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1. The Rock (1996)
R | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer
Votes: 359,240 | Gross: $134.07M
2. The Wrath of Becky (2023)
R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Two years after escaping a violent attack, a teenage girl must defend herself against a domestic terrorist cell.
Directors: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson
Votes: 12,565
3. Skyfall (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench
Votes: 732,886 | Gross: $304.36M
4. Iron Man Three (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle
Votes: 902,091 | Gross: $409.01M
5. American Assassin (2017)
R | 111 min | Action, Thriller
After the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Taylor Kitsch
Votes: 91,526 | Gross: $36.25M
6. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton
Votes: 529,713 | Gross: $209.40M
7. Patriots Day (2016)
R | 133 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, John Goodman
Votes: 113,130 | Gross: $31.89M
8. Trigger Point (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Drama series following Lana Washington, an experienced bomb disposal officer working for the Metropolitan Police.
Stars: Vicky McClure, Eric Shango, Nabil Elouahabi, Kerry Godliman
Votes: 8,595
9. Body of Lies (2008)
R | 128 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani
Votes: 240,029 | Gross: $39.39M
10. Captive State (2019)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 58,274 | Gross: $5.96M
11. Eye in the Sky (2015)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi
Votes: 91,755 | Gross: $18.70M
12. Snake Eyes (2021)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner, is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage, who teach him the ways of the ninja and provide him home. But when secrets from his past are revealed, his honor and allegiance will be tested.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: Henry Golding, Andrew Koji, Haruka Abe, Takehiro Hira
Votes: 44,652 | Gross: $28.26M
13. Unlocked (I) (2017)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich
Votes: 38,865
14. All the Old Knives (2022)
R | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller
Veteran CIA agent Henry is reunited in Vienna with his former colleague and lover Celia.
Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Goksin Erdemli, Kasia Madera, Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 28,778
15. MI-5 (2015)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Wildman
Votes: 23,971
16. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
TV-14 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.
Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei | Stars: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 53,414 | Gross: $1.00M
17. Cleanskin (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A British secret service agent is faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a British-born suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.
Director: Hadi Hajaig | Stars: Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, Abhin Galeya, Tom Burke
Votes: 21,165
18. 97 Minutes (2023)
93 min | Thriller
A ticking clock scenario unfolds as a hijacked 767 airplane faces imminent disaster when its fuel supply dwindles, with just 97 minutes remaining.
Director: Timo Vuorensola | Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Alec Baldwin, MyAnna Buring, Jo Martin
Votes: 8,793
19. Domino (I) (2019)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner's murder by a mysterious man.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Søren Malling, Paprika Steen, Helena Kaittani
Votes: 6,671
20. Paradise Now (2005)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash
Votes: 24,122 | Gross: $1.45M
21. City of Tiny Lights (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Krishna Floyd, Cush Jumbo
Votes: 2,496
22. Endgame (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, History
A story based on the covert discussions that brought down the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Director: Pete Travis | Stars: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong
Votes: 2,867 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Land of Plenty (2004)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub
Votes: 4,121
24. Blue Eyes (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Politics, extremism and violence in Sweden.
Stars: Louise Peterhoff, Sven Nordin, Karin Franz Körlof, Linnéa Lindström
Votes: 1,635
25. Sky Riders (1976)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 1,159
26. No Rest for the Wicked (2011)
Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Thriller
A corrupt policeman commits a crime when drinking late at night. While his colleagues are trying to investigate his murder, he tries to clean up the evidence.
Director: Enrique Urbizu | Stars: Jose Coronado, Rodolfo Sancho, Helena Miquel, Juanjo Artero
Votes: 5,544
27. Queen & Country
Action, Thriller | Announced
Special Ops agent is on the run after assassinating a powerful figure in Eastern Europe.
Director: Ridley Scott | Star: Sylvia Hoeks
28. Java Heat (2013)
R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Muslim detective teams with an American posing as a graduate student to find the man behind a series of deadly terrorist bombings in Indonesia.
Director: Conor Allyn | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Verdi Solaiman, Mickey Rourke, Ario Bayu
Votes: 4,938
29. Made in France (2015)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sam, a freelance journalist, investigates the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young jihadis whose mission is to destabilize the city center of Paris.
Director: Nicolas Boukhrief | Stars: Malik Zidi, Dimitri Storoge, François Civil, Nassim Lyes
Votes: 2,338 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Germany. A Winter's Tale (2018)
125 min | Drama
Becky, Maik and Tommi, a group of right-wing radical youths, aim to establish a terrorist cell in Germany. Seeking national attention, they commit a range of escalating crimes whilst facing disorientation and their appetite for murder.
Director: Jan Bonny | Stars: Thomas Schubert, Ricarda Seifried, Jean-Luc Bubert, Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Votes: 304
31. Unveiled (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 95 min | Crime, Drama, History
Geneva 2018. On a train, Isabelle spots a young woman entirely clad in Islamic attire. Her heart skips a beat: it's Anaïs, her granddaughter. Without saying a word to Anaïs, Isabelle calls Léa, Anaïs' mother, who lives in Montréal.
Director: Jacob Berger | Stars: Lola Créton, Nastassja Tanner, Marthe Keller, Cléa Eden
Votes: 141
32. 7 días de enero (1979)
124 min | Drama
After the death of Franco, the nostalgic fascist regime attempts to preserve the 1936's order.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Manuel Ángel Egea, Fernando Sánchez Polack, Madeleine Robinson, Jacques François
Votes: 194
33. Tellus (2014)
300 min | Crime, Drama
Tellus, a Finnish environmental group led by Eevi Forsman, use increasingly radical means to "save the earth". They are pursued by Taneli Lokka, an experienced police detective who tries to save the earth in his own personal way.
Stars: Minka Kuustonen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Henrik Hammarberg
Votes: 242
34. La Verdad: Beginnings (2012– )
Action, Crime, Drama
A wayward heroine in La Verdad resurfaces to help a desperate mayor fend off the rise of a new terrorist group, one year after the unexplained deaths of every single superhero on Earth.
Stars: Blanca Gomez, Cody Vaughan, Ian Roberts, D'Andre Lampkin
Votes: 35
35. The Disintegration (2011)
78 min | Drama
A realistic description of unemployed young Muslims who live in the french suburbs, lost generation ostracized by the racism which slowly push them to the Muslim extremism.
Director: Philippe Faucon | Stars: Rashid Debbouze, Yassine Azzouz, Ymanol Perset, Mohamed Nachit
Votes: 313
36. Resurgence (I) (2018 TV Movie)
Action
A joint military operations group goes deep undercover to fight terrorism globally.
Director: Matthew Ryan Anderson | Stars: Matthew Ryan Anderson, Edgar Bojorguez, Scott Burris, Batya Cruz
37. Crisis: New York Under Water (2009 TV Movie)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Director: Tom DeSanto | Stars: Lew Knopp, Joel Lambert, Trey Alley, Nito Larioza
Votes: 20
38.
Lost (2004–2010)
Episode:
The Greater Good
(2005)
TV-14 | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
After burying one of their own, tempers flare as the castaways' suspicions of each other grow -- and an unlikely survivor vows revenge. Meanwhile, Claire and Charlie struggle to calm her newborn.
Director: David Grossman | Stars: Naveen Andrews, Emilie de Ravin, Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia
Votes: 5,977
39.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Terminal Leave
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A woman Naval aviator narrowly escapes an explosion of her car on a parking lot; she was a target of terrorist activity due to her official behavior in Afghanistan. The FBI solves the crime, and the NCIS protects the family of the victim.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 871
40.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
The Darkness and the Light
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mysterious assassin begins wiping out all the members of Kira's old resistance cell.
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 1,982
41.
Touch (2012–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2012)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
For the third time in three weeks, Jake has run away from school and climbed atop a cell phone tower, breaking the tower's security alarms at precisely 3:18 in the afternoon each time. For ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Mazouz, Danny Glover
Votes: 1,572
42.
Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace (2005– )
Episode:
Sharon
(2005)
58 min | Documentary, History, War
How the war in Iraq forced President Bush to court Arab allies.
Director: Daniel Edge | Stars: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Alistair Crooke, Mohammed Abu Hamid, Nabil Shaath
43.
State of Affairs (2014–2015)
Episode:
Cry Havoc
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Thriller
A high-stakes investigation puts the focus on proving a sorority girl is in fact a member of a terrorist cell. Meanwhile, Charlie faces possible betrayal, and Nick Vera inches closer to contacting Omar Fattah.
Director: Joshua Butler | Stars: Katherine Heigl, Alfre Woodard, Adam Kaufman, Sheila Vand
Votes: 188
44.
The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode:
Babylon
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a terrorist ends up in a coma, a pair of younger FBI agents ask Mulder and Scully for help communicating with the man, resembling them when their adventure first began and reminding them of just how far they have come.
Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Lauren Ambrose
Votes: 5,596
45.
Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode:
The Litvinov Ruse
(2015)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The CIA and BND make a play.
Director: Tucker Gates | Stars: Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Sebastian Koch, Miranda Otto
Votes: 2,828
46.
Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode:
New Normal
(2015)
TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new threat emerges.
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Sebastian Koch, Miranda Otto
Votes: 2,379
47.
Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode:
Our Man in Damascus
(2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Carrie follows a lead.
Director: Seith Mann | Stars: Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, Sebastian Koch, Miranda Otto
Votes: 3,120
48.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
ISIS and the Battle for Iraq
(2017)
47 min | Documentary, News
Emmy-award winning journalist Ramita Navai reveals the other side of the war against ISIS in Iraq, looking at allegations of torture, execution and sectarian cleansing of Sunni refugees by Shia militias.
Director: Patrick Wells | Star: Ramita Navai
Votes: 7
49.
Deutschland 86 (2018)
Episode:
Le Cafard
(2018)
TV-MA | 47 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Badly injured, Martin wakes up in the Libyan desert, where he meets Samira and Khaled, and uncovers an imminent terrorist plot. Meanwhile, Lenora arrives at an Angolan hotel.
Director: Florian Cossen | Stars: Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Florence Kasumba, Sylvester Groth
Votes: 245
50.
The Bureau (2015–2020)
Episode:
Episode #4.10
(2018)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama, Thriller
In Ukraine, Malotru arrives at the exchange location to get Marina. But on the way back, their convoy deviates from the route initially agreed upon by the DGSE, forcing him to warn Sisteron... See full summary »
Director: Eric Rochant | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Florence Loiret Caille, Jonathan Zaccaï
Votes: 267