Thriller, Drama, History
During the Sino-Japanese War, Tsui-Ying flees with her father from the Japanese occupation. She meets a young man, Ling-Yun, and falls in love. Yet Tsui-Ying chooses to leave Ling-Yun and marries his uncle, a traitor who serves the Japanese. Out of heartbreak, Ling-Yun leaves the country to study abroad. In the meantime, Special Agent 001 leads the resistance against the Japanese. After Ling-Yun returns to Shanghai from the UK, he is surprised to find out his ex-lover has become the wife of his uncle Chao-Chun. Special Agent 001 continues their sabotage and the identify of the agent finally is revealed. The first Taiwanese-language spy film produced in Taiwan, The Best Secret Agent is a remake of the 1945 movie of the same name that caused a sensation in Shanghai.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The International Secret Agent
The Fourth Protocol
Carve Her Name with Pride
Fathom
The Kremlin Letter
Raazi
The Intrigue
RED
The Sea Chase
The Mark
Dangerously They Live
Shanghai
Red Joan
British Intelligence
Alpha
Armored Command
Mata Hari
Her Secret Life
Salome, Where She Danced
Machita
SIMILAR MOVIES
The International Secret Agent
IMDB 0 | Jul , 1965
Korean secret agent Bai Min is sent on a mission to Hong Kong. The coveted military information is nowhere to be found and two of the Korean spies are found murdered. Following the leads left by his unfortunate predecessors, Bai reaches the arms dealer Sha Lao Te through the courtesan Xianglan and her vast network of social connections. Without her realising it, the undercover agent Xianglan falls in love with her very antagonist, who in turn is growing increasingly fond of the fellow agent coming to his aid, Maria. Already consumed with jealousy and now perturbed by the increasing pressure from her boss Hu Lin, Xianglan lures the duo to the nightclub where they are to meet their adversaries lying in wait. But Xianglan gets cold feet and puts her life at stake to pull Bai out of danger. Pitting both his brain and his brawn against the enemy, Bai bounces back to save Maria and accomplishes his task.The Fourth Protocol
IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 1987
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent its detonation.Carve Her Name with Pride
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 1958
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group.Fathom
IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 1967
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.The Kremlin Letter
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1970
After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.Raazi
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2018
An Indian spy is married to a Pakistani military officer during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.The Intrigue
IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 1916
A sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I as an undercover countess infiltrates enemy ranks to prevent them from getting their hands on the weapon.RED
IMDB 6.7 | Oct , 2010
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.The Sea Chase
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 1955
As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.The Mark
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
When Eden, an enigmatic spy on a covert and dangerous mission, pulls single father Ben Dawson into her world of high-stakes espionage, his life is turned upside down. Mistaken for the world's deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden.Dangerously They Live
IMDB 5.9 | Dec , 1941
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.Shanghai
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 2010
An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.Red Joan
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 2018
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.British Intelligence
IMDB 5.7 | Nov , 1939
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.Alpha
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
Two fierce female agents tackle dangerous missions in a thrilling world of espionage, as they navigate perilous situations, execute daring stunts, and face unexpected turns in this action-packed adventure.Armored Command
IMDB 4.8 | Jul , 1961
An American Army tank unit is trapped in a small French town in the Ardennes unaware that a spy amongst them is providing the German counterattack with vital battle information.Mata Hari
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1931
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.Her Secret Life
IMDB 5 | Apr , 1987
Kate Capshaw plays a schoolteacher and suburban housewife who happens to be an ex-spy. Nobody knows of Capshaw's previous espionage activities, least of all her somewhat obtuse husband Cliff De Young. When Capshaw's ex-lover Jeroen Krabbe, an intimate of Castro, lands in a Cuban prison, she is swept back into the spy business, leaving her nonplussed hubby in the dust.Salome, Where She Danced
IMDB 3.7 | Apr , 1945
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.Machita
IMDB 0 | Apr , 1944
A female spy goes to Budapest to steal the plans of an anti-aircraft gun.