Movies like Central Intelligence
If Central Intelligence's mix of central intelligence agency (cia), espionage and spy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Central Intelligence's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Spy Game
2001 · Directed by Tony Scott · 126 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), espionage, spy
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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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2017 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 141 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: spy, secret agent · Also comedy and action · From the same decade (2010s)
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
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My Spy The Eternal City
2024 · Directed by Peter Segal · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), spy · Also action and comedy
JJ, a veteran CIA agent, reunites with his protégé Sophie, in order to prevent a catastrophic nuclear plot targeting the Vatican.
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Mission: Impossible
1996 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 111 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), espionage, spy
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect.
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
2015 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 129 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: spy, secret agent · Also comedy and action · From the same decade (2010s)
The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
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The Recruit
2003 · Directed by Roger Donaldson · 115 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), spy
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
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21 Jump Street
2012 · Directed by Phil Lord · 109 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: high school classmates · Also action and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students.
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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) · 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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The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · Directed by Susanna Fogel · 117 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: spy · Also comedy and action · From the same decade (2010s)
A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.
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Skyfall
2012 · Directed by Sam Mendes · 143 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: spy, secret agent · From the same decade (2010s)
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of…
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Tenet
2020 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 150 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: espionage, spy
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real…
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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.