What is the best secret agent movie of all time?

By YPB Team
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From suave Bond classics and gripping Cold War thrillers to gritty modern assassins and stylized female operatives, spy cinema spans decades of intrigue. Who gets the mission?

Goldfinger - ranking option ranked #1

Goldfinger

Often considered the definitive James Bond film, the 1964 Sean Connery classic set the gold standard for spy cinema.

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Casino Royale - ranking option ranked #2

Casino Royale

Daniel Craig's 2006 Bond reboot strips 007 back to basics with raw action, emotional depth, and a thrilling poker showdown.

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The Bourne Identity - ranking option ranked #3

The Bourne Identity

Matt Damon redefined the action spy film in 2002 as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne, with gritty realism and hand-to-hand combat.

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout - ranking option ranked #4

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

Tom Cruise delivers jaw-dropping practical stunts in this 2018 peak of the Mission: Impossible franchise.

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Skyfall - ranking option ranked #5

Skyfall

The 50th anniversary Bond film in 2012 — directed by Sam Mendes — is widely considered one of the best in the franchise's history.

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North by Northwest - ranking option ranked #6

North by Northwest

Cary Grant is mistaken for a government agent and chased across America by spies in Hitchcock's iconic 1959 thriller.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - ranking option ranked #7

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman delivers a masterful performance as a retired intelligence chief hunting a Soviet mole inside MI6 in this 2011 cold war thriller.

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Bridge of Spies - ranking option ranked #8

Bridge of Spies

Tom Hanks plays a lawyer recruited by the CIA to negotiate the release of U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers in this 2015 Spielberg film.

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Three Days of the Condor - ranking option ranked #9

Three Days of the Condor

Robert Redford plays a CIA researcher who returns from lunch to find all his colleagues dead in this 1975 Cold War paranoia classic.

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Atomic Blonde - ranking option ranked #10

Atomic Blonde

Charlize Theron stars as a lethal MI6 agent navigating the chaos of the Berlin Wall's fall in this stylized 2017 action thriller.

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La Femme Nikita - ranking option ranked #11

La Femme Nikita

Luc Besson's 1990 French thriller follows a young woman trained as an assassin who struggles to maintain a normal life.

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Munich - ranking option ranked #12

Munich

Steven Spielberg's gripping 2005 drama follows the covert Israeli team tasked with hunting down the organizers of the 1972 Olympic massacre.

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