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Rental > Spy: 290 Films to Rent
- Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (Mission Impossible 7) (2023)
- Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson…
- The Impossible franchise jumps into the somewhat possible scenario of an A.I. singularity event. The heavy apocalyptic subject is balanced by…
- Kompromat (2022)
- Dir. Jérôme Salle
Feat. Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig
- Mathieu is a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia’s Alliance Française. He hopes the change…
- No Time to Die (2021)
- Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Feat. Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux…
- Another bombastic Bond film marking Daniel Craig's fifth and last outing as the British Secret Service agent, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga (TRUE…
- Courier, The (Ironbark) (2020)
- Dir. Dominic Cooke
Feat. Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright…
- Gripping Cold War spy thriller with Cumberbatch playing real life British businessman Greville Wynne, who was recruited by the SIS to deliver covert…
- Charlie's Angels (2019)
- Dir. Elizabeth Banks
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska…
- Third installment in the glamorous action comedy film series, with three new private detective "Angels" who work for the Townsend Agency. A more…
- Official Secrets (2019)
- Dir. Gavin Hood
Feat. Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode…
- Engrossing drama based on the life of whistleblower Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), the GCHQ emplyee who leaked a secret memo about an illegal NSA…
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Dir. Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
- Entertaining animated adventure with Will Smith voicing a secret agent who is accidentally turned into a pigeon, leaving his nerdy tech officer (Tom…
- Traitors (TV Series) (2019)
- Feat. Emma Appleton, Luke Treadaway, Michael Stuhlbarg…
- 6–part TV series set in London in 1945, where a young women is recruited by the American Office of Strategic Services to spy on her own…
- Beirut (The Negotiator) (2018)
- Dir. Brad Anderson
Feat. Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Dean Norris…
- Meaty old–school espionage thriller with John Hamm perfectly cast as a fixer turned business consultant in war torn Beirut, negotiating the…
- Informer (TV Series) (2018)
- Dir. Jonny Campbell
Feat. Nabhaan Rizwan, Paddy Considine, Bel Powley
- A complex, character–driven thriller that follows a young East Londoner who is coerced into going undercover for a counter–terrorism…
- Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
- Dir. David Kerr
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko…
- Rowan Atkinson spoofs Bond again in this third installment of the Johnny English franchise, which sees the accidental secret agent going up against a…
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Mission Impossible 6) (2018)
- Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames…
- Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in this highly regarded sixth installment of the film franchise. The stakes are higher than ever with…
- Red Joan (2018)
- Dir. Trevor Nunn
Feat. Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes…
- The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest–serving British spy. Arrested in retirement by the MI5, the extraordinary…
- Red Sparrow (2018)
- Dir. Francis Lawrence
Feat. Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts…
- Ultra–stylish spy thriller with Jennifer Lawrence as a Russian ballerina whose attempts to support her ailing mother lead her to train as a…
- Age of Shadows, The (2016)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kang-ho Song, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min
- Elegantly crafted spy thriller set in Japanese occupied Seoul in the 1920's, in which a Korean–born police captain in the Japanese police force…
- Berlin Station (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser…
- TV thriller following the clandestine activities of a CIA team in Berlin, with Richard Armitage playing an ex–Langley analyst who moves to…
- Grimsby (2016)
- Dir. Louis Leterrier
Feat. Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson…
- Sacha Baron Cohen brings his gift for mimicry to the action genre, playing a dim–witted football hooligan reuniting with his estranged brother…
- Keeping Up With the Joneses (2016)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm…
- Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher play a suburban couple who becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover their seemingly…
- Night Manager, The (TV Mini-Series) (2016)
- Dir. Susanne Bier
Feat. Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman…
- Stellar John Le Carré adaptation with Tom Hiddleston as a former British soldier recruited to infiltrate an international arm dealer's network.
- Snowden (2016)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto…
- The ever–polemical Oliver Stone dramatises the remarakble story of whistleblower Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who was forced into…
- Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (The Man From Uncle) (2015)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander…
- Guy Ritchie's remake of the cult TV series is a stylish tale of Cold War espionage with a CIA agent and a KGB operative participating in a joint…
- Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Mission Impossible 5) (2015)
- Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Feat. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner…
- Tom Cruise and team return to take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – a rogue organization as highly skilled as…
- Spooks: The Greater Good (MI-5) (2015)
- Dir. Bharat Nalluri
Feat. Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle…
- Serviceable follow–up to the hit TV series has Kit Karington as a former MI5 agent investigating the disappearance of Harry Pearce when the…
- Spy (2015)
- Dir. Paul Feig
Feat. Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jude Law…
- Melissa McCarthy's third outing for the dir. of BRIDESMAIDS comes up roses in this frequently side–splitting James Bond spoof that doubles as a…
- A Most Wanted Man (2014)
- Dir. Anton Corbijn
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe…
- Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a German spy in this taut John le Carré thriller about a mysterious Chechen immigrant with possible terrorist ties.
- Citizenfour (2014)
- Dir. Laura Poitras
- Oscar–winning documentary that chronicles the first meetings between whistleblower Edward Snowden and journalist Glenn Greenwald, the explosive…
- Dying of the Light (2014)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Alexander Karim…
- Curious thriller with Nicolas Cage as a CIA agent in the earl stages of dementia going rogue to hunt down a terrorist who tortured him during a…
- Game, The (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
- Feat. Brian Cox, Tom Hughes, Jonathan Aris…
- Brian Cox leads the cast in this Cold War spy thriller set in the world of 1970's espionage. It tells the story of the invisible war fought by MI5…
- Green Prince, The (2014)
- Dir. Nadav Schirman
- Absorbing account of how a son of a founding leader in the Palestinian organization, Hamas, became a spy for the Israelis.
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Dir. Matthew Vaughn
Feat. Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson…
- Good–natured, violent spoof in which gentleman spy Colin Firth recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the ultra–competitive…
- November Man, The (2014)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko, Luke Bracey…
- An ex–CIA operative inds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving both high level CIA officials and the Russian…
- Americans, The (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Noah Emmerich
- A smart, atmosphere rich spy thriller shot with impeccable period detail, centred on a pair of Soviet KGB officers posing as a married couple in the…
- Berlin File, The (2013)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Jung-woo Ha, Gianna Jun
- After an illegal arms deal in Berlin is disrupted by unknown assailants, a South Korean intelligence agent finds himself embroiled in a vast…
- Blacklist, The (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff
- This addictive, labyrinthine thriller stars James Spader as a former government agent who engages in a game of cat and mouse with a young profiler…
- Suspect, The (Yong-eui-ja) (2013)
- Dir. Won Shin-yun
Feat. Gong Yoo, Park Hee-soon
- Explosive action film following a betrayed North Korean special agent who defects to the South to seek revenge on his family's killer.
- Bourne Legacy, The (2012)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz…
- Jeremy Renner plays a fellow estranged assassin to Matt Damon's unstoppable rogue agent in this brisk addition to the Bourne franchise, directed by…
- Danger 5 (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. David Ashby, Aldo Mignone, Sean James Murphy
- Spot–on Australian spy parody follows a team of groovy international agents whose mission is to take down Hitler in an alternate 1960s…
- Hamilton: In the Interests of the Nation (2012)
- Dir. Kathrine Windfeld
Feat. Mikael Persbrandt, Pernilla August, Jason Flemyng…
- Scandi–crime goes gung–ho in this Swedish espionage thriller centred on a special agent who infiltrates the Russian mafia to bust a…
- Hamilton: Not if it Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
- Dir. Tobias Falk
Feat. Mikael Persbrandt
- Scandi super agent Carl Hamilton returns for a second mission of international intrigue and deep espionage. Here, he must go rogue to track down the…
- Hunted (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Melissa George, Morven Christie, Stephen Dillane…
- Melissa George plays a private espionage operative who goes in hiding when after surviving an assassination attempt orchestrated by her allies. A…
- Missing (TV Series) (2012)
- Feat. Ashley Judd, Sean Bean, Cliff Curtis…
- Ashley Judd brings it as an ex–CIA operative turned homemaker who takes on an international conspiracy when her son goes missing in Rome.…
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Mission Impossible 4) (2012)
- Dir. Brad Bird
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg…
- Back–to–basics third sequel sees an evergreen Tom Cruise go rogue to clear IMF's name while in pursuit of a fugitive terrorist with…
- Restless (TV Mini-Series) (2012)
- Dir. Edward Hall
Feat. Hayley Atwell, Rufus Sewell, Michelle Dockery…
- A fine small screen adaptation of William Boyd's espionage novel, about a young woman who learns that her mother was recruited as a spy during World…
- Safe House (2012)
- Dir. Daniel Espinosa
Feat. Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga…
- Efficient thriller with CIA rookie Reynolds in charge of keeping rogue agent Washington alive after their safe house is attacked by mercenaries.…
- Shadow Dancer (2012)
- Dir. James Marsh
Feat. Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson…
- Andrea Riseborough plays a staunch IRA revolutionary who is apprehended by British intelligence and forced to become a double agent in this…
- Silent War, The (2012)
- Dir. Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Xun Zhou, Mavis Fan…
- Engaging espionage thriller with Tony Leung as a blind piano tuner for a spy mission because of his exceptional hearing.
- Skyfall (2012)
- Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench…
- Bond’s 50th anniversary outing is his most spectacular and serious yet, with 007 drawn back to London, and eventually his Scottish homeland, in…
- Two Lives (2012)
- Dir. Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann
Feat. Juliane Kohler, Liv Ullmann, Rainer Bock
- A "war child" of the Nazi regime – the name given to children conceived by German officers and Norwegian women, who were subsequently taken…
- Haywire (2011)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Channing Tatum…
- Steven Soderbergh directs this classy action vehicle for mixed martial arts star Gina Carano, here playing a black ops spy who is double crossed on…
- Johnny English Reborn (2011)
- Dir. Oliver Parker
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West…
- The blundering Bond returns in this agreeably silly sequel. This time round a series of international assassins are hunting the Chinese premier, and…
- Manipulation (2011)
- Dir. Pascal Verdosci
Feat. Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch
- Sweaty Cold War thriller centred on the cat–and–mouse game between a special agent investigating possible spy moves by a top PR advisor.
- Spy Kids 4 (All the Time in the World ) (2011)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Rowan Blanchard…
- Rebooted fourth edition of the cartoonish espionage fantasy sees original spy kids Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara hand over the reins to a new duo…
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Feat. Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, John Hurt…
- An enthralling, impeccably cast screen adaptation of John Le Carre’s quintessential cold war spy novel, centred on a retired George Smiley (Oldman)…
- American, The (2010)
- Dir. Anton Corbijn
Feat. George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido…
- George Clooney stars a weary hit–man forced to lay low in the Italian countryside after a job goes wrong in this attractive though lugubrious…
- Covert Affairs (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Anne Dudek…
- Compulsive spy caper with Piper Perabo vamping it up as a CIA trainee inexplicably thrust into the front line and order to hunt down her…
- Debt, The (2010)
- Dir. John Madden
Feat. Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds…
- Gripping spy thriller, with Helen Mirren as a retired Mossad agent whose exploits in capturing a Nazi war criminal come back to haunt her three…
- Fair Game (2010)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Tom McCarthy…
- A smart, ground level conspiracy thriller based on the true story of an undercover CIA operative (Watts) whose identity was suspiciously leaked after…
- Knight and Day (2010)
- Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard…
- Brassy secret agent vehicle finds Tom Cruise on the lam from hired killers with Cameron Diaz in tow.
- Nikita (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca…
- Luc Besson's original female assassin lives on in this slick, aggressive TV spin–off fronted by leggy Canto star Maggie Q as a deadly escapee…
- Salt (2010)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- Outlandish thriller with Jolie as a C.I.A. agent accused of being a Russian spy, and with the C.I.A. in pursuit she must fight to clear her name.…
- Spy Next Door, The (2010)
- Dir. Brian Levant
Feat. Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Madeline Carroll…
- Cheesy chop–socky for the kids with Jackie Chan as an international spy who gets more than he bargained for while looking after three…
- Archer (TV Series) (2009)
- Dir. Adam Reed
- Saucy animated spy–sitcom billed as "James Bond meets Arrested Development", with a host of hilariously unlikable characters centered around…
- Duplicity (2009)
- Dir. Tony Gilroy
Feat. Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson…
- Power–dressed by Clive Owen and Julia Roberts, this is a smart, playful conundrum of a spy thriller that proves great fun to unravel, as…
- Farewell (2009)
- Dir. Christian Carion
Feat. Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Gary Lewis…
- This riveting Cold War yarn from the dir. of JOYEUX NOEL brings to light the little–known true story of a disillusioned KGB colonel (played by…
- International, The (2009)
- Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl…
- Sleek cosmopolitan thriller finds Owen and Watts, as disheveled Interpol agent and bland district attorney respectively, exposing a sinister arms…
- Message, The (2009)
- Dir. Kuo-fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Feat. Bingbing Li, Xun Zhou, Zhiwen Wang…
- Sino–Japanese tensions are foregrounded in this enthralling cat and mouse thriller, set in a clifftop mansion during the height of World War…
- OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin
- Bumbling intelligence officer and shameless chauvinist, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for Brazilian adventures in this bright and breezy spy…
- Totally Spies! (2009)
- Dir. Pascal Jardin
- The winning animated adventures of three high school girls who also happen to be spies. Based on the popular Cartoon Network series, this…
- Get Smart (2008)
- Dir. Peter Segal
Feat. Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson…
- The iconic 60's TV show gets a surprisingly belated big screen update as a familiar Hollywood action–comedy – heavier on the action than…
- My Spy (My Mom's New Boyfriend) (2008)
- Dir. George Gallo
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks…
- Featherweight comedy–caper concerns an undercover FBI agent (Hanks) whose surveillance of an international art thief (Banderas) is undermined…
- Quantum Of Solace (2008)
- Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko…
- Number 22 in the enduring Bond series is an action–heavy adventure with Daniel Craig returning as the man with the gun on a revenge mission to…
- Spooks - Season 7 (TV Series) (2008)
- Feat. Peter Firth, Gemma Jones, Richard Armitage
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
Series Seven: 8…
- Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price…
- Updated version of the 70's TV series about a female athlete who is gifted with bionic strength after a serious accident.
- Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
- Dir. Paul Greengrass
Feat. Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Édgar Ramírez…
- Quality white–knuckle thrills–and–spills flick concludes the Bourne trilogy – and our super–spook hero’s (Damon)…
- Breach (2007)
- Dir. Billy Ray
Feat. Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney
- A first–rate dramatic thriller that pits spy against spy on the American homefront, based on the true story of the FBI's internal investigation…
- Burn Notice (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell…
- Polished spy series following the fate of a "burned" spy let go by the USA government who returns to his hometown of Miama to freelance and uncover…
- Chuck (TV Series) (2007-2008)
- Feat. Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin
- Affable action series centred on a computer geek recruited into the CIA after inadvertently downloading top–secret government secrets onto his…
- Debt, The (Ha Hov) (2007)
- Dir. Assaf Bernstein
Feat. Gila Almagor, Yuriy Chepurnov, Oleg Drach
- Unsettling thriller with a retired Mossad agent, whose Nazi–hunting past comes back to haunt her and her fellow agents.
- Joy Division (2007)
- Dir. Reg Traviss
Feat. Ed Stoppard, Tom Schilling, Bernadette Heerwagen…
- Ed Stoppard, son of Sir Tom, stars as a young German boy who becomes a KGB agent in this ambitious wartime saga that sweeps from WWII to swinging,…
- Spooks - Season 6 (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Rupert Penry-Jones, Peter Firth, Hermione Norris…
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
Series Six: 10…
- T3I: Three Investigators, The (The Secret of Skeleton Island, The Secret of Terror Castle) (2007)
- Feat. Chancellor Miller, Nick Price, Cameron Monaghan
- A pair of good–looking family flicks based on a popular US book franchise sees 'Jupiter Jones' and his fellow Californian teenagers investigate…
- Casino Royale (2006)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green…
- The James Bond franchise finds a new face, goes back to the very beginning, and rediscovers its mojo, with new Bond Daniel Craig and Kiwi dir. Martin…
- Few Days in September, A (Quelques jours en septembre) (2006)
- Dir. Santiago Amigorena
Feat. Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Nick Nolte…
- Pre–September 11 spy–thriller dramatising events leading up to the fatal terrorist attack, with former spy (Binoche) being stalked…
- Good Shepherd, The (2006)
- Dir. Robert De Niro
Feat. Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro…
- Robert De Niro directs this dramatization of the CIA’s clandestine origins, with Matt Damon in the central role of a colourless career…
- Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keri Russell…
- Propulsive and hyper–violent third outing for Tom Cruise as US superagent Ethan Hunt, here on a globe–jetting mission to foil a vile…
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
- Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin
- Dusting off a little–known French spy spoof from the 1960's, this remake upgrades rather than updates the franchise, combining the Bond school…
- Spooks - Season 4 (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. David Oyelowo, Anna Chancellor
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
Series Four: 10…
- Spooks - Season 5 (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
Season 5: 10 episodes…
- Stormbreaker (2006)
- Dir. Geoffrey Sax
Feat. Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy…
- A British–oriented spin on the kid super–agent premise, with gadgets and evil masterminds galore, based on the popular Alex Rider series…
- Archangel (TV Mini-Series) (2005)
- Dir. Jon Jones
Feat. Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova
- Biting thriller based on the Robert Harris novel, with Daniel Craig taking on the role of an academic thrust into darkest post–war Russia to…
- Seoul Raiders (2005)
- Dir. Jingle Ma
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Shu Qi, Richie Ren
- Hokey but fun pseudo–sequel to 'Tokyo Raiders' that finds Hong Kong special agent Lam (Tony Leung) on the hunt for counterfeiters in Seoul,…
- Agent Cody Banks 2 (Destination London) (2004)
- Dir. Kevin Allen
Feat. Frankie Muniz, Anna Chancellor, Keith Allen…
- Fairly average sequel to Cody Banks' first James Bond Jr. adventure, here travelling to London as a disguised clarinet player to thwart an evil…
- Spooks - Season 3 (TV Series) (2004)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
Season Three: 10…
- Accidental Spy, The (2003)
- Dir. Teddy Chen
Feat. Jackie Chan
- One of Jackie Chan's 'Off–Hollywood' productions, an international action adventure filmed on the cheap in Hong Kong. Contains lashings of…
- Agent Cody Banks (2003)
- Dir. Harald Zwart
Feat. Frankie Muniz, Cynthia Stevenson, Hilary Duff…
- Teen heart–throb Frankie Munz plays a junior CIA agent in this lightweight but savvy James Bond–parody.
Skateboarding his way into a…
- Ballistic: Ecks Vs Sever (2003)
- Dir. Wych Kaosayananda
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu
- Panned on release, this over–geared action slambam has its own sense of chaotic fun that may be enjoyable for some out there.
Antonio…
- Cambridge Spies (TV Series) (2003)
- Dir. Tim Fywell
Feat. Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens
- A BBC mini–series which recounts one of the great spy stories of the 20th century, concerning the Cambridge–educated foursome of Philby,…
- Johnny English (2003)
- Dir. Peter Howitt
Feat. Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith
- A British spy spoof that through the expertise of Rowan Atkinson holds its own against the more sophisticated AUSTIN POWERS.
When the entire…
- Recruit, The (2003)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Al Pacino, Colin Farrell
- CIA–trainer Al Pacino puts computer hacker Colin Farrell through the hoops to prepare him for the world of intelligence gathering and secret…
- Spooks - Season 2 (TV Series) (2003)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Further episodes from the British MI5 spy suspense series, in which agents try to resolve a variety of 21st century threats.
Season Two: 6…
- Spy Kids 3-D (Game Over) (2003)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalban…
- Another installment in the successful SPY KIDS franchise, adding the gimmick of '3–D' to the family action format.
This time round, the…
- Triple Agent (2003)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
- A measured and discrete exercise in espionage cinema from octagenrian dir. Rohmer (AN AUTUMN TALE), eschewing his usual air of cordial romance for an…
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Robert Wagner, Michael York…
- The third and probably final instalment of the wildly successful spy spoof series sets itself in the garish 1970s, but having run clean out of…
- Bourne Identity, The (2002)
- Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Matt Damon, Franke Potente, Chris Cooper…
- A stylish transcription of the Robert Ludlum thriller, with amnesiac CIA super–agent Matt Damon scrambling to survive as he’s hunted…
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
- Dir. George Clooney
Feat. Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts…
- The life and neuroses of TV–producer Chuck Barris are the subject of this 'confession', a freewheeling comic fantasy in which the worlds of…
- Crocodile Hunter, The (Collision Course) (2002)
- Dir. John Stainton
Feat. Steve Irwin, David Wenham
- Surprisingly winning fictional bigscreen outing for its instantly recognisable titular ‘character’ Steve Irwin.
When a valuable piece…
- Die Another Day (2002)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Judi Dench…
- High on octane, low on sustenance, Pierce Brosnan beefs up the machismo (and arrogance?) for his fourth outing as Bond – indignant after a long…
- Extreme Ops (2002)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Devon Sawa, Rupert Graves, Rufus Sewell…
- An appealing tale of snow–boarders turned 'special agents' that quickly skis off into the realms of complete fantasy.
While on assignment…
- I-Spy (2002)
- Dir. Betty Thomas
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen
- The 60s TV–series of the same name fashioned as a slick but silly buddy comedy and a shameless star vehicle for two tried–and–true…
- In-Laws, The (2002)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks
- Jokily enacted remake of the 1979 film, proffers the same blend of family comedy and spy antics, only with far more hi–tech action and less…
- Spooks - Season 1 (TV Series) (2002)
- Feat. Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, Peter Firth…
- Watchable and fast–paced teledrama set around the activites of Britain's official spy agency, MI5.
Based around half a dozen characters in…
- Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Steve Buscemi…
- The diminutive spies of the hit family thriller return for another colourful, goofy round of saving the day for the grownups.
In team with a rival…
- Truth About Charlie, The (2002)
- Dir. Jonathan Demme
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Thandiwe Newton, Tim Robbins…
- A remake of the 1963 classic CHARADE, in which a widow realises after her husband's death that he was involved in espionage.
Interesting revival…
- Tuxedo, The (2002)
- Dir. Kevin Donovan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Novelty Hollywood vehicle for Jackie Chan outfits the star as a chauffeur–turned–secret agent with an Inspector Gadget–type tuxedo…
- xXx (2002)
- Dir. Rob Cohen
Feat. Vin Diesel, Marton Csokas, Asia Argento
- James Bond made–over for Playstation fans as a triple–strength dose of hi–tech thrills, macho posturing and general…
- Alias (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Michael Vartan…
- Depicts the adventures of a college student (Garner) who moonlights as a special agent – fulfilling dangerous covert operations for the CIA and…
- Spy Game (2001)
- Dir. Tony Scott
Feat. Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, Catherine McCormack
- King–of–flash, dir. Scott (TOP GUN) contrives a drama around super–spy Robert Redford’s last day on the job, having to rescue…
- Spy Kids (2001)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Cheech Marin…
- Smashing kidult adventure, in which action dir. Rodriguez lends his action talents to a James Bond–type tale with a twist: Antonio Banderas and…
- Art of War, The (2000)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland, Michael Biehn…
- Wesley Snipes dishes up his well–practiced Art of Action, as a UN Special–Agent who becomes the prime–suspect patsy in the…
- Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton…
- Submerging all traces of the original series, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt, whose mission it is to keep a deadly synthetic virus out of the hands…
- Tailor of Panama, The (2000)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis…
- Sly, cynical little spy–thriller, unfolds with a morally–dubious UK spy Pierce Brosnan stitching together a big–score in Panama by…
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Heather Graham
- Slightly hand–me–down it may be, but gag–for–gag, this extravagant sequel arguably tops the original and seals Austin Powers…
- World Is Not Enough, The (1999)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Sophie Marceau…
- Pierce Brosnan is back for a third time in the most cartoonish entry in many a season, with in–jokes, sexual allusions and fire–power…
- Assignment, The (1998)
- Dir. Christian Duguay
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley
- International espionage flick that revels in the skillful, old–fashioned flourishes of an elaborate terrorist caper. Tourist Aidan Quinn gets…
- Jackal, The (1998)
- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier, Richard Gere
- When shadowy assassin and master–of–disguises Bruce Willis lines up a top US government official in his sights, FBI director Sidney…
- Red Corner (1998)
- Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Richard Gere, Ling Bai, Bradley Whitford
- Corporate globetrotter Richard Gere becomes a murder–suspect during a trade visit to China, then lands further afoul when he escapes while on…
- X-Files Movie, The (1998)
- Dir. Rob Bowman
Feat. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson
- Following the STAR TREK model, the '90s TV phenomenon, featuring terminally–perturbed FBI agents Mulder and Scully, beams up onto the big…
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York…
- American cat Mike Myers draws on his predilection for British comedy for this spot–on spy movie satire.
He plays both the swinging '60s spy…
- Man Who Knew Too Little, The (1997)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley…
- Contrived spy comedy, in which a bumbling Bill Murray accidently inducts himself into various high level intrigues. Though nothing special, this…
- Saint, The (1997)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija…
- Val Kilmer's reincarnation of 'The Saint' only vaguely resembles the original character played by Roger Moore and Iain Ogilvy. There is considerable…
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh…
- Pierce Brosnan is back for a second round as 007, this time embroiled in the war–waging activities of an unscrupulous media baron (Jonathan…
- Betrayal, The (1996)
- Dir. John Anderson
Feat. Allen O'Leary
- A dynamic mix of documentary, rare achive footage, and vivid dramatic recreations tells the extraordinary adventures of Kiwi Ron Jeffrey in wartime…
- Forbidden City Cop (1996)
- Dir. Vincent Tak-Chiu
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
- Hysterical and kinda crazy semi–sequel to the smash hit comedy FROM BEIJING WITH LOVE, splices James Bond with A CHINESE GHOST STORY, following…
- Goldeneye (1996)
- Dir. Martin Campbell
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Isabella Scorupco…
- Brosnan cuts the mustard as the new 007, aided by shrewd modifications that thoroughly re–invigorate the franchise – playful,…
- Midnight in St. Petersburg (1996)
- Dir. Douglas Jackson
Feat. Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Michael Sarrazin…
- Formulaic final outing for Harry Palmer as a consignment of plutonium falls into the hands of the Russian Mafia.
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Tom Cruise
- Hollywood refit of the '60s cult TV show with classic stylings and theme–tune thankfully intact. Precisely executed action sequences redeem a…
- Mother Night (1996)
- Dir. Keith Gordon
Feat. Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin…
- Ambitious adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's meaty novel recounts the memoirs of an unheralded American spy – from German 'hero' to destitute…
- Secret Agent, The (1996)
- Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Gerard Depardieu, Patricia Arquette…
- Faithful period adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel concerning political intrigues in Edwardian London. Russian spy Bob Hoskins is ordered out…
- Spy Hard (1996)
- Dir. Rick Friedberg
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning
- Leslie Nielsen is back for another round of movie send–ups in what increasingly seems like an exhausted genre. A barrage of hits and misses…
- Bullet to Beijing (1995)
- Dir. George Mihalka
Feat. Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara…
- Fourth outing for Michael Caine as the dog–eared spy Harry Palmer, sent to Moscow, this time to recover a stolen 'Doomsday'–style…
- Patriotes, Les (1995)
- Dir. Eric Rochant
Feat. Yvan Attal, Richard Masur, Allen Garfield…
- Disillusionment erodes the ideals of a young Frenchman who emigrates to Israel to train for a career in their intelligence division. Its astute focus…
- Bad Company (1994)
- Dir. Damian Harris
Feat. Laurence Fishburne, Ellen Barkin
- Disgraced CIA agent Larry Fishburne defects to a rebel intelligence bureau who service high–priced clients with no questions asked. Slick…
- From Beijing with Love (1994)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Anita Yuen
- Exceedingly funny James Bond spoof, perhaps the finest Hong Kong export since Jackie Chan.
Assigned to retrieve a national treasure from corrupt…
- Innocent, The (1994)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Anthony Hopkins, Campbell Scott, Isabella Rossellini
- Anthony Hopkins toplines WW2 espionage thriller about a British engineer (Campbell Scott) who becomes caught in the crossfire of suspicion during his…
- Terminal Velocity (1994)
- Dir. Deran Sarafian
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini…
- Sheen plays a skydiving expert roped into international espionage by way of the mysterious Kinski. It's sexist, crass and juvenile, but never dull,…
- True Lies (1994)
- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold
- Action set pieces just don't come any bigger or better than under monster–budget maestro, James Cameron. Reteaming with Schwarzenegger, it's…
- Patriot Games (1992)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin…
- Ford is maverick FBI agent Jack Ryan (James Bond sans sense of humour) who blows away an IRA terrorist, and finds himself the target of a zealous…
- Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The (1992)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Sam Neill, Jon Voight, Tony Barry…
- Telemovie enactment of the French–sponsored bombing of the Greenpeace vessel ' Rainbow Warrior' in 1984. Solidly dramatised with Neill and…
- Sneakers (1992)
- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier…
- This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…
- A Murder of Quality (1991)
- Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Glenda Jackson, Joss Ackland…
- Tele–movie based on the novel by John le Carré, who also served here as screenwriter, following the fictional character George Smiley…
- Company Business (1991)
- Dir. Nicholas Meyer
Feat. Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Cold–war era spy thriller where ex–CIA agent Hackman teams up with Soviet spy Baryshnikov after being double–crossed by their own…
- Sleepers (TV Series) (1991)
- Feat. Nigel Havers, Warren Clarke
- Absurdist BBC spy comedy set in the post–Glasnost era, where it is discovered that two KGB agents assigned to infiltrate British society in the…
- Licence to Kill (License to Kill) (1990)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell
- Dalton continues as a tougher and more cynical Bond, as he attempts to avenge the murder by ruthless drug lord Franz Sanchezz, of his best friend.…
- Russia House, The (1990)
- Dir. Fred Schepisi
Feat. Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this cat–and–mouse drama involving Western intelligence's use of a publisher to liaise with an…
- Get Smart Again (1989)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Don Adams, Barbara Feldon
- A latterday followup to the great Mel Brooks–produced TV Series, with Don Adams returning as the bumbling spy Maxwell Smart, here trying to…
- Piglet Files, The (TV Series) (1989)
- Feat. Nicholas Lyndhurst, Serena Evans
- Quirky, much–loved British sitcom, with Nicholas Lyndhurst as an electronics whiz who inadvertently ends up working for the British…
- Betrayed (1988)
- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard…
- FBI agent Debra Winger must infiltrate a vicious white supremacist network, apparently run by the handsome, affable Tom Berenger. Murky plotting gets…
- Pascali's Island (1988)
- Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance
- Polished thriller in which frustrated Turkish spy Ben Kingsley discovers little honour among thieves after he steals a Greek treasure with mysterious…
- Windmills of the Gods (1988)
- Dir. Lee Phillips
Feat. Jaclyn Smith, Robert Wagner, Ian McKellen…
- As the Cold War rages, the president names Professor Mary Ashley as the new Ambassador to Romania. Mike Slade is appointed to be her assistant. As…
- Fourth Protocol, The (1987)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Michael Caine, Ned Beatty…
- Based on the novel by famed thriller writer Frederick Forsyth (DAY OF THE JACKAL), this posits Brosnan as a Russian agent intent on infiltrating…
- Living Daylights, The (1987)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe
- Timothy Dalton in his debut as Bond delivers up an impressively slick performance as he struggles to disenable an evil Russian general from igniting…
- Perfect Spy, A (1987)
- Dir. Peter Smith
Feat. Peter Egan, Ray McAnally, Peggy Ashcroft…
- Peter Egan is Magnus Pyum, a spy so perfect he has come to betray everyone he knows, including himself. A superbly realised Beeb version of John Le…
- Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
- Dir. Penny Marshall
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Collins, Carol Kane…
- Amiable escapade with trouble aplenty for Goldberg after she starts receiving S.O.S messages from a British spy trapped in Soviet Russia. When she…
- View to a Kill, A (1986)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts…
- Roger Moore's final outing as agent 007. Evil billionaire industrialist Max Zorin (Walken) and his lethal associate May Day (Jones) plan to take over…
- Whistle Blower, The (1986)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers…
- Michael Caine gives one of his best performances in a reasonably realistic spy drama, as the father of a GCHQ officer bumped off during a Cold War…
- Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Sean Penn, Timothy Hutton
- A composed intellectual convinces his wayward friend to sell federal secrets to the Russians. Stunning political drama featuring a stand–out…
- Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987)
- Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord
- Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…
- Cloak and Dagger (1984)
- Dir. Richard Franklin
Feat. Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy
- A boy with a reputation for "crying wolf" is convinced he's just witnessed an espionage plot by Russian spies in America, only no one believes his…
- Jigsaw Man, The (1984)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George…
- Squandered reteaming of SLEUTH adversaries Olivier and Caine finds the latter, playing a double agent, evading the manhunt of British and Russian spy…
- Little Drummer Girl (1984)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski
- Diane Keaton excels in this politically even handed labyrinthine terrorist thriller. The screenplay was adapted with the assistance of John Le Carre…
- Top Secret! (1984)
- Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Feat. Val Kilmer, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp…
- No secret this is one of the best of the Abrahams/Zucker Bros comedies (FLYING HIGH) with Val Kilmer as a rather dim, Elvis–type singer who, in…
- Gorky Park (1983)
- Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy…
- William Hurt plays a brooding Russian detective investigating horrific murders in Moscow. Meaty, convincing thriller.
- Never Say Never Again (1983)
- Dir. Irvin Kershner
Feat. Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera
- Connery returns to role he made famous after a twelve year absence. He's lost none of his earlier style and charm or gorgeous women for that matter.…
- Octopussy (1983)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Maud Adams
- Moore plays 007 in this, the thirteenth Bond film. Travelling to India and Germany, Bond investigates a jewellery smuggling operation, encountering…
- Osterman Weekend, The (1983)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper
- An adaption of Robert Ludlum's well–known novel about cold–war espionage and paranoia.
- Reilly Ace Of Spies (TV Mini-series) (1983)
- Dir. Martin Campbell, Jim Goddard
Feat. Sam Neill, Peter Egan, Ian Charleson…
- Quintessential 1980s mini–series follows the adventures of a real life British superspy Sidney Reilly in the turbulent Russia, Europe and Asia…
- Impossible Kid, The (1982)
- Dir. Eddie Nicart
Feat. Weng Weng, Romy Diaz, Nina Sara
- Chop–socky sequel with world's smallest spy again coming up another baddie intent to destroy the world. Comical dialogue, and more ball busting…
- Smiley's People (1982)
- Dir. Simon Langton
Feat. Alec Guinness, Bernard Hepton, Barry Foster…
- Alec Guinness is John Le Carre's Smiley, a retired agent called back to investigate a collegue's assasination which leads him on a treacherous…
- Eye of the Needle (1981)
- Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove
- Donald Sutherland plays a German agent with a deadly secret in this above–average WW2 suspense yarn that builds to an impressive,…
- For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- Dir. John Glen
Feat. Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet
- Roger Moore as Bond in the film which attempted a return to the minimalist roots of Fleming's writing.
Gone, for now, are the mountains of gadgets…
- For Your Height Only (1981)
- Dir. Eddie Nicart
Feat. Weng Weng, Yehlen Catral, Carmi Martin…
- Schlocky riff on the 007 franchise with pint sized ass–kicker Weng Weng as the world's smallest super spy, Agent 00, doing battle with mad…
- Castle of Cagliostro (1980)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Ground–breaking animated feature from the director of PRINCESS MONONOKE holds its own in today's high–tech animation environment. Based…
- Hopscotch (1980)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Sam Waterston…
- Walter Matthau carries this cat–and–mouse comedy as a demoted CIA operative who enjoys being a target after publishing a spiteful memoir…
- La Cage Aux Folles 2 (1980)
- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Galabru
- Cast and crew reunite for this enjoyable sequel to one of the most successful French comedies of all time. This time our two heroes find themselves…
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1980)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston
- Alec Guinness returns as John Le Carre's retired agent George Smiley, this time lured back to trace an infiltrator at his old stomping ground.
- Human Factor, The (1979)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi…
- Otto Preminger last film is a mild espionage affair, concerning a low–level British informant suspected of being a double agent. A hefty cast…
- In-Laws, The (1979)
- Dir. Arthur Hiller
Feat. Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini…
- Alan Arkin and Peter Falk deliver some effortless comedy in this straightforward buddy–comedy, as a dentist and CIA–agent embroiled in a…
- Jaguar Lives! (1979)
- Dir. Ernest Pintoff
Feat. Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence…
- A Spanish–American actioner featuring "three Bond villains" and "one Bond beauty" in the cast but who, in true exploitation fashion, barely…
- Moonraker (1979)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles…
- Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series.
Memorable scenes…
- Rhinemann Exchange, The (TV Mini-Series) (1977)
- Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Stephen Collins, Larry Hagman, Roddy McDowall…
- Vintage spy thriller follows a US intelligence agent (Collins) on a mission to oversee the exchange of high–altitude gyroscope plans. A little…
- Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel
- Moore's Bond teams up with seductive Soviet Agent Anya Amasova (Bach) to track down missing Allied and Soviet atomic submarines. The trail leads to…
- Telefon (1977)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Charles Bronson
- Espionage thriller with Bronson as Russian agent sent to stop a crazy defector from triggering hypnotised saboteurs in the US.
- Bionic Woman, The (TV Series) (1976-1978)
- Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Richard Anderson, Lee Majors
- The respectable female spinoff to THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, has Wagner play the tennis pro fiance of 'Steve Austin' who after a skydiving accident…
- Deathcheaters (1976)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Grant Page, John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood
- Stunt–packed Aussie adventure involving a couple of spies attempting to infiltrate the stronghold of a criminal genius.
It's all just a…
- Marathon Man (1976)
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider…
- Laurence Olivier and Dustin Hoffman display their thespian prowess in this dark tale of a marathon runner entangled in international espionage. One…
- New Avengers, The (TV Series) (1976-1977)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Gareth Hunt
- The 1970s revision of the 60s show is simultaneously grittier and sillier than the original. Patrick Macnee returns, but Joanna Lumley and Gareth…
- 3 Days of the Condor (Three Days of the Condor) (1975)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson…
- A polished thriller from the heyday of the 70s conspiracy genre, with Robert Redford as the hunted CIA operative who knows 'too much'.
Going on…
- Eiger Sanction, The (1975)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee
- Star/director Eastwood plays a mountaineering, art–loving version of James Bond in this bumbling thriller.
Lame dialogue and cool threads…
- Black Windmill, The (1974)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Michael Caine, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Pleasence…
- Michael Caine is in second–hand Harry Palmer–mode as a lone British espionage agent whose son is kidnapped and ransomed for diamonds by a…
- Double Agent 73 (1974)
- Dir. Doris Wishman
Feat. Chesty Morgan
- Outrageous detective spoof custom–built for its stars, Chesty Morgan and her 73" upper torso. The genius here is that Chesty works undercover…
- Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
- Moore's second film as Bond finds him in Southeast Asia battling for possession of a deadly weapon. There's a price on his head and the world's…
- Odessa File, The (1974)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell…
- Jon Voight plays a German journalist on the trail of Nazi war criminals. From Frederic Forsyth's bestseller.
- Tamarind Seed, The (1974)
- Dir. Blake Edwards
Feat. Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle…
- Languid romantic thriller plays out against the backdrop of the Cold War looming. Andrews plays a British civil servant on holiday in the Caribbean…
- Zoo Gang, The (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Brian Keith, John Mills, Barry Morse…
- Old fashioned but fun espionage series centered around five aged resistance fighters scamming scamming the scammers and gifting the money to the…
- Le Magnifique (1973)
- Dir. Philippe de Broca
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli
- Jean–Paul Belmondo stars in this slapstick spoof of B–movie espionage films and novels, playing a frustrated writer working in this genre…
- Live and Let Die (1973)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto
- Roger Moore succeeds Sean Connery in the role of 007, with exotic elements "borrowed" from the blaxploitation craze of the time.
The superagent…
- Mackintosh Man, The (1973)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason
- Old–fashioned cold war thriller with Paul Newman playing a British intelligence agent who goes undercover to infiltrate a spy organisation. A…
- Scorpio (1973)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield…
- Burt Lancaster plays the CIA agent in this solid suspense yarn set at the height of the Cold War. Plotwise this is a little overcomplicated, but…
- Six Million Dollar Man, The (TV Series) (1973-1978)
- Feat. Lee Majors
- As the quintessential TV action figure of 70s, Steve Austin, Lee Majors was the coolest guy on the planet. The show ran for eight years until…
- Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe / Return of the Tall Blond Man (1973)
- Dir. Yves Robert
Feat. Pierre Richard, Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort
- A secret service chief arranges for his assistant to investigate an innocent person chosen at random in order to prove him inept.
A little dated…
- That Man Bolt (1973)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich, Henry Levin
Feat. Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama…
- Colourful action film blending blaxploitation, martial arts, and spy influences, with Fred Williamson (HELL UP IN HARLEM) starring as a karate sex…
- Salzburg Connection, The (Top Secret) (1972)
- Dir. Lee H. Katzin
Feat. Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer…
- Entertaining espionage tale has Newman tangling with neo–Nazis and spies both in pursuit of the identity of German war criminals. Densely…
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray
- A slightly jaded Sean Connery returns as Agent 007, on the trail of a powerful diamond smuggling syndicate. Bond is joined by Tiffany Case as he…
- Jason King (TV Series) (1971-1972)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Wyngarde
- Spinoff series from DEPARTMENT S, following the flamboyant titular writer (Wyngarde) on further secret agent–international playboy adventures.…
- Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
- Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny.
DVD 'Box…
- Callan (TV Series) (1970)
- Dir. James Goddard, Voytek
Feat. Edward Woodward
- The bold British TV spy series with Edward Woodward as the cold–blooded but very human secret agent.
- Lancelot Link Secret Chimp (TV Series) (1970)
- A still amusing TV cult from the early 1970s, which put a hairy satirical twist on the spy series that were popular at the time, by populating its…
- Chairman, The (1969)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill…
- Engrossing and utterly preposterous spy flick with Peck as a scientist who must sneak into communist China to steal a secret formula, and to…
- Department S (TV Series) (1969)
- Feat. Peter Wyngarde
- Perhaps the last elaborate flourish in its genre, this AVENGERS–style TV series was set around three 'special agents' who solve the unsolvable…
- Mister Jerico (1969)
- Dir. Sidney Hayers
Feat. Patrick Macnee, Herbert Lom, Connie Stevens
- Cheesy 60s crime caper stars AVENGERS actor Patrick Macnee as a conman set out to rob a diamond from a millionaire, only to have his plans disrupted…
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Dir. Peter R. Hunt
Feat. George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
- Unique among Bonds not only for the one–off casting of George Lazenby but also the greater sensitivity given to his character (007 falls in…
- Topaz (1969)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. John Forsythe, Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin…
- Intelligence spooks John Forsythe and Frederick Stafford run through the gamut of spy moves in the 60s Cold War world. Needless to say, Hitch ain't…
- Wrecking Crew, The (1969)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate…
- Daft final outing for Martin as erotic photographer/super–spy Matt Helm with bonkers plot centering on a villain stealing a billion dollars…
- Billion Dollar Brain (1968)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley…
- The third 'Harry Palmer' spy caper taken from Len Deighton's series, with the bespectacled Caine this time chasing a meglomaniac Texas…
- Dandy in Aspic, A (1968)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay, Mia Farrow
- A curious failure, Anthony Mann’s final film, completed by star Laurence Harvey after the director died during filming, muddles the deception of a…
- Danger Diabolik (1968)
- Dir. Mario Bava
Feat. John Phillip Law, Marisa Mell, Michel Piccoli…
- Cat–burgling cool from the pop–art 1960's, outfitted in futuristic chic and the effortless glamour of John Phillip Law and blonde…
- It Takes a Thief (TV Series) (1968)
- Feat. Robert Wagner
- A super–cool product of sixties spy style, with Robert Wagner globe–trotting as a world–class cat burglar recruited by the U.S…
- Ambushers, The (1967)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule…
- Ridiculous third entry in the Matt Helm series is considered the weakest with Deano sent to Acapulco to recover a hijacked space craft. Having said…
- Caprice (1967)
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Doris Day, Richard Harris, Michael J. Pollard
- Madcap comedy features Day as a spy for a cosmetics company who stumbles upon a drug smuggling ring. Richard Harris plays a fellow agent who may or…
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Dir. John Huston, others
Feat. David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen…
- Black–sheep of the Bond movies, this is in fact an elaborate send–up, whose chaotic production–history is obvious in the…
- In Like Flint (1967)
- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Andrew Duggan…
- Before AUSTIN POWERS, there was this James Bond spoof series (of which this is the second film) where James Coburn grins his way through proceedings.…
- Saint, The - Fiction Makers (1967)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms
- Roger Moore's successful TV portrayal provides the basis of this feature–length version of 'The Saint'. A gang of jewel–thieves plans a…
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba
- The fifth Bond film starring Sean Connery as the agent supreme. A space flight is hijacked by sinister crime organisation Spectre, bringing the world…
- Arabesque (1966)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck
- Whimsical spy shenanigans in London, with Anglo–Arab relations straining over the custody of a hieroglyphic code. Sophia Loren's extraordinary…
- Danger Man (TV Series) (1966)
- Dir. Peter Yates, Don Chaffey
Feat. Patrick McGoohan
- Before THE PRISONER, Patrick McGoohan played a prototype of the same character as the cool and calculated John Drake, a special agent who keeps up…
- Funeral in Berlin (1966)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka
- Sequel to THE IPCRESS FILE again features Michael Caine as the Harry Palmer, hero of Len Deighton's novel series. This time the espionage functionary…
- Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (1966- 1973)
- Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Barbara Bain…
- Forget Tom Cruise, this is the real McCoy – '60s fashion, gadgets, and plots worth talking about the day after.
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- Modesty Blaise (1966)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Monica Vitti, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Stamp…
- Comic–strip style adventures of a sexy female spy, filmed at the height of the pop–art craze.
- Murderer's Row (1966)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden…
- Far out second Matt Helm film sees our swinging spy battling a villian and his plans to harness the power of the sun to destroy earth. Austin Powers…
- Our Man Flint (1966)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan…
- Zestful James Bond spoof with James Coburn providing the regulation braun with an equal measure of tongue–in–cheek.
- Quiller Memorandum, The (1966)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. George Segal, Max von Sydow, Alec Guinness
- Cold War thriller given an edge through the expert scripting of Harold Pinter, mapping out a game of psychological cat–and–mouse between…
- Silencers, The (1966)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Daliah Lavi…
- Dean Martin stars as secret agent Matt Helm, the archetypal gun–toting womanizer, straight out of the kitsch 60's. Spawned 3 sequels, but this…
- Torn Curtain (1966)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Paul Newman, Julie Andrews
- Atom–bomb boffin Paul Newman defects across the Iron Curtain of the title to East Germany, testing the boundaries of trust for true–blue…
- Triple Cross (1966)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard…
- Minor curio concerns the real–life adventures of English safe–cracker Eddie Chapman (Plummer) who was in prison on Jersey when the Nazis…
- Blindfold (1965)
- Dir. Philip Dunne
Feat. Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden…
- Rock Hudson stars in this wry thriller as a psycho–analyst caught up in an international spy plot after one of his patients knows more than…
- Get Smart (TV Series) (1965-1968)
- Feat. Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
- Iconic 60's spy spoof series following the enduringly hilarious adventures of an enthusiastic but incompetent secret agent and his loyal, glamorous…
- I Spy (TV Series) (1965-1968)
- Feat. Bill Cosby, Robert Culp
- Bill Cosby and Robert Culp star as international espionage agents Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson in this snazzy cult '60s TV series.
A blend…
- Ipcress File, The (1965)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman…
- An academic James Bond–style thriller involving kidnapping, espionage, mysterious tapes and corrupt authorities. Stylised photography and an…
- Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom…
- Stark yet gripping adaptation of John Le Carre's espionage novel. Richard Burton plays the dispossessed spy reluctantly engaged in the most dangerous…
- Thunderball (1965)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger
- Connery's Bond goes below the call of duty to the shark–infested depths of the ocean to battle crime organisation Spectre headed by a…
- Goldfinger (1964)
- Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman
- The third Bond film, and the first to really fire the public's imagination.
Connery develops his charismatic appeal as he fights the evil genius…
- High Bright Sun, The (McGuire, Go Home!) (1964)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg…
- Convoluted espionage tale with Bogarde on the trail of a Cypriot freedom fighter with an American Archaeology student holding the key to his…
- Hot Enough For June (1964)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley…
- A struggling young writer is plunged into a terrifying world of international espionage while on a seemingly innocent commercial assignment to Prague.
- Man from U.N.C.L.E., The (TV Series) (The Man from Uncle) (1964)
- Feat. Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, George Sanders…
- Robert Vaughan and David McCallum starred in this cool, tongue–in–cheek spy series, which exemplifies the genre at the peak of Cold War…
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya…
- Connery deals to the Russians in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine. Featuring one of the longest chase scenes of the series, as well…
- Prize, The (1963)
- Dir. Mark Robson
Feat. Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer
- Paul Newman plays an alcoholic writer in Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize who drunkenly stumbles upon an overly complicated spy plot.
- Dr. No (1962)
- Dir. Terence Young
Feat. Sean Connery, Joseph Wiseman, Ursula Andress…
- First James Bond film has a wet behind the ears but dashing Sean Connery investigating strange occurrences in Jamaica, where he encounters…
- Ivan's Childhood (1962)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Nikolai Burlyayev, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov
- A teenage spy works behind enemy lines in WW2 Germany. The Russian master's first feature is his least self–conscious and most efficient…
- Saint, The (TV Series) (1962)
- Feat. Roger Moore
- The role of Simon Templar enabled a young Roger Moore to perfect the savvy quips that would mark him as a natural choice for James Bond.
Also…
- Avengers, The (TV Series) (1961-1969)
- Feat. Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Linda Thorson
- The impossibly hip secret agent show is a high–camp classic and a nostalgic pleasure. Well–devised scripts, quirky dialogue and playful…
- Our Man in Havana (1960)
- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara…
- Witty, forgotten spy satire from dir. Reed (THE THIRD MAN) has Alex Guinness run riot as an undercover vacuum cleaner salesman spooking for the…
- 39 Steps, The (1959)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Kenneth More, Taina Elg
- Colour copy of Hitchcock's spy thriller, this time with Kenneth More and Taina Elg as the innocents entangled in Scottish intrigue.
- North by Northwest (1959)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason…
- Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…
- Stopover Tokyo (1957)
- Dir. Richard L Breen
Feat. Joan Collins, Robert Wagner
- Familiar spy story uses exotic locales to best advantage.
- Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. James Stewart, Doris Day
- Hitchcock remakes his 1934 film and generally comes up trumps with James Stewart and Doris Day as the innocent victims of international espionage.…
- Night People (1954)
- Dir. Nunnally Johnson
Feat. Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork…
- Talky thriller with Gregory Peck as a Colonel trying to negotiate the release of a young G.I. held in East Germany. Plenty of political chicanery and…
- Who Done It? (1954)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Benny Hill
- A young Benny Hill nudges and winks his way through his only feature film, as a novice private eye who gets involved with foreign spies.
- Pickup On South Street (1953)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Richard Widmark
- Pick–pocket Richard Widmark inadvertently steals a micro–film and becomes a fugitive from both police and spies. Vivid espionage thriller…
- Five Fingers (5 Fingers) (1952)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie…
- Witty espionage thriller set during the Second World War with Mason as a status–hungry valet who hawks important documents to the Germans in…
- Dick Barton Trilogy, The (Dick Barton Special Agent, Dick Barton Strikes Back, Dick Barton at Bay) (1948-1950)
- Dir. Godfrey Grayson, Alfred J. Goulding
Feat. Don Stannard, Sebastian Cabot, George Ford…
- A collection of three campy spy thrillers from Hammer Studios during their successful post–war period, with Don Stannard playing the special…
- Golden Earrings (1947)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Ray Milland, Murvyn Vye
- Romantic spy film set the eve of World War II in which Ray Milland plays an English officer on an espionage mission in Nazi Germany to recover a…
- Cloak and Dagger (1946)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Gary Cooper
- Fritz Lang spruces up this WWII spy thriller in which Gaz Cooper takes on the the Nazis.
- I See a Dark Stranger (The Adventuress) (1946)
- Dir. Frank Launder
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley…
- Absorbing thriller with Deborah Kerr outstanding as a young Irish woman who despises England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.
- Notorious (1946)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant
- Sexy, suspenseful romantic thriller with Ingrid Bergman at her most radiant as an American spy who unwittingly falls in love with her contact, Cary…
- Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Erich von Stroheim…
- Rousing early outing for Billy Wilder; a nimble, well–executed piece of WWII propaganda exaggerating the exploits of a British corporal officer…
- Across the Pacific (1942)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
- Bogie and director Huston reunite with other MALTESE FALCON leads for a similarly toned WW2 spy adventure set on the eve of Pearl Harbour. Huston was…
- Journey into Fear (1942)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles…
- Hitchcockian suspenser set around an American engineer's adventures in WW2 Turkey.
Loaded down with a maze–like plot (written by star Joseph…
- Spy Smasher (1942)
- Dir. William Whitney
Feat. Kane Richmond, Sam Flint, Marguerite Chapman
- Wartime serial adapted from the comic strip has twin brothers protecting democracy from the needle–nosed Nazi spys. 12 instalments on one…
- Cottage to Let (1941)
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim, John Mills…
- Brit thriller focusing on an inventor in the business of bomb testing for the Air Ministry, whose supposedly innocent domestic staff is riddled with…
- Man Hunt (1941)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders…
- A Fritz Lang–directed thriller set in Europe just prior to World War II – the first of the German exile's four anti–Nazi films, and…
- Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Joel McCrea, Laraine Day
- On the eve of WWII, journalist Joel McCrea gets involved in European espionage, some classic Hitchcock set–pieces (esp. the Dutch windmill…
- Ninotchka (1939)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire…
- “Garbo laughs!” proclaimed the ads for this sparkling romantic comedy, a first for its legendary star, Greta Garbo. She plays a Soviet agent who…
- Q Planes (Clouds Over Europe) (1939)
- Dir. Tim Whelan
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson
- Delightfully preposterous comedy–thriller about superspys attempting to steal British aircraft secrets. Amid the secret rays and droll…
- Spy In Black, The (U-Boat 29) (1939)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, June Duprez
- The brilliant debut collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (COLONEL BLIMP, THE RED SHOES), twists an already exciting spy yarn…
- Dark Journey (1937)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Ursula Jeans…
- British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.
- Secret Agent, The (1936)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud
- Peter Lorre plays a reluctant officer assigned to kill a WW2 spy. Good Hitchcock fare from his early career.
- 39 Steps, The (1935)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Peggy Ashcroft
- A ripping yarn about a innocent man embroiled in a spy conspiracy and is chased across Scotland. Set a sophisticated precedent for the spy/thriller…
- Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre
- Peter Lorre stars in this original version as the villain who kidnaps an innocent man's child to ensure his silence. Budget limitations are overcome…
- Mata Hari (1931)
- Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore…
- Heavily fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo is magnetic…
- Spies (Spione) (1928)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy Fritsch
- Post WWI Europe provides a volatile backdrop for this silent spy–saga, whose brilliant visual flourishes and 'house–of–mirrors'…