The Agency

Series Similar to The Agency

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

1. The Veil

   2024 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   The Veil is a thriller that explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, the CIA and French DGSE must work together to avert potential disaster.

2. Berlin Station

   2016 · Drama, Mystery, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Espionage profile.

   Berlin Station is a contemporary spy series that follows Daniel Miller, an undercover agent who has just arrived at the CIA station in Berlin, Germany. Miller has a clandestine mission: to determine the identity of a now-famous whistleblower masquerading as "Thomas Shaw". Guided by jaded veteran Hector DeJean, Daniel learns to contend with the rough-and-tumble world of the field officer - agent-running, deception, danger and moral compromises. As he dives deeper into the German capital's hall of mirrors and uncovers the threads of a conspiracy that leads back to Washington, Daniel wonders: Can anyone ever be the same after a posting to Berlin?

3. Black Doves

   2024 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   Helen Webb, politician's wife, doting mother, and professional spy, has been passing on her husband's secrets to the Black Doves, the shadowy organization for whom she works. But when her lover Jason is assassinated, Helen's life is turned upside down, and only her old friend Sam Young can keep her safe. But Sam, a suave, champagne-drinking assassin, also has problems of his own. Out of the game, since his last job went wrong, he soon realizes his past is coming back to haunt him. Together, they set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy. One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis — and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they've made.

4. The Recruit

   2022 · Action, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   The Recruit follows Owen Hendricks, a fledgling lawyer at the CIA who becomes enmeshed in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the agency.

5. Rabbit Hole

   2023 · Action, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, also on Paramount+.

   Private espionage operative John Weir, finds himself in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance state and the interests that control these extraordinary powers.

6. Liaison

   2023 · Action, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   Liaison is a high-stakes, contemporary thriller exploring how the mistakes of our past have the potential to destroy our future. The series combines action with an unpredictable, multi-layered plot in which espionage and political intrigue play out against a story of passionate and enduring love.

7. 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.

8. Condor

   2018 · Drama, Action, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Espionage profile.

   Joe Turner has always been conflicted about his work for the CIA. But when something he's discovered gets his entire office killed, leaving Joe as the only survivor and forcing him to go on the run, the theoretical reservations he's always harbored turn into all-too-real moral dilemmas. Under life or death pressure, Joe will be forced to redefine who he is and what he's capable of in order to discover who's behind this far-reaching conspiracy, and stop them from completing their deadly objective that threatens the lives of millions.

9. Lioness

   2023 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, also on Paramount+.

   Lioness, inspired by an actual U.S. Military program, follows the life of Joe while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade and Donald Westfield, enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.

10. 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.