A highlight from 2024 was the fantastic The Day of the Jackal . The Peacock spy thriller is a tense and intelligent cat-and-mouse game between master assassin ”The Jackal” ( Eddie Redmayne ) and British intelligence officer Bianca ( Lashana Lynch ), who will sacrifice everything to capture him.

The episodes of The Day of the Jackal went by too fast thanks to the captivating performances from Redmayne and Lynch, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t similar stories to enjoy. While viewers wait patiently for a second season of The Day of the Jackal , they can sink their teeth into the following exciting stories about covert ops, hired killers, and the people who love them .

20 'Sleeper Cell' (2005–2006)

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An ambitious and intelligent FBI agent goes u

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