swap_horiz Secret City Alternatives

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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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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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Deutschland 86

Deutschland 86 is a 2018 German spy thriller by Anna and Joerg Winger, following East German agent Martin Rauch in Cold...

Cold War Germany Espionage TV

7.6 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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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

14

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

15

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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The Chancellor Manuscript

The Chancellor Manuscript is Robert Ludlum's 1977 conspiracy thriller about a novelist drawn into secrets tied to J. Edg...

Washington Novel Conspiracy Fbi

7.2 Good

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Pine Gap

Pine Gap is a 2018 Australian political thriller by Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard, set at the US-Australian intelli...

Netflix Australian TV Surveillance

6.6 Fair

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The Madness

The Madness is a 2024 Netflix conspiracy thriller created by Stephen Belber, starring Colman Domingo as a pundit framed...

Netflix Politics TV Media

6.6 Fair

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Paris Has Fallen

Paris Has Fallen is a 2024 action thriller series written by Howard Overman, extending the Has Fallen film franchise to...

Action France TV Conspiracy

6.1 Fair

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Secret State

Secret State is a 2012 Channel 4 political thriller starring Gabriel Byrne, inspired by Chris Mullin's novel A Very Brit...

TV British Conspiracy Channel 4

5.8 Mediocre