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Last updated April 28, 2024
The Hunt for Red October
1990 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a Soviet nuclear sub headed toward American waters drops off U.S. scanners, the Yanks scramble to take defensive steps. But CIA analyst Jack Ryan convinces the brass that the sub's commander has something else in mind.
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSuper-agent Ethan Hunt dangles from skyscrapers and otherwise takes daring to new heights on another operation from the Impossible Missions Force. Helping Hunt get the job done is droll fellow IMF agent Luther Stickel.
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Inglourious Basterds
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsA Jewish cinema owner (Mélanie Laurent) in occupied Paris is forced to host a Nazi movie premiere, where a radical group of American Jewish soldiers called the Basterds, led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), plans to roll out a score-settling scheme.
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Clear and Present Danger
1994 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhen the president's close friend is murdered over ties to a Colombian drug cartel, CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan becomes unwittingly involved in an illegal paramilitary operation that goes awry.
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Salt
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter she's accused of being a Russian spy, CIA agent Evelyn Salt goes on the run, using every tactic she knows to elude her pursuers and clear her name. A counterintelligence officer doesn't buy her story and will do anything to stop her.
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From Paris with Love
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWhile working at the American embassy in Paris, low-level intelligence agent James Reece gets pulled into action and espionage above his pay grade when he's ordered to assist an eccentric, trigger-happy senior agent on a shadowy assignment.
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In the Line of Fire
1993 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this taut thriller, a warped yet ingenious killer taunts a veteran Secret Service agent who's haunted by his failure years ago to save President Kennedy -- and unable to make the current commander in chief heed the psycho's assassination threats.
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This Means War
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEach determined to win the heart of a sexy blonde bombshell, two best friends and CIA spies turn their secret-agent skills against each other, heedless of the ever-widening trail of wreckage and collateral damage they leave in their wake.
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The Spy Next Door
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhile babysitting for his neighbor, Gillian (Amber Valletta), Bob (Jackie Chan) is thrust into a world of top-secret adventure after one of the kids inadvertently downloads a secret code in this action-packed comedy. Now Bob must guard the children when secret agents descend upon them. Billy Ray Cyrus, Lucas Till and George Lopez co-star, with Lopez playing CIA agent Glaze, who might not be on the up-and-up.
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Sneakers
1992 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his offbeat team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking "black box" from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a deadly conspiracy.
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Shining Through
1992 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsNew York secretary Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) suspects that her boss, Ed Leland (Michael Douglas), is an American spy. When the United States enters World War II and Ed's key operative in Berlin is killed, Linda convinces her boss to let her go undercover. Linda is dropped behind enemy lines to penetrate the household of a high-ranking enemy official. Will she make it out alive? Also stars Liam Neeson, John Gielgud and Joely Richardson.
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Ek Tha Tiger
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen elite Indian secret agent Tiger investigates a Dublin scientist who may be selling secret missile technology to Pakistan, he falls for the scientist's caretaker, and the two find themselves on an explosive journey of espionage and passion.
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The Jackal
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA triumvirate of stars forms the core of this update of the 1973 spy thriller The Day of the Jackal that has Bruce Willis portraying the shadowy assassin of the title. Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss (Sidney Poitier) and a former IRA terrorist (Richard Gere).
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Hanna
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsHanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenager raised and trained by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA operative, to become a highly skilled assassin. But when she's sent on a deadly mission across Europe, Hanna takes to an English family and starts longing for a normal life. She must first solve the puzzle of her mysterious past, however. Joe Wright (Atonement) directs this tense actioneer; Cate Blanchett also stars.
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Traitor
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTenacious FBI agent Roy Clayton is assigned to pursue Samir Horn, an ex-Special Ops soldier who betrayed his country and joined the Al Nathir terrorist organization. But as he closes in, Clayton begins to second-guess Horn's true intentions.
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The Sum of All Fears
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhy are three missing Russian nuclear scientists holed up in the Ukraine, communicating with neo-Nazis? CIA agent Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) digs up more information than the U.S. government is willing to accept. As bombs kill thousands in Chechnya and the U.S., Ryan races against time to prevent all-out nuclear war. Based on the novel by Tom Clancy, this high-intensity technothriller co-stars Morgan Freeman.
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Mercury Rising
1998 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAn autistic 9-year-old boy (Miko Hughes, in an amazing performance) cracks the U.S. government's top-secret code when an unapproved test matrix gets published in a crossword magazine. Naturally, the National Security Agency can't allow anyone to have the key to the code, and unctuous villain Alec Baldwin is willing to end the boy's life to protect the nation. Can demoted FBI Agent Art Jeffries (Bruce Willis) save the day?
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XXX
2002 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsXander "XXX" Cage, a notorious underground rush-seeker deemed untouchable by the law, is coerced by NSA Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons to cooperate with the government and infiltrate a Russian crime ring.
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Knight and Day
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsPerpetually unlucky in love, June (Cameron Diaz) becomes intrigued by a mysterious man (Tom Cruise), who unexpectedly drags her into a whirlwind adventure involving devious enemies, life-threatening confrontations and a major discovery that may alter the future of humankind. Directed by James Mangold, this exhilarating action-comedy also features Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Maggie Grace and Viola Davis.
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The Accidental Spy
2001 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBuck is a salesman with dreams of a better life who hits the jackpot when he discovers he may be the long-lost son of a wealthy businessman. But Buck's father turns out to be a secret agent who makes Buck the key figure in locating an elusive drug.
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The Tourist
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAn American tourist seeking solace for his broken heart instead finds it in danger again after encountering a beautiful Interpol agent. Little does the Yank know that the lady arranged their "chance" meeting and is using him to trap a thief.
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The Peacemaker
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter terrorists trigger a nuclear explosion in Russia, a U.S. Special Forces agent and a White House nuclear weapons expert come to the rescue. Trouble is, the conspiracy stretches from Europe to New York, and the terrorists have no demands.
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Derailed
2002 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsNATO undercover operative Jack Logan, who wants to get past the Slovakian border and safely into Frankfurt. Things seem to be going smoothly as Jack and Galina board the train posing as a "couple" but soon, all hell breaks loose!
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Broken Arrow
1996 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back.
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The Veteran
2011 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen he returns home from Afghanistan, troubled vet Robert Miller finds himself embroiled in another war in his violence-ridden housing complex. Soon, he becomes fixated on taking down gangsters who may have ties to a suspected terrorist cell.
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