Subgenre Sampler
Spy: 298 Films to Buy & Rent
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…