Confidential Agent

Confidential Agent

You'll see the screen cook when "The Lover" meets "The Look"!!!

Directed by Herman Shumlin

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1945118 min5.5 / 10

A wartime espionage thriller set against the Spanish Civil War, balancing political intrigue with personal danger and romantic tension.

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Questions people ask

  • Is Confidential Agent scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Confidential Agent end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Confidential Agent violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Confidential Agent sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Confidential Agent easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

12/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity28

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Confidential Agent, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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