The Best Spies & Intelligence Documentaries

War & Military - 63 free documentaries about spies & intelligence.

Start with Spies, informants and new enemies - Today’s intelligence agencies (42 min, DW Documentary), then Mossad's Deadliest Mission: The Hunt for al-Wazir (49 min, Real Crime). All 63 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on spies & intelligence is The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre.

• Spies, informants and new enemies - Today’s intelligence agencies (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Mossad's Deadliest Mission: The Hunt for al-Wazir (49 min, Real Crime)
• KGB Killing: Who Poisoned Alexander Litvinenko? (54 min, Real Stories)
• How the CIA KILLED "Mad Dog" Gaddafi | CIA Declassified (48 min, ENDEVR)
• CIA's 30-Year Plot To Take Down Americas Deadly Enemy: Gaddafi | CIA Declassified (48 min, Real Crime)
• CIA Agents Infiltrate Iran As A Fake Film Crew: Operation Argo | CIA Declassified (49 min, Real Crime)
• Inside The CIA's Most Dangerous Covert Missions (97 min, Real Stories)
• The World's Most Feared Intelligence Agency | Mossad: The Secret History (154 min, ENDEVR)
• Mossad: Hitmen of the State? (56 min, ENDEVR)
• How The CIA Invaded Guatemala Using A Rebel Army Of 500 Men | CIA Declassified (48 min, Real Crime)
• How Fidel Castro Was Nearly Assassinated By A 19-Year--Old Girl | CIA Declassified (49 min, Real Crime)
• Death of a Guerrilla: How the CIA Hunted Down Che Guevara | CIA Declassified | FD History (48 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The CIA's Chase To Catch The Infamous Che Guevara | CIA Declassified (48 min, Real Crime)
• J. Edgar Hoover: The Man Who Rebuilt The FBI | Dark Side Of The FBI (57 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Daring Undercover Spy Missions In Occupied France | A Most Secret Service (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• How The CIA And KGB Fought Over Berlin | Battleground: Berlin (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Spy Who Loved Me: When East German Spies Broke Hearts In The Cold War | Sexpionage (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Meet the Real Life Carrie Matheson | Inside the CIA: Secrets & Spies (44 min, National Geographic)
• American-Backed Coups: How The CIA Destabilized South America (142 min, ENDEVR)
• Tracking the Butcher | Inside the CIA: Secrets and Spies (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Arrest That Exposed the CIA's Most Secret Mission | Inside the CIA (44 min, National Geographic)
• Napoleon's 007: The Outrageous Life Story Of Karl Schulmeister | Napoleon's Legendary Spy (53 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• America’s Secret War: The CIA’s Hidden Campaign in Laos (57 min, Free Documentary - History)
• CIA's Illegal Revenge: The Secret Mission To Kill Hezbollah's Leader (48 min, Real Stories)
• Codename "Geronimo": How the CIA Found & Killed Osama Bin Laden (48 min, ENDEVR)
• How the CIA Secretly Spied On Climate Change (19 min, Be Smart)
• Inside a CIA Officer's Rescue Mission | Inside the CIA: Secrets and Spies (44 min, National Geographic)
• 2+ Hours of The CIA's Most Controversial Missions: The Fight Against America's Enemies (145 min, Real Crime)
• Did the CIA Poison an Entire French Village? (56 min, ENDEVR)
• Keeping a Mole Alive | Inside the CIA: Secrets & Spies (44 min, National Geographic)
• Venona Project: How America Broke Through The “Unbreakable” Soviet Cipher (51 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Of Espionage & Spies: Inside Singapore's WW2 Resistance Movement, Force 136 | Through Time (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Declassified: The CIA Agent Who Hunted And Killed Che Guevara (48 min, Real Stories)
• The War Against Al-Qaida: CIA's Tough Mission to Take Down Bin Laden (144 min, ENDEVR)
• Exposing the CIA's Most Secret Missions (96 min, Real Stories)
• How Britain Built its Top Secret MI6 HQ (11 min, The B1M)
• Richard Sorge: Stalin’s ‘James Bond’ Spy Who Undermined Hitler (53 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The British Agent Who Became A KGB Spy | Comrade Philby (54 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• James Bond & Beyond: The History of Gadgets | Modern Marvels (131 min, HISTORY)
• Inside the CIA’s Deadliest Missions: Killing Che Guevara & Gaddafi (143 min, Real Stories)
• CIA Taking Down Americas Most Controversial Enemies (194 min, Wonder)
• Inside The CIA's Deadliest Operation For The World’s Most Wanted (49 min, Real Stories)
• The Serpent's Tooth: Inside the World of Espionage (52 min, Real Stories)
• American-Black Ops: Inside CIA's toughest Missions! (190 min, ENDEVR)
• How Espionage Repeatedly Changed The Course Of WW2 (48 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Cambridge Five: How British University Students Became Soviet Spies (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Why Do Bank Cards Contain Cold War Spy Tech? (51 min, Wonder)
• Saviors or Assassins? The Secret Origins of Mossad (53 min, Real Stories)
• The World's Most Elite Spies: Inside The Mossad (50 min, Wonder)
• CIA VS KGB: How Spies Really Won The Cold War (53 min, Real Stories)
• My Father’s Secret Life as a KGB Spy (83 min, Real Stories)
• The Untold Stories of the KGB (156 min, Absolute History)
• Mossad's Most Dangerous Operations In The Middle East (52 min, Real Stories)
• How The CIA's Psychological Warfare Defeated A President (49 min, Real Stories)
• The Secret Story Of How The CIA Fooled Everyone (49 min, Real Stories)
• Behind Enemy Lines: How Does The Mossad Recruit Spies? (48 min, Wonder)
• How One Man Outsmarted The CIA And Toppled A King (52 min, Wonder)
• The Spy Who Sold The Navy: The FBI Hunt For John Walker (51 min, Wonder)
• Traitor or Patriot? The Truth Behind History's Greatest Spies (101 min, Real Stories)
• Inside The Secret CIA Psychic Program That Lasted Over 20 Years (50 min, Wonder)
• The CIA’s Plan to Sterilize 11 Million Americans (139 min, Wonder)
• CIA Vs. Mossad: How Intelligence Agencies Control The Future (49 min, Wonder)
• The Unbelievable Capture of War Criminal Adolf Eichmann (50 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Spies & Intelligence

1. The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
2. A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre (4/5) - View on Amazon
3. Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre - View on Amazon
4. Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner (4.1/5) - View on Amazon