10 Spy Thriller Movies That Deliver the Same Rush As Netflix's 'The Night Agent'

For three seasons, viewers have been captivated by the hit Netflix series The Night Agent. Created by Shawn Ryan and based on Matthew Quirk's novel, the political action thriller follows Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), a low-level FBI agent working in the White House basement who answers an emergency line and is thrust into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the highest levels of government.

If you prefer a movie to a series, several films deliver a similar rush. Ben Affleck's Argo dramatizes the Canadian Caper and the CIA rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, offering tense, witty pacing and a strong cast that includes Alan Arkin, John Goodman, and Bryan Cranston.

Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor captures post-Watergate paranoia as a CIA analyst returns to find his coworkers murdered and uncovers a rogue, corrupt unit.

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