swap_horiz The Coldest Game Alternatives

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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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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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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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The Sum of All Fears (novel)

The Sum of All Fears is Tom Clancy's 1991 Jack Ryan novel about terrorists using a nuclear weapon to provoke conflict be...

Washington Novel Nuclear Terrorism

8.2 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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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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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

9

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

10

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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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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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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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 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

17

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

18

Beirut

Beirut is Brad Anderson's 2018 U.S. political thriller, notable for following a former diplomat negotiating a hostage cr...

Film Diplomacy Cia Middle East

6.8 Fair

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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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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