Best Spy Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Spy Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 36 titles in category code 9147. 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. Bridge of Spies (2015)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 21m. A Brooklyn attorney enters into intense negotiations for the release of American pilot Gary Powers after his spy plane is downed by the Soviets.
5. 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.
6. Munich (2005)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2005, 2h 43m. A Mossad agent leads an effort to track down the Palestinian terrorists who killed a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics.
7. Lust, Caution (2007)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 2h 38m. In this drama set in World War II-era Shanghai, a young actress gets caught up in a complex plot involving love, seduction and assassination.
8. The Exam (2011)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 1h 27m. In Communist Hungary circa 1957, a member of the secret police whose job is to evaluate citizens' loyalty is unknowingly spied upon by his mentor.
9. Snowden (2015)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 14m. This quiet thriller traces Edward Snowden's journey from Army recruit to disillusioned cyber analyst bent on exposing vast U.S.
10. The Spy Gone North (2018)
Rated 7.2/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 2h 17m. In the 1990s, a South Korean spy poses as a brassy entrepreneur with a luring scheme for a cash-strapped North Korea, but politics tests his loyalty.