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Are you ready to get groovy, baby? Cause Netflix is about to spin the clock back to 1975 for a month-long screening series held at its Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles this upcoming May. Titled “1975: Fifty Is the New Hollywood,” this event aims to celebrate the 50th anniversary of what many consider the year that changed cinema forever, with films like Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws,” Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein,” and Francis Ford Coppola‘s Oscar-winning “The Godfather Part II” all being released within the same 12-month span.

1975 marks the highpoint of the New Hollywood era, with gifted established filmmakers like Robert Altman, Akira Kurosawa, John Cassavetes, and Stanley Kubrick all going out on a limb to make their masterworks and newcomers like Spielberg, Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Brian De Palma breaking through in ways that would forever alter the business and creative spirit of filmmaking. International cinema also introduced the world to the unconventional,...

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The Amateur is a vigilante action spy thriller film directed by James Hawes from a screenplay co-written by Ken Nolan and Gary Spinelli. Based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, the 2025 film follows Charlie Heller, a brilliant CIA cryptographer whose wife was killed during a terrorist attack in London. After discovering that, he blackmails his superiors into giving him training to kill the people who killed his wife and use his expertise in doing so. The Amateur stars Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, Caitriona Balfe, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Laurence Fishburne. So, if you loved the thrilling drama, intense revenge story, and compelling characters in The Amateur, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Law Abiding Citizen is a vigilante action thriller film...

Rami Malek believes his character in “The Amateur” stands apart from the typical espionage thriller protagonist.

“He’s extremely different. Usually, we see someone who would be difficult to necessarily relate to personally for the majority of us, whereas I think we can see a lot of ourselves in Charlie,” Malek told Variety at the film’s New York premiere. “Many of us, just day to day, probably feel overlooked and underestimated at some point. I know I have in the past; I can imagine 99.9% of us have. That’s who Charlie is.”

Based on Robert Littell’s 1981 novel of the same name, “The Amateur” follows Charles “Charlie” Heller (Malek), a CIA cryptographer who embarks on a personal mission to seek revenge on his wife’s (Rachel Brosnahan) killers. “He’s one of those guys who feels like he’s on the outskirts of society — an outcast,” Malek added. “I...

Everything you can binge on Paramount+ in April 2025(Photo Credit –Paramount+)

With the arrival of April there have been a number of new releases which include films, series, documentaries and more. Streaming platforms have a brand-new release schedule for each month which includes new releases and premieres, but also the acquisition of previously released hit content.

It could be a hit film from years ago or an iconic television franchise. The streaming giant Paramount+ also has a whole slate of original content that it creates and releases from time to time but there are many fun projects that it avails for streaming purposes. Here’s the full April list for the same.

Paramount+ April 2025: Everything On Release Schedule

April 1 Along Came a Spider April Fool’s Day Arrival Before Dawn Braveheart Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’ Clear and Present Danger Clerks Cop Land Deep Impact Dope Empire Records Escape from Alcatraz...

April is bringing fresh movies, shows, and specials to Paramount+! Whether you love action, comedy, or family-friendly content, there’s something for everyone. Get ready for new originals, classic favorites, and exclusive premieres. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming next month!

1. The Last Stop in Yuma County (April 1)

A traveling salesman, stranded at a remote Arizona rest stop, becomes caught in a dangerous hostage situation when two ruthless bank robbers arrive, willing to use violence to protect their stolen money.

2. Before Dawn (April 1)

A young man leaves his family’s sheep farm in the Australian outback and joins his fellow countrymen on the Western Front during World War I, hoping to help bring an end to the brutal conflict.

3. An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile special (April 6)

Filming on March 26 at London’s Palladium Theatre, a primetime concert special will feature live performances by Elton John and Brandi Carlile,...

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The Day of the Jackal is a British spy action thriller series created by Ronan Bennett. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, the Peacock series revolves around the cat-and-mouse chase between a ruthless British assassin known as the Jackal and the relentless intelligence officer tasked with catching him. The Day of the Jackal stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch in the lead roles, with Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Khalid Abdalla, and Lia Williams starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the thrilling cat-and-mouse chase, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in The Day of the Jackal, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Condor is a spy thriller drama series created by Todd Katzberg, Jason Smilovic, and Ken Robinson. Based on the 1974 novel Six Days of the...

Michael Fassbender stars as George Woodhouse in director Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, a Focus Features release. Credit: Claudette Barius/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved. The spy thriller Black Bag, directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, brings together a powerhouse cast, including Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The movie has been getting tons of praise for its intense story and top-notch performances. Here’s the setup: Kathryn Woodhouse, an intelligence agent, is accused of turning against her country. At the same time, her husband, a legend in the world of espionage himself, is put in an impossible spot. Does he stay loyal to the woman he loves or the nation they’ve both sworn to protect? It’s a tangled web of trust, betrayal, and sacrifice that keeps you guessing the whole way through. The movie feels like a love letter to classic 1970s thrillers, like Three Days of the Condor...

With the country in social and political turmoil in 1969, Paramount Pictures released Medium Cool, Haskell Wexler’s form-breaking, question-raising, cinematic signal-bearer to a nation going off the rails.

More than a half century later, one struggles to imagine Paramount guiding us this way again. These days, the studio grabs a lot more headlines for potentially paying off Donald Trump for 60 Minutes journalists doing their jobs, in a storyline that matches Medium Cool and its power-challenging cameraman John Cassellis in drama, if hardly in moral fortitude.

We shouldn’t pick on Paramount, of course. Studios in those years just before and after Watergate produced a host of establishment-challenging films, from All the President’s Men to Three Days of the Condor to Apocalypse Now — a nation badly in need of moral truth served by a Hollywood happy to supply it. Those movies reoriented how a country saw its leaders. In the process,...

The following contains mild spoilers about “Zero Day.”

Conspiracy thrillers can feel like a dime a dozen in this age of streaming and limited series, with everyone looking for a good binge, filled with suspense and mystery, to take them away from it all, if only for six or eight hours.

Yet amid the chaotic, unsettling nature of the current political moment, such material hits differently, and especially so with Netflix’s latest entry in the genre, “Zero Day,” which consciously leans into current events — down to its slogan, “The Truth Has Been Weaponized” — by conspicuously and self-consciously paralleling them.

In that sense, the six-episode project that premiered Friday potentially lays bare a challenge facing development executives more broadly as they look ahead, to the extent the show’s themes come across as less escapist than exhausting.

Marking his first foray into TV series, Robert De Niro heads a genuinely star-studded cast,...

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Zero Day is a political techno-thriller drama series created by Eric Newman. The Netflix series follows Former President George Mullen, who is appointed as the head of the Zero Day Commission to investigate a devastating cyberattack on the people of the United States. Zero Day stars Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Angela Bassett, Matthew Modine, and McKinley Belcher III. So, if you loved the conspiracy thriller story, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in Zero Day, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Designated Survivor is a political conspiracy thriller drama series created by David Guggenheim. The ABC and later Netflix series follows Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Thomas Kirkman, who suddenly becomes the President of...

On your left! Before Anthony Mackie leads the latest star-spangled adventure for Marvel Studios, Captain America: Brave New World, we’re looking back at the film that introduced the masses to Sam Wilson and gave Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers his best cinematic experience, Captain America: The Winter Solider. As the ninth film in Marvel’s cinematic universe and a sequel to 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, The Winter Solider brings superhero cinema to another level for a political action-thriller unlike anything in the studio’s history before its 2014 release. Which begs the question: What the fuck happened to Captain America: The Winter Soldier?

Work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier began before Marvel released The First Avenger, with writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely penning the screenplay. Multiple directors approached the high-profile sequel, including The Bourne Ultimatum director George Nolfi and F. Gary Gray, known for directing Ice...

Sydney Pollack is not always given the respect that he deserves as being one of the greatest filmmakers in history, and that may be because he has worked with such a diverse number of genres. Between a Best Picture-winning historical epic (Out of Africa), a haunting paranoia thriller (Three Days of the Condor), a classic adventure romance (The Electric Horseman), an all-time great comedy (Tootsie), and a brilliant courtroom thriller (Absence of Malice), Pollack was able to dip his toes into a variety of different filmmaking styles. Although it may be a challenge to identify recurring motifs within his work, Pollack’s filmography was distinguished by his frequent collaborations with Robert Redford. Pollack directed Redford to bring out one of his best performances ever in the survival thriller Jeremiah Johnson, which doubled as a subversive Western adventure.

Robert Redford's starred in and/or directed many iconic films throughout the years, but one of the genres he's found himself returning to is the political thriller. All The President's Menfeatured him as Bob Woodward, one of the journalists who investigated Watergate and brought down Richard Nixon; Three Days of the Condor has him as a CIA analyst who becomes embroiled in a web of lies and murder. Even Captain America: The Winter Soldierpays homage to this — though this time Redford's Alexander Pierce is the antagonist pulling the strings, instead of the protagonist. One political thriller showcases Redford in top form: Spy Game.

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The Night Agent is a conspiracy action thriller drama series created by Shawn Ryan. Based on the novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, the Netflix series follows FBI agent Peter Sutherland as he begins his job at the White House, but he soon finds himself embroiled in a vast conspiracy involving people high up in the current administration. The Night Agent stars Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, and Phoenix Raei. So, if you loved the intense story, thrilling action, and compelling characters in The Night Agent, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Jack Ryan is a spy action thriller drama series created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland. Based on the characters created by Tom Clancy, the Prime Video series follows Jack Ryan,...

In the last few years, action-packed conspiracy thrillers that feature a rogue and charismatic hero have gained popularity on the small screen, especially Netflix's The Night Agent, which returns to the streamer next week. For fans eagerly awaiting its return, consider checking out Condor, a two-season espionage thriller available to stream on MGM+. The show is based on the novel Six Days of the Condor by James Grady and the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor starring Robert Redford. Condor follows Joe Turner (Max Irons), a young CIA analyst who stumbles into a global conspiracy that makes him question who he can trust, all while trying to save the world.

In the late 2000s and 2010s, AMC began to make a name for itself as a network that produced amazing dramas. Beginning with the premiere of Mad Men in 2007 and following, a year later, with the launch of Breaking Bad, AMC aired some of the best shows of the era that are still celebrated today. During this same period, the network also launched another dramatic series that had the potential to rival its other great shows. Regrettably, the spy thriller Rubicon only got a single season and was quickly forgotten. While it never achieved the success of its AMC peers, this drama is still a remarkable show and one of the best spy stories of all time.

Reviews may have been mixed, and it was clearly overshadowed by the more established dramas already running on the network, but Rubicon gained recognition at the time for its brilliant writing, moving performances,...

Director Steven Soderbergh released his annual "Seen, Read" list of all the movies, TV shows, plays, books, and more he consumed in 2024. The famous helmer of Sex, Lies, and Videotape and Ocean's Eleven consumed a massive amount of content. But you'd be surprised to learn that the man who was once nominated for two movies for Best Director in one year watched the prequest Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (twice), Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.

Soderbergh is known to be one of the busiest directors / producers / cinematographers in Hollywood, oftentimes directing and releasing multiple films per year. As an example, in 2023 alone, he directed Magic Mike's Last Dance and multiple episodes of TV shows, Command Z and Full Circle. Yet he also finds the time to watch and read dozens of films, shows, and books.

While he has one film set for 2025, the spy thriller Black Bag...

The 1970s were an explosive era for popular culture due to the high number of all-time classics released, as well as the shocking real-world events that ended up inspiring filmmakers. Although the “New Hollywood” movement that ushered in a new wave of artistic freedom had actually begun a decade prior with Bonnie & Clyde, Hollywood took an interest in addressing how its audience was affected by the aftermath of the scandals of the Richard Nixon administration, the lies told throughout the Vietnam War, and the growing anti-authoritarian movements that grew to be popular on college campuses. It was an era of paranoia, and it led to thrillers that became perfect representatives of the era. Three Days of the Condor was a brilliant spy thriller that intertwined conspiracy and murder and felt so authentic that it actually inspired an initiative by the Kgb.

The actor on 90s nostalgia, how exhaustion helped with his latest role, and his guilt at revealing the truth about Christmas classic The Holiday

Actor Jude Law, 51, grew up in south-east London as the son of teachers. His breakthrough role in The Talented Mr Ripley earned him a Bafta, an Oscar nomination and enduring tabloid attention. Always versatile, he’s been cast in more complex roles as he’s aged, most recently playing Henry VIII in Firebrand. He’s currently starring in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew on Disney+, and next comes The Order, which Law co-produced and stars in as veteran FBI agent Terry Husk. Directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Zach Baylin, it’s an action film with a political message, anchored in the true story of a white supremacist terror group’s downfall. Its leader was inspired by The Turner Diaries, a novel referenced by Trump supporters...

From a buzzy sci-fi horror to a documentary about the 1960s California music scene, these are the best MGM+ original series streaming now.

Arguably, there’s been no better way to wrap up 2024 than with a series about the apocalypse. With the success of survival dramas in recent years like “The Last of Us” and “Fallout,” MGM+ recently premiered its adaptation of George R. Stewart’s 1949 novel “Earth Abides” The six-episode limited series, which stars Alexander Ludwig, Jessica Frances Dukes, Aaron Tveit, and more, takes place as a viral pandemic has decimated the vast majority of the human species and a group of shattered survivors fight against full extinction, rebuilding society from scratch.

The post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama debuted on Dec. 1 and will wrap up its story on Dec. 29, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t bring your subscription with you into the new year. The streamer is home to plenty of other great series,...

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The Agency is a spy thriller drama series created by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. Based on the French series The Bureau by Eric Rochant, the Showtime series follows Martian, a covert CIA agent who had been undercover for six years but is suddenly ordered to abandon his cover and return to London station to continue his work. When the love he left behind with his cover reappears in London, suspicions arise. The Agency stars Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, Harriet Sansom Harris, Richard Gere, and John Magaro. So, if you love the intensely thrilling plot, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in The Agency, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Game is a Cold War spy thriller drama series created by Toby Whithouse.

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The Madness is a conspiracy crime thriller drama series created by Stephen Belber. The Netflix series follows Muncie Daniels, a media pundit who gets embroiled in a vast conspiracy after he gets wrongfully accused of murdering a white supremacist leader. Now, he must fight to clear his name while also trying to reconnect with his estranged family and lost ideals. The Madness stars Colman Domingo, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Gabrielle Graham, John Ortiz, Tamsin Topolski, and Thaddeus J. Mixson. So, if you loved the thrilling conspiracy story, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in The Madness, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Capture is a British conspiracy mystery thriller drama series created by Ben Chanan. The BBC One series follows a young detective tasked with investigating...

Like the paranoid notions that drive their protagonists, conspiracy thrillers are constantly shifting. The genre is remarkably malleable; the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s produced some of the form’s best — “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Blow Out” — each of which iterated on the hallmarks of the form. A good political thriller is often decidedly of the moment, with enough meat on its bones to become timeless as it ages, and there’s certainly no shortage of material to draw on, given our current political climate.

The arrival of Netflix’s “The Madness” couldn’t be more timely if it tried. Anchored by Colman Domingo, the 8-episode limited series created by Stephen Belber and co-showrun with VJ Boyd kicks off its premise in pretty short order: When media pundit Muncie Daniels (Domingo) becomes the prime suspect in the murder case of a notable white supremacist in the Poconos woods,...

James Hawes is returning to the espionage genre with Rami Malek along for the ride in The Amateur. Hawes is a BAFTA-nominated director better known for his work on the small screen in Britain, having directed multiple episodes of Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant's Doctor Who eras as well as multiple episodes of Merlin, Penny Dreadful, Black Mirror and Apple TV+'s Slow Horses. Malek is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning star known for everything from his early work in the Night at the Museum franchise to his acclaimed roles in Mr. Robot and Bohemian Rhapsody and No Time to Die.

Based on Robert Littel's novel of the same name, which was previously adapted to film in 1981, Malek leads The Amateur as Charlie Heller, a reserved CIA cryptographer whose world is rocked when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack. Initially seeking help from a senior...

The Amateur star Rami Malek and director James Hawes explain how the upcoming espionage thriller pulls from Slow Horses, which the latter directed episodes for. Based on a 1981 novel of the same name by Robert Littell, The Amateur follows a CIA cryptographer who, after losing his wife in a London terrorist attack, blackmails his agency into training him and letting him pursue the people responsible. The film will mark the latest espionage-themed project for Hawes, who directed all six season 1 episodes of Slow Horses, Apple TV+'s acclaimed spy show.

In a recent interview with Screen Rant, both Malek and Hawes explain how The Amateur draws from the spy movies that have come before, while also putting a very modern spin on its subject matter. Though the Jason Bourne films and classics like Three Days of the Condor (1975) are inspirations, Hawes affirms that it's also a "a very 2025 movie." Check...

In HBO's Game of Thrones, Bran Stark is called North of the Wall by a mysterious voice visiting him in his dreams, a voice that often takes the form of a three-eyed raven. In the finale of season 4, Bran finally makes it to a large cave beneath a weirwood tree where he meets the Three-Eyed Raven, played by Struan Rodger. After briefly introducing the character, the showrunners recast Struan Rodger with the more well-known Max von Sydow, and redesigned the character's visual appearance, greatly impacting the direction of the show's fantasy elements in future seasons.

The Three-Eyed Raven is a mystical green seer, who draws his powers from the magical weirwood trees. Before becoming an embodiment of the Old Gods and green magic, he was a powerful leader in Westeros, known as Brynden Rivers, or Bloodraven. Bloodraven, getting his name from a red birthmark in the shape of a raven on his face,...

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Citadel: Honey Bunny is an action spy thriller drama series created by Sita R. Menon, Raj, and Dk. The Prime Video series is the third entry in the Russo Brothers‘ Citadel franchise and it follows Honey, a struggling actress who was recruited by Bunny, a stuntman for a side gig as a spy. Years later Honey has a daughter and she is hunted by agents and she must find a way to protect herself and her daughter. Citadel: Honey Bunny stars Varun Dhawan and Samantha Ruth Prabhu in the lead roles with Kashvi Majmundar, Kay Kay Menon, Sikander Kher, and Saqib Saleem. So, if you loved the explosive action, thrilling espionage drama, and compelling characters in Citadel: Honey Bunny here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Special Ops: Lioness is a spy action thriller drama series created by Taylor Sheridan. The Paramount+ series stars Zoe Saldana in the lead role with Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Kelly starring in supporting roles. Special Ops: Lioness follows the story of Joe, a CIA operative who leads a team that fights against terrorism. The Paramount+ series is much more than the synopsis we gave you above but to know what it is, you will have to check it out for yourself if you have already seen it and loved the thrilling action, complex story, and compelling characters here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Homeland is a spy thriller drama series created by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. Based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff,...

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Citadel: Diana is an Italian techno-thriller spy action drama series developed by Alessandro Fabbri. The Prime Video series is the second entry in the Russo Brothers‘ Citadel spy universe. It is set in 2030 and it follows Diana Cavalieri, a Citadel agent who was undercover in Manticore when Citadel was destroyed. After years stuck undercover, Diana finally has the chance to get out but she has to trust someone very dangerous. Citadel: Diana stars Matilda De Angelis in the lead role with Lorenzo Cervasio, Maurizio Lombardi, Julia Piaton, and Thekla Reuten starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intensely thrilling story, amazing spy drama, and compelling characters in Citadel: Diana here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Citadel (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Citadel is a techno-thriller spy action drama series created by Josh Appelbaum,...

Political thrillers were popular in the 1960s and '70s, producing classics like The Manchurian Candidate, The Conversation, and Three Days of the Condor. They appear to have fallen out of favor in recent years, perhaps because real-life politics has become so much more unbelievable. Indeed, it sometimes feels as if the whole world is living through a badly-written political thriller. Nevertheless, the last five years have yielded a few gems in this subgenre, which ought to please fans of political skullduggery and ever-ratcheting tension.

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Paris Has Fallen is a spy action thriller drama series created by Howard Overman. Serving as the next entry into the Has Fallen franchise, the StudioCanal series follows the story of Vincent Taleb, a French protection officer as he teams up with an MI6 agent after a terrorist attack to figure out who was behind the attacks. They soon find themselves embroiled in a larger conspiracy threatening Paris. Paris Has Fallen stars Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya in the lead roles with Sean Harris, Emmanuelle Bercot, and Jérémie Covillault starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the explosive action, thrilling stories, and compelling characters in Paris Has Fallen here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Jack Ryan (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Jack Ryan is a spy action thriller drama series created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland.

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The Old Man is a brilliant spy thriller based on a novel of the same name by Thomas Perry. The FX series stars Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges in the lead role as Dan Chase, a former CIA agent now living off the grid and hiding from the authorities for over 30 years but when some assassins attack his home he goes on the run trying to stay one step ahead from the FBI. So, if you liked the thrilling story, espionage drama aspect, and compelling characters in The Old Man here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Jack Ryan is an action spy thriller drama series created by Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland. Based on the characters of the same name created by Tom Clancy, the Prime...

David Mackenzie is full of deceit. His movies, not him.

Mackenzie can lure you with the cunningness of an illicit couple, played by Tilda Swnton and Ewan McGregor, in his 2003 drama Young Adam. “Give us a come-hither look,” I remember him instructing Swinton on a barge berthed on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Scotland.

Treachery of a different kind is afoot in his latest film Relay, which had its world premiere Sunday at TIFF.

The chicanery is there. There’s no sex, but there’s seduction.

The audience is being seduced too; we’re being lulled. You’ve been warned.

The two protagonists are played by Riz Ahmed and Lily James, at the top of their game. And what delectable games they play.

Beige is the color of conformity. James is first seen wearing a suit in that tone because she doesn’t want to stand out. She’s...

If this year's entry in the Monsterverse, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, left you wanting more gorilla warfare, Paramount+ has you covered. This month, the streamer is adding the 1976 King Kong remake to its library. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange. A remake of the 1933 original, King Kong was produced by legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, who wanted his own monster movie to contend with the 1975 megahit Jaws. The film was directed by John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) and penned by Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (Three Days of the Condor), and was expected to be the biggest hit of 1976, as it carried a then-Kong-sized $24 million budget.

Election season is in the air and Turner Classic Movies is here to celebrate. Starting on September 6 and continuing every Friday up until this year’s general election, TCM will be running a nine-week limited series entitled “Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time.” This cinematic showcase is inspired by The New Republic rankings released in June 2023 and includes selections such as “All the King’s Men,” “Germany, Year Zero,” and “High and Low.”

To introduce the upcoming series, TCM host Ben Mankiewicz took to Washington D.C. for a trailer highlighting some of the films featured, as well as special guests like Stacey Abrams, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, and John Turturro.

“I grew up here in Washington D.C.,” Mankiewicz said, the Capitol Building behind him. “My father’s life was politics — capital P politics. Though I went in a different direction, I understood at an early age,...

In the run-up to Election Day, TCM is going after the movie lovers’ popular vote by showing 50 films over nine successive Fridays under the banner Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time.

The series runs Sept. 6 to Nov. 1 — four days before America votes for its next president — and features TCM host Ben Mankiewicz in conversation with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Lee Grant, Sally Field, Andy Garcia, Melissa Etheridge, John Turturro, Bill Maher, Alexander Payne, Diane Lane, Josh Mankiewicz, Barry Levinson, Maureen Dowd, Stacey Abrams and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

Watch the trailer here.

Making Change showcases half of the movies unveiled by The New Republic in the rankings it released in June 2023. The films on TCM span the years 1915 to 2016 (from D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation to Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Negro); the whole thing kicks off with the No.

The Tyrant is a South Korean spy action-thriller series written and directed by Park Hoon-jung. The Disney+ series revolves around four different people trying their best to find a bioweapon, which was stolen during a secret handover to the United States intelligence service. The Tyrant stars Cha Seung-won, Kim Seon-ho, Kim Kang-woo, and Jo Yoon-su in the lead roles with Mu Jin-sung, Kim Joo-hun, Lee Ki-young, Park Hyung-soo, Choi Jung-woo, and Justin John Harvey starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the spy drama, action, sci-fi elements, and a thrilling plot in The Tyrant here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Veil is a South Korean spy action thriller series created by Hong Seok-woo. The Mbc TV series follows the story of Han Ji Hyuk, the top field National Intelligence Service agent who was betrayed and...

From premieres to existing classics, there’s something for everyone to enjoy on Paramount+ this month.

The legendary RuPaul Charles is upping the stakes with all-new franchise of the Emmy-winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race” with the premiere of “RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars.” In this new show, 12 queens from all around the globe will compete for a grand prize and a place in the international pavilion at the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

And that’s not the only beloved property giving something new. The final season of the Paramount+ original series “Seal Team” is also set to hit the streamer this month.

Along with the new content, there are loads of existing films and shows coming to the platform, including family favorites like “We Bought a Zoo” and “Hotel for Dogs.” Staple movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Big Short” will also be available to watch.

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Prime Video is the place to be in August with an incredible month of new releases. The month kicks off with the premiere of the animated series Batman: Caped Crusader on Aug. 1. The series was produced by J.J. Abrams and The Batman‘s Matt Reeves. We also return to Middle Earth this month with the premiere of The Rings of Power season 2 on Aug. 29.

As far as movies go, the Amazon original Jackpot! arrives on Aug. 15 starring Awkwafina and John Cena. This comedy is set in a world where Lottery winners have to survive until sundown in order to claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot – anyone who kills them before that gets to claim their prize.

The Hobbit trilogy also joins the Prime Video library this month, as do 21 and 22 Jump Street, Superman I-iv, Superman Returns, Night Swim, Drive Away Dolls, and 10 Cloverfield Lane.

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The Marvel machine is revving itself back up.

Days after the first look at the upcoming Disney+ series “Agatha All Along,” Disney debuted the first teaser for “Captain America: Brave New World,” the first feature film with Anthony Mackie starring in the title role.

This fourth Captain America film has been long in the works. Initial production wrapped in the spring of 2023 and, recently, it was reported Marvel ordered reshoots in May of this year that added Giancarlo Esposito – featured heavily in the new teaser – to the cast. Tendrils for the film go back even further, however, to the 2021 Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” which starred Mackie and Sebastian Stan in the lead roles and was set after the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) walked away from the shield.

Stan hasn’t been announced as part of the cast for “Captain America: Brave New World,...

Sydney Pollack was the Oscar winning filmmaker who could’ve branded himself as Hollywood’s favorite journeyman, crafting solid entertainments for over 40 years. But how many of his titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at all 20 of his films as a director, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1934, Pollack got his start as an actor, studying under legendary New York teacher Sanford Meisner. He cut his teeth is television, appearing in such shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Playhouse 90” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” before transitioning into directing for the small screen. Even after making a name for himself behind the camera, he kept popping up onscreen, starring in “The Player” (1992), “Husbands and Wives” (1992), “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999), “Changing Lanes” (2002), “Michael Clayton” (2007) and his own “Tootsie” (1982), to name but a few.

It was this experience as a performer that made him a favorite with actors, including Robert Redford, with whom he made seven films.

In 1960, Kirk Douglas had helped to break the Hollywood Blacklist with "Spartacus" by publicly crediting then-blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo as the screenwriter. But in 1969, he found himself working with a director who had been anything but helpful to his Hollywood colleagues during the height of McCarthyism. Sadly, this team-up between Douglas and director Elia Kazan also had the unfortunate distinction of being one of the Greek-American filmmaker's most derided films.

"The Arrangement" currently has a 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which should tell you pretty much all you need to know about how this ill-fated drama was received upon release. The film is an adaptation of Kazan's own 1967 novel of the same name and follows LA advertising executive Evangelos Topouzoglou/Eddie Anderson (Douglas) as he endures a protracted nervous breakdown (which is what watching this incredible trailer feels like). Critics at the time were merciless with their condemnation of Kazan's film,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Film Forum

Films by David Lynch, Tony Scott, David Cronenberg, and Jim Jarmusch play in “Out of the 80s,“ which includes Do the Right Thing on 35mm this Sunday; The Neverending Story plays on Sunday.

Museum of the Moving Image

Rumble in the Bronx and The Straight Story play on 35mm as part of “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex” which also includes Boomerang and Trainspotting; an Agnieszka Holland retrospective begins; Mothra screens on Saturday.

Roxy Cinema

Altered States plays on 35mm this Friday; Saturday brings Knight of Cups; George Cukor’s It Should Happen to You plays on 16mm this Sunday.

Paris Theater

Seven, Old Joy, Come and See, and The Conformist all screen on a despair-inducing Sunday.

Metrograph

Films by Gus Van Sant and Alain Resnais play in an mk2 retrospective; retrospectives of Obayashi and Dieudo Hamadi...

Conspiracy thriller films have a way of sticking with our minds maybe it’s because they show that the authorities are hiding something and we know that actually might be true or maybe it’s just thrilling to uncover a large conspiracy even in a fictional world. We thought of compiling a list of the best and most thrilling conspiracy movies and we have only included the films that are entertaining and have a large conspiracy in their story. So, here are the 10 best conspiracy thriller movies you shouldn’t miss out on.

All the President’s Men (Rent on Prime Video)

All the President’s Men is a biographical political thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula from a screenplay by William Goldman. Based on a 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by authors Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the 1976 film is set during the 1972 elections and it follows the story...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Film Forum

Films by Oshima, Tony Scott, Alex Cox, John Carpenter, Abel Ferrara, and Tobe Hooper play in “Out of the 80s“; Le Samouraï continues in a new 4K restoration; Back to the Future plays on Sunday.

Museum of Modern Art

A massive overview of Bulle Ogier has its final weekend with two films by Rivette.

Museum of the Moving Image

The Thin Red Line, The Big Lebowski, and Defending Your Life all play on 35mm as part of “See It Big at the ’90s Multiplex.”

Bam

The rarely screened films of György Pálfi are given a retrospective.

Metrograph

Films by Haneke, Kiarostami, and more play in an mk2 retrospective; Saturday brings Three Days of the Condor on 35mm; ’90s Noir, Euro-Heists, Dream with Your Eyes Open, and Ethics of Care, continue, while a Chris Marker series includes Sans Soleil and a shorts program.

Few types of movies sum up the 1990s quite like “dad thrillers.” A term popularized by the brilliant Max Read a few years ago, the dad thriller is a subgenre of thriller movies that was largely designed to appeal to older male viewers or otherwise featured thematic elements associated with that demographic. Yes, such movies often feature men being really good dads, but it’s about more than that. Dad thrillers were often closer to ’70s paranoia thrillers like Three Days of the Condor, which pitted crusaders of truth against staggering odds in a slow-burn narrative. They typically featured lawyers, law enforcement officers, military personnel, and dads in other thoroughly professional fields who were very good at their jobs. Many were based on books or otherwise inspired by the fictional and non-fictional texts dads of that generation loved to read. Some were theatrical hits but most of them found a home in living rooms everywhere.

Few directors reach the sort of stardom where their names are thrown on billboards. A Nolan or a Tarantino or a Peele become brands in and of themselves, while the other 99% bubble quietly under the surface; reliable journeymen, gallantly plugging away at the nuts and bolts of what used to be the mid-budget feature scene. These are the filmmakers who not only set the pace, but who change the very language of a genre too, consistently firing out exciting, crowd-pleasing, attention-grabbing stuff, year after year, decade after decade. Creative puppet masters living behind the scenes; their movies aren’t as stylistically loud, but their generation-spanning oeuvres are just as (if not more) legendary.

Don Siegel, J. Lee Thompson, Mary Lambert, Renny Harlin, Jonathan Demme, Doug Liman, John Frankenheimer – even just picking a handful of names at random gives you a who’s-who of filmmakers responsible for some of the most...

Andrew McCarthy, Faye Dunaway and Harvey Keitel have been tapped to lead the cast of Jonathan Baker’s supernatural love story “Fate,” which begins shooting later this month for Baker Entertainment in Vancouver.

Baker’s previous credits include Gina Gershon and Nicolas Cage starrer “Inconceivable” as director and “Survive the Night,” “Force of Nature” and “American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally” as producer.

Dunaway recently announced that her documentary “Faye” will premiere during the Classics section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. “Faye” chronicles her life and features candid discussions about her triumphs and challenges throughout her career. A best actress Oscar winner for “Network,” Dunaway was Oscar-nominated for “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Chinatown” in addition to memorable roles in dozens of films including “The Towering Inferno,” “Three Days of the Condor” and “Mommie Dearest.”

Keitel has starred in “Reservoir Dogs,” “Taxi Driver,” “Mean Streets,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Thelma and Louise.

Francis Ford Coppolas unhinged conspiracy masterpiece The Conversation was first released in 1974. The film was riding on the wave of the cultural Zeitgeist at the time, which was highly critical of government corruption after Watergate, The Pentagon Papers, and the failure of the Vietnam War. Numerous films from the period captivated this critical and rebellious sentiment such as The Parallax View, Klute, All the Presidents Men, and Three Days of the Condor among others. But none of these films illustrated the effects of surveillance on the individual as thoroughly as The Conversation. This is a film about watching, and listening, and how that experience changes the protagonist.

An intense espionage drama with incredible performance and a thrilling storyline is always what we are waiting for and that’s just what we got in FX’s latest series The Veil. Created by Peaky Blinders‘ Steven Knight, The Veil follows the story of two women traveling from Istanbul to Paris and London as one is hiding a dangerous secret while the other is on a mission to expose it before thousands of lives are lost. The Veil stars Elisabeth Moss in the lead role with Yumna Marwan, Josh Charles, Dali Benssalah, Joana Ribeiro, and James Purefoy starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the heart-pumping thrill ride of lies and deception in The Veil here are some similar shows you could check out next.

Killing Eve Credit – BBC America

Killing Eve is an espionage thriller and black comedy series created by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a...