What to watch in November 2024: Citadel: Honey Bunny, Red One, Cross and more!

Happy November...or should I say Spyvember? For whatever reason, streaming has conspired to drop a lot of spy content--along with other thrilling titles--this month, but we're certainly not complaining here at Americans Undercover.

Kicking things off is Citadel: Honey Bunny, the latest thriller in the franchise set to bring Prime Video subscribers on a wild and crazy ride. This time, we'll be dropped into a prequel as the series takes place in the '90s and follows the romance and then later estrangement of Nadia Sinh's parents.

From there Peacock is looking to steal attention with their remake of The Day of the Jackal but instead of a film, viewers will be treated to a 10 episode series that globe trots as a British intelligence officer goes after an international assassin. If you're looking to keep things closer to home Prime Video has a James Patterson adaptation set in D.C. that'll be right up your alley. Cross centers on a mystery that pulls its titular detective into a plot concerning a sadistic serial killer.

For the holly and jolly crowd who have some ho ho ho in their spirit but still want to see fists flying, check out Red One in theaters. It's PG-13, so the older kids can come along for the show and you'll get the peppermint sweetness of the holiday with a side of brawling with snowmen. Sometimes a lighter affair is what you need and A Man on the Inside falls in that category as well. I mean who doesn't want to see Ted Danson playing spy in a retirement home on the hunt for a missing family heirloom?

You can return to serious business dramas with Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin which is the lone historical title on the list. The movie follows the titular character, a man of faith who finds himself in a plot to kill Hilter. The Madness continues the trend with the nail-biting fare as an innocent media pundit gets tied up in a murder investigation.

Finally, there's The Agency, a remake of the French series The Bureau, that sees a spy wrestling with his mission and his heart as he tries to sort who he really is when he's not twisting himself into someone else while undercover. The series will take us into December with its 10 episode run.

Here's more on each movie and show to tune into this month!

Shows and movies to watch in November 2024

Citadel: Honey Bunny

Premiere date: Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. ET
Streamer: Prime Video
Language: Hindi
Episodes: 6
Release schedule: All episodes release on premiere day

Set in '90s India, Citadel: Honey Bunny tells the story of a stuntman and a struggling actress whose side gig winds up being espionage. The two must engage in the high stakes world they've found themselves in which requires both brain and brawn as they go on missions and try to stay alive. There is, however, also betrayal to contend with in the midst of the action. Later, years after their recruitment, the two are thrown back together for a singular objective: protecting their daughter Nadia.

The Day of the Jackal

Premiere date: Thursday, Nov. 14
Streamer: Peacock
Episodes: 10
Release schedule: New episodes weekly

A British intelligence officer has an assassin in her sights but not just any assassin. It's the Jackal, a skilled operator who has alluded the government and is unrivaled in his abilities. The man's latest kill is what puts him on the officer's radar and their battle of wills turns into a cat and mouse game that'll take them and viewers all across Europe. Be prepared for destruction to follow in their wake.

Cross

Premiere date: Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. ET
Streamer: Prime Video
Episodes: 8
Release schedule: All episodes release on premiere day

Alex Cross is excellent at his job as a D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist. Put a case before him and he can unravel it. He knows how serial killer's tick and uses his skills to catch sadistic criminals. This first season will see Cross tackle a case while dealing with a threat from his past that could up end life as he knows it. The detective is also contending with grief over the loss of his wife and raising their kids as a single father.

Red One

Release date: Friday, Nov. 15 in theaters
Streamer after theater run: Prime Video
Runtime: 123 minutes

When Santa Claus gets kidnapped, a North Pole agent is put on the case. He's an E.L.F. aka an Extremely Large and Formidable operative who is tailor-made for the job. The agent, however, still needs a tracker to help him get Santa back and save Christmas even if the world's most accomplished man with this skillset also happens to be on the naughty list.

A Man on the Inside

Premiere date: Thursday, Nov. 21 at 3 a.m. ET
Streamer: Netflix
Episodes: 8
Release schedule: All episodes release on premiere day

Charles needs purpose. He's a retired professor who lost his wife a year ago and has steadily grown distant from his daughter. That's why, when he sees an ad from a private investigator in the classifieds, he decides to answer it and in doing so is thrown into an undercover investigation into a retirement home. The mystery he's been tasked to solve involves a family heirloom that's been stolen.

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. 

Release date: Friday, Nov. 22 in theaters
Runtime: 132 minutes

World War II movies have overwhelmed cinematic history but this film centers on a man whose story hasn't been told over and over again--Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In the movie, Bonhoeffer is a pastor who ends up at the epicenter of an assassination aimed at Hitler. The man of faith who'd given sermons about peace must contend with a choice between his own moral convictions and helping to save millions of Jewish people who are being persecuted and killed.

The Madness

Premiere date: Thursday, Nov. 28 at 3 a.m. ET
Streamer: Netflix
Episodes: 8
Release schedule: All episodes release on premiere day

Muncie Daniels, a media pundit, is in a fight for his life after he comes upon a murder that took place in the Poconos mountains. While what happened in the area's woods isn't his fault, he still must prove his innocence and in doing so reaches out to his estranged family to reconnect. It is in this situation that Muncie finds himself also coming back into alignment with the ideals he lost as he strives to survive.

The Agency

Premiere date: Friday, Nov. 29 at 3 a.m. ET
Streamer/Network: Paramount+ with SHOWTIME and SHOWTIME
Episodes: 10
Release schedule: The first two episodes release Nov. 29 on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME before releasing weekly. The series makes its linear SHOWTIME debut on Sunday, Dec. 1.

When a CIA agent who goes by Martian is ordered to return to London Station after a long stint undercover, he finds himself struggling not only in his career but also in his personal life. Martian has spent so much time being other people that he has a hard time negotiating what's his real identity and personality and what's a fabrication. This is complicated by the reappearance of a former love and a deadly game he's thrust into that's steeped in international intrigue.

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