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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  1. 12 new

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 34 new

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    1997, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 45 new

    The Bourne Identity

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 16 new

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 14 new

    Burn After Reading

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  6. 4 new

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  7. 8 new

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 37 new

    Duplicity

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 28 new

    Eye of the Needle

    1981, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 24 new

    Foreign Correspondent

    1940, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 43 new

    The Fourth Protocol

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 3 new

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 21 new

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 48 new

    Haywire

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 49 new

    Hopscotch

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  16. 32 new

    The Hunt for Red October

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 15 new

    The Ipcress File

    1965, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 11 new

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 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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    M. Butterfly

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  21. 38 new

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 35 new

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    1934, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 6 new

    The Manchurian Candidate

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 18 new

    Ministry of Fear

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 19 new

    Mission: Impossible

    1996, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 27 new

    Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    2018, in 5 top lists
    Check
  27. 10 new

    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 26 new

    Munich

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 1 new

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 7 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 23 new

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 40 new

    Our Man Flint

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 22 new

    Ronin

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    Saboteur

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 41 new

    Se, jie

    2007 — a.k.a. Lust, Caution, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 31 new

    Skyfall

    2012, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 42 new

    Sneakers

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Spook Who Sat by the Door

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 47 new

    Spy Game

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Spy Kids

    2001, in 1 top list 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
  42. 33 new

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 25 new

    Spy

    2015, in 1 top list Check
  44. 30 new

    The Tailor of Panama

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 17 new

    Three Days of the Condor

    1975, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 5 new

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 29 new

    Top Secret!

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 46 new

    True Lies

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 39 new

    Undercover Brother

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  50. 2 new

    Zwartboek

    2006 — a.k.a. Black Book, in 5 top lists Check
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