Movies Like The Spy Gone North

If you liked The Spy Gone North (2018), a drama and thriller movie directed by Yoon Jong-bin, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Phantom (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.
2
The Amateur (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
3
The Courier (2020)
★ 7/10Also thriller and drama
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
4
Secret Reunion (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama
Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a South Korean agent in search for revenge.
5
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to…
6
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a…
7
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thriller
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
8
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as…
9
Breach (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
Eric O'Neill, a low-level surveillance expert with the FBI, believes he is accomplishing his dream of becoming a full-fledged agent, with his unexpected promotion and assignment to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a renowned…
10
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's…
11
Casino Royale (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M…
12
F.I.S.T. (1978)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts…
13
State of Play (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
14
Heart of Stone (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
An intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency races to stop a hacker from stealing its most valuable — and dangerous — weapon.
15
The Suspect (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
16
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
17
North by Northwest (1959)
★ 8/10Also thriller
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
18
Steel Rain 2: Summit (2020)
★ 7/10Also thriller
A futuristic film about a crisis near the brink of war after three leaders are kidnapped by a North Korean nuclear submarine in a coup d’état during a summit between the two Koreas and the United States.
19
Nick of Time (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.
20
Snowden (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.