Spy City

Series Similar to Spy City

If you enjoyed Spy City, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. The Night Manager

   2016 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Drama series based on the John le Carré novel. A hotel night manager is recruited by a government agent to infiltrate the inner circle of a ruthless arms dealer.

2. A Spy Among Friends

   2022 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   A Spy Among Friends follows the defection of notorious British intelligence officer and KGB double agent, Kim Philby, through the lens of his complex relationship with MI6 colleague and close friend, Nicholas Elliott. The show examines espionage through their friendship, the fallout of which affects East-West relations to this day.

3. The Honourable Woman

   2014 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   The Honourable Woman tells the story of one woman's personal journey to right her father's wrongs. Featuring a stellar cast including Academy Award nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal in the lead role as Nessa Stein, this compelling drama written and directed by BAFTA winning Hugo Blick (The Shadow Line) draws Nessa into a complex and dangerous world of international conspiracy and espionage.

4. The Little Drummer Girl

   2018 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   Blurring the fine lines between love and hate; truth and fiction; and right and wrong; The Little Drummer Girl weaves a suspenseful and explosive story of espionage and high-stakes international intrigue. Set in the late 1970s, the pulsating thriller follows Charlie, a fiery actress and idealist whose resolve is tested after she meets the mysterious Becker, while on holiday in Greece. It quickly becomes apparent that his intentions are not what they seem, and her encounter with him entangles her in a complex plot devised by the spy mastermind Kurtz. Charlie takes on the role of a lifetime as a double agent while remaining uncertain of her own loyalties.

5. The Ipcress File

   2022 · Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, hidden gem.

   The Ipcress File is an enthralling and atmospheric espionage thriller set in Berlin and London during the 1960's.

6. The Spy

   2019 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   The Spy tells the story of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen. Eli Cohen lived in Damascus undercover in the beginning of the '60s, spying for Israel. He managed to embed himself into Syrian high society and rise through the ranks of their politics until he was uncovered by the Syrian regime, sentenced to death and publicly hanged in a Damascus square in 1965. Cohen is considered a national hero in Israel. His actions, connections and immense sacrifice have had lasting consequences, shaping the Middle East of today.

7. Rubicon

   2010 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   Rubicon is a conspiracy thriller set in a NYC-based government intelligence agency, API, where nothing is what it seems. The series focuses on a beleaguered analyst, Will Travers, who, faced with a shocking tragedy, begins to uncover clues that point to a complex and sinister conspiracy.

8. Slow Horses

   2022 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Slow Horses follows the story of a group of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 called Slough House after the big mistakes they've made that resulted in the end of their mainstream careers.This quick-witted spy drama follows a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

9. The Enemy Within

   2019 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, hidden gem.

   The Enemy Within is a character-driven investigative thriller set in the world of counterintelligence. It focuses on former CIA agent Erica Shepherd, the most notorious traitor in modern history and most hated woman in America, who is brought out of a federal supermax prison by the FBI to help stop some of the most dangerous acts of espionage threatening the United States today.

10. The Shadow Line

    2011 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

    Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

    Series about a murder investigated by both sides of the line, cops and criminals, and the opposing methods they use to solve it. Detective Jonah Gabriel is called to investigate the murder of the head of a major criminal organization. At the same time, an associate of the organization is planning to risk everything he has on one last drug deal. As Gabriel begins to unravel the threads, the web of intrigue becomes more complex.