Shows Like Iris
If you liked Iris (2009), a drama and action & adventure series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Butterfly (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaDavid Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds…
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Citadel (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and action & adventureWhat 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…
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Agent Kim Reactivated (2026)
★ 8.5/10Also action & adventure and dramaWhen an unassuming dad's daughter goes missing, he dusts off his old black-ops skills to track her down — only to attract the wrong kind of attention.
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Nikita (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and action & adventureNikita will stop at nothing to expose and destroy Division, the secret U.S. agency who trained her as a spy and assassin.
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24 (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and dramaCounterterrorism 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.
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Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and dramaDisguised under the shadows of a mask, a crew of desperados band together under the leadership of a criminal mastermind known only as “The Professor” to pull off the biggest heist Korea has ever seen.
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The Old Man (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaDan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
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Tempest (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaSeo Munju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations, and Sanho, an international special agent shrouded in a veil of secrets, race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens…
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The Equalizer (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also action & adventure and dramaRobert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have…
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Agent X (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also action & adventure and dramaHidden from the view of the public - and even from the President - there is a top secret agent who is trained and ready to serve, deployed only at the careful discretion of the Vice President.
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The Assassin (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and action & adventureSecluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward…
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Alias (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also action & adventure and dramaSydney 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…
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The Murky Stream (2025)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and action & adventureThe fates of a man with a hidden past, a wise and just woman, and an upright man intertwine.
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The Terminal List (2022)
★ 8/10Also action & adventure and dramaNavy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned…
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The Day of the Jackal (2024)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and action & adventureAn unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who…
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El final del paraíso (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and action & adventureIn this new era, Catalina, now head of the DEA in Colombia, has a new challenge: to track down a criminal organization that is trafficking a new synthetic drug. What she ignores is that her daughter is part of the…
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The Worst of Evil (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also action & adventure and dramaSet in the 1980s, a husband and wife, both detectives, infiltrate a massive criminal organization responsible for the illegal drug trade between Korea, China, and Japan.
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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and action & adventureAgent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting…
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The Veil (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also action & adventureHan Ji-hyuk, an NIS agent gone MIA, returns after one year to join a new team as he searches for his lost past.
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Crisis (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also action & adventureWhen Washington's most powerful players are pulled into an international conspiracy, an unlikely puppeteer will bring everyone from CEOs to The President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things…