56 Spy Films and Thrilling Espionage Stories

During the Cold War, British businessman Greville Wynne secretly works with a Soviet contact to help avert the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller, "The 39 Steps," Richard Hanney is caught in a dangerous game after finding a dead woman in his bed. He's immediately suspected of being involved in an assassination plot, so he flees the chaos of…

In London, a baggage handler at the airport is compelled by French and British intelligence officers to seduce the wife of a businessman suspected of connections to Syrian terrorists.

Young CIA analyst Jack Ryan discovers a Russian scheme to destabilize the American economy through a terrorist attack.

This film explores the formative years of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. It charts his experiences during World War II, revealing how his wartime service provided the inspiration for the iconic spy and his world of espionage. The…

This film explores the life of Ian Fleming, following his career as a Commander in Naval Intelligence until his death in 1964. The docudrama offers a look at Fleming's personality and the process behind writing the James Bond novels.

A British spy is sent to Panama as punishment for having an affair with an ambassador's wife. He meets a local tailor with a shadowy history and ties to Panama's most powerful people, both in politics and organized crime. The…

CIA operative Aaron Cross is thrust into a dangerous situation, the result of Jason Bourne's past actions. His life is constantly at risk.

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

A reformed computer hacker is forced back into a dangerous world when shadowy intelligence agents threaten to reveal his past. He assembles a team of security specialists to steal a powerful device from a brilliant, Soviet-linked scientist. The mission quickly…

It's 1981. OSS 117, also known as Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, returns for a new mission. This one is more complicated, more perilous, and more passionate than anything he's faced before. He must work with a fresh, talented colleague:…

Two students filming a media project find their assignment taking a terrifying turn when a strange book guides them to an isolated location. This suspenseful horror film, presented as found footage, documents their increasingly unsettling journey.

James Reese works as an ambassador's aide in France, but secretly works as a low-level CIA operative. He dreams of becoming a full agent and is thrilled to get an assignment with the intense Charlie Wax. Charlie’s dangerous methods quickly…

Flip the Frog encounters a house inhabited by eccentric skeletons.

A Chechen Muslim enters Germany without authorization and quickly draws the attention of a clandestine government unit monitoring individuals suspected of terrorist activity.

Warsaw, Poland, 1962. Amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis, Josh Mansky, a brilliant but troubled former US chess champion, is asked to play a high-stakes public chess match against the Soviet champion. The game becomes a cover for a perilous mission…

Rachel Singer, a former Mossad agent, once attempted to capture Dr. Josef Mengele, the infamous "Surgeon of Birkenau," during a covert Israeli operation in East Berlin. The mission resulted in Mengele's death. Three decades later, a man claiming to be…

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union shoots down U.S. Pilot Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane and captures him. Powers is sentenced to 10 years in prison, and his only chance for freedom lies with New York lawyer James…

John Creasy, a weary former CIA agent, takes on a bodyguard assignment for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. Initially, he and the girl struggle to connect, but they develop a strong bond. When she is kidnapped, Creasy is overcome…

A quiet diplomat in London gets caught in a dangerous game of secrets when a British agent he knows dies mysteriously. The agent was close to uncovering a spy ring trying to steal military secrets. As the diplomat investigates, he…

Reporter Rachel Armstrong publishes a story exposing a secret CIA agent, prompting the government to demand she name her confidential source. Rachel refuses, leading to her arrest and imprisonment. Her lawyer, Albert Burnside, fights for her release, taking the case…

Chuck Barris achieved fame as a television producer, but his most significant work occurred in secret. While working in television, Barris allegedly accepted a recruitment offer from the CIA and underwent training to become a covert operative. This is according…

In 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, also known as OSS 117, travels to Cairo to find his missing friend and colleague, Jack Jefferson. His search quickly leads him into a complex world of international espionage.

Two highly skilled CIA agents find themselves in a fierce conflict when they discover they are both romantically involved with the same woman.

Ethan Hunt and his team face a perilous mission with unforeseen results. When their operation goes wrong, Hunt discovers a mole within the CIA has framed him as the culprit. Hunt must now navigate a treacherous landscape of lies to…

A highly skilled ex-CIA operative, living in seclusion, is forced back into the world he left behind. His mission: to expose long-buried secrets about his own history.

A quiet CIA researcher's life is shattered when he finds his entire team dead. Thrust into a dangerous mystery, he must use his intelligence and quick thinking to survive. As he investigates, he struggles to trust anyone, suspecting hidden motives…

Zack Mayo, a young man determined to become a skilled naval pilot, begins a demanding 13-week training program. He clashes with Emil Foley, a strict drill sergeant who dislikes Zack's reserved nature, though he sees potential beneath the surface. Meanwhile,…

An FSB officer develops feelings for his agent, an American woman who works as a trader at a Russian bank.

Near death and with no memory of his past, Jason Bourne is rescued from the sea by a fisherman. Armed with only a Swiss bank account number, he begins to piece together his identity, but soon discovers powerful enemies who…

A CIA mission to acquire secret Russian documents is compromised by a rival agent who subsequently appears in the quiet coastal town where Bourne and Marie are living. The couple are forced to flee for their lives. Bourne, having previously…

Reporter Simon Ross is investigating Operation Blackbriar, a new and improved program based on the old Project Treadstone, in a series of articles. Ross's reporting triggers fragmented memories for Bourne, forcing him to confront his hidden past while evading The…

While briefing MI5's counter-terrorism chief, Harry Pearce, a terrorist breaks free. Shortly after, Pearce vanishes. His protégé is then charged with discovering what occurred, as a London attack is imminent, and ultimately unearths a dangerous plot.

FBI surveillance expert Eric O'Neill is thrilled when he's unexpectedly promoted and assigned to work with Robert Hanssen, a highly respected agent with 25 years of service. But O'Neill soon discovers his promotion is a setup – he's meant to…

Cris Johnson is a magician in Las Vegas with a troubling secret: he can briefly see the future. Haunted by childhood experiments and unwanted attention from the government and medical community, he lives in hiding under a false identity, performing…

CIA Agent Bill Pope is tasked with finding a mysterious hacker known as 'The Dutchman'. After being killed in action, an experimental procedure transfers Pope's memories into a dangerous ex-convict. Upon awakening with Pope's memories, the convict's mission becomes clear:…

A clandestine spy agency takes in a rough-around-the-edges but talented young person, enrolling them in a rigorous training program. This happens as a dangerous threat surfaces, orchestrated by a brilliant but deranged technology expert.

A dedicated wife and mother lives a hidden life as a CIA agent. When her husband publishes an article revealing a scandal, her secret identity and family are threatened. As her carefully constructed world falls apart, she struggles to cope…

In 1942, a British intelligence officer in North Africa meets a woman working with the French Resistance on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. They are reunited in London, where the demands of wartime put their connection to the test.

CIA interrogator Harris is targeted in a mission to capture him after being blamed for a disastrous interrogation. The team sent to apprehend Harris starts to doubt their orders and each other, prompting senior intelligence officer Olsen and his subordinate…

This film chronicles the ten-year pursuit of al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden following the September 11, 2001 attacks, culminating in his death at the hands of Navy SEAL Team Six in May 2011.

Edward Wilson, the sole witness to his father's suicide and a member of the Yale Skull and Bones society, is an honest and principled young man who respects honor and secrecy. These qualities lead to his recruitment into the new…

An Interpol agent and a lawyer team up to expose one of the world's most powerful banks. Their investigation reveals money laundering, arms dealing, and a plot to undermine governments, leading them on a chase across Berlin, Milan, New York,…

In 1967, OSS 117 is dispatched to Brazil on a mission to recover a microfilm containing a list of French Nazi sympathizers. However, their assignment quickly plunges them into a larger, international conspiracy.

In Switzerland, Russian arms dealer Igor Lipovsky runs a large and lucrative gunrunning business with Africa. The French government aims to stop him and dispatches a team to sink a ship carrying illegal weapons to Angola. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony,…

The second film in David Hare’s Johnny Worricker trilogy finds the restless spy living under an assumed identity on a Caribbean island, enjoying a quiet life as a poet named Tom Eliot. His peace is shattered by the arrival of…

During the Cold War, retired MI6 agent George Smiley is pulled back into service. His mission: to identify a Soviet spy who has infiltrated the highest ranks of British intelligence among his old colleagues.

Richard Hannay, a mining engineer on vacation from Africa, finds London society uninteresting. His boredom quickly turns to danger when a secret agent gives him a notebook filled with a coded message about the coming of World War I. Suddenly,…

A gifted CIA recruit faces a crucial test at the agency's clandestine training facility, known as the Farm. There, he must master self-reliance and learn to question everyone around him.

Moe Berg, a former star baseball player, secretly works for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services during World War II in Europe.

After an attack on Kingsman headquarters and the emergence of a dangerous new enemy, Eggsy and Merlin must team up with the American agency, Statesman, to prevent global disaster.

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming chronicles the captivating early years of Ian Fleming, the creator of the iconic James Bond stories and films.

This is the story of the World War II effort to decipher the Enigma machine, the device used by the Germans to encrypt communications with their U-boats.

A dishonest police officer desperately tries to hide a car accident, but his carefully constructed lies begin to unravel when he starts getting threatening messages from an unknown person who witnessed the event.

In London, May 2000, the quiet life of Joan Stanley is upended when British Intelligence arrests her. She is accused of sharing information with communist Russia during World War II.

On his last day of work, a retired CIA agent discovers his former protégé has been arrested in China. He's scheduled to be executed the following morning in Beijing, and the CIA is contemplating allowing the execution to proceed to…