Good espionage / spy films and TV

[joropug]

I’ve recently realised this to be my favourite genre. looking for recommendations similar to:

TV:
-Homeland - One of my all time favourite programs
-Spy - Netflix solo series with Sacha Baron Cohen, superb
-Tehran - One of the few gems on Apple TV - few episodes in and loving it so far
-The Americans - Little bit cheesier but enjoyed it
-Alex rider /killing eve / Hannah - Not quite the same but enjoyed none the less

Films:
-The operative - Bit of a weak ending but liked the concept.

Can’t think of any other recent films .

Have most of the streaming platforms!

[pidsy]

Films:

Eagle Eye
Of course: enemy of the state

[Northernboy]

There’s a British series of spy films, I can’t remember their names but I think Daniel Craig’s been in some.

They’re apparently quite good.

[and31]

Bridge of spies?
Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance
Cold War spy thriller-I loved it
True story aswell-although no doubt the truth is bent in true Hollywood style.

[bristolracer]

Tinker tailor soldier spy

The spy who came in from the cold

The Ipcress file

[enginearin]

The lives of others - German with subtitles, but still a great watch

[and31]

bristolracer said:

Tinker tailor soldier spy

The spy who came in from the cold

The Ipcress file

A funeral in Berlin

[The Don of Croy]

TV mini series ‘The Game’ from 2014 - great feel to it and good cast. Not so hot if you’re after car chases and furious gunfights, but it does have grittier bits.

Body of Lies fillum still bears watching, great spy thriller.

[OMITN]

Films:

For the Harry Palmer trilogy, The Billion Dollar Brain (though I think it’s the weakest of the three).

The Human Factor is not bad, though feels rather dated these days.

A Most Wanted Man isn’t bad - albeit odd casting of Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Argo - rightly won its awards. Excellent.

North by North West - Cary Grant classic..!

M.Butterfly - though very Cronenburg/Irons..! (I shan’t spoil this one..!)

TV:

Prisoners of War/Hatufim is good - it’s the Israeli original that Homeland was Americanised from.

[Wills2]

There is a lovely British spy triple set with Bill Nighy as the lead character which are worth a watch, Spy Game with Redford and Pitt is a very good film as well.

[85Carrera]

Northernboy said:

There’s a British series of spy films, I can’t remember their names but I think Daniel Craig’s been in some.

They’re apparently quite good.

The Daniel Craig ones are crap

[Wills2]

85Carrera said:

The Daniel Craig ones are crap

Can't agree, Casino Royale is a very good Bond film.

[OMITN]

85Carrera said:

The Daniel Craig ones are crap

They’re almost all crap..!

[deltaevo16]

Wills2 said:

There is a lovely British spy triple set with Bill Nighy as the lead character which are worth a watch, Spy Game with Redford and Pitt is a very good film as well.

They are superb, great casting and story. Well worth a watch, all on Netflix

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[Voldemort]

Edge of Darkness (the BBC 1985 6 parter, not the 2010 film of the same name)

[anonymous-user]

Espionage / Spy / Cold War / CIA / MI6 is my favourite film/TV genre.

Already been some great suggestions, but a list of some of mine:

The Americans
Homeland
The lives of others
Three Days of the Condor
The Conversation (1974)
Deutschland 83
The Ipress File
Bridge of Spies
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
ARGO
Enemy of the state
Spy Game
Munich
The catcher was a spy
The Bourne movies
The Fourth Protocol
The Game
Condor
Funeral in Berlin

Plus all the Bond films of course

[S6PNJ]

Lord Marylebone said:

The Game

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[P5BNij]

Lord Marylebone said:

Espionage / Spy / Cold War / CIA / MI6 is my favourite film/TV genre.

Already been some great suggestions, but a list of some of mine:

The Americans
Homeland
The lives of others
Three Days of the Condor
The Conversation (1974)
Deutschland 83
The Ipress File
Bridge of Spies
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy
ARGO
Enemy of the state
Spy Game
Munich
The catcher was a spy
The Bourne movies
The Fourth Protocol
The Game
Condor
Funeral in Berlin

Plus all the Bond films of course

To those I'd add :

A Dandy In Aspic
The Quiller Memorandum
The Baader Meinhoff Complex (more a terrorists genre but it all fits in with the cold war period and is very, very good)
The Day Of The Jackal
The Black Windmill

[daddy cool]

The recent Benefit Lumberjack film "The Courier" was very good - true story.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8368512/

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