Best Spy Film

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is a 2015 American spy action film directed by Christopher McQuarrie, introducing Rebecca Ferguson's Ilsa Faust.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American spy action film directed by Brad Bird, noted for Tom Cruise's Burj Khalifa stunt in Dubai.

The Spy Gone North is a 2018 South Korean spy drama by Yoon Jong-bin, loosely based on agent Park Chae-seo's North Korea infiltration.

Night Train to Munich is a 1940 British spy thriller directed by Carol Reed, reuniting Charters and Caldicott in a wartime escape plot.

Vishwaroopam is a 2013 Indian Tamil and Hindi spy action film written, directed and led by Kamal Haasan, with Shekhar Kapur in support.

Carve Her Name with Pride is a 1958 British war spy film about SOE agent Violette Szabo, a real Resistance operative executed in 1945.

Funeral in Berlin is a 1966 British spy film starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, adapted from Len Deighton's Cold War novel.

The Deadly Affair is a 1967 British spy film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from John le Carre's first George Smiley novel Call for the Dead.

Cliff Walkers is a 2021 Chinese spy thriller directed by Zhang Yimou, set in 1930s Manchukuo and selected as China's Oscar submission.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy is a 1939 American espionage film directed by Anatole Litvak, notable as an early Hollywood anti-Nazi drama.

Traitor is a 2008 American spy thriller starring Don Cheadle as a former U.S. operative embedded in a terrorist network under deep cover.

13 Rue Madeleine is a 1947 American espionage film directed by Henry Hathaway, following OSS trainees sent into Nazi-occupied France.

The Assignment is a 1997 spy thriller in which Aidan Quinn plays a naval officer recruited by the CIA and Mossad to impersonate Carlos the Jackal.

A Call to Spy is a 2019 historical spy drama about women recruited into Britain's SOE, including Vera Atkins, Noor Inayat Khan, and Virginia Hall.

Cloak and Dagger is a 1946 American spy thriller directed by Fritz Lang, with Gary Cooper as a scientist sent to Europe on an atomic mission.

Secretly, Greatly is a 2013 South Korean spy action comedy-drama adapted from Hun's webtoon Covertness, about North Korean infiltrators.

The Riddle of the Sands is a 1979 British spy film adapted from Erskine Childers's 1903 novel, an early invasion-scare espionage classic.

Scorpio is a 1973 American spy thriller directed by Michael Winner, starring Burt Lancaster as a CIA veteran targeted by a French assassin.

O.S.S. is a 1946 American spy film about Office of Strategic Services agents in occupied France, released soon after World War II ended.

Above Suspicion is a 1943 American spy film starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray, following newlyweds on a prewar mission in Europe.

Khufiya is a 2023 Indian Hindi spy thriller by Vishal Bhardwaj, adapted from Amar Bhushan's espionage novel Escape to Nowhere.

A Dandy in Aspic is a 1968 British spy film directed partly by Anthony Mann, about a Soviet double agent trapped inside British intelligence.

Our Kind of Traitor is a 2016 British spy thriller adapted from John le Carre's novel, centered on a couple drawn into Russian mafia politics.

Naam Shabana is a 2017 Indian Hindi spy action thriller directed by Shivam Nair, notable as a Baby franchise spin-off led by Taapsee Pannu.

Bell Bottom is a 2021 Indian Hindi spy thriller directed by Ranjit M. Tewari, inspired by 1980s Indian Airlines hijacking incidents.

Tiger 3 is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language spy action film from Yash Raj Films, continuing Salman Khan's role as RAW agent Avinash Singh Rathore.

The Looking Glass War is a British spy film adapted from John le Carre's Cold War novel, depicting a fading agency's failed mission.

The Double Man is a 1967 British spy thriller starring Yul Brynner, built around a Cold War plot to replace a CIA official with a double.

Agent Vinod is a 2012 Indian Hindi spy action film by Sriram Raghavan, notable for reviving the title of a 1977 Bollywood spy hit.