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Patriot GamesPatriot 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, TheSinking 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…
SneakersSneakers (1992) Aro Favourite
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 QualityA Murder of Quality (1991)
Dir. Gavin Millar
Feat. Denholm Elliott, Glenda Jackson, Joss Ackland
Tele–movie based on the novel by John le CarrĂ©, who also served here as screenwriter, following the fictional character George Smiley…
Company BusinessCompany 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…
Shining ThroughShining Through (1991)
Dir. David Seltzer
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Michael Douglas
In wartime New York, Melanie Griffith's fascination with war movies lands her a job as a spy in Germany. Her boss/love interest is Michael Douglas.
Sleepers (TV Series)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 KillLicence 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, TheRussia 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 AgainGet 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…

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