Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley's wife.

The Wild Geese

1978

English

6.8

♡ 23

70%

Andrew V. McLaglen Director

Richard Harris as Capt. Rafer Janders

Leslie Schofield as Hitman at Club

John Kani as Sgt. Jesse Link

David Ladd as Sonny Martinelli

A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.

Accidental Anarchist

2017

English

6.9

♡ 1

John Archer Director

Noam Chomsky as Self

Amina Ossi as Self - deputy for foreign relations in al-Jazira canton

Michael Premo as Self - Occupy Wall Street activist

Tammy Shapiro as Self - Occupy Wall Street organizer

Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of power. After the Iraq war Carne became disillusioned, quit his job and started searching for answers.

The Notorious Landlady

1962

English

6.7

♡ 14

54%

Richard Quine Director

Marjorie Bennett as Autograph Seeker

John Roy as Bar Patron

Estelle Winwood as Mrs. Dunhill

Carter DeHaven as Old Man

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.

The Point Men

2023

Korean

6.0

♡ 18

62%

Soon-rye Yim Director

Jeong-min Hwang as Jung Jae Ho [Diplomat]

Ki-Young Kang as Kasim / Lee Bong Han

Hyun Bin as Park Dae Sik [NIS Agent]

Fahim Fazli as Taliban leader

A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae-ho, known as one of Korea's most skilled diplomats, in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government's cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts go in vain. Due to his failure, he's forced to work with Dae-sik, a special agent who is an expert on the Middle East. As they begin making their move to get to the Taliban, the first hostage death occurs. With nowhere else to turn, the two become unlikely allies in a race against time to save the rest of the hostages.

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

1972

French

7.7

♡ 25

98%

Luis Buñuel Director

Stéphane Audran as Alice Sénéchal

Fernando Rey as Don Rafael Acosta

Michel Piccoli as Interior Minister

Delphine Seyrig as Simone Thévenot

In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.

Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

1977

Japanese

6.3

♡ 4

Yukio Noda Director

Lun Chia as Detective Smith

Shin'ichi Chiba as Duke Togo / Golgo 13 Dana

Dana as Leika

Kôji Tsuruta as Senzo Shigemune

Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.

Escape from Mogadishu

2021

Korean

7.0

♡ 36

95%

inter-korean relations

mogadishu

somalia

Thriller

Seung-wan Ryoo Director

In-Sung Jo as Kang Dae-jin

Jun-ho Heo as Rim Yong-su

Peter Kawa as Somalian officer

Gyo-hwan Koo as Tae Joon-ki

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.

The Diplomat

2009

English

5.5

♡ 7

Action

bratva (russian mafia)

Peter Andrikidis Director

Tony Martin as Bill Murray

Ashley Fairfield as Highway Patrol Officer

Dougray Scott as Ian Porter

Claire Forlani as Pippa Porter

A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.

The Constant Gardener

2005

English

7.3

♡ 61

83%

pharmaceutical industry

Fernando Meirelles Director

Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle

Claire Simpson as Maude Donohue

Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin

Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

Ransomed

2023

Korean

6.6

♡ 10

89%

Seong-hun Kim Director

Marcin Dorocinski as Hays

Nisrine Adam as Layla

Jung-woo Ha as Min-joon

Burn Gorman as Richard Carter

In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.

Foreign Correspondent

1940

English

7.4

♡ 33

95%

parent child relationship

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Richard Hammond as Bit Part

Barbara Pepper as Dorine

Jane Novak as Miss Benson

Ian Wolfe as Stiles

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

The Last King of Scotland

2006

English

7.6

♡ 96

87%

89%

Action

based on novel or book

Kevin Macdonald Director

James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin

Gillian Anderson as Sarah Merrit

Simon McBurney as Stone

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.

5 to 7

2014

English

7.1

♡ 43

70%

Victor Levin Director

Glenn Close as Arlene Bloom

Olivia Thirlby as Jane Hastings

Eric Stoltz as Jonathan Galassi

Doris McCarthy as Upscale Park Goer

A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Escape from Mogadishu

The Diplomat

The Constant Gardener

Ransomed

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The Last King of Scotland

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