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Rental > Action/Adventure > Spy: 87 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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)…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…