Thriller movies about scouts

List of the best sci-fi thriller movies selected by visitors to our site: Cloak and Dagger, Shanghai, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Courier, Salt, Atomic Blonde, Safe House, Body of Lies, Spy Game, Bridge of Spies.

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

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, melodrama, adventure, film noir, military
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

In this Fritz Lang's compelling World War II espionage thriller, Gary Cooper stars as Alvah Jasper, a shy and retiring physics professor at a midwestern university. When government agents press Jasper into joining them in an effort to curtail the Nazis' efforts to attain atomic secrets, his life takes a dramatic turn.

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: 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: 7.1
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: 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: 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: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, South Africa, Japan
    Duration01:55

    A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:08

    The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany, France, Japan
    Duration02:02

    Veteran spy Nathan Muir is on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protégé and close friend, Tom Bishop, is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and resentment, Muir agrees to take on the most dangerous mission of his career and rescue Bishop.

    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: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

      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: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:39

      In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration02:21

      CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, Austria, United Kingdom, Morocco
      Duration02:29

        Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

        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: 7
        Genrethriller, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:16

        Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
        Duration02:20

        A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.

        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: 7.2
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:51

        In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:54

          Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Republic of Ireland, USA

          After the death of her family in an airplane crash on a flight that she was meant to be on, Stephanie Patrick discovers the crash was not an accident. She then seeks to uncover the truth by adapting the identity of an assassin to track down those responsible.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genreaction, thriller, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:50

          When a covert mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative uncovers a chilling plot, an elite, highly trained U.S. SEAL team speeds to hotspots around the globe, racing against the clock to stop a deadly terrorist attack.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryIsrael, USA
          Duration02:04

          True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrethriller, drama, history
          CountryCanada
          Duration02:27

          Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel. To do so, and to avoid raising suspicions from the inquisitive and ruthless authorities, they establish as a cover a fake diving resort by the Red Sea.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, drama, military
          CountryUkraine

          In the autumn of 2014, in the ATO zone, an intelligence group headed by experienced captain Anton Sayenko (called by nickname "Banderas") tries to prevent sabotage and neutralize the Russian saboteur.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:40

          South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing with the assignment of infiltrating a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about the North Korean nuclear program.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrethriller, adventure, detective
          CountryRussia
          Duration01:39

          Spring 1941. Center of Moscow. Duel of the two intelligence services turns more and more tense.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:10

            The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA, Mexico
            Duration01:45

            A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
            CountryUSA, France, Canada, China
            Duration01:51

            When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
            CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:29

              James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realizes that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
              CountryUSA, China
              Duration02:10

                When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration01:48

                  An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

                  Markimdb: 5.5
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountrySouth Africa, USA
                  Duration02:04

                  When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin and his team of killers. Armed with her own set of lethal skills, Alex looks to exact revenge for her murdered friends while uncovering the truth.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genreaction, thriller
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:56

                  The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

                  Markimdb: 7.2
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
                  Duration02:02

                  A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

                  Markimdb: 4.7
                  Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                  CountryRussia
                  Duration02:19

                  The story is centered on the story of Andrei, who was trained in the special school of the Foreign Intelligence Service 15 years ago, where teenagers were trained from adolescents. In the early 2000s, the project was closed, and the main character has long settled in one of the European cities and no longer recalls Russia. One day he picks up the phone and hears the voice of his father, who was presumed dead. He tells Andrei that the hunt is open for him. He is trying to destroy unknown forces, and he can only run. Andrei is now driven by a desire not only to survive, but also to find his father again. To help the protagonist comes his first love, Masha, who in everything that happens also has her own interest. Andrei is getting deeper into the spy game, not realizing its true scale.

                  Markimdb: 5.7
                  Genreaction, thriller, fantasy
                  CountrySouth Africa, China, USA
                  Duration02:23

                  An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

                  Markimdb: 6.2
                  Genrehorror, action, thriller, detective
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                  Duration01:45

                  In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine U.S.S. Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell-shocked crew, trapped together in the sub's narrow corridors and constricted spaces, this is about to become a journey into the sensory delusions, mental deceptions and runaway fear that lurk just below the surface of the ocean.

                  Markimdb: 4.2
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
                  CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany
                  Duration01:41

                    When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

                    Markimdb: 6.7
                    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
                    CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland
                    Duration01:36

                    The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
                    CountryUSA

                    When the world's best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world.

                    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: 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: 3.1
                    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
                    CountryUSA, Japan
                    Duration01:20

                    On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.

                    Markimdb: 4.7
                    Genrethriller, crime
                    CountryUSA

                    Rodney is a former boxing champ who, after a deathbed visit to his trainer and mentor, is propelled into reclaiming victory for his now simple life as a nightclub bouncer. He partners with a no-nonsense, lesbian photographer and an aspiring starlet to make a compromising tape with Isaac—a married, devout, Orthodox Jewish real estate mogul—that sets off a chain of events that brings down an empire.

                    Markimdb: 5.9
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:25

                    A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.

                    Markimdb: 6
                    Genrethriller, drama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:52

                    The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.




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