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  1. Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

    The sides of The Bourne Identity

    • A man pulled from the sea with no memory
    • Skills he doesn't remember learning
    • A Mini chase through Paris

    Good for you if

    • you like an amnesiac spy and a stranger he pays to drive him to Paris falling for each other.
    • you like a hero discovering who he is with you.
    • you like being hunted across Europe.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a spy who always has a quip ready. Bourne barely smiles.
    • you want big-screen spectacle. The car chase here is in a battered Mini through Paris.

    About: identity · memory · conscience

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  2. Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

    The sides of The Bourne Ultimatum

    • Bourne finds out who made him
    • A chase across Waterloo station
    • Rooftops in Tangier

    Good for you if

    • you like a rooftop chase across Tangier filmed up close.
    • you like a man always one step ahead of the CIA.
    • you like the truth finally coming out.

    Bad for you if

    • you need quiet moments to breathe. It runs flat out from London to New York.
    • you want a love story. Bourne and Nicky share a past, never a romance.

    About: identity · guilt · truth

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  3. Salt 2010

    Film

    As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

    The sides of Salt

    • A CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy
    • A chase across New York and Washington
    • A plot against a head of state

    Good for you if

    • you like Angelina Jolie jumping from truck to truck.
    • you like never being sure which side Salt is on.
    • you like a spy on the run from her own agency.

    Bad for you if

    • you need spy stories that could really happen.
    • you want to know people deeply, not just follow a chase.

    About: loyalty · identity · betrayal

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  4. A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

    The sides of The Bourne Supremacy

    • Bourne framed for a killing
    • A car chase in Moscow
    • An apology he has to make

    Good for you if

    • you like a brutal car chase through Moscow.
    • you like a hunted man who stays calm.

    Bad for you if

    • you like sharp, talky writing. Bourne barely says a word between chases.
    • you like a film that takes its time. Bourne never stops moving, from Goa to Moscow.

    About: guilt · grief · identity

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  5. Jason Bourne 2016

    Film

    The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

    The sides of Jason Bourne

    • A former CIA assassin pulled out of hiding
    • A riot in Athens
    • A chase down the Las Vegas Strip

    Good for you if

    • you like Matt Damon running through riots and car chases.
    • you like a man hunted by the CIA with nowhere to hide.
    • you like a story about surveillance and who watches whom.

    Bad for you if

    • you need sharp dialogue, and Bourne speaks very little.
    • you can't stand brutal hand-to-hand fights.

    About: identity · surveillance · the past

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  6. Citadel 2023

    Series

    What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn't know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they're called back to action as sinister forces emerge from the past. With the help of spymaster Bernard Orlick, these former lovers must remember the past to save the future.

    The sides of Citadel

    • Two spies with their memories wiped
    • A fallen spy agency against Manticore
    • Former lovers who don't remember each other

    Good for you if

    • you like glossy fights and chases across the world.
    • you like betrayals that change who is on which side.
    • you want two former lovers finding each other again.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bloody shootouts.
    • you need spy tech that could exist.

    About: memory · betrayal · love

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  7. When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

    The sides of Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    • Plutonium gone missing
    • A HALO jump at night
    • A helicopter chase in the mountains

    Good for you if

    • you like Tom Cruise doing his own stunts, from a skydive to a helicopter.
    • you like masks and double-crosses where nobody is who they seem.
    • you like a countdown to two nuclear bombs that never lets you breathe.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • you need it believable. Ethan Hunt walks away from crashes no one could survive.

    About: loyalty · sacrifice · choices

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  8. In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

    The sides of What Happened to Monday

    • Seven identical sisters named after the days
    • One shared identity outside the flat
    • A state that puts extra children to sleep

    Good for you if

    • you like chases and fights through a crowded future city.
    • you like a mystery where any sister could be next.
    • you like Noomi Rapace playing seven different sisters.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a dystopia whose rules hold up.
    • you can't stand brutal deaths of characters you got to know.

    About: identity · sisterhood · control

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  9. Blindspot 2015

    Series

    A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. But there's one tattoo that is impossible to miss: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. "Jane," Agent Weller and the rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.

    The sides of Blindspot

    • A woman found in Times Square with no memory
    • Tattoos covering her whole body
    • An FBI agent's name on her back

    Good for you if

    • you like a tattoo decoded each week that leads to a crime.
    • you want to know who Jane really is.
    • you want FBI raids and fights in every episode.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a conspiracy that could really happen.
    • five seasons is too much for you.

    About: identity · memory · trust

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  10. Vagabond 2019

    Series

    Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

    The sides of Vagabond

    • A stuntman whose nephew dies in a plane crash
    • An intelligence agent who wanted a quiet job
    • A corruption scandal reaching the top

    Good for you if

    • you like a stuntman doing his own fights and chases.
    • you like a plane crash that turns into a conspiracy.
    • you like chasing corruption up to arms dealers and ministers.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't watch a Korean series with subtitles.
    • you need an ending, and this one stops on a cliffhanger.

    About: grief · revenge · corruption

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  11. 24 2001

    Series

    Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

    The sides of 24

    • One day of a season told hour by hour
    • A counterterrorism agent racing the clock
    • Moles inside CTU

    Good for you if

    • you like a ticking clock on screen in every episode.
    • you like Jack Bauer doing whatever it takes before the hour ends.
    • you like never knowing who the traitor is.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through torture scenes.
    • nine seasons is too much for you.

    About: duty · sacrifice · betrayal

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  12. Bodyguard 2018

    Series

    A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

    The sides of Bodyguard

    • A war veteran guarding a government minister
    • A politician pushing new surveillance laws
    • A terror plot in London

    Good for you if

    • you like a protection officer who never knows who to trust.
    • you like politics, terror plots and secret services pulling strings.
    • you like watching Richard Madden hold together a man who is falling apart.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bombings and shootings.
    • you find a soldier's trauma and despair on screen too much.

    About: trauma · loyalty · power

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  13. Alias 2001

    Series

    Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.

    The sides of Alias

    • A young spy who learns she works for the enemy
    • A double agent inside a criminal organization
    • A father who is also a spy

    Good for you if

    • you like a heroine who fights her way through a new disguise each week.
    • you like loyalties that flip from one episode to the next.
    • you like the tense bond between Sydney and her father Jack.

    Bad for you if

    • five seasons is too much for you.
    • you need spy stories to stay realistic.

    About: betrayal · trust · family · identity

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  14. John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

    The sides of Minority Report

    • Police who arrest you before the crime
    • A cop accused of a murder he hasn't done
    • Screens you move with your hands

    Good for you if

    • you like a man on the run from his own unit.
    • you like proving your innocence of a future crime.
    • you like jetpack chases and cars that drive up the sides of buildings.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
    • you need the science to hold up. Three psychics in a pool see murders before they happen.

    About: free will · justice · surveillance

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  15. Gemini Man 2019

    Film

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

    The sides of Gemini Man

    • An assassin aged 51 ready to retire
    • A younger clone of himself sent to kill him
    • A motorbike chase through a Colombian city

    Good for you if

    • you like chases and gunfights shot up close.
    • you want to see Will Smith face a young Will Smith.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the cloning plot to hold up.
    • you want sharp, surprising lines.

    About: aging · identity · regret

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  16. Prison Break 2005

    Series

    Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

    The sides of Prison Break

    • An innocent man on death row
    • A brother with the prison plans tattooed on his body
    • A breakout from Fox River

    Good for you if

    • you like a plan that can fall apart in every episode.
    • you like an escape plan hidden in the tattoos covering Michael's body.
    • you like two brothers who will risk anything for each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you need an escape plan that could work in real life.
    • five seasons of escapes and manhunts is too much for you.

    About: brotherhood · injustice · freedom · conspiracy

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  17. Déjà Vu 2006

    Film

    Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

    The sides of Déjà Vu

    • A ferry bombing in New Orleans
    • A machine that looks four days into the past
    • An agent falling for a woman already dead

    Good for you if

    • you like piecing together a crime from a screen that shows the past.
    • you like a race to stop a bombing that has already happened.
    • you like a car chase where one road is in the present and the other in the past.

    Bad for you if

    • you need time travel that holds up to every question.
    • you'd rather your thrillers skip the love story. Carlin falls for a woman he watches on a screen.

    About: time · fate · grief

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  18. Black Doves 2024

    Series

    When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.

    The sides of Black Doves

    • A spy posing as a politician's wife
    • An old assassin friend back in London
    • A murdered lover at Christmas

    Good for you if

    • you like a spy thriller where nobody can be trusted.
    • you like Keira Knightley as a spy holding a double life together.
    • you like the bond between Helen and Sam, two killers who care for each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand shootouts and bloody killings.
    • you want a cosy Christmas story, not a deadly one.

    About: vengeance · secrets · loyalty

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  19. Psycho 1960

    Film

    When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

    The sides of Psycho

    • A secretary on the run with stolen money
    • A lonely motel
    • A shower

    Good for you if

    • you like suspense built from a stolen envelope and a lonely motel.
    • you like a film that pulls the floor away halfway.
    • you like horror that relies on what you imagine.

    Bad for you if

    • black and white films from 1960 feel too old to you.
    • you need momentum. The first act follows Marion's nervous drive, slowly, mile by mile.

    About: guilt · identity · madness

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  20. Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

    The sides of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

    • A drifter back in the army's business
    • A major framed for espionage
    • A chase through New Orleans

    Good for you if

    • you like Tom Cruise winning fistfights against hired killers.
    • you like a man on the run with the army at his heels.
    • you like digging into a military cover-up.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand bone-breaking fights.
    • you like patient thrillers with long silences.

    About: loyalty · justice · conspiracy

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