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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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Legend of the Fist: Return of Chen Zhen
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsPlaying the hero first portrayed by Bruce Lee in Fist of Fury, Donnie Yen reprises his role as legendary fighter Chen Zhen in this breakneck kung fu thriller set in Shanghai during its occupation by the Japanese in World War II.
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Erased
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEx-CIA agent and current security expert Ben Logan has moved to Belgium with his estranged 15-year-old daughter. But when they're both targeted for assassination, they must go on the run and learn to trust each other.
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The Double
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRetired CIA agent Paul Shepherdson joins young FBI agent Ben Geary to track down a Russian assassin who has seemingly returned after the Cold War. Old conspiracies quickly resurface, embroiling the pair deeper and deeper in peril.
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Phantom
2013 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA Cold War Soviet submarine captain struggles with a rogue KGB group trying to seize control of the ship's nuclear missile. Meanwhile, he secretly suffers from seizures that affect his grip on reality.
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Charlie Chan: The Secret Service
1944 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWily detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is sent to investigate the murder of a brilliant inventor who was likely killed in exchange for access to his classified project -- a high-powered weapon designed to combat German U-boats. The framework and instructions on how to construct the device have been removed, and it's up to Chan to find the killer and retrieve the valuable blueprint -- before the weapon is used against his own country.
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The Lady Vanishes
1938 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTraveling aboard a transcontinental train, young Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) becomes alarmed when an acquaintance, elderly governess Miss Froy (Dame Mae Whitty), suddenly vanishes. Inexplicably, all the other passengers deny having seen the woman. So Iris turns to her lone ally -- handsome music scholar Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) -- for help. As the two search for clues to Froy's disappearance, they uncloak a sinister plot.
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No Way Out
1987 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAt a Washington, D.C., bash, Navy officer Tom begins a steamy liaison with Susan, later learning she's the mistress of the Secretary of Defense. When Susan ends up dead, Tom gets caught in a conspiratorial web that endangers national security.
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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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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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Archangel
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter a visit from a Stalinist-era bodyguard who claims to have stolen a personal notebook belonging to Joseph Stalin, radical historian Fluke Kelso digs deeper to prove its existence in this made-for-TV thriller.
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Archangel
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter a visit from a bodyguard who claims to have stolen a personal notebook belonging to Joseph Stalin, radical historian Fluke Kelso digs deeper to prove its existence. But in the process, Kelso stumbles upon evidence that may alter Soviet history.
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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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The Numbers Station
2013 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA disgraced black ops agent is dispatched to a remote CIA broadcast station to protect a code operator. Soon, they find themselves in a life-or-death struggle to stop a deadly plot before it's too late.
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Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen her husband is killed in battle, brave patriot Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) joins the British secret service and agrees to spy on the enemy -- even though it means being separated from her child. Eventually captured and tortured by the Nazis, the intrepid agent refuses to betray the Allies. Lewis Gilbert directs this drama based on R.J. Minney's biographical novel about the real-life heroine.
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50 Dead Men Walking
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBelfast hood Martin (Jim Sturgess) is recruited by a British agent (Ben Kingsley) to infiltrate the IRA during the height of the Northern Irish conflict and quickly becomes embroiled in a dangerous game that could cost him his life if his secret is found out. As other informers are brutally murdered, Martin starts to look for a way out, but his handler urges him to stay undercover in this taut political thriller based on a true story.
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Lust, Caution
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSet in World War II-era Shanghai, this drama follows the complex machinations of a group of actors and resistance fighters whose most beautiful member, the virginal Chia Chi, is tasked with seducing their most dangerous foe, the traitorous Mr. Yee.
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Five Steps to Danger
1957 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAfter his car breaks down on the way to a fishing vacation, drifter John Emmett (Sterling Hayden) accepts a ride from Ann Nicholson (Ruth Roman), whose story has more turns than Emmett expected -- including a murder charge and experience in Cold War espionage. With Communist spies and CIA agents hot on their trail, sparks fly between the two strangers in this adventure drama, also starring Werner Klemperer as a persistent spy.
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The Russia House
1990 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter intercepting a Russian manuscript meant for small-time publisher Barley Blair, CIA agents urge Blair to follow up on the deal. He wants nothing to do with it, until he sees a photo of the book's beautiful editor, Katya.
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Cottage to Let
1941 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAs a World War II inventor (Leslie Banks) develops a revolutionary bombsight at his Scottish estate, the Nazis attempt to infiltrate his inner circle by sending in a secret spy, who unwittingly moves into an adjoining cottage with an undercover British agent. An adaptation of a Geoffrey Kerr play, director Anthony Asquith's wartime espionage mystery keeps viewers guessing about each character's true intentions.
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Cypher
2002 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsBored with his suburban life, Morgan (Jeremy Northam) enters the world of corporate espionage, spying on rival corporations for Digicorp. It's all very exciting until he realizes he's being used as a pawn in the war between Digicorp and rival Sunways. Lucy Liu co-stars as a femme fatale who might be able to help him get out of the situation alive in this tense drama, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Fantasy at the 2003 Fantasporo Film Festival.
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Ffolkes
1979 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen a band of terrorists led by Lou Kramer (Anthony Perkins) commandeers a Norwegian vessel and threatens to blow up two North Sea oil rigs, cocky adventurer-for-hire Rufus Excalibur Ffolkes (Roger Moore) is called to save the day in this gripping thriller. Short of military resources and running out of time, the authorities turn to wealthy mercenary Ffolkes to take out the terrorists. James Mason co-stars.
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Den of Lions
2003 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter the fall of the Iron Curtain, Budapest is under fire from Russian mafiosos who are taking cues from a powerful godfather. To set things right, it's up to an undercover FBI operative to infiltrate the mob and gain the godfather's confidence.
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The Commissioner
1998 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsShortly after assuming his new duties as British commissioner to the European Union, James Morton (John Hurt) is approached by scientist Hans Koenig (Armin Mueller-Stahl), who reveals that the company he works for builds chemical weapons and is controlled by an ex-Nazi. Morton promptly halts the corporation's new merger, leading to Koenig's arrest for espionage and attempts on his life. Alice Krige co-stars in this tense political thriller.
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Hidden Assassin
1995 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsCuba's U.S. ambassador is killed in New York City. In order to prevent a similar terrorist attack at the US-Cuba summit in Prague, the CIA sends Michael Dane (Dolph Lundgren), one of their best federal agents, to keep things under control. Nikita, a lesbian club owner, is the suspected killer, and just as Dane is sure the case is solved, he's fighting for his life and using his brains, not his brawn, to survive.
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