Detective movies about spies

List of the best detective spy movies selected by visitors to our site: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, In August of 1944, The Bourne Identity, Salt, The Operative, Three Days of the Condor, Enemy of the State, Shanghai, North by Northwest, Nanny Cam.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany
Duration02:07

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryRussia, USA, Belarus
Duration01:58

The movie is set in Belarus, where a team of counter-intelligence officers is given only three days to find a German radio operator posing as a Soviet soldier, behind soviet lines, on the eve of a major offensive.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France
Duration01:53

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy – but who does he work for?

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

Markimdb: 5.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance, Israel, Germany, USA, United Kingdom
Duration02:02

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryChina, USA
Duration01:43

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Linda has a seemingly perfect marriage with her rugged and handsome husband Mark and an adorable 8 year old daughter, Chloe. But when Chloe is injured by an elderly babysitter who has slipped into dementia, Linda wants to ensure that her child is never hurt again. Initially, Heather, the new babysitter, seems like the ideal addition to this practically perfect family. But Heather is a schemer who exploits the cracks in Mark and Linda's relationship, and delights in the resulting chaos. As Linda later learns, to her horror, Heather's intentions go far beyond the mischievous.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genreaction, crime, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

Rembrandt and Anna, two world premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam, traverse the globe competing for high-profile contracts. When Anna's mentor is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection with a beautiful guest named Andrea, but soon realises he must stop the real murderer before she becomes the next victim.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:02

Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built, Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, detective, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:40

After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:48

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he shortly falls into the clutches of Professor Moriarty.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:46

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:01

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
CountryUSA

A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of some marine life in an inland salt water lake that has been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of a legend.

Markimdb: 5
Genrewestern, detective
CountryUSA

The Range Busters investigate sabotage at a mining community and uncover a gang of Nazi spies.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, crime, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, crime, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
Duration02:24

Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredetective
CountryUSA

Jane Doe must solve the kidnapping of a famous mentalist who possesses the names of secret foreign agents.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Australia, Luxembourg, Canada
Duration01:53

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

A man working for the War Crimes Commission suspects that an important Nazi official has folded himself into a quaint Connecticut town.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:28

    Art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:25

    One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off their most dangerous heist yet.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    TRAPPED IN THE POWDER KEG OF NEWLY-FREED CUBA! (original poster)

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, crime, detective, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:05

    An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.

    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: 7.1
    Genredocumentary, detective, military, history
    CountryUSA

    With the departure of the Bush Administration and the arrival of an “era of transparency,” opportunities are arising for the disclosure of new information that may shed more light on the events that took place before and after 9/11/2001. Loaded with powerful, new footage and in-depth interviews this documentary presents a wide array of evidence both known and unknown…until now.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Germany
    Duration01:33

      Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission, when he was killed. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and Alex must find out what it is.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective, film noir
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      Cold War yarn about a US State Department courier who tangles with Soviet agents and seductive women in post WW2 Europe.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:54

      Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a new game, she inadvertently becomes involved in a conspiracy that will soon turn her life upside down. While on vacation in Mexico, her purse is stolen. She soon finds that people and events may not be what they seem as she becomes the target of an assassination. Her vacation is ruined. She gets a new passport at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico but it has the wrong name, Ruth Marx. When she returns to the U.S. to sort things out, she discovers that Ruth Marx has an unsavory past and a lengthy police record. To make matters worse, another person has assumed her real identity ...

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
      Duration02:27

      Bill Pope 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 ex-convict Jericho Stewart. When he wakes up with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and eliminate him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.

      Markimdb: 8.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:28

        Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:58

        FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller, drama, detective, film noir
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:34

        Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genredrama, detective
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:14

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        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryAustralia
        Duration01:00

        Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.




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