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The 39 Best Spy Movies of All Time According to Slashfilm

"In a 1956 letter to noir legend Raymond Chandler, Ian Fleming referred to his James Bond novels as 'pillow fantasies of the bang-bang, kiss-kiss variety.' The phrase would eventually be turned around and immortalized as hepcat slang for spy cinema around the world. The business of kiss kiss, bang bang has been booming ever since. Fleming's creation for Queen and Country is now the second-longest running franchise in film history. 'Mission: Impossible' has been playing in theaters longer than it ever aired on TV. Every few years, a new parody takes aim at the espionage du jour and invariably spawns its own ongoing franchise. Spies and movies were made for one another. So long as there are international incidents, audiences will line up to watch fictional people prevent them. Factions rearrange their acronyms. Frictions boil over into bureaucratic friendships. But secrets, suspense, and intimacy never go out of style, and neither have these 35 films." - slashfilm.com
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Marathon Man (1976)
Marathon Man (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
2
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
3
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
4
Spy Game (2001)
Spy Game (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
5
Murderers' Row (1966)
Murderers' Row (1966)
6
Spies (1928)
Spies (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
7
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
8
Spy (2015)
Spy (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
9
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
10
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
11
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
12
North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
13
The Ipcress File (1965)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
From Russia With Love (1963)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
15
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
17
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
Casino Royale (2006)
Casino Royale (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
20
The Russia House (1990)
The Russia House (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   68%
21
No Way Out (1987)
No Way Out (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
22
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
23
Charade (1963)
Charade (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
24
Burn After Reading (2008)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
25
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
26
Top Secret! (1984)
Top Secret! (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
27
The Parallax View (1974)
The Parallax View (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
28
Sneakers (1992)
Sneakers (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
29
Alphaville (1965)
Alphaville (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
30
Shanghai Express (1932)
Shanghai Express (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
31
True Lies (1994)
True Lies (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
32
Argo (2012)
Argo (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
33
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
34
Notorious (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
35
That Man From Rio (1964)
That Man From Rio (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
36
Munich (2005)
Munich (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
37
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
38
The Constant Gardener (2005)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
39
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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