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The 50 Best Spy TV Shows Ever. Deciding which series are worthy of inclusion on a list of the best spy shows and streaming series ever is a matter of mystery itself. With its propensity for...
- The Looming Tower
One of 2018's best shows. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out...
- The Prisoner
The Prisoner (known only as Number Six) is a former...
- The Little Drummer Girl
A classic John Le Carre spy story. If I must find a...
- The Night Manager
Based on John le Carré's novel of the same name, "The Night...
- The Looming Tower
- Homeland. Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Maury Sterling. 1,548 votes. A gripping narrative that follows a Central Intelligence Agency operative battling her own demons, as she seeks to uncover hidden threats against her country.
- The Americans. Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich. 2,216 votes. Set during the height of the Cold War, viewers get an intimate look at a pair of Soviet spies posing as everyday Americans, navigating the challenges of maintaining cover while executing covert operations.
- Burn Notice. Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell. 2,918 votes. A disgraced intelligence operative finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being "burned" by his own agency.
- Person of Interest. Jim Caviezel, Michael Emerson, Kevin Chapman. 1,932 votes. What if you could predict crimes before they happen? A reclusive billionaire and an ex-CIA agent team up to create a powerful AI capable of doing just that.
- 16 'Iris'
- 15 'In from The Cold'
- 14 'Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits'
- 13 'Treason'
- 12 'Fubar'
- 11 'Traitors'
- 10 'Spycraft'
Created by Jung Tae-won
IRIS is a South Korean crime thriller series that revolves around best friends Kim Hyun-jun (Lee Byung-hun) and Jin Sa-woo (Jung Joon-ho), who train under the 707th Special Mission Group of the ROK (Republic of Korea) Army and get recruited by the NSS (National Security Service), a South Korean black ops' agency. They soon discover themselves at the center of an international conspiracy, which would take them across Hungary, Japan, and China. Though a spy thriller, IRISfocuses on the protagon...
Created by Adam Glass
In From the Cold is an American-made show revolving around a Russian agent. The title was derived from the John le Carre novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. That concept signifies bringing agents home after active duty, leaving their careers behind. In this show, the story seems to be the opposite – the main character, Jenny (Margarita Levieva), has left the service behind and rebuilt a life as a soccer mom. However, she gets exposed one day, forcing her to return to the service. In From...
Produced by Dan Gold and Cate Hall
Originally released as Secret Agent Selection: WW2 (in the UK), Churchill's Secret Agents: The New Recruits is a living history series that reconstructs Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s covert Special Operations Executive program which form the plot of The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. A civilian-led unit of wartime British Intelligence, SOE put agents behind enemy lines to conduct espionage, sabotage, and recon missions. Narrated by Shetland star Douglas Henshall, Churchill's Secret A...
Created by Matt Charman
Among the most popular original spy series on Netflix is Treason, starring Charlie Cox,Oona Chaplin, and Olga Kurylenko. Cox plays Adam, a well-established MI6 agent with a promising career ahead of him. However, one day, his boss gets poisoned by Kara (Kurylenko), a rogue KGB spy. Although not the highest-quality spy material on Netflix, Treason boasts a terrific lead performance from Charlie Cox, the episode lengths are appropriate, and the story wraps up in five episodes. This may be its b...
Created by Nick Santora
FUBAR revolves around the complicated father-daughter relationship between Luke (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Emma Brunner (Monica Barbaro), who are both CIA operatives but are unaware of each other's roles in the industry. When Luke is pulled in for one last job, he's just as shocked as Emma is to learn that they're both spies. Full of wild stunts and hilarious moments, FUBAR is still a bit messy and could have used a more streamlined approach to its storytelling. However, FUBAR is also fun an...
Created by Bathsheba Doran
The British are deeply entrenched in the spy genre, from James Bondto Killing Eve. Following a prominent role in the famous spy series Spooks, Keeley Hawes returns to the genre with Traitors as Priscilla, a senior civil servant working at the Cabinet Office. However, Priscilla isn't the protagonist. That role belongs to Feef (Emma Appleton), a British woman with an American lover who convinces her to spy on her government for the Americans. Traitors is among the best British shows on Netflix....
Directed by Maria Berry, Jan Spindler, and Marek Bures
While Spycraft isn't a show with prominent characters or a specifically focused storyline, it revolves around real-life spies, and their tools and practices. Nothing's more entertaining than wild and exciting spy stories that really happened, and they're all recounted by former CIA agents and people of importance. Although it's quite popular, not everyone is as versed as others in the ways of the spy genre. Fans who don't know much about espionage and the ways of secret agents in general, wil...
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Sep 28, 2008 · Everybody knows Ian Fleming’s master spy, James Bond. The suave and handsome secret agent with a license to kill, Bond became the new face of cinematic spies after the release of Dr. No, the very first Bond film, in 1962.
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List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Condor. A brilliant, young, idealistic CIA analyst finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that kills everyone else at his office. Can he, with no field experience, stay alive long enough to get to the bottom of it? 2. Berlin Station. Follows a CIA team in Berlin and their clandestine activities. 3.
Mar 10, 2022 · 10 great TV spy series. From Mission: Impossible to Killing Eve, ITV’s new version of The Ipcress File joins an illustrious tradition of secret-agent series.
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