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TV Shows & Series: Best "espionage" TV Shows/Series

The spy film, also known as the spy thriller, is a genre of film that deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films). Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, le Carré, Ian Fleming (Bond) and Len Deighton. It is a significant aspect of British cinema, with leading British directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Carol Reed making notable contributions and many films set in the British Secret Service. Spy films show the espionage activities of government agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the Nazi espionage thrillers of the 1940s to the James Bond films of the 1960s and to the high-tech blockbusters of today, the spy film has always been popular with audiences worldwide. Offering a combination of exciting escapism, technological thrills, and exotic locales, many spy films combine the action and science fiction genres, presenting clearly delineated heroes for audiences to root for and villains for them to hate. They may also involve elements of political thrillers. However, there are many that are comedic (mostly action comedy films if they fall under that genre). James... ()

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SPY x FAMILY(2022-2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure
4.3/5 (with 816 votes)

World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does, his adopted daughter who’s a telepath!

Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi

MacGyver(1985-1992)

FSK: 12+ years
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Crime, Western
3.9/5 (with 382 votes)

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Get Smart(1965-1970)

FSK: 12+ years
| 25min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 177 votes)

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.

Homeland(2011-2020)

FSK: 16+ years
| 55min per episode | Drama, War & Politics, Crime
3.8/5 (with 1,018 votes)

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Counterstrike(1990-1993)

1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama

Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.

With Simon MacCorkindale, Christopher Plummer, Tom Kneebone, Cyrielle Clair, Stephen Shellen, James Purcell, ...

Secret Invasion(2023)

3.5/5 (with 447 votes)

Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.

The Hour(2011-2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h per episode | Drama, Talk-Show
3.7/5 (with 35 votes)

A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.

Spy Classroom(2023-)

3.8/5 (with 4 votes)

Spy-in-training Lily is desperate to score a passing grade. Eager to prove herself, she leaps at the chance to join the mysterious team Lamplight and beat the Impossible Mission. Too bad the task ahead is even more harrowing than she imagined…

La Femme Nikita(1997-2001)

1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.7/5 (with 112 votes)

La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The series was first telecast in North America on the USA Network cable channel on January 13, 1997, and ran for five television seasons—until March 2001. The series was also aired in Canada on the over-the-air CTV Television Network. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons. It was also distributed in some other countries, and it continues to have a strong cult following.

Alphas(2011-2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
3.4/5 (with 139 votes)

Five ordinary people with superhuman physical and mental abilities are brought together to form one extraordinary team of Alphas. Operating within the U.S. Department of Defense, the team investigates cases that point to others with Alpha abilities.

Reilly: Ace of Spies(1983)

50min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.

Directed by Martin Campbell - With Sam Neill

Masquerade(1983-1984)

1h per episode | Action & Adventure
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.

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The Old Man(2022-)

1h 2min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.6/5 (with 126 votes)

Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

Burn Notice(2007-2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 45min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 223 votes)

A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

The Night Manager(2016)

FSK: 16+ years
| 59min per episode | Drama, Mystery, Crime
3.9/5 (with 452 votes)

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

Rabbit Hole(2022-)

Private espionage operative James Weir finds himself in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance state and the interests that control these extraordinary powers.

Rabbit Hole(2023)

FSK: 16+ years
| Drama, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 71 votes)

Nothing is what it seems when John Weir, a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, is framed for murder by powerful forces with the ability to influence and control populations.

The Little Drummer Girl(2018)

FSK: 18+ years
| 55min per episode | Drama, War & Politics
3.6/5 (with 71 votes)

Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic.

XIII: The Series(2011-2012)

FSK: 16+ years
| 52min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery, War & Politics
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

After a plot to kill the president of the USA an agent with lost memories tries to recover his life and memories. Others use him to cover up some dirty business involving high ranking officials from the CIA and the White House.

Tehran(2020-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 45min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 111 votes)

A Mossad agent embarks on her first mission as a computer hacker in her home town of Tehran.

Buddy Daddies(2023)

24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime
4.0/5 (with 19 votes)

When two hit men take out a dangerous mobster, the last thing they expect is for him to have a four-year-old daughter - now an orphan. But when they decide to take custody of the child, their life turns upside down! Between a mission here and a shootout there, the two hired killers will have to find time to prepare nutritious meals, stimulate the child's intellectual growth, and take the little one to daycare!

Directed by Yoshiyuki Asai

Different Dreams(2019)

35min per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, a Korean surgeon who was raised by a Japanese family becomes a spy for the Korean government.

009-1(2006)

3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

In an alternate world, the Cold War has continued to persist for 140 years. As a result, the world was divided into two factions: the West Block, and the East Block. As the Cold War drags on, the tension between the two factions, as well as the amount of nuclear weapons they have, rise. Mylene Hoffman is a female cyborg who is a spy for the West Block. Together with three other agents, Mylene partakes in various missions issued by her superiors.

Danger Man(1960-1968)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Drama
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

Counterpart(2017-2019)

56min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 147 votes)

Howard Silk is a lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: a crossing to a parallel dimension.

The Recruit(2022-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 55min per episode | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 115 votes)

A fledgling lawyer at the CIA that becomes enmeshed in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime.

The Shadow Team(2021-)

4.1/5 (with 7 votes)

National Intelligence Organization members are always ready to serve to destroy the enemies of Türkiye.

With Çağlar Ertuğrul, Deniz Baysal, Mesut Akusta, Ezgi Eyüboğlu, Ezgi Şenler, Mehmet Usta, ...

Bonn(2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 48min per episode | Drama, War & Politics
3.9/5 (with 6 votes)

Bonn depicts the rise of the young West Germany, a country struggling to break free from the terrors and legacies of World War II and longing for a 'normal' life. Into this heady and volatile mix steps Toni, a young woman determined to seize every opportunity, overcome every obstacle and make her own way in what is still a very male-dominated society. But what at first appears to be only an entry-level office job at one of the country's two competing secret services soon sucks her ever deeper into a clandestine world of suspicion

X Company(2015-2017)

44min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 20 votes)

An emotionally-driven character drama, set in the thrilling and dangerous world of WWII espionage and covert operations. It follows the stories of five highly skilled young recruits - Canadian, American and British - torn from their ordinary lives to train as agents in an ultra-secret facility on the shores of Lake Ontario. These agents parachute behind enemy lines, where they're fair game for torture and execution. From elegant hotels to hellholes in the field, it's one risky operation after another, masterminded by the brains of Camp X.

Deutschland(2015-2020)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 80 votes)

A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an undercover spy for the Stasi foreign service. Hiding in plain sight in the West German army, he must gather the secrets of NATO military strategy. Everything is new, nothing is quite what it seems and everyone he encounters is harboring secrets, both political and personal.

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