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House of Cards (UK series)

House of Cards is a 1990 BBC political thriller adapted from Michael Dobbs's novel, noted for Ian Richardson's scheming...

TV Power British Nineties

8.7 Great

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State of Play (TV serial)

State of Play is a 2003 BBC serial written by Paul Abbott, noted for linking a journalist's murder inquiry to Westminste...

TV Journalism British Conspiracy

8.6 Great

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The Manchurian Candidate (novel)

The Manchurian Candidate is Richard Condon's 1959 US political thriller about brainwashing, assassination, and Cold War...

Cold War Novel Conspiracy Assassination

8.5 Great

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A Very British Coup

A Very British Coup is a 1988 Channel 4 political serial from Chris Mullin's novel, noted for imagining an MI5 plot agai...

TV British Eighties Coup

8.2 Great

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The Thirty-Nine Steps

The Thirty-Nine Steps is John Buchan's 1915 Richard Hannay novel, a key early man-on-the-run thriller later filmed by Al...

Classic Espionage Novel Conspiracy

8.2 Great

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The Cardinal of the Kremlin

The Cardinal of the Kremlin is Tom Clancy's 1988 Jack Ryan novel, centered on a Soviet spy source and Cold War competiti...

Cold War Espionage Novel Soviet

8.2 Great

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House of Cards (US series)

House of Cards is a 2013 Netflix political thriller created by Beau Willimon, noted as the first studio-produced TV seri...

Netflix Washington TV Power

8.1 Great

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Baron Noir

Baron Noir is a French political drama that premiered on Canal+ in 2016, following Dunkirk politician Philippe Rickwaert...

French TV Election Party Politics

8.0 Great

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The Day of the Jackal (2024 series)

The Day of the Jackal is a 2024 Sky and Peacock spy thriller by Ronan Bennett, reworking Frederick Forsyth's assassin st...

Espionage TV Adaptation Assassination

8.0 Great

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Deutschland 89

Deutschland 89 is a 2020 German spy thriller by Anna and Joerg Winger, following Martin Rauch after the fall of the Berl...

Cold War Germany Espionage TV

7.7 Good

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Rubicon

Rubicon is a 2010 AMC conspiracy thriller created by Jason Horwitch, centered on a New York intelligence analyst uncover...

Analysis TV Intelligence Conspiracy

7.7 Good

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False Flag

False Flag is a 2015 Israeli thriller created by Maria Feldman and Amit Cohen, loosely tied to the 2010 Dubai assassinat...

Israeli Espionage TV Conspiracy

7.6 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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The Matarese Circle

The Matarese Circle is Robert Ludlum's 1979 thriller in which American and Soviet agents cooperate against a secret inte...

Cold War Espionage Novel Conspiracy

7.4 Good

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Secret City

Secret City is a 2016 Australian political thriller set in Canberra, adapted from novels by journalists Chris Uhlmann an...

Australian TV Journalism Conspiracy

7.2 Good

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The Ipcress File (TV series)

The Ipcress File is a 2022 ITV spy thriller miniseries adapted from Len Deighton's 1962 novel, starring Joe Cole as Harr...

Cold War Espionage TV British

7.1 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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Traitors

Traitors is a 2019 Channel 4 and Netflix miniseries by Bathsheba Doran, set in 1945 London around a hunt for a Soviet sp...

Espionage TV Postwar British

6.4 Fair

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Treason

Treason is a 2022 Netflix British spy thriller created by Matt Charman, starring Charlie Cox as an MI6 deputy suddenly p...

Russia Netflix Espionage TV

5.9 Mediocre