Spy Film - Films

Films

Some of the most popular films include:

• Mata Hari (1932), Greta Garbo plays the real-life WWI spy.
• British Agent (1934), based on the memoirs of Bruce-Lockhart, portraying the Russian Revolution
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Alfred Hitchcock film about a family trying to save their child and a politician from an organization of assassins being hunted by MI6.
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) remake of the 1934 Hitchcock film by Hitchcock himself starring James Stewart and Doris Day.
• The 39 Steps (1935), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• Secret Agent (1936), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
• Notorious (1946), Spy thriller from Alfred Hitchcock with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.
• OSS 117 n'est pas mort, aka OSS 117 is not dead (1956), first in long-running series of adaptations from the novels.
• North by Northwest (1959), Hitchcock thriller with Cary Grant.
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004), reimagining of the previous 1962 film.
• The James Bond films
  • Dr. No (1962)
  • From Russia with Love (1963)
  • Goldfinger (1964)
  • Thunderball (1965)
  • You Only Live Twice (1967)
  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
  • Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
  • Live and Let Die (1973)
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  • Moonraker (1979)
  • For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  • Octopussy (1983)
  • A View to a Kill (1985)
  • The Living Daylights (1987)
  • Licence to Kill (1989)
  • GoldenEye (1995)
  • Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
  • The World Is Not Enough (1999)
  • Die Another Day (2002)
  • Casino Royale (2006)
  • Quantum of Solace (2008)
  • Skyfall (2012)
• The Prize (1963), starring Paul Newman and Elke Sommer.
• Charade (1963) Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn search for hidden OSS money.
• The Harry Palmer series
  • The IPCRESS File (1965)
  • Funeral in Berlin (1966)
  • Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
• The Liquidator (1965), MGM's answer to Bond with Rod Taylor and Goldfinger-style theme sung by Shirley Bassey.
• The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965)
• Where the Spies Are (1965), adventure-comedy with David Niven.
• The Deadly Affair (1966)
• The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
• Torn Curtain (1966), Hitchcock film starring Paul Newman.
• Arabesque (1966) adventure-romance with Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren
• The Double Man (1967)
• A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
• Dead Season (1968) Soviet spy film
• Where Eagles Dare (1968), WWII adventure from the Alistair MacLean novel.
• Topaz (1969), Hitchcock film starring John Forsythe.
• Subterfuge (1969), British espionage yarn with Gene Barry
• The Kremlin Letter (1970)
• Night Flight from Moscow (1972)
• The Day of the Jackal (1973)
• Scorpio (1973), with Burt Lancaster
• The Mackintosh Man (1973), John Huston film with Paul Newman.
• The Black Windmill (1974)
• The Odessa File (1974)
• Three Days of the Condor (1975)
• The Eiger Sanction (1975)
• Eye of the Needle (1981), WWII espionage from the Ken Follett novel.
• The Soldier (1982)
• TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) Soviet spy film
• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), based on a true story.
• The Holcroft Covenant (1985), story from Robert Ludlum starring Michael Caine
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• The Russia House (1990), post-Cold War story from John le Carré novel
• The Jack Ryan film series
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990)
  • Patriot Games (1992)
  • Clear and Present Danger (1994)
  • The Sum of All Fears (2002)
  • Jack Ryan (2013)
• Mission: Impossible series
  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
  • Mission: Impossible II (2000)
  • Mission: Impossible III (2006)
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
• The Assignment (1997)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Enigma (2001)
• Spy Game (2001), with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt.
• The Tailor of Panama (2001)
• The Bourne film series
  • The Bourne Identity (2002)
  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  • The Bourne Legacy (2012)
• The Recruit (2003)
• Spartan (2004)
• Munich (2005), Steven Spielberg film based on real events.
• Syriana (2005), political thriller set in the Middle East.
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• Black Book (2006)
• The Good German (2006)
• Breach (2007)
• Body of Lies (2008)
• Taken (2008)
• Traitor (2008)
• Duplicity (2009)
• The International (2009)
• Salt (2010)
• The American (2010)
• Fair Game (2010)
• The Tourist (2010)
• Unknown (2011)
• Hanna (2011)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
• The Double (2011)
• Haywire (2012)
• Safe House (2012)
• Argo (2012)