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51. Duplicity (2009)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.
Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 52,283 | Gross: $40.57M
52. The Package (1989)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard
Votes: 11,520 | Gross: $10.65M
53. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 51,107 | Gross: $9.53M
54. Megaforce (1982)
PG | 99 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Story about a rapid deployment defense unit that is called into action whenever freedom is threatened.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta, Edward Mulhare
Votes: 4,315 | Gross: $5.68M
55. 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: 29,794 | Gross: $12.99M
56. Extreme Job (2019)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A police undercover operation takes a delicious, unexpected turn.
Director: Lee Byeong-heon | Stars: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi
Votes: 13,076 | Gross: $1.57M
57. 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: 6,578 | Gross: $4.56M
58. Enemy Lines (2020)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Drama, War
In the frozen, war torn landscape of occupied Poland during World War II, a crack team of allied commandos are sent on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to extract a rocket scientist from the hands of the Nazis.
Director: Anders Banke | Stars: Ed Westwick, John Hannah, Tom Wisdom, Corey Johnson
Votes: 1,945
59. The Diplomat (2009 TV Movie)
190 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Dougray Scott, Rachael Blake, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Richard Roxburgh
Votes: 772
60. The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin
Votes: 5,806
61. White Sands (1992)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 8,911 | Gross: $9.01M
62. Hidden Agenda (1990)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Frances McDormand, Maurice Roëves, Robert Patterson, Bernard Bloch
Votes: 4,633 | Gross: $1.03M
63. Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A vampire named Saya, who is part of a covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon in disguise.
Director: Chris Nahon | Stars: Jun Ji-hyun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Feild
Votes: 15,303 | Gross: $0.26M
64. Dead Bang (1989)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man kills a storekeeper and a cop. LASD homicide detective Jerry Beck gets the case. His murder suspect is connected to a heavily armed white supremacy group.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban
Votes: 4,500 | Gross: $8.13M
65. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 3,810 | Gross: $0.39M
66. The Soldier (1982)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Ken Wahl, Alberta Watson, Jeremiah Sullivan, William Prince
Votes: 1,528 | Gross: $6.33M
67. Chill Factor (1999)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A new biological chemical weapon that explodes up to temperatures over fifty degrees Fahrenheit, falls into the hands of two men who try to make sure that it doesn't get stolen by a terrorist.
Director: Hugh Johnson | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth, David Paymer
Votes: 10,112 | Gross: $11.23M
68. The Rescue (1988)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of kids venture into enemy territory in an audacious attempt to rescue their Navy Seal fathers who were captured during a failed mission in North Korea.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Kevin Dillon, Christine Harnos, Edward Albert, Ellen Barber
Votes: 1,355 | Gross: $5.86M
69. Company Business (1991)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn
Votes: 3,305 | Gross: $1.50M
70. Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In 1945, the Nazis are planning to resurrect Heinrich I. After being imprisoned, it is up to O.S.A. soldier B.J. Blazkowicz to foil the operation.
Directors: Drew Markham, Brandon James | Stars: James Alcroft, Steve Blum, Cam Clarke, Jonathan David Cook
Votes: 2,714
71. Virginia City (1940)
Passed | 121 min | Western
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 2,980
72. Pterodactyl (2005)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Cameron Daddo, Coolio, Amy Sloan, George Calil
Votes: 2,556
73. Sword of Gideon (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 173 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Robert Joy, Laurent Malet
Votes: 1,346
74. Extreme Justice (1993)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field, Yaphet Kotto
Votes: 1,401
75. Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
R | 94 min | Action, Thriller
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.
Director: Maksim Korostyshevsky | Stars: Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan
Votes: 7,565 | Gross: $0.04M
76. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, History, War
Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows, John Perkins, George Carlin
Votes: 18,696
77. Prep & Landing (2009 TV Short)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.
Directors: Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers | Stars: Dave Foley, Sarah Chalke, Mason Cotton, David DeLuise
Votes: 4,012
78. Wild Dog (2021)
TV-MA | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A brash but brilliant Indian intelligence agent leads a covert operation to nab the mastermind behind a series of attacks threatening national security.
Director: Ahishor Solomon | Stars: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Dia Mirza, Saiyami Kher, Atul Kulkarni
Votes: 2,452
79. Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Thriller
Navy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...
Director: James Dodson | Stars: Nicholas Gonzalez, Matthew Bushell, Keith David, Denis Arndt
Votes: 5,780
80. Road of No Return (2009)
91 min | Action, Crime
Four hit men, secretly working together to combat drug trafficking, face their own demons and seek redemption in a covert operation.
Director: Parviz Saghizadeh | Stars: Michael Madsen, David Carradine, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Ernest Anthony
Votes: 889
81. The Flying Saucer (1950)
Approved | 69 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Both the CIA and KGB investigate UFOs in Alaska: friend or foe?
Director: Mikel Conrad | Stars: Mikel Conrad, Pat Garrison, Hantz von Teuffen, Earle Lyon
Votes: 621
82. Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits (2018)
60 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
Immersive history series focusing on one of World War II's most covert organisations, Britain's Special Operations Executive. A group of modern-day volunteers undertake the SOE agent training programme.
Stars: Douglas Henshall, Adrian Weale, William Beresford Davies, Nicky Moffat
Votes: 651
83. Dirty Wars (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
Director: Rick Rowley | Stars: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi
Votes: 9,398 | Gross: $0.38M
84. Part-time Spy (2017)
117 min | Action, Comedy
Jang Young-shil, who couldn't get a full-time job no matter how hard she tried, finally is hired as a comment writer for National Security Office at 35. However, even in the job she ... See full summary »
Director: Deok-Soo Kim | Stars: Kang Ye-won, Han Chae-ah, Min Nam-koong, Hyun Bong-sik
Votes: 469
85. The Girl from Monday (2005)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A comic drama about a time in the near future when citizens are happy to be property traded on the stock exchange.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos, Leo Fitzpatrick
Votes: 1,161
86. Freedom Strike (1998)
R | 93 min | Drama, Action
When a peace treaty between America and Syria is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian army retaliates in a major way. He steals a nuclear weapon that only the Freedom Strike team can ... See full summary »
Director: Jerry P. Jacobs | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Tone Loc, Felicity Waterman, Jay Anthony
Votes: 483
87. Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis (2021)
PG-13 | 36 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
At the height of WWII, a group of young Jewish refugees are sent to a secret POW camp near Washington, D.C. The recent refugees soon discover that the prisoners are no other than Hitler's top scientists.
Directors: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan | Stars: Alfred Bomberg, Arno Mayer, Rudolph Pins, Peter Wiess
Votes: 1,110
88. Spymaster (2004– )
50 min | Reality-TV
Stars: Liam Baines, Jonathan Kennedy, Julie Chammings, Barry Viney
Votes: 17
89. I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage son think he's a real Red.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Dorothy Hart, Philip Carey, James Millican
Votes: 971
90. Inimigo Desconhecido: Enemy Unknown (2020)
95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of mercenaries, goes on a rescue mission to save a group of soldiers in enemy lines, but when they get there, they find something never seen before, now they must join forces to survive this hellish nightmare.
Director: Rui Constantino | Stars: Rui Constantino, Paulo Constantino, Robinson Cohen, Duke Sheppard
Votes: 284
91. 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: 134
92. Mindstorm (II) (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Sci-Fi
It began 25 years age as a covert us/soviet military experiment. Codename:Mindstorm Purpose:To enhance and harness human telepathic and telekinetic powers for combat purposes. Of five ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Cox | Stars: Judge Reinhold, Victor Browne, William Zabka, Rositza Chorbadjiska
Votes: 400
93. The Feeling of Being Watched (2018)
86 min | Documentary
When journalist Assia Boundaoui investigates rumors of surveillance in her Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, she uncovers one of the largest FBI terrorism probes conducted before 9/11 and reveals its enduring impact on the community.
Director: Assia Boundaoui | Stars: Gamal Abdel-Hafiz, Christina Abraham, Assia Boundaoui, Iman Boundaoui
Votes: 161
94. Hell Commandos (1969)
88 min | Action, Drama, War
An American major trains a group of elite soldiers for a dangerous covert mission behind enemy lines during WW2.
Director: José Luis Merino | Stars: Guy Madison, Raffaella Carrà, Stelvio Rosi, Manuel Zarzo
Votes: 115
95. 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
96. 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
97. Chuzhaya voyna (2014)
100 min | Action, Drama, War
The Soldier tells us about the military operations taking place in the years 1965-1973 when a group of Soviet military operatives carried out the advisory support of North Vietnam as well ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Chernyaev | Stars: Valeriy Afanasev, Egor Antonov, Vladimir Dubrovskiy, Vladislav Dyomin
Votes: 63
98. Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (2011 TV Movie)
Documentary
The inside story of the hunt for Bin Laden.
Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Jamie Lee, Marc Ambinder, Osama bin Laden, John O. Brennan
Votes: 83
99. 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: 16
100. The True Story of Charlie Wilson (2007 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, History
Director: David Keane | Stars: Frank V. Gaide, Joanne Herring, Michelle McClory, Rene Napoli
Votes: 87