Best Spy Movies

This is the list of Best Spy Movies. The spy genre has always captivated the audience worldwide. From classics like James Bond to recent hits like Mission Impossible, The Spy genre is one of the most popular in film-making.

Best Spy Movies

1. The Bourne Identity, 2002
   This man has a bullet-ridden body and was found by a group of strangers. When he wakes up, he can’t remember a thing – or who he is. With a journey ahead of him full of mystery and danger, the man begins to question his memory and try to figure out who he used to be.

2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 2011
   George is a retired spy who has been summoned by the Government to investigate an infiltration case. Some people think that he may be working for Soviet intelligence, but will George uncover his identity?

3. The Bourne Ultimatum, 2007
   At the height of his career, Jason Bourne was a CIA hitman who found himself with amnesia and trying to track down a high-ranking CIA official. In the process he is also piecing together his past memories.

4. The Bourne Supremacy, 2004
   Infiltrating the CIA’s network of hunted men, Jason Bourne performs contract kills to discover who is still after him, although he knows it may be his friend who set him up.

5. Casino Royale, 2006
   When a high stakes poker game is on the line, James Bond steps in to tip the balance. He’s helped by Vesper Lynd, an agent for HM Treasury.

6. Skyfall, 2012
   An ex-agent steals top secret information after a vendetta. Bond has to face his past to save M

7. North by Northwest, 1959
   An ad-man gets mixed up in a cross-country chase involving enemy spies, the police and a beautiful woman

8. Goldfinger, 1964
   James Bond, an MI6 agent, investigates a gold-smuggling ring run by Auric Goldfinger. After following leads his way to the sinister plan to attack Fort Knox’s gold reserves he confronted Auric at his factory in Switzerland

9. Spy Game, 2001
   Nathan, a former CIA operative, takes it upon himself to free his imprisoned friend from Chinese enslavers.

10. Three Days of the Condor, 1975
    A CIA researcher is shocked to see that all of his co-workers are dead. He is bookish and has little knowledge of how to outwit those responsible. However, he knows that he needs to solve the mystery before time runs out for this world – so what should he do?

11. From Russia with Love, 1963
    James Bond searches Lektor device which has the potential to do a lot of damage in the world. He battles SPECTRE, a criminal organisation, from acquiring it.

12. Mission: Impossible, 1996
    Ethan Hunt, the American hero, struggles to prove his innocence and catch the real culprit when he is falsely accused of murdering his team.

13. Munich, 2005
    A terrorist organisation kills eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. However, a team of five men, headed by Avner Kaufman, is assigned the task of killing the terrorists as revenge.

14. The Day of the Jackal, 1973
    An underground French paramilitary group is intent on taking out President Charles de Gaulle, but after their assassination attempts failed, they hire the infamous assassin “The Jackal”. As the enigmatic assassin prepares to shoot de Gaulle, he takes out any problematic people along the way. Meanwhile, Michel Lonsdale’s character Lebel, a savvy Parisian police detective tries to solve the mystery of the killer’s identity.

15. Ronin, 1998
    Sam, a former US intelligence officer, hires a group of Japanese mercenaries to retrieve a mysterious suitcase that the Russians want.

This is the list of Best Spy Movies.