Movies like The Interview
If The Interview's mix of central intelligence agency (cia), socialism and coup d'etat stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Interview's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2022 · Directed by Tom Gormican · 107 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), euphoric · Also action and comedy
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan.
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Salt
2010 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 100 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), north korea · From the same decade (2010s)
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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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · Directed by Robert Rodriguez · 102 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), coup d'etat
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.
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Freelance
2023 · Directed by Pierre Morel · 108 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: coup d'etat · Also action and comedy
An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle…
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6 Underground
2019 · Directed by Michael Bay · 128 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: evil dictator · Also action and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
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In the Grey
2026 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 97 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: enthusiastic
A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy,…
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The Gray Man
2022 · Directed by Joe Russo · 128 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia)
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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Spy Game
2001 · Directed by Tony Scott · 126 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia)
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid…
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The Equalizer 2
2018 · Directed by Antoine Fuqua · 121 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia) · From the same decade (2010s)
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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Kandahar
2023 · Directed by Ric Roman Waugh · 119 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia)
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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Angel Has Fallen
2019 · Directed by Ric Roman Waugh · 122 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: assassination attempt · From the same decade (2010s)
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his…
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Safe House
2012 · Directed by Daniel Espinosa · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia) · From the same decade (2010s)
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.