: Keith Szarabajka, Felicity Huffman, Ed Lauter, R.D. Call
Votes: 3,232
19. Timebomb (1991)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Eddy is recognized on TV after rescuing two. A group tries to kill the peaceful watchmaker. Why? He sees a cute analyst.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Michael Biehn, Patsy Kensit, Tracy Scoggins, Robert Culp
Votes: 2,064 | Gross: $0.06M
20. JFK: Destiny Betrayed (2021)
TV-MA | 214 min | Documentary, History
Filmmaker Oliver Stone revisits material used in the making of the film JFK along with additional material that has come to light since.
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Sutherland, Douglas Horne, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 498
21. In the Line of Duty IV (1989)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Hong Kong cop and two American cops are onto a suspected harbor worker and are forced to team up when they discover that the suspect is a witness on the run from CIA agents and their schemers; two corrupt cops.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Cynthia Khan, Donnie Yen, Michael Wong, Yat-Chor Yuen
Votes: 1,800
22. Tough and Deadly (1995 Video)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Elmo Freech is a private investigator who is contacted by CIA agent John Portland, who suffers from amnesia, to reveal a dubious case of drug smuggling involving big fish from Washington, D.C. and the CIA.
Director: Steve Cohen | Stars: Billy Blanks, Roddy Piper, Richard Norton, Charles Kahlenberg
Votes: 607
23. Freeway: Crack in the System (2015)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
FREEWAY: CRACK IN THE SYSTEM tells the story of broken dreams, drug dealers, dirty cops, and government complicity-more compelling than fiction, it's the real story behind America's longest... See full summary »
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Michael Levine, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, Eric Sterling
Votes: 898
24. The Beatles and India (2021)
96 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary exploring how John, Paul, George and Ringo fell in love with Indian culture while visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his Himalayan ashram in 1968.
Directors: Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton | Stars: Shankara Angadi, Sidharth Bhatia, Steve Turner, Ajoy Bose
Votes: 500
25. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime, History
With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.
Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan
Votes: 57
26. American Drug War: The Last White Hope (2006)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Crime
With commentary from soldiers on both sides of the conflict, filmmaker Kevin Booth's incisive documentary wades into the murky waters of the American war on drugs, the longest and costliest war in U.S. history.
Director: Kevin Booth | Stars: Joe Arpaio, Jello Biafra, Osama bin Laden, Jeff Blackburn
Votes: 1,643
27. The Panama Deception (1992)
91 min | Documentary, History, War
A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.
Director: Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Carlos Cantú, Diviana Ingravallo, Abraham Alvarez
Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $0.31M
28. Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)
72 min | Documentary, History
Directors: David Kasper, Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Brooks, Barbara Honegger, David MacMichael
Votes: 233
29. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)
Documentary, Action, Crime
In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.
Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran
Votes: 26
30. Viper (1988)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama
After Laura's husband James is murdered, she decides to find out who did it and why. She finds herself in a fight against an anti-terrorist organization in her desire for revenge.
Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Linda Purl, James Tolkan, Jeff Kober, Chris Robinson
Votes: 133
31. The Sleep Room (1998)
193 min | Biography, Drama
Based on a true story, this production relates the tale of two American lawyers who try to bring the U.S. government to its knees. In the early 1950s, the CIA funds a Montreal psychiatric ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Leon Pownall, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Gabrielle Rose
Votes: 127
32. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
33. The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
Documentary examining the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the destruction of the World Trade Center that have been circulating online.
Stars: Jon Rand, Lester Holt, Charles B. Strozier, Chip Berlet
Votes: 32
34. Ian Fleming vs John le Carré (2017 Video)
87 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
They are the titans of the spy novel, who have elevated thrillers to the level of literary fiction. Much imitated, much adapted by the big and small screens, Ian Fleming and John Le Carré ... See full summary »
Stars: Erica Wagner, Simon Callow, David Farr, Anthony Horowitz
35. Theoretically, an even much more paranoid conspiratorial phone call (2021)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Challenged by phone by the Pro Bono Spy Hunter and his valet, The Boss travels to the year 2121, where the USSR won the Cold War. Caught spying, The Boss undergoes a subtle questioning technique that tortures him and his interrogator.
Director: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato | Star: Jorge Luis Villacorta Santamato
Votes: 6
36. 9/11: Decade of Deception (2015 Video)
125 min | Documentary
Stars: David Chandler, Michel Chossudovsky, Jonathan Cole, Lance DeHaven-Smith
Votes: 32
37. No War (II) (2022)
19 min | Short, Action, Drama
John a CIA contractor goes to Ukraine with his team to look for Russian weapons of mass destruction and along the way takes with him a Ukrainian little girl found during a gunfight against ... See full summary »
Director: Enzo Zelocchi | Stars: Enzo Zelocchi, Emilia Nimak, Antonio Gibertini, Andy Jr.
Votes: 16,205
38. New Agents (2021 Video)
1 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Stars: Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniel Craig
Votes: 11
39. CIA: America's Secret Warriors (1997)
Documentary, Action, Crime
Hard-eyed look at unstable mix of idealism, adventurism, careerism and casual criminality of field agents who began as best and brightest and became tarnished and faded.
Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Richard Di Sabatino, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 26
40. Augusto Pinochet: The Coup, the Torture & the West (2023 TV Special)
45 min | Documentary, History
September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the military coup that brought General Pinochet to power in Chile. With the support of world democracies, including the US and UK, the dictator ruled through terror and torture.
Director: Lyndy Saville | Stars: Cal Seville, Roberto Navarrete, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Grace Livingston
Votes: 13
41. Edge of Life
Documentary | Announced
Examines Dr. Kenneth Stedman's discovery of extreme viruses, their use in ground-breaking biosignature, viruses role on planet Earth, and virus preservation research as well as their connection to Exobiology, the search for extraterrestrial life.
Director: Rod Pitman | Stars: Michael Chapman, Kenneth Stedman, Celeste Chow, Barbara Stedman
42. Emma Cruz
Drama | Announced
Framed for the death of a U.S. senator, a female CIA operative becomes a fugitive who must avoid capture as she tries to prove her innocence and balance her professional and personal life while she tackles shady operatives.
43. 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
44. Shifter (I) (2019)
12 min | Short, Action, Sci-Fi
An American photographer visiting the country of Georgia finds herself in the basement of a Russian Embassy, suspected of being a spy. Alone and against all odds, she must find a way to escape.
Director: Matthew Marder | Stars: Michelle Agresti, DonnaKelli Barnett, Charles Bisset, Carly Blaney
45. Guerrilla News Network: Crack the CIA (2002)
9 min | Short
A design-driven short about the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking during Iran Contra.
Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Taalam Acey
Votes: 19
46. 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
48. Guerrilla News Network: The War Conspiracy (2002)
4 min | Short
Berkeley Prof. Emeritus discusses his CIA-suppressed book, 'The War Conspiracy'.
Director: Stephen Marshall | Star: Peter Dale Scott
Votes: 11
49. Crack Capitalism (2015)
32 min | Documentary, Short
The C.I.A. covertly funded military operations in Nicaragua in the 1980's; in part using money from cocaine sales out of Nicaragua. These covert government activities substantially ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Alexander-Hughes | Stars: Michael Dukakis, Nelson George, 'Freeway' Ricky Ross
50.
CBS Summer Playhouse (1987–1989)
Episode:
Mickey and Nora
(1987)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An ex-CIA agent can't convince anyone that he's no longer a spy.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Ted Wass, Barbara Treutelaar, George Furth, Nancy Lenehan
Votes: 9