Movies like Code Name Vengeance
If Code Name Vengeance's mix of central intelligence agency (cia), kidnapping and release from prison stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Code Name Vengeance's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Equalizer 2
2018 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 121 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), kidnapping, massacre · Also action and thriller
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
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The Gray Man
2022 · Directed by Joe Russo · 128 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), kidnapping · Also action and thriller
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
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The Wild Geese
1978 · Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen · 134 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, mercenary · Also action and adventure
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader…
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Safe House
2012 · Directed by Daniel Espinosa · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), cape town, south africa · Also action and thriller
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him.
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Salt
2010 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 100 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), kidnapping · Also action and thriller
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy.
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Escape from New York
1981 · Directed by John Carpenter · 99 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1980s)
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
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Brawl in Cell Block 99
2017 · Directed by S. Craig Zahler · 132 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also action and thriller
After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in…
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Kandahar
2023 · Directed by Ric Roman Waugh · 119 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia) · Also action and thriller
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding…
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Anna
2019 · Directed by Luc Besson · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia) · Also action and adventure
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
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Hostage
2005 · Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri · 113 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also action and thriller
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob.
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · Directed by Robert Rodriguez · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia) · Also action and thriller
A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.