Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-the-kgb"

1. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey

Votes: 13,196 | Gross: $25.10M

2. Beginners (2010)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic

Votes: 94,882 | Gross: $5.79M

3. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.

Director: Maria Maggenti | Stars: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Maggie Moore, Kate Stafford

Votes: 5,094 | Gross: $1.98M

4. Defense of the Realm (1985)

PG | 96 min | Thriller

After a newspaper reporter helps expose a Member of Parliament as a possible spy, he finds that there's much more to the story than that.

Director: David Drury | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen

Votes: 2,528 | Gross: $0.75M

5. The Zookeeper (2001)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, War

In the midst of a devastating civil war in an Eastern European country, a disillusioned ex-Communist is left behind to take care of the animals in the capital's zoological gardens until a U.N. rescue force arrives.

Director: Ralph Ziman | Stars: Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Ulrich Thomsen, Om Puri

Votes: 4,357

6. A Good American (2015)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, History

How a group of NSA code-breakers had a chance of preventing 9/11.

Director: Friedrich Moser | Stars: William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, Kirk Wiebe, Diane Roark

Votes: 1,335

7. ReMastered: Who Shot the Sheriff? (2018 TV Movie)

57 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The violent political suppression of the roots reggae movement in Jamaica told through an investigation into Jamaican politics and the CIA's involvement in the mysterious shooting of Bob Marley.

Director: Kief Davidson | Stars: Bob Marley, Arnold Bertram, Cindy Breakspeare, Nancy Burke

Votes: 1,740

8. TASS upolnomochen zayavit... (1984– )

700 min | Adventure

A spy is sent to Moscow. The task of the KGB is to neutralize him and thus prevent a revolt in a fictional state of Nagonia.

Stars: Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Yuriy Solomin, Nikolay Zasukhin, Aleksey Petrenko

Votes: 392

9. 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: 504

10. Putin: A Russian Spy Story (2020)

46 min | Documentary, Biography

A definitive account of Putin's power and how it changed the modern world.

Stars: Mikhail Fishman, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Arkady Ostrovsky, Mark Galeotti

Votes: 686

11. The Russian Woodpecker (2015)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, War

A gripping, award-winning documentary about an irradiated Ukrainian artist's search for the truth about Chernobyl and his prescient and powerful warnings about Putin's plans for a coming Russian invasion.

Director: Chad Gracia | Stars: Andrei Alexandrovich, Fedor Alexandrovich, Igor Alexandrovich, Natalia Barabovskaya

Votes: 1,489

12. F@ck This Job (2021)

104 min | Documentary, News

In 2008, Natasha, a newly rich woman, decides to open an independent TV station in Russia and builds an open-minded team of outcasts. By 2020, Natasha has lost everything to Russia's war between Propaganda and Truth.

Director: Vera Krichevskaya | Stars: Natalia Sindeeva, Aleksandr Vinokurov, Vera Krichevskaya, Anna Forshtreter

Votes: 568

13. The Living Dead (1995)

176 min | Documentary

Investigating the way politicians erase, rewrite and interpret the past to their own interest.

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 360

14. Putin: The New Tsar (2018)

59 min | Documentary

This documentary will provide the first authoritative account of who Vladimir Putin actually is. What drives him, what does he fear, who does he love and hate?

Director: Patrick Forbes | Stars: Patrick Forbes, Vladimir Putin

Votes: 176

15. God Save Russia (2018)

TV-14 | 56 min | Documentary

The Russian Church has experienced a resurgence with the help of Vladimir Putin, who believes the church can strengthen Russian solidarity, and can also play a pivotal role in re-enforcing key social and diplomatic views and beliefs.

Director: Alice Cohen | Stars: Mahmoud Abbas, Alexander Agadjanian, Alexander Baunov, Cyrille Bret

16. The Secret K.G.B. Files (2021)

Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

Peer into the secret, clandestine world of the K.G.B., but with a paranormal twist. Among its other high-level duties, the K.G.B. was tasked with documenting and studying witnesses and events of a supernatural, even otherworldly nature.

Stars: Roger Moore, Stanton Friedman, Alim Kouliev, Paul Stonehill

17. The Insiders (1985–1986)
Episode: Pilot (1985)

Action, Crime, Drama

Nick is determined to infiltrate a car theft ring.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson, Gail Strickland, Barry Sattels

18. Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988)
Episode: Memories Are Forever (1981)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Magnum thinks he's spotted his one true love Michelle, the woman he married six years earlier during his last tour in Vietnam and thought to have been lost in a bombing raid. As he becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti

Votes: 531

19. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Heroes of the Revolution (1987)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The team is working on a Cuban named Pedroza. They discover another man keeping tabs on him. They learn that he's a Communist agent. He goes to see Gina and tells her that he knew her ... See full summary »

Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 359

20. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Refugee (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A retiring disillusioned top spy is enlisted one last time to retrieve a defecting female Soviet physicist, but an unexpected visit from the agents of Hell to the safe house, where the two are hiding from the KGB, complicates things.

Director: Scott Vickrey | Stars: Peter White, Judy Geeson, S.A. Griffin, Philip Abbott

Votes: 80

21. Wiseguy (1987–1990)
Episode: Squeeze (1988)

TV-14 | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Mel Profitt's armaments deals go sour, he sends Vinnie back East to set up a narcotics import distribution deal with the mob.

Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Ken Wahl, Jonathan Banks, Jim Byrnes, William Russ

Votes: 57

22. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Past Imperfect (2007)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A body of a woman, Emma, in a black party dress is found in a dumpster. Her head is wrapped in packing tape. When the ME examines the body, he finds that her eye lids have been removed. ... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 321

23. Treadstone (2019)
Episode: The Seoul Asylum (2019)

TV-MA | 41 min | Action

Tara gets answers. Soyun has a plan. Doug preps for a mission. Bentley is a prisoner again.

Director: Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Tracy Ifeachor, Omar Metwally, Han Hyo-joo

Votes: 434

24. Archer (2009–2023)
Episode: Robot Factory (2020)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Archer and the gang team up with Barry to stop an army of Barrys from turning the world into Barrys.

Director: Matt Thompson | Stars: Anton Arutunian, H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Chad Hurd

Votes: 1,073

25. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Comrades (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael's brother shows up to ask him to help a Russian woman whose sister is being held by Russian mobsters, and Sam tries to work a local agriculture source to find out more information about Michael's handler.

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 616

26. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (2022)

TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Still reeling from the events last year, the gang tries to move on with their lives. However, a threat is brewing both on Earth and the Upside Down.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 23,768

27. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse (2022)

TV-14 | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A plane brings Mike to California -- and a dead body brings Hawkins to a halt. Nancy goes looking for leads. A shaken Eddie tells the gang what he saw.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 20,775

28. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Four: Dear Billy (2022)

TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Max is in grave danger - and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst Asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.

Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 37,596

29. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Five: The Nina Project (2022)

TV-14 | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Owens takes El to Nevada, where she's forced to confront her past, while the Hawkins kids comb a crumbling house for clues. Vecna claims another victim.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 19,224

30. Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode: Chapter Eight: Papa (2022)

TV-14 | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Nancy has sobering visions, and El passes an important test. Back in Hawkins, the gang gathers supplies and prepares for battle.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

Votes: 21,716

31. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: The Hunter (2009)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael is outnumbered and on the run in The Everglades from an old Ukrainian nemesis, and his only ally is an angry gunrunner whom Michael inadvertently got roped into the situation.

Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 541

32. Snowfall (2017–2023)
Episode: Fault Lines (2022)

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama

Franklin is decimated. Teddy moves to secure his future. The family fractures.

Director: Alonso Alvarez | Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Michael Hyatt

Votes: 775

33. What If...? (2021– )
Episode: What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper? (2023)

TV-14 | 32 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Captain Carter's mission to save Steve Rogers sets her on a collision course with new enemies.

Director: Bryan Andrews | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Hayley Atwell, Lake Bell, Samuel L. Jackson

Votes: 4,486

34. Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022– )
Episode: Lights, Camera, Murder! (2022)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A TV crew has arrived to use St Vincent's Convent as a location for a spy thriller. The filming becomes all too real when a live gun is fired instead of a replica. Sister Boniface deduces that the bullet was meant for the producer.

Director: Merlyn Rice | Stars: Stephanie Booth, Andrew Scarborough, Ingvild Lakou, Jim Sturgeon

Votes: 283

35. 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: 10

36. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: Family Ties (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When the son of a Russian gangster is killed at his own engagement party, Danny delves into the world of the Russian mob and the family politics that exist. Meanwhile, Erin is thrown into a high-profile corruption case.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 557

37. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Cold War: Inside the CIA (1998)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History, War

An inside perspective on the CIA agency and its secret missions throughout the Cold War. From revolutionary coups and election rigging to embassy spying, the West employed the CIA in controversial ways to win the Cold War.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Helms, Evan Thomas, Thomas B. Allen

38. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin (2001)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, History, War

Before Leonid Brezhnev signed nuclear arms reduction agreements with the West, he led the Soviets into one conflict after another - from Soviet involvement in Vietnam and its role in ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, Vladimir Semichastny, Andrei Gratchev, James Schlesinger

Votes: 19

39. 1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode: The Dawn of the Cold War

56 min | Documentary, History, War

For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.

Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko

40. Gizli Servis (2022– )
Episode: Rus istihbarati Türki Cumhuriyetlerde nasil çalisiyor? (2022)

81 min | History, Talk-Show

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Stars: Nazif Mentes, Ali Burak Daricali, Nazgul Kenzhatay

41. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
Episode: Part 1 (2022)

TV-14 | 63 min | Documentary, Crime, History

On a hot night in June, Vatican City teen Emanuela Orlandi disappears. Then, words from Pope John Paul II--and a strange caller--complicate matters.

Director: Mark Lewis | Stars: Pietro Orlando, Andrea Purgatori, Natalina Orlandi, Federica Orlandi

Votes: 226

42. 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

43. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: France's Man in Moscow (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Vladimir Vetrov was a KGB officer who worked for the French intelligence service. The "Farewell Document," shared with President Reagan included Soviet intelligence gained by Vetrov.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Eric Raynaud, David Charney, Calder Walton, Sergey Kostin

44. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Romeo Project (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Gabrielle Kleim was one of many women working in West Germany targeted by "Romeo Spies." Duped into sharing intelligence for love at the behest of the "Man Without a Face", East German HVA Chief Marcus Wolf.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: James M. Olson, Paul Maddrell, H. Keith Melton, David Charney

45. Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode: The Gentleman Spy: George Blake (2022)

Documentary, History, War

While a prisoner in North Korea, George Blake was recruited by the Soviets to spy on the British. He was caught and sentenced to prison but escaped to the Soviet Union.

Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Roger Hermiston, Mark Stout, David Major, Mark Kelton

46. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Hunt (2013)

TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After the FBI fails to get Alexis back, Castle takes matters into his own hands.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 2,318

47. Borgen (2010–2022)
Episode: Fortidens sønner (2013)

TV-14 | 58 min | Drama

The ex-communist professor joins The New Democrats Party.

Director: Louise Friedberg | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk

Votes: 405

48. What We Saw (2019–2024)
Episode: Part 1: An Iron Curtain (2023)

40 min | Documentary

The Cold War started in the same place that World War II ended: Berlin. On the Eastern side, the collectivist, state-centered world of Joseph Stalin's communist ideology, armed to the teeth... See full summary »

Directors: Graham Kelley, Ryan Francis | Stars: Bill Whittle, Winston Churchill, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Votes: 12

49. Normal World (2022– )
Episode: Chillin' with Yoshi Obayashi | Ep 38 (2023)

Comedy, Talk-Show

Dave Landau and ¼ Black Garrett interview Yoshi Obayashi.

Stars: Angela Boggs, Quarter Black Garrett, Dave Landau, Yoshi Obayashi

50. Total Onslaught (2004– )
Episode: In the Mists of Time (2004)

85 min | Documentary, History

What does Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, an ancient king, have to say about Napoleon, Hitler, and the powers that rule our present world?

Star: Walter J. Veith