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Three Days of the Condor (1975 film)

Three Days of the Condor (1975), directed by Sydney Pollack, stars Robert Redford as a CIA analyst who returns from lunc...

Film 1970S Cia Conspiracy

8.8 Great

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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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Rainbow Six

Tom Clancy's 1998 novel features CIA operative John Clark commanding a multinational counter-terrorism unit and inspired...

Novel Cia Clancy Counterterrorism

8.5 Great

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Argo (2012 film)

Argo (2012), directed by Ben Affleck, dramatizes the CIA's 1980 extraction of six U.S. diplomats from Iran using a fake...

Film Cia Based On True Story Iran

8.3 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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Zero Dark Thirty (2012 film)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012), directed by Kathryn Bigelow, stars Jessica Chastain as a CIA analyst in the decade-long hunt fo...

Film Cia Post 9 11 Counterterrorism

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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Consent to Kill

Vince Flynn's 2005 Mitch Rapp novel follows a slain terrorist's wealthy father hiring European operatives to track down...

Revenge Novel Cia Counterterrorism

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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Clear and Present Danger (novel)

Clear and Present Danger is Tom Clancy's 1989 Jack Ryan novel about covert U.S. action against Colombian drug cartels an...

Washington Novel Cia Cartel

8.0 Great

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The Diplomat (US series)

The Diplomat is a 2023 Netflix political thriller created by Debora Cahn, starring Keri Russell as a US ambassador to Br...

Netflix UK TV Diplomacy

7.9 Good

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Transfer of Power

Vince Flynn's 1999 debut novel introduces CIA operative Mitch Rapp as he works to rescue hostages after a terrorist cell...

Novel Cia Terrorism White House

7.9 Good

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Separation of Power

Vince Flynn's 2001 Mitch Rapp novel interweaves a covert mission to destroy an Iraqi nuclear facility with a Washington...

Government Novel Cia Middle East

7.9 Good

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The Third Option

Vince Flynn's 2000 Mitch Rapp novel sees Rapp uncover and confront a rogue CIA faction that has ordered his assassinatio...

Political Novel Cia Assassination

7.8 Good

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Syriana (2005 film)

Syriana (2005), directed by Stephen Gaghan, presents interconnected stories about oil geopolitics in the Middle East; Ge...

Modern Film Cia Oil Politics

7.8 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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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 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