10 Spy Thrillers To Watch if 'The Night Agent' Is Your Comfort Show

An unassuming FBI desk agent gets pulled into a labyrinth of conspiracies, assassins, and high-stakes politics, and suddenly the fate of the nation rests on his shoulders. Yes, this is the plot of Netflix's The Night Agent, but it could also be the foundational premise of every other spy thriller on TV right now.

That's the joy of the genre: its characters and settings change, but the core storytelling that fuels our obsession with these wild, globe-trotting adventures rarely does. Slow Horses is the perfect hangout for anyone who likes their spy games with a generous side of cynical humor.

Gary Oldman leads a misfit team of MI5 rejects whose main mission is… well, mostly just surviving the daily indignities of being underappreciated by the intelligence community.

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