American movies about the CIA

List of the best American movies about the CIA, selected by visitors to our site: Zero Dark Thirty, The Courier, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Good Kill, The Coldest Game, All the Old Knives, The Bourne Legacy, Abduction, RED 2, Maximum Conviction.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, military, history
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration02:37

    A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, military, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

      After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, history, sport
      CountryPoland, USA

      During 1962's Cuban missile crisis, a troubled math genius finds himself drafted to play in a U.S.-Soviet chess match -- and a deadly game of espionage.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Japan
      Duration02:15

        New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA, China, France, Canada, Russia
        Duration01:56

        Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women are revealed, Steele realizes he's caught in the middle of something far bigger than he had imagined.

        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        An elite squad of Navy SEAL's, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA, China
        Duration02:26

        After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, comedy
        CountryUSA, Luxembourg
        Duration02:36

        American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:37

        A tale of double cross and revenge, centered upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar -find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryDenmark, France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, USA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Belgium, Luxembourg, China, Germany
        Duration02:25

        Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        Each day the President is faced with dozens of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst - Charleston Tucker - assembles the President's Daily Briefing.This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston and her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the President because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice.Navigating a complex personal life and a pressure-cooker profession is, of course, a challenge, and Charlie sometimes engages in boundary-pushing behavior to avoid facing her grief. But when the clock strikes 2 a.m., she is all about her job - protecting her nation, serving her president and still trying to get to the bottom of her fiancé's murder that will reveal itself as a shocking mystery.

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryUSA, Mexico
        Duration01:51

        After being busted for a heist, a former CIA contractor is sent to a Mexican prison. His former CIA boss offers him freedom if he can break into the prison vault and steal $50 Million.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genreaction, thriller, military
        CountryUSA

        Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett is set up as the primary suspect for the murder of a foreign dignitary on the eve of signing a high-profile trade agreement with the United States. Narrowly escaping death, Beckett realizes that there may be a dark operative working within the government, and partners with the only person whom he can trust: his father, legendary sniper Sgt. Thomas Beckett. Both Becketts are on the run from the CIA, Russian mercenaries and Lady Death, a Yakuza-trained assassin with sniper skills that rival both legendary sharpshooters.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller
        CountryCzech Republic, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration01:02

        After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised. Running for her life, she turns to a former soldier to help her prevent a lethal biological attack on the citizens of London.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryFrance, USA
        Duration01:57

        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. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrethriller, drama, history
        CountryUSA, Germany, India
        Duration02:39

          During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrethriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration03:37

          A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on Johnson's US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genreaction, thriller
          CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
          Duration02:32

            An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genreaction, thriller
            CountryUSA, China

            A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genreaction, drama, military, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:34

            A team of CIA agents and special forces head into Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in an attempt to dismantle the Taliban.

            Markimdb: 2.6
            Genrethriller
            CountryUSA

            After a CIA Agent is seriously injured during a mission, his wife, a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened - a truth the CIA Director wants concealed at all cost.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:07

            George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genreaction, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:12

              Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

              Markimdb: 3.8
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA

              A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:37

              Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genreaction, thriller, drama, military, history
              CountryUSA, Malta, Morocco
              Duration02:20

              An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:49

              A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

              Markimdb: 4.6
              Genreaction, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA

              Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:11

              In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, Japan, Colombia
              Duration02:32

                The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

                Markimdb: 3.8
                Genreaction, drama
                CountryUSA

                Secret-service agent Vic Davis is on his way to pick up his estranged son, Sean, from his college campus when he finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes terrorist operation. His son's friend Erin Walton, the daughter of Supreme Court Justice Walton is the target, and this armed faction will stop at nothing to kidnap her and use her as leverage for a pending landmark legal case.

                Markimdb: 6.6
                Genreaction, thriller
                CountryFrance, USA, Canada, Russia
                Duration02:05

                Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration01:58

                A group of Iraq War veterans goes on the run from U.S. military forces while they try to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit. Along the way, Col. Hannibal Smith, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck help out various people they encounter.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:24

                When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genrethriller, drama, biography
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration02:00

                As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

                Markimdb: 5.5
                Genreaction, comedy, family
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:34

                  Former CIA spy Bob Ho takes on his toughest assignment to date: looking after his girlfriend's three kids, who haven't exactly warmed to their mom's beau. And when one of the youngsters accidentally downloads a top-secret formula, Bob's longtime nemesis, a Russian terrorist, pays a visit to the family.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:49

                    A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.




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