Vulture's The 50 Best Spy Movies of All Time

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"For this list of the best spy movies ever made, Vulture opted for a big-tent approach in an attempt to create a selection that captured the full breadth of the spy film. If it features espionage of some form as a key element, in other words, it’s a spy movie for our purposes."

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    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
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    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
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    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
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    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
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    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    1965 — a.k.a. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, in 4 top lists Check
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    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
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    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
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    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
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    Burn After Reading

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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    The Ipcress File

    1965, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
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    Three Days of the Condor

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
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    Ministry of Fear

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mission: Impossible

    1996, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
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    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
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    Ronin

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
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    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
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    Spy

    2015, in 1 top list Check
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    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    2018, in 5 top lists
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    Eye of the Needle

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
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    Top Secret!

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Tailor of Panama

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Skyfall

    2012, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Hunt for Red October

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
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    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
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    Saboteur

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    Duplicity

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    Undercover Brother

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Our Man Flint

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
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    Se, jie

    2007 — a.k.a. Lust, Caution, in 5 top lists Check
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    Sneakers

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Fourth Protocol

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    M. Butterfly

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    The Bourne Identity

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    True Lies

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
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    Spy Game

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Haywire

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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    Hopscotch

    1980, in 1 top list Check
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    Spy Kids

    2001, in 1 top list Check
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