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The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7.8

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

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A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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Snowden

Snowden

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2016 IMDB Rating: 7.3

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

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The Ipcress File

The Ipcress File

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1965 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor ope...

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The Crying Game

The Crying Game

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promi...

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The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

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The Quiet American

The Quiet American

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2002 IMDB Rating: 7

In early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, the trio sinks de...

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Green Zone

Green Zone

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 6.8

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the...

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The Assignment

The Assignment

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Jack Shaw has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastat...

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Death of a President

Death of a President

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 6.3

A fictional investigative documentary looks back on the "assassination" of George W. Bush and attempts to answer the question of who committed the murder. Perhaps less morbid and disturbing to watch n...

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