swap_horiz Beirut Alternatives

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The Day of the Jackal (novel)

The Day of the Jackal is Frederick Forsyth's 1971 thriller about an attempted assassination of Charles de Gaulle, noted...

Classic European Novel Assassination

9.3 Excellent

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Carlos (2010 film)

Carlos is Olivier Assayas's 2010 biographical thriller, notable for tracing Ilich Ramirez Sanchez from 1970s militant at...

International Film Biographical Revolutionary

8.8 Great

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Article 15

Article 15 is Anubhav Sinha's 2019 Indian crime thriller, notable for using a rural murder inquiry to confront caste dis...

Police Indian Film Corruption

8.1 Great

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The Realm

The Realm is Rodrigo Sorogoyen's 2018 Spanish-French thriller, notable for its corruption story and seven wins at Spain'...

Spanish Film Corruption Coverup

7.8 Good

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The President's Last Bang

The President's Last Bang is Im Sang-soo's 2005 South Korean satire, notable for depicting the 1979 assassination of Pre...

Korean Film Dictatorship Assassination

7.6 Good

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Sarkar

Sarkar is Ram Gopal Varma's 2005 Indian political crime thriller, notable for its Mumbai power-broker figure played by A...

Indian Crime Film Power

7.5 Good

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The Man Standing Next

The Man Standing Next is Woo Min-ho's 2020 South Korean thriller, notable for portraying KCIA power struggles before Par...

Korean Film Intelligence Assassination

7.4 Good

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Shanghai (2012 film)

Shanghai is Dibakar Banerjee's 2012 Indian political thriller, notable as a Hindi adaptation of Vassilis Vassilikos's no...

Indian Film Adaptation Conspiracy

7.4 Good

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Condor

Condor is a 2018 American thriller based on Six Days of the Condor, updating James Grady's CIA conspiracy story for tele...

TV Spy Cia Conspiracy

7.4 Good

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Steel Rain

Steel Rain is Yang Woo-suk's 2017 South Korean action thriller, notable for adapting his webtoon about a North Korean co...

Korean Film Nuclear North Korea

7.2 Good

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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan is a 2018 to 2023 Amazon political action thriller starring John Krasinski as Clancy's CIA analys...

TV Cia Prime Video Terrorism

7.1 Good

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The East (2013 film)

The East is Zal Batmanglij's 2013 U.S. thriller, notable for its undercover corporate-security agent inside an eco-activ...

Corporate Activism Film Undercover

7.0 Good

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Raajneeti

Raajneeti is Prakash Jha's 2010 Indian political thriller, notable for blending dynastic party warfare with echoes of th...

Indian Crime Film Dynasty

7.0 Good

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The Assets

The Assets is a 2014 ABC miniseries based on CIA officers Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille's account of traitor Ald...

Cold War Abc TV Cia

6.8 Fair

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Hunt (2022 film)

Hunt is Lee Jung-jae's 2022 South Korean spy thriller, notable as his feature directorial debut and for its 1980s intell...

Korean Espionage Film Eighties

6.7 Fair

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Sarkar Raj

Sarkar Raj is Ram Gopal Varma's 2008 Indian sequel to Sarkar, notable for centering a Maharashtra power project and the...

Corporate Indian Film Power

6.4 Fair

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Steel Rain 2: Summit

Steel Rain 2: Summit is Yang Woo-suk's 2020 South Korean thriller, notable for trapping Korean and U.S. leaders aboard a...

Korean Submarine Summit Film

5.8 Mediocre

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The Coldest Game

The Coldest Game is a 2019 Polish spy thriller, notable for placing a U.S. chess master in Warsaw during the 1962 Cuban...

Polish Cold War Film Nuclear

5.6 Mediocre

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Closed Circuit

Closed Circuit is John Crowley's 2013 British legal thriller, notable for using a terrorism trial to examine secret evid...

Film British Surveillance Legal

5.3 Mediocre

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The Tashkent Files

The Tashkent Files is Vivek Agnihotri's 2019 Indian political thriller, notable for revisiting the 1966 death of Prime M...

History Indian Film Investigation

5.2 Mediocre