# List of spy films

The following is a list of spy films in alphabetical order.

## Overview and history

The spy film, also known as the spy thriller, is a genre of film that deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis for fantasy (such as many James Bond films). Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, le Carré, Ian Fleming (Bond) and Len Deighton. It is a significant aspect of British cinema, with leading British directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Carol Reed making notable contributions and many films set in the British Secret Service.
Spy films show the espionage activities of government agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the Nazi espionage thrillers of the 1940s to the James Bond films of the 1960s and to the high-tech blockbusters of today, the spy film has always been popular with audiences worldwide. Offering a combination of exciting escapism, technological thrills, and exotic locales, many spy films combine the action and science fiction genres, presenting clearly delineated heroes for audiences to root for and villains for them to hate. They may also involve elements of political thrillers. However, there are many that are comedic (mostly action comedy films if they fall under that genre).
James Bond is the most famous of film spies, but there were also more serious, probing works like le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold that also emerged from the Cold War. As the Cold War ended, the newest villain became terrorism and more often involved the Middle East.

## List of films

| Released | Title | Director |
| 2019 | 6 Underground | Michael Bay |
| 1935 | The 39 Steps | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps | Ralph Thomas |
| 1978 | The 39 Steps | Don Sharp |
| 2022 | The 355 | Simon Kinberg |
| 2008 | Jumper | Doug Liman |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Richard Thorpe |
| 2016 | Allied | Robert Zemeckis |
| 2017 | Atomic Blonde | David Leitch |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | John Farrow |
| 2021 | Black Widow | Cate Shortland |
| 1974 | The Black Windmill | Don Siegel |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Paul Greengrass |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | Paul Greengrass |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Steven Spielberg |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Lewis Gilbert |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels | Elizabeth Banks |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Gillian Armstrong |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Anatole Litvak |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Fernando Meirelles |
| 1962 | The Counterfeit Traitor | George Seaton |
| 1966 | The Deadly Affair | Sidney Lumet |
| 1951 | Decision Before Dawn | Anatole Litvak |
| 2001 | Enigma | Michael Apted |
| 1981 | Eye of the Needle | Richard Marquand |
| 2021 | F9 | Justin Lin |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious | F. Gary Gray |
| 2023 | Fast X | Louis Leterrier |
| 1982 | Firefox | Clint Eastwood |
| 1987 | The Fourth Protocol | John Mackenzie |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | James Wan |
| 2022 | The Gray Man | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 1921 | The Great Impersonation | George Melford |
| 1935 | The Great Impersonation | Alan Crosland |
| 1942 | The Great Impersonation | John Rawlins |
| 2016 | Grimsby | Louis Leterrier |
| 2011 | Haywire | Steven Soderbergh |
| 2019 | Hobbs & Shaw | David Leitch |
| 1980 | Hopscotch | Ronald Neame |
| 2005 | Icon | Charles Martin Smith |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | James Mangold |
| 1965 | The IPCRESS File | Sidney J. Furie |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Kenneth Branagh |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass |
| 2017 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | Chad Stahelski |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Chad Stahelski |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Chad Stahelski |
| 2014 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Matthew Vaughn |
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter | John Huston |
| 1938 | The Lady Vanishes | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | George Roy Hill |
| 2015 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Guy Ritchie |
| 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Peter Landesman |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | F. Gary Gray |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2020 | My Spy | Peter Segal |
| 2021 | No Time to Die | Cary Joji Fukunaga |
| 1987 | No Way Out | Roger Donaldson |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Gavin Hood |
| 1974 | The Odessa File | Ronald Neame |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Sam Peckinpah |
| 1959 | Our Man in Havana | Carol Reed |
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith |
| 2019 | Playmobil: The Movie | Lino DiSalvo |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum | Sidney J. Furie |
| 2019 | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Gideon Raff |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow | Francis Lawrence |
| 1990 | The Russia House | Fred Schepisi |
| 2012 | Safe House | Daniel Espionosa |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Harold Young |
| 1936 | Secret Agent | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1992 | Shining Through | David Seltzer |
| 2015 | Spectre | Sam Mendes |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Jon Watts |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | Nick Bruno and Troy Quane |
| 1914 | The Spy | Otis Turner |
| 2015 | Spy | Paul Feig |
| 1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Martin Ritt |
| 2018 | The Spy Who Dumped Me | Susanna Fogel |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Phil Alden Robinson |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | John Boorman |
| 2020 | Tenet | Christopher Nolan |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark | Carl Lamac |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor | Sydney Pollack |
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | D.J. Caruso |