Spy films
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1. The Fourth Protocol (1987)
R | 119 min | Thriller
John Preston is a British Agent with the task of preventing the Russians detonating a nuclear explosion next to an American base in the UK. The Russians are hoping this will shatter the "special relationship" between the two countries.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 10,998 | Gross: $12.42M
2. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Thriller
Instead of coming in from the Cold War, British agent Alec Leamas chooses to face another mission.
Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 18,828
3. The Odessa File (1974)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Thriller
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm
Votes: 12,079 | Gross: $1.11M
4. The Black Windmill (1974)
PG | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill
Votes: 3,348
5. Live and Let Die (1973)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James
Votes: 115,527 | Gross: $35.38M
6. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams
Votes: 113,111 | Gross: $20.97M
7. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
PG | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood
Votes: 114,189 | Gross: $43.82M
8. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel
Votes: 116,304 | Gross: $46.80M
9. You Only Live Twice (1967)
PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 117,589 | Gross: $43.08M
10. From Russia with Love (1963)
PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi
Votes: 145,414 | Gross: $24.80M
11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
PG | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti
Votes: 99,490 | Gross: $22.80M
12. Goldfinger (1964)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
While investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton
Votes: 202,631 | Gross: $51.08M
13. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,475 | Gross: $16.07M
14. Moonraker (1979)
PG | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel
Votes: 108,835 | Gross: $70.31M
15. Thunderball (1965)
PG | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 127,145 | Gross: $63.60M
16. The Ipcress File (1965)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
In London, a wisecracking spy investigates the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists while dealing with the constraints of his agency's bureaucracy.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman, Sue Lloyd
Votes: 17,597
17. The Naked Runner (1967)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American industrial-designer living in London is used by the MI-6 as an unwilling pawn in the spy game during a trip to a trade show in East Germany.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan, Derren Nesbitt, Nadia Gray
Votes: 554
18. Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Thriller
Spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer is tasked with recovering a consignment of stolen plutonium in Saint Petersburg.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Yuri Limonty, Tanya Jackson
Votes: 1,377
19. Spy Story (1976)
103 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A British spy is framed, so he must evade the KGB, the CIA and the British Intelligence to reach the the heart of the conspiracy in Arctic.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Michael Petrovitch, Philip Latham, Don Fellows, Michael Gwynn
Votes: 67
20. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews, Victoria Tennant, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 3,794 | Gross: $0.39M
21. The Destructors (1974)
PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a U.S. Intelligence Agent is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man with whom he is put in contact turns out to be an old friend.
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet
Votes: 1,612
22. The Man Who Was Worth Millions (1967)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jean Sarton is a secret agent who was sent to jail to get in touch with a professional counterfeit who was making false banknotes during the Second World War for the Nazis.
Director: Michel Boisrond | Stars: Frederick Stafford, Raymond Pellegrin, Peter van Eyck, Anny Duperey
Votes: 64
23. OSS 117 Murder for Sale (1968)
GP | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Agent OSS 117 infiltrates an organization that specializes in political assassinations, by assuming the identity of one of its top assassins.
Directors: Renzo Cerrato, Jean-Pierre Desagnat, André Hunebelle | Stars: John Gavin, Margaret Lee, Curd Jürgens, Luciana Paluzzi
Votes: 323
24. OSS 117 se déchaîne (1963)
104 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Sanders, Irina Demick, Henri-Jacques Huet
Votes: 334
25. Secret Agent Fireball (1965)
89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American CIA agent must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.
Director: Luciano Martino | Stars: Richard Harrison, Dominique Boschero, Wandisa Guida, Luciano Pigozzi
Votes: 144
26. Killers Are Challenged (1966)
84 min | Action
A secret agent pretends to be a scientist who is developing an alternative source of energy less risky, but more powerful than atomic energy. and thus he becomes the target of mysterious killers who already murdered two scientists.
Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Richard Harrison, Susy Andersen, Wandisa Guida, Marcel Charvey
Votes: 147
27. Mission Bloody Mary (1965)
101 min | Adventure
The first Euro-spy of 3 that Ken Clark as Agent 077 starred in the 60's. Mission Bloody Mary is the search and destroy mission to retrieve a Nuclear Bomb from a radical crime syndicate ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Ken Clark, Helga Liné, Philippe Hersent, Mitsouko
Votes: 250
28. From the Orient with Fury (1965)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A scientist who has invented a weapon capable of disintegrating solid matter is kidnapped by a criminal gang, which intends to sell the scientist and his weapon to the highest bidder. A ... See full summary »
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Ken Clark, Margaret Lee, Fabienne Dali, Evi Marandi
Votes: 189
29. Missione speciale Lady Chaplin (1966)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Lady Chaplin is a beautiful woman, she is a fashion stylist and she owns an atelier in Paris. Zoltan is a rich American specialized in submarine researches. Dick Malloy is an American ... See full summary »
Directors: Alberto De Martino, Sergio Grieco | Stars: Ken Clark, Daniela Bianchi, Helga Liné, Jacques Bergerac
Votes: 269
30. FX 18 (1964)
95 min | Action
Secret agent FX-18 goes undercover to break up an espionage ring.
Director: Maurice Cloche | Stars: Ken Clark, Jany Clair, Jacques Dacqmine, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 111
31. Ring Around the World (1966)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Investigator Fred Lester uncovers a killer using an air pistol firing chemical bullets in the swinging '60s spy thriller RING AROUND THE WORLD, a globe-hopping escapade featuring a ... See full summary »
Directors: Georges Combret, Luigi Scattini | Stars: Richard Harrison, Hélène Chanel, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Dominique Boschero
Votes: 67
32. Killer Spy (1965)
95 min | Comedy
A secret agent, taking out the pretty critic of his published memoirs, finds a dying agent in a lift, and finds himself once more in spying and intrigue and danger.
Director: Jean-Charles Dudrumet | Stars: Jean Marais, Nadja Tiller, André Luguet, Bernadette Lafont
Votes: 80
33. The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the West Berlin of the 1960s, two British agents are killed by a Nazi group, prompting British Intelligence to dispatch agent Quiller to investigate.
Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger
Votes: 4,358
34. The Ipcress File (2022)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama, Thriller
As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear scientist.
Stars: Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 5,429
35. Danger Route (1967)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, a British secret agent is ordered to kill a Soviet-bloc defector held by the CIA in England but this straightforward mission turns into a convoluted plot involving double-agents.
Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Richard Johnson, Carol Lynley, Barbara Bouchet, Sylvia Syms
Votes: 511
36. High Season for Spies (1966)
86 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
A scientist discovers the formula of a particular resistant steel, and a spy ring from an enemy power sets after him to obtain it.
Director: Julio Coll | Stars: Antonio Vilar, Letícia Román, Peter van Eyck, Américo Coimbra
Votes: 52
37. OSS 117 prend des vacances (1970)
90 min | Action, Adventure
OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double.
Director: Pierre Kalfon | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Luc Merenda, Elsa Martinelli, Geneviève Grad
Votes: 84
38. O.S.S. 117 n'est pas mort (1957)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Who,in Mr Lead 's house, helps the villains get the stuff? Mr Lead himself? his wife? his daughter? his secretary?his servant?.
Director: Jean Sacha | Stars: Ivan Desny, Magali Noël, Yves Vincent, Danik Patisson
Votes: 80
39. Shadow of Evil (1964)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An American agent is killed in Bangkok while investigating suspicious virus outbreaks in south east Asia. Agent OSS 117 is sent to Thailand to unravel the mysteries behind the man called Dr. Sinn.
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Pier Angeli, Robert Hossein, Dominique Wilms
Votes: 409
40. Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966)
100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.
Director: Michel Boisrond | Stars: Frederick Stafford, Marina Vlady, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Jacques Legras
Votes: 328
41. OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
117 min | Action, Comedy
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
Director: Nicolas Bedos | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Pierre Niney, Fatou N'Diaye, Natacha Lindinger
Votes: 5,858
42. Password: Kill Agent Gordon (1966)
95 min | Adventure, Action
A tough CIA agent is called in to put a stop to a shipment of weapons to the Viet Cong from an arms smuggling ring.
Director: Sergio Grieco | Stars: Roger Browne, Helga Liné, Miguel de la Riva, Franco Ressel
Votes: 85
43. Espionage in Tangiers (1965)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A secret agent is assigned to capture a criminal gang that is threatening to destroy Earth with a death ray.
Director: Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Luis Dávila, José Greci, Perla Cristal, Tomás Blanco
Votes: 149
44. Vendetta for the Saint (1969)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set against an appealingly sunny Sicilian backdrop, this movie finds Simon Templar, an elegant thief and ethical busybody, outraged when a British banker is murdered after he recognizes an old colleague-turned-Mafia kingpin.
Director: Jim O'Connolly | Stars: Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald
Votes: 388
45. The Fury (1978)
R | 118 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from a shadowy secret government agency.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning
Votes: 17,333
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