CIA operative Nathan Muir (Redford) is on the brink of retirement when he finds out that his protege Tom Bishop (Pitt) has been arrested in China for espionage. No stranger to the machinations of the CIA's top echelon, Muir hones all his skills and irreverent manner in order to find a way to free Bi…shop. As he embarks on his mission to free Bishop, Muir recalls how he recruited and trained the young rookie, at that time a sergeant in Vietnam, their turbulent times together as operatives and the woman who threatened their friendship. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture, drinking, christmas, friendship |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | china, germany, rooftop, boat, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | german, muslim, secretary, photographer, doctor, friend |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | mentor protege relationship, retirement, cia, lebanese civil war, beirut lebanon, u.s. embassy, cia agent, vietnam war, munich germany, east germany, espionage, berlin germany, spy hero, counter terrorism, surveillance camera, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, prison escape, faking a death, sentenced to death, intelligence mole, morley cigarettes, aid worker, transcription, inoculation, karachi, langley virginia, task force, hezbollah, boy scouts, suicide bombing, scotch whiskey, lebanese, intelligence agency, saigon, recruitment, argentine, cholera, cyprus, intelligence agent, birdcage, protege, bubble gum, photojournalist, sheik, vaccine, refugee camp, revolving door, shanghai, lebanon, target, checkpoint, rogue agent, commando raid, palestinian, speedboat, top secret, forgery, porsche, suicide bomber, israeli, embassy, blackout, bribery, capture, spying, cigarette lighter, bribe, mentor, intrigue, middle east, telescope, passport, breakfast, told in flashback, exploding building, vietnam, hong kong, tv news, cold war, washington d.c., video, american flag, injection, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, binoculars, cigar smoking, sniper, execution, assassination, bird, prisoner, ambulance, terrorist, assassin, flashlight, spy, cafe, bomb, rifle, taxi, vomiting, drink, camera, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, horse, helicopter, beating, prison, cell phone, train, voice over narration, telephone call, party, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, murder, violence, flashback, death, gun |
Roger Ferris is a CIA operative in the Middle East; Ed Hoffman is his control at Langley. Cynicism is everywhere. In Amman, Roger works with Hani Salaam, Jordan's head of security, whose only dictum is "Don't lie to me." The Americans are in pursuit of a cleric who leads a group placing bombs all ov…er Europe. When Hani rebukes Ed's demand that Jordan allow the Americans to use one of Jordan's double agents, Roger and Ed hatch a plan to bring the cleric to them. The plan is complicated by its being a secret from Hani and by Roger's attraction to a local nurse. Satellites and cell phones, bodies and lies: modern warfare. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant |
Characters: | muslim, photographer, doctor, friend |
Story: | u.s. embassy, middle east, cia agent, langley virginia, intelligence agency, refugee camp, palestinian, suicide bomber, intrigue, telescope, passport, exploding building, tv news, cia, american flag, injection, binoculars, cigar smoking, execution, terrorist, spy, cafe, bomb, rifle, drink, camera, machine gun, helicopter, beating, cell phone, voice over narration, telephone call, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, murder, gun, violence, flashback, death |
Twenty three-year-old Mitch lost his parents to a tragic car accident at the age of fourteen, and his girlfriend to a terrorist attack just as they were engaged. Seeking revenge, he is enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy as a black ops recruit. Kennedy then assigns Cold War veteran Stan Hu…rley to train Mitch. Together they will later on investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets. The discovery of a pattern in the violence leads them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent to stop a mysterious operative intent on starting a world war in the Middle East. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, boat, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | mentor protege relationship, cia agent, cia, spy hero, counter terrorism, terrorist, rogue agent, commando raid, speedboat, top secret, embassy, mentor, middle east, cold war, espionage, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, sniper, assassin, flashlight, spy, cafe, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, train, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, flashback, death, murder, violence |
After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs… for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | rooftop, boat |
Characters: | muslim, secretary, doctor, friend |
Story: | cia agent, cia, top secret, suicide bomber, middle east, passport, tv news, washington d.c., american flag, electrocution, terrorist, flashlight, bomb, rifle, taxi, drink, rescue, beating, prison, cell phone, telephone call, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, flashback, death, gun, murder, violence |
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear …her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, christmas |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, embassy, cigarette lighter, passport, exploding building, opening action scene, binoculars, sniper, ambulance, terrorist, assassin, flashlight, bomb, taxi, slow motion scene, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, cell phone, explosion, photograph, death, murder, flashback, violence |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife… is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? This is why Munich (2005) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, drinking |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | boat, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | german, doctor, friend |
Story: | israeli, palestinian, beirut lebanon, munich germany, terrorist, exploding helicopter, cyprus, refugee camp, lebanon, embassy, middle east, telescope, tv news, cia, espionage, binoculars, assassination, prisoner, assassin, flashlight, cafe, bomb, rifle, taxi, drink, slow motion scene, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, prison, train, telephone call, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death, murder, flashback, gun, violence |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen…t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Locations: | germany, rooftop |
Characters: | german, photographer, doctor |
Story: | vietnam war, munich germany, berlin germany, cyprus, palestinian, porsche, israeli, embassy, middle east, tv news, sniper, execution, assassination, prisoner, terrorist, assassin, bomb, camera, slow motion scene, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, prison, cell phone, train, voice over narration, telephone call, party, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, flashback, gun, murder, violence, death |
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous convict Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). When he wakes up …with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and make the deal with him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | german, doctor |
Story: | cia agent, commando raid, embassy, passport, told in flashback, cia, espionage, injection, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, sniper, prisoner, ambulance, terrorist, spy, cafe, taxi, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, prison, cell phone, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, flashback, violence, death, murder |
Susan Cooper is an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, and the unsung hero behind the Agency's most dangerous missions. But when her partner falls off the grid and another top agent is compromised, she volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a glo…bal crisis. (Read More)
Themes: | friendship |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Story: | cia agent, surveillance camera, langley virginia, intelligence agency, intelligence agent, rogue agent, speedboat, washington d.c., cia, espionage, opening action scene, assassin, spy, bomb, taxi, vomiting, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, telephone call, party, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, death, flashback, murder, violence |
Jackie Chan, a top secret militant soldier, crashes into the South African jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists (who were experimenting with a powerful mineral) has gone awry. Waking up in a village of local natives, Chan has no memory of who he is, thus being addressed as "Who Am… I". His journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to Rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists. With no memory, Chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | doctor |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | cia agent, helicopter crash, rogue agent, top secret, cia, espionage, opening action scene, beaten to death, binoculars, cigar smoking, assassin, flashlight, spy, cafe, taxi, camera, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, explosion, flashback, death, violence, murder |
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized… city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. This is why Atomic Blonde (2017) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | german |
Story: | cia agent, berlin germany, spy hero, rogue agent, cigarette lighter, intrigue, passport, told in flashback, cold war, cia, espionage, opening action scene, beaten to death, binoculars, sniper, assassin, spy, taxi, camera, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, beating, train, voice over narration, party, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death, murder, violence, flashback, gun |
Retired CIA agent Frank Moses is in love with Sarah Ross and enjoying their normal life. Out of the blue, Marvin Boggs meets Frank in the supermarket and tells that Wikileaks has released the information that they had participated and know the whereabouts of the Nightshade, a portable nuclear weapon… that was smuggled in pieces and hidden in Russia. Now the top agents in the world are under contract to seek them out to discover where Nightshade is. The trio travels to Paris and teams-up with the Russian Katja to track down the former Russian Agent 'The Frog' to get more information about the operation. They learn that the brilliant inventor Dr. Edward Bailey might know where the weapon is. They discover that Bailey has been interned in an asylum in London by the MI-6 for thirty-two years and the British Victoria joins the team. They rescue Bailey and find that the nuclear device is hidden in the Kremlin. Soon the dangerous South Korean Han joins the group expecting to retrieve the weapon. But dangerous killer Jack Horton is hunting Frank down and will not stop until he recovers the nuclear bomb. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Story: | cia agent, helicopter crash, rogue agent, porsche, embassy, hong kong, washington d.c., cia, espionage, injection, sniper, terrorist, assassin, spy, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, prison, cell phone, explosion, photograph, gun, murder, death, violence |
In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan is recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers. The pilot was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission and stays in the co…mpany of a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel, who was arrested for espionage in the US. (Read More)
Themes: | torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | germany, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | german, secretary |
Story: | spy, cia, prisoner, cia agent, east germany, cold war, berlin germany, target, top secret, embassy, spying, passport, washington d.c., espionage, american flag, binoculars, sniper, taxi, motorcycle, prison, train, telephone call, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death |
Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's lif…e is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, drinking |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | photographer, doctor |
Story: | surveillance camera, target, suicide bomber, intrigue, passport, tv news, cia, american flag, opening action scene, binoculars, sniper, assassination, ambulance, terrorist, assassin, bomb, drink, camera, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, telephone call, explosion, photograph, violence, death, flashback, gun, murder |
The G.I. Joe team is framed for crimes against the country by Zartan, disguised as the President, and Cobra Commander has all the world leaders under his influence, with their advanced warheads headed towards innocent populaces around the world. Outnumbered and outgunned, the surviving team members …form a plan with their original leader, General Joseph Colton, to rescue the President and face off Cobra Commander, his accomplices and the world leaders. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture, friendship |
Locations: | germany, boat |
Story: | prison escape, commando raid, exploding building, washington d.c., american flag, injection, opening action scene, binoculars, sniper, prisoner, terrorist, assassin, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, prison, cell phone, voice over narration, party, explosion, violence, flashback, murder, death |
In an era when the country's first line of defense, intelligence, is more important than ever, this story opens the CIA's infamous closed doors and gives an insider's view into the Agency: how trainees are recruited, how they are prepared for the spy game, and what they learn to survive. James Clayt…on might not have the attitude of a typical recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country - and he's just the person that Walter Burke wants in the Agency. James regards the CIA's mission as an intriguing alternative to an ordinary life, but before he becomes an Ops Officer, James has to survive the Agency's secret training ground, where green recruits are molded into seasoned veterans. As Burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game, James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla, one of his fellow recruits. But just when James starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke taps him for a special assignment to root out a mole. As the suspense builds toward a gripping climax, it soon becomes clear that the CIA's old maxims are true: "trust no one" and "nothing is what it seems." This is why The Recruit (2003) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | torture, drinking |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Story: | mentor protege relationship, langley virginia, recruitment, protege, embassy, mentor, breakfast, washington d.c., cia, espionage, cigar smoking, flashlight, spy, cafe, bomb, rifle, taxi, drink, helicopter, beating, cell phone, train, explosion, photograph, murder, death, gun |
In the 1960s with the Cold War in play, CIA agent Napoleon Solo successfully helps Gaby Teller defect to West Germany despite the intimidating opposition of KGB agent Illya Kuryakin. Later, all three unexpectedly find themselves working together in a joint mission to stop a private criminal organiza…tion from using Gaby's father's scientific expertise to construct their own nuclear bomb. Through clenched teeth and stylish poise, all three must find a way to cooperate for the sake of world peace, even as they each pursue their own agendas. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Locations: | germany, boat |
Characters: | german |
Story: | cia agent, cia, cold war, berlin germany, bomb, commando raid, speedboat, espionage, injection, electrocution, binoculars, sniper, terrorist, spy, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, party, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, murder, flashback |
Dying of brain cancer, a dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger; but first, he must complete one last mission - even if it m…eans juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunt down the world's most ruthless terrorist and look after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years while his wife is out of town. (Read More)
Themes: | torture, christmas |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | cia agent, terrorist, spy, langley virginia, video, cia, espionage, injection, beaten to death, electrocution, binoculars, assassin, cafe, bomb, slow motion scene, machine gun, beating, cell phone, party, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, violence, flashback, murder, death |
Oscar night. Who will win? Who will lose? And will someone please kick that numbskull off stage? Wait! That's no ordinary numbskull. That's Lt. Frank Drebin, crashing the ceremonies to stop a terrorist plot that could mean curtains for him -- or will a simple window shade be enough?
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy |
Locations: | bar |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | terrorist, exploding helicopter, prison escape, suicide bomber, retirement, opening action scene, electrocution, prisoner, bomb, taxi, vomiting, slow motion scene, machine gun, helicopter, prison, voice over narration, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, gun, flashback |
HITMAN: AGENT 47 centers on an elite assassin who was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck. He is the culmination of decades of research and forty-six earlier Agent clones --… endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47's past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Teaming up with a young woman who may hold the secret to overcoming their powerful and clandestine enemies, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy, torture |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | doctor, friend |
Story: | target, berlin germany, assassin, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, intelligence agent, embassy, injection, opening action scene, electrocution, sniper, assassination, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, voice over narration, explosion, photograph, flashback, murder, death, violence |
Now that Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and Brian and Mia have retired from the game-and the rest of the crew has been exonerated-the globetrotting team has found a semblance of a normal life. But when a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of crime he can't seem to escape and a betraya…l of those closest to him, they will face trials that will test them as never before. From the shores of Cuba and the streets of New York City to the icy plains off the arctic Barents Sea, the elite force will crisscross the globe to stop an anarchist from unleashing chaos on the world's stage... and to bring home the man who made them a family. This is why The Fate Of The Furious (2017) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, friendship |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant, bar |
Story: | berlin germany, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, prison escape, top secret, exploding building, espionage, american flag, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, binoculars, sniper, prisoner, terrorist, assassin, spy, bomb, taxi, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, prison, cell phone, explosion, husband wife relationship, flashback, violence, murder, death |
Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are m…urdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, boat, bar |
Characters: | secretary, friend |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | cia, cia agent, spy hero, protege, rogue agent, commando raid, top secret, washington d.c., espionage, american flag, binoculars, sniper, assassination, ambulance, terrorist, assassin, spy, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, cell phone, explosion, husband wife relationship, murder, violence, death |
Former CIA analyst, Jack Ryan is in England with his family on vacation when he suddenly witnesses an explosion outside Buckingham Palace. It is revealed that some people are trying to abduct a member of the Royal Family but Jack intervenes, killing one of them and capturing the other, and stops the… plan in its tracks. Afterwards, he learns that they're Irish revolutionaries and the two men are brothers. During his court hearing the one that's still alive vows to get back at Jack but is sentenced and that seems to be the end of it. However, whilst the man is being transported, he is broken out. Jack learns of this but doesn't think there's anything to worry about. But, when he is at the Naval Academy someone tries to kill him. He learns that they are also going after his family and so he rushes to find them, safe but having also been the victims of a failed assassination. That's when Jack decides to rejoin the CIA, and they try to find the man before he makes another attempt. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | boat |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | cia, assassination, terrorist, target, cia agent, spy hero, intelligence agent, commando raid, speedboat, washington d.c., espionage, sniper, assassin, spy, bomb, rifle, rescue, machine gun, helicopter, prison, party, explosion, husband wife relationship, violence, murder, death |
American oil companies Connex and smaller Killen are undergoing a merger, the new company named Connex-Killen. The move is in response to Connex losing a number of oil fields in the Persian Gulf region as Prince Nasir Al-Subaai, his country's foreign minister, and the oldest son of the Emir and thus… the heir apparent to the throne, signed a contract with the Chinese instead. As Killen somehow managed to get the contract for the oil fields in Kazahkstan, the merger would give Connex-Killen additional control of the industry in the Middle East. Connex's retained law firm, headed by Dean Whiting, assigns Bennett Holiday to demonstrate to the US Department of Justice that due diligence has been done to allow the merger to proceed i.e. that the merger would not break any antitrust regulations. The US government is unhappy with Prince Nasir's decision to award the contract to the Chinese, and in combination with issues around illegal weapons, the CIA assigns field agent Bob Barnes, who has experience in the Middle East, to assassinate the Prince, whose eventual leadership would further undermine US oil security. Barnes becomes a pawn in the goings-on between the players. Meanwhile, Geneva based Bryan Woodman, an energy analyst, eventually becomes associated with the Emir and his family, largely due to a tragic incident. In the process, Woodman learns of Prince Nasir's western leanings and his want to change radically his country into a western democracy with a diversified economy. If the Emir found out, it could threaten Prince Nasir ascension to the throne and thus derail the democratization process. Through all these manoeuvrings, migrant workers are affected, some who cannot retain work with the changing of companies controlling the oil. Some of those may try to take matters into their own hands for their form of justice. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Locations: | china, boat |
Characters: | muslim |
Story: | cia, beirut lebanon, middle east, cia agent, hezbollah, lebanese, sheik, lebanon, rogue agent, suicide bomber, bribery, tv news, washington d.c., espionage, electrocution, assassination, terrorist, assassin, beating, explosion, husband wife relationship, murder, death, flashback, violence |
CIA chief Hunley (Baldwin) convinces a Senate committee to disband the IMF (Impossible Mission Force), of which Ethan Hunt (Cruise) is a key member. Hunley argues that the IMF is too reckless. Now on his own, Hunt goes after a shadowy and deadly rogue organization called the Syndicate.
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | cia, cia agent, langley virginia, rogue agent, commando raid, capture, intrigue, espionage, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, sniper, assassination, terrorist, assassin, spy, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, photograph, flashback, gun, murder, violence, death |
Themes: | conspiracy, torture, friendship |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, boat, bar |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | speedboat, mentor, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, binoculars, cigar smoking, ambulance, assassin, flashlight, cafe, bomb, camera, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, beating, cell phone, voice over narration, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death, murder, flashback, violence, gun |
Jason Bourne is again being hunted by the CIA. It begins when Nicky Parson a former CIA operative who helped Bourne, who went under and now works with a man who's a whistle blower and is out to expose the CIA's black ops. Nicky hacks into the CIA and downloads everything on all their Black Ops, incl…uding Treadstone which Bourne was a part of. And Heather Lee, a CIA agent, discovers the hack and brings it to the attention of CIA Director Dewey, the man behind the Black Ops. He orders Parsons be found and, hopefully, Bourne, too. (Read More)
Themes: | torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | cia, cia agent, berlin germany, spy hero, langley virginia, recruitment, rogue agent, washington d.c., espionage, beaten to death, binoculars, sniper, assassination, ambulance, assassin, flashlight, spy, taxi, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, train, telephone call, explosion, photograph, murder, flashback, violence, death |
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th…e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | boat, restaurant, bar |
Story: | surveillance camera, top secret, israeli, intrigue, tv news, cia, espionage, binoculars, sniper, assassin, flashlight, spy, rifle, taxi, rescue, machine gun, helicopter, beating, cell phone, telephone call, photograph, cigarette smoking, death, murder, violence, gun |
Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of… the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture, friendship |
Mood: | suspense |
Characters: | german |
Story: | cia agent, cia, capture, spy, suicide bomber, intrigue, cold war, washington d.c., espionage, american flag, electrocution, sniper, assassination, ambulance, assassin, flashlight, bomb, taxi, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, cell phone, train, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, flashback, murder, violence |
With many people fearing the actions of super heroes, the government decides to push for the Hero Registration Act, a law that limits a hero's actions. This results in a division in The Avengers. Iron Man stands with this Act, claiming that their actions must be kept in check otherwise cities will c…ontinue to be destroyed, but Captain America feels that saving the world is daring enough and that they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This escalates into an all-out war between Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spider-Man) and Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man) while a new villain emerges. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture, friendship |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | germany, rooftop, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | secretary, friend |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | cia agent, berlin germany, exploding helicopter, aid worker, recruitment, commando raid, suicide bomber, intrigue, exploding building, cia, espionage, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, binoculars, assassination, prisoner, ambulance, terrorist, assassin, flashlight, spy, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, prison, cell phone, explosion, photograph, murder, death, violence, flashback |
When a CIA agent is killed during a nuclear arms purchase, his partner Oakes, recruits his twin brother, Jake Hayes. Jake had no idea he had a twin brother, let alone that he worked for the CIA. Jake, a.k.a. Michael Turner, has nine days to fill his brother's place. However, the enemy terrorists lea…rn of his secret identity and kidnap his girlfriend/fiancee. He has to rescue them and save New York city from an imminent nuclear terrorist act. This is why Bad Company (2002) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism |
Locations: | restaurant |
Story: | cia agent, cia, langley virginia, espionage, cigar smoking, terrorist, assassin, spy, rescue, machine gun, helicopter, cell phone, train, cigarette smoking, gun, murder |
Extreme athlete turned government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) comes out of self-imposed exile, thought to be long dead, and is set on a collision course with deadly alpha warrior Xiang (Donnie Yen) and his team in a race to recover a sinister and seemingly unstoppable weapon known as Pandora'…s Box. Recruiting an all-new group of thrill-seeking cohorts, Xander finds himself enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy that points to collusion at the highest levels of world governments. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant, bar |
Story: | cia agent, spy hero, rogue agent, commando raid, exploding building, cia, espionage, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, sniper, assassin, spy, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, party, explosion, murder, violence, death |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi…th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, boat, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | muslim, doctor |
Story: | commando raid, exploding building, tv news, american flag, sniper, ambulance, terrorist, flashlight, bomb, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, gun, violence, murder, death |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece…s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
Themes: | torture, drinking, friendship |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | photographer, doctor, friend |
Story: | mentor protege relationship, protege, mentor, sniper, cafe, rifle, drink, camera, slow motion scene, horse, helicopter, beating, cell phone, voice over narration, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, murder, gun, flashback, violence, death |
Frank (Bruce Willis) is retired, bored, and lonely living off his government pension in a nondescript suburb in an equally nondescript house. The only joy in Frank's life is his calls to the government pension processing center when he gets to talk to his case worker, Sarah (Mary-Louis Parker). Sara…h is as bored and lonely as Frank and marks her conversations with the unknown Frank and her spy novels as the only things fun in her life. When something in Frank's past forces Frank back into his old line of work and puts an unwitting Sarah in the middle of the intrigue, Frank and Sarah begin a journey into Frank's past and the people he used to work with. Like Frank they are all RED ... Retired Extremely Dangerous. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy, christmas |
Story: | cia agent, cia, target, rogue agent, speedboat, suicide bomber, embassy, intrigue, retirement, passport, washington d.c., american flag, electrocution, binoculars, sniper, ambulance, assassin, spy, rescue, machine gun, helicopter, cell phone, explosion, murder, violence, flashback |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia…tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. This is why A Mighty Heart (2007) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture, drinking |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | muslim |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | embassy, cia, counter terrorism, karachi, sheik, passport, tv news, execution, prisoner, terrorist, spy, cafe, rifle, taxi, drink, cell phone, voice over narration, telephone call, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, gun, death, murder, flashback |
An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, Act of Valor stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart…-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. Act of Valor takes audiences deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home. Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the deadly terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight with an outcome that has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture |
Locations: | boat, bar |
Story: | cia agent, cia, commando raid, suicide bomber, exploding building, american flag, binoculars, sniper, terrorist, bomb, rifle, rescue, machine gun, helicopter, cell phone, voice over narration, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, murder, death, gun, violence |
Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recru…itment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy, torture, christmas |
Locations: | restaurant |
Story: | cia agent, cold war, berlin germany, intelligence agency, recruitment, top secret, intrigue, washington d.c., cia, beaten to death, cigar smoking, execution, spy, cafe, rifle, taxi, beating, telephone call, party, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death, flashback, violence, murder |
Peter Devereaux is a former CIA agent who is asked by the man he worked for to extract a woman who is in Russia and is presently close to a man running for President, who is believed to have committed crimes during the Chechen war. She can give them the name of someone who can prove it. His friend s…ays that she will only come to him. So he goes and she gets the info and tries to get out but the man finds out and tries to stop her. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Characters: | friend |
Story: | cia agent, cia, rogue agent, embassy, mentor, espionage, sniper, assassination, ambulance, assassin, spy, cafe, taxi, slow motion scene, rescue, motorcycle, beating, cell phone, photograph, murder, death, violence, flashback |
After the Kingsman headquarters are blown up by a psychotic criminal named Poppy Adams. The surviving agents find their way to an allied secret organisation based in Kentucky, named Statesman. The two agencies must now work together in order to save the world and take down the so called 'Golden Circ…le'. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture, friendship |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | spy hero, rogue agent, top secret, cigarette lighter, exploding building, washington d.c., espionage, american flag, injection, opening action scene, beaten to death, electrocution, ambulance, assassin, spy, bomb, rifle, taxi, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, horse, helicopter, beating, cell phone, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death, flashback, murder, violence, gun |
Plame's status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq. This is why …Fair Game (2010) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, drinking |
Locations: | bar |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | beirut lebanon, cia agent, cia, langley virginia, top secret, forgery, intrigue, tv news, washington d.c., espionage, american flag, cigar smoking, terrorist, spy, taxi, drink, helicopter, cell phone, telephone call, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, murder, death |
Jarrod and his pregnant girlfriend Elaine travel to Los Angeles to meet his old friend and successful entrepreneur Terry, and his wife Candice. Terry gives a party in his apartment for Jarrod and offers a job position to him in LA. Terry's assistant and lover Denise (Crystal Reed) and his friend Ray… (Neil Hopkins) sleep on the couch in the living room, but in the dawn of the next morning, the group is awakened by mysterious beams of blue light. Ray stares at the light and is taken by the mysterious force. The group of friends try to escape from the alien invaders. (Read More)
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | secretary, friend |
Story: | helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, cigarette lighter, telescope, hong kong, beaten to death, sniper, vomiting, camera, slow motion scene, machine gun, helicopter, beating, cell phone, party, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, husband wife relationship, death |
A young woman grows up to be a stone-cold assassin after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target - the mobster responsible for her… parents' death. (Read More)
Themes: | torture |
Locations: | rooftop |
Story: | cia agent, target, embassy, bribe, cia, american flag, electrocution, sniper, assassin, machine gun, beating, prison, cell phone, explosion, cigarette smoking, murder, death, violence, gun |
Small-town stoner Mike Howell ('Jesse Eisenberg' (qv)) spends most of his time getting high and writing a graphic novel about a superhero monkey. What Mike doesn't know is that he was trained by the CIA to be a lethal killing machine. When the agency targets him for termination, his former handler a…ctivates his latent skills, turning the mild-mannered slacker into a deadly weapon. Now, the utterly surprised Mike must use his newfound abilities to save himself and his girlfriend from getting wasted by the failed test subjects that are sent after him by the CIA. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy |
Story: | cia agent, cia, langley virginia, rogue agent, top secret, capture, cigarette lighter, mentor, told in flashback, exploding building, beaten to death, execution, ambulance, assassin, spy, vomiting, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, helicopter, beating, cell phone, explosion, murder, flashback, violence, death |
After the abduction by the US military of an Islamic religious leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. Anthony Hubbard, the head of the FBI's Counter-Terrorism Task Force in New York, teams up with CIA operative Elise Kraft to hunt down the terrorist cells responsib…le for the attacks. As the bombings continue, the US government responds by declaring martial law, sending US troops, led by Gen. Devereaux, into the streets of New York City. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture, drinking |
Mood: | suspense |
Story: | counter terrorism, task force, sheik, target, suicide bomber, cia, prisoner, terrorist, machine gun, explosion, murder, violence |
Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who dreamed of becoming a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs i…n order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids. This is why American Sniper (2014) is one of the best movies like Spy Game (2001). (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, torture, christmas |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | restaurant, bar |
Story: | sniper, target, commando raid, suicide bomber, american flag, binoculars, execution, terrorist, assassin, taxi, vomiting, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, horse, helicopter, beating, cell phone, party, explosion, photograph, husband wife relationship, flashback, murder, violence, death |
Themes: | torture |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant |
Story: | american flag, opening action scene, beaten to death, cigar smoking, sniper, prisoner, ambulance, flashlight, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, beating, prison, cell phone, explosion, photograph, cigarette smoking, murder, flashback, death, violence |
A gun-for-hire "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47 hired by a group known only as 'The Organization' is ensnared in a political conspiracy, which finds him pursued by both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. But even 47 couldn'…t anticipate a "random equation" in his life exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman. (Read More)
Themes: | conspiracy, torture |
Locations: | rooftop, restaurant, bar |
Story: | scotch whiskey, tv news, cia, injection, sniper, assassination, assassin, bomb, slow motion scene, machine gun, helicopter, explosion, gun, violence, murder, flashback, death |
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia, the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. Meanwhi…le back in London, Max Denbigh, the new head of the Centre of National Security, questions Bond's actions and challenges the relevance of MI6 led by M. Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny and Q to help him seek out Madeleine Swann, the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White, who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of the assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot. As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks. (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy, torture |
Mood: | suspense |
Locations: | rooftop, boat, restaurant, bar |
Characters: | secretary |
Story: | spy hero, assassin, helicopter crash, exploding helicopter, target, rogue agent, mentor, intrigue, exploding building, espionage, injection, opening action scene, beaten to death, assassination, terrorist, spy, bomb, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, beating, cell phone, train, explosion, photograph, murder, violence, gun, death |
The President of the United States is in Salamanca, Spain, about to address the city in a public square. We see a plain-clothes cop, his girlfriend with another man, a mother and child, an American tourist with a video camera, and a Secret Service agent newly returned from medical leave. Shots ring …out and the President falls; a few minutes later, we hear a distant explosion, then a bomb goes off in the square. Those minutes are retold, several times, emphasizing different characters' actions. Gradually, we discover who's behind the plot. Is the Secret Service one step ahead, or have the President's adversaries thought of everything? (Read More)
Themes: | terrorism, conspiracy |
Characters: | photographer |
Story: | video, counter terrorism, surveillance camera, bomb, camera, rogue agent, suicide bomber, american flag, sniper, assassination, ambulance, terrorist, rifle, slow motion scene, rescue, machine gun, motorcycle, helicopter, explosion, cell phone, train, voice over narration, telephone call, husband wife relationship, flashback, death, murder, gun |