Best Political Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Political Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 46 titles in category code 10504. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. The Lives of Others (2006)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2006, 2h 17m. As a secret police agent eavesdrops on a successful writer in East Germany in 1984, he becomes increasingly fascinated by the man's life and politics.
2. Argo (2012)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 2h 00m. In 1979, six Americans take shelter from Iranian militants in the Canadian embassy, prompting the CIA to concoct an elaborate plot to rescue them.
3. Madras Café (2013)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 2h 08m. An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
4. Carlos (2010)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 2h 45m. Carlos the Jackal is a Venezuelan terrorist who executed scores of assassinations, abductions and bombings across Europe and the Middle East.
6. Masterpiece: Worricker: Turks and Caicos (2014)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 39m. While on a covert Caribbean holiday, MI5's Johnny Worricker becomes embroiled with shifty American businessmen linked to an international conspiracy.
7. De ce eu? (2015)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 06m. A young prosecutor is assigned a career-making case involving a colleague but soon starts to question the motivations behind the charges.
8. Miss Sloane (2016)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 2h 12m. A tenacious Capitol Hill lobbyist with a well-earned reputation for winning no matter what takes on the most challenging battle of her career.
9. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2008, 2h 29m. A radical terrorist group known as the Red Army Faction uses extreme violence to combat what they perceive as a new fascist threat in 1970s Germany.
10. Suburra (2015)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 14m. A grueling battle over turning a seaside town near Rome into a gambling paradise exposes criminal rivalries and endemic corruption on a grand scale.