Genre: Spy
Spy stories trade in secrets and deception — agents, cover, and missions where the truth is a weapon and trust is the biggest risk.
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A Reason to Look Twice
A small-time investigator photographs a woman meeting a man who isn't her husband and tries to blackmail her. He thinks he's caught a cheating wife. He's caught a spy who can't tell him what she is, can't pay him, and can't make him vanish, and has to make the threat evaporate using nothing but the boring, airtight life of her cover. -
Mission: Impossible (1996)
1996 Brian De Palma spy thriller launching the Tom Cruise franchise. IMF agent Ethan Hunt is framed and must find the real mole. -
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
1997 Roger Spottiswoode Bond film with Brosnan facing media mogul Carver. Michelle Yeoh as Chinese agent Wai Lin. China-UK war manufactured. -
Quantum of Solace (2008)
2008 Marc Forster Bond film with Craig. Direct sequel to Casino Royale, Bolivia setting, Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene. -
Casino Royale (2006)
2006 Martin Campbell Bond film with Daniel Craig's debut. Eva Green as Vesper Lynd, Le Chiffre poker tournament, franchise hard reboot. -
Die Another Day (2002)
2002 Lee Tamahori Bond film with Brosnan's final outing. North Korea, invisible Aston Martin, Halle Berry, CGI surfing. Franchise low point. -
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
1999 Michael Apted Bond film with Brosnan. Sophie Marceau as oil heiress, Robert Carlyle as terrorist who feels no pain. Denise Richards as nuclear physicist. -
Skyfall (2012)
2012 Sam Mendes Bond film with Craig facing Javier Bardem. M's past returns, Bond's Scottish childhood home, Adele theme song. -
GoldenEye (1995)
1995 Martin Campbell Bond film with Pierce Brosnan's debut. Sean Bean as 006 traitor, Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp. Post-Cold-War reboot. -
The Living Daylights (1987)
1987 John Glen Bond film with Timothy Dalton's debut. Soviet defector plot, Maryam d'Abo as cellist, return to serious tone.