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Key Features:
Espionage, Secret agent, Betrayal, Mission, Suspicion, International intrigue, Conspiracy
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven
Target Audience:
Spy thriller enthusiasts, Viewers interested in espionage stories, Fans of suspenseful plots, Those who enjoy international intrigue
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Suspicion

Spider in the Web

2019-04-20
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A young operative is sent on a mission to follow an older agent who's behavior has come into question.

Genres
Thriller
Cast
Monica Bellucci, Ben Kingsley, Filip Peeters, Hilde Van Mieghem, Makram J. Khoury, Marcel Hensema, Karl Ferlin, Itay Tiran, Itzik Cohen, Luk Wyns
Crew
Eran Riklis, Gidon Maron, Emmanuel Naccache
Rating
4.9(118 votes)
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6.043

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After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.



Topaz
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Hopscotch
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7

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.



Interrogation
5.8

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6.46

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Agent Game
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Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.



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The Recruit
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The Quiller Memorandum

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Jason Bourne
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Our Kind of Traitor

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

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The Bourne Legacy
6.2

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.



The Spy
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6.1

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Crypto
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The November Man
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An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.



Octopussy
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Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

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Almost Blue
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6.1

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Atomic Blonde
6.4

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6.245

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Ghost Trail
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Harriet the Spy
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Eye in the Sky
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Let Her Kill You
6.1

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Duplicity(2009)
5.9

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Farewell
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6.5

An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.



Chief of Station
6.112

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No Time to Die
7.4

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The MacKintosh Man
6.1

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Inheritance
5.827

When Maya learns her father Sam was once a spy, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an international conspiracy. As she seeks answers, Maya herself becomes a target and must quickly learn the skills of her father.



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Hitman(2007)
6.146

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.



Eye of the Beholder
4.917

A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.



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5.8

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Agent Vinod
5.5

Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague. Terror strikes when he unfolds an even bigger conspiracy.



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6.6

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6.022

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Brothers in Arms
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