Non-Bond Movies and TV for the Bond Fan

00Null00Null Posts: 7MI6 Agent
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What does the JB fan watch during the 2 - 5 years between movies (besides conducting frame by frame analysis of the movies themselves)? That's my question so to get it started, I've listed some obvious non-Bond movies and TV for the Bond fan and I'm hoping others will contribute so I know what to watch.

Actiony
Mission Impossible movies
Bourne movies
The Saint
Sniper
National Treasure movies

Thrillers
The Thomas Crown Affair (both versions)
Layer Cake
Tailor of Panama
The International

Spoofy
OSS 117
Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Television
I-spy (great for QoS fans--Levi's Sta-prest abound)
The Saint (Simon Dutton version which is impossible to find)
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  • superdaddysuperdaddy englandPosts: 917MI6 Agent
    Spooks and 24 are two of my favs also filmwise Munich and Taken are both great to watch as is the 39 Steps starring Rupert Penry-Jones.
  • Dmitri MishkinDmitri Mishkin Kansas CityPosts: 334MI6 Agent
    I loved watching Tailor of Panama recently, Brosnan got to do all the wrong things Bond wouldn't do.
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  • Mister WhiteMister White The NetherlandsPosts: 814MI6 Agent
    Indiana Jones, baby!
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  • DangerMouseDangerMouse Benfleet, EssexPosts: 235MI6 Agent
    For a spoof take on the Bond films, I enjoy watching the Austin Powers films. In terms of action, I'm also hoping to see True Lies sometime down the line...Should I have some spare time, that is! 8-)
  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    DangerMouse wrote:
    For a spoof take on the Bond films, I enjoy watching the Austin Powers films. In terms of action, I'm also hoping to see True Lies sometime down the line...Should I have some spare time, that is! 8-)

    If you have any spare time don't waste it on True Lies.
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  • SpectreBlofeldSpectreBlofeld AroundPosts: 364MI6 Agent
    Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, one of the best Bond films ever made...
  • dr. evan-gelistdr. evan-gelist SheffieldPosts: 399MI6 Agent
    Return of The Man From Uncle, starring George Lazenby.
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  • ghost1ghost1 Posts: 82MI6 Agent
    Nice
  • DaltonFan1DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent
    thesecretagent wrote:
    DangerMouse wrote:
    For a spoof take on the Bond films, I enjoy watching the Austin Powers films. In terms of action, I'm also hoping to see True Lies sometime down the line...Should I have some spare time, that is! 8-)

    If you have any spare time don't waste it on True Lies.

    True Lies is excellent, Arnie's second best after Predator IMO.

    Elsewhere, I think the Metal Gear Solid video games are very much inspired by Bond.
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  • mediapigmediapig Los AngelesPosts: 87MI6 Agent
    I definitely enjoy popping in the Bourne Films, and also Ronin, as sort of "anti-bond" action films. And for some suave spy action, I'm a big fan of the show "Burn Notice". Guns, girls, bikinis, crazy plots, action, humor, and cool clothes... love it!
  • John DrakeJohn Drake On assignmentPosts: 2,564MI6 Agent
    00Null wrote:
    The Saint (Simon Dutton version which is impossible to find)


    I got a copy from E-bay. It's on DVD in Australia.
  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    The Fugitive, I like the Die Hard films too and check out Grosse Point Blank (more from a comedy perspective).
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,427MI6 Agent
    The "Riley - Ace of spies" TV-series
  • FatsnbulFatsnbul Prospect, KentuckyPosts: 79MI6 Agent
    "The Fourth Protocol" and "Eye of the Needle" are my two favorite non-Bond spy films.
  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    The 'Harry Palmer' trilogy starring Michael Caine

    - The Ipcress File
    - Funeral in Berlin
    - Billion Dollar Brain
  • zig zagzig zag EnglandPosts: 244MI6 Agent
    Burn notice, Harry palmer films, and the cartoon Archer.
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,709MI6 Agent
    As already mentioned, the Mission Impossible films, The Die Hard Films and Indiana Jones. Some select movies some may enjoy are:

    Sneakers
    Major League
    Bull Durham
    The Natural
    The Sandlot
    Rookie Of The Year
    Rudy
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Truman Show

    The list goes on from there
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  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    As already mentioned, the Mission Impossible films, The Die Hard Films and Indiana Jones. Some select movies some may enjoy are:

    Sneakers
    Major League
    Bull Durham
    The Natural
    The Sandlot
    Rookie Of The Year
    Rudy
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Truman Show

    The list goes on from there

    Major League is a great call - not seen that for ages - although Major League 2 is awful!
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    2. Irony.
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,709MI6 Agent
    007 wrote:
    Mr Martini wrote:
    As already mentioned, the Mission Impossible films, The Die Hard Films and Indiana Jones. Some select movies some may enjoy are:

    Sneakers
    Major League
    Bull Durham
    The Natural
    The Sandlot
    Rookie Of The Year
    Rudy
    Saving Private Ryan
    The Truman Show

    The list goes on from there

    Major League is a great call - not seen that for ages - although Major League 2 is awful!

    Notice only Major League is on the list ;) ;) ;)
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  • Agent_MAgent_M lost in the speed forcePosts: 353MI6 Agent
    Dont forget Alias the T.V. show. Not only a great spy show by JJ abrams but Jennifer Garner in tight tops kicking buttock :D
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  • hegottheboothegottheboot USAPosts: 327MI6 Agent
    Harry Palmer
    Get Carter
    The Hill
    The Saint
    The Avengers
    Die Hard
    Lethal Weapon
    Hard Boiled
    The Killer
    Hammer Horror
    Our Man Flint/In Like Flint
  • dr. evan-gelistdr. evan-gelist SheffieldPosts: 399MI6 Agent
    Charlies Angels - Timothy Daltons appearance as Damien Roth.
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  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,256MI6 Agent
    Television shows:

    Alias

    The Agency ( A good show that should have gone on longer rather than be canceled.)

    Any of the documentaries on the CIA that the Discovery Channel produced

    I SPY

    Movies:

    Spy Game

    True Lies

    Patriot Games

    The Hunt for Red October

    Austin Powers (Good for a Laugh, thought I disliked the second one's toilet humor and recycled jokes. Also I never bothered seeing the third movie.)
  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,256MI6 Agent
    I forgot to add to television programs worth a look sometime. Get Smart with Don Adams and Chuck.

    Chuck has many references to the Bond films, as well clever jokes and action scenes. Get Smart is classic comedy at its best.
  • 00Null00Null Posts: 7MI6 Agent
    Duplicity
  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    I saw Taken the other day - trashy but I loved it!!!
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  • hegottheboothegottheboot USAPosts: 327MI6 Agent
    The simple goodness of Red Octobah.
  • 72897289 Beau DesertPosts: 1,691MI6 Agent
    If your a fan of the "early" Bond films, then a purchase of the "Dangerman"/"Secret Agent" series is an absolute must have.

    Virtually everyone who appeared in an early Bond film, from Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, Robert Shaw, Eric Pohlman, Anthony Dawson not to mention Honor Blackman, had a part on this show. Since this show started in 1960 - it actually predates Bond!

    It is a worthy and established fact that Paddy Fitz ( AKA Patrick McGoohan) was offered the part of 007 - and turned it down - too much sex!
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  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    007 wrote:
    I saw Taken the other day - trashy but I loved it!!!

    There's a hell of a lot trashier out there. All things considered Taken is a pretty good quality film.
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