Best Undercover Operation Movies & TV Shows

A Good Day to Die Hard

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.

Run time: 98m Tagline: Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Russia. Release: 2013-02-06

Stars: Amaury Nolasco Bruce Willis Cole Hauser Jai Courtney Mary Elizabeth Winstead Radivoje Bukvić Roman Luknár Sebastian Koch Sergey Kolesnikov Yuliya Snigir

Bad Boys II

Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami. They track the drugs to the whacked-out Cuban drug lord Johnny Tapia, who is also involved in a bloody war with Russian and Haitian mobsters. If that isn't bad enough, there's tension between the two detectives when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sister, Syd.

Run time: 146m Tagline: If you can't stand the heat, get out of Miami. Release: 2003-07-18

Stars: Gabrielle Union Joe Pantoliano Jon Seda Jordi Mollà Martin Lawrence Michael Shannon Peter Stormare Theresa Randle Will Smith Yul Vazquez

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

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 stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

Run time: 133m Tagline: No plan. No backup. No choice. Release: 2011-12-07

Stars: Anil Kapoor Ivan Shvedoff Jeremy Renner Léa Seydoux Michael Nyqvist Paula Patton Samuli Edelmann Simon Pegg Tom Cruise Vladimir Mashkov

Humint

A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

Run time: 120m Tagline: Intelligence gathering through human sources. Release: 2026-02-11

Stars: Jung Yoo-jin Kang Ha-kyung Kim Eui-sung Lee Shin-ki Park Hae-joon Park Jeong-min Park Myung-shin Robert Maaser Shin Sae-kyeong Zo In-sung

Dhurandhar: The Revenge

As rival gangs, corrupt officials and a ruthless Major Iqbal close in, Hamza's mission for his country spirals into a bloody personal war where the line between patriot and monster disappears in the streets of Lyari.

Run time: 235m Tagline: Ab Bigadne Ka Waqt Aa Gaya Hai Release: 2026-03-18

Stars: Ankit Sagar Arjun Rampal Danish Iqbal Gaurav Gera Manav Gohil R. Madhavan Rakesh Bedi Ranveer Singh Sanjay Dutt Sara Arjun

The Bride!

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.

Run time: 126m Tagline: Here comes the mother f*%#ing bride! Release: 2026-03-04

Stars: Annette Bening Christian Bale Jake Gyllenhaal Jeannie Berlin Jessie Buckley John Magaro Matthew Maher Penélope Cruz Peter Sarsgaard Zlatko Burić