Your top ten Favourite Spy flicks including Bond?

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The Living Daylights/License To Kill (never can figure which I like better)
Tomorrow Never Dies
Mission: Impossible II
Goldeneye
Patriot Games
Thunderball
Dr. No
The Tailor of Panama
The Accidental Spy

Yours? B-)
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  • KabraxalKabraxal Posts: 104MI6 Agent
    I don't know if I can do a top 10 off the top of my head without Bond dominating...

    The Living Daylights
    Mission Impossible 1
    Mission Impossible 2
    Casino Royale
    Goldeneye
    Quantum of Solace
    Get Smart (yeah, more parody but I really loved it)
    Austin Powers
    Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me
    Spy Games wasn't bad either...

    Also, I'd give a shout out to Chuck even though it was a TV show and not a movie. Know I have a dose of comedy/satire in here along with a nice homage in Chuck, but I find very few serious spy films to be all that great compared to Bond. So if I went serious only you'd have Mission Impossible and Spy Games and that's it outside of Bond for me...
    Top Ten Bond - 10:Goldfinger 9:Thunderball 8:The Spy who Loved Me 7:For Your Eyes Only 6: Casino Royale 5:The Man with the Golden Gun 4:Quantum of Solace 3:Licence to Kill 2:Goldeneye 1:The Living Daylights
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sadly no other "spy" movie cones close to Bond so I couldn't give a list, but
    Some others I enjoy ( as I love all that camp 60s stuff)

    Both the Derek Flint films, The Matt Helm series, The man from UNCLE films
    Mission impossible & MI 4, The Austin Powers films. :))
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    In no particular order...

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
    The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
    The Ipcress File
    The Russia House
    Three Days Of The Condor
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Goldfinger
    From Russia With Love
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Casino Royale
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • JuraquagmireJuraquagmire CanadaPosts: 49MI6 Agent
    I don't watch lots spy films, let's see 8-)
    Most Bond movies are unbeatable, so I'll listing non-bond movies.

    Total Recall(not sure if it's count, since whole movie's inside his 'dream')
    The Tailor of Panama
    Entrapment
    The Recruit
    OSS 117 series
    Mission:Impossible and Ghost Protocol
    Dalton is the Bond! Lazenby is the other fella.
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Austin Powers
    The 4th Protocol
    The Ipcress file
    Funeral in Berlin
    Skyfall
    DR NO
    Tinker Tailor

    the Quiller memorandum
    Firefox
    The Black windmill
    this is in no particular order of favoritism
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    I forgot about Firefox.... :o
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  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Off the top of my head…

    The IPCRESS File (my favorite, and one of my Top 5 favorite films)
    Funeral in Berlin
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Three Days of the Condor
    Marathon Man
    Ronin
    Spartan
    The Fourth Protocol
    The Bourne Identity
    The Bourne Ultimatum
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Goldfinger
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Casino Royale
    The IPCRESS File
    Murderer's Row
    Our Man Flint
    Where Eagles Dare
    North by Northwest
    Notorious
    The Guns of Navarone

    It's tough to narrow it down, and truth be told, Charade, The Third Man, Funeral in Berlin, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and a bunch of Man from UNCLE and Bond films should also be on the list, among others.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Damn, I forgot Charade too...!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    Le Samourai wrote:

    The IPCRESS File (my favorite, and one of my Top 5 favorite films)
    Funeral in Berlin

    What about Billion Dollar Brain?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'd forgotten all about one of my favourites, North by North West. -{
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Le Samourai wrote:

    The IPCRESS File (my favorite, and one of my Top 5 favorite films)
    Funeral in Berlin

    What about Billion Dollar Brain?

    I waited ages and ages for BDB to come back on TV and one day I missed it due to being out
    then I finally saw it ,and it was kak , I should have left it in the dark corners of my mind as I rememberd it
    to be a good film ,but love the opening music though :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    always shaken wrote:
    Barbel wrote:
    Le Samourai wrote:

    The IPCRESS File (my favorite, and one of my Top 5 favorite films)
    Funeral in Berlin

    What about Billion Dollar Brain?

    I waited ages and ages for BDB to come back on TV and one day I missed it due to being out
    then I finally saw it ,and it was kak , I should have left it in the dark corners of my mind as I rememberd it
    to be a good film ,but love the opening music though :)

    While I'm one of those rare people who sort of likes Ken Russell films ('Lair of the White Worm' being a favorite), 'Billion Dollar Brain' just didn't work for me. There were some good individual scenes, but I don't think it held together nearly as well as the first two Harry Palmer films.

    And I forgot 'Charade' as well. Drop 'Spartan' from my list and add 'Charade.'
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    Seems I'm alone in liking BDB! Perhaps it's because I read the book first and loved it. The photography is stunning, Richard Rodney Bennett's music unforgettable, Michael Caine IS Harry Palmer, the anti-war theme was ahead of its time... I grant that the atmosphere is quite different from the first two in the series and it doesn't quite seem to fit with them. Still it's streets ahead of the two Palmer films made in the 90s, of course.
    I did see Spy Story (arguably part of the series, though low-budget and minus Caine) just once in the 70s, and wouldn't mind seeing it again since I can hardly remember it now! :))
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    have to agree with our resident musician Barbel , the music by MR Bennett is magical ,I would go as far as saying
    it has to be in the top ten of all time great film scores ,
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,863Chief of Staff
    Thanks, AS!
  • DaltonFan1DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent
    Great question, although most non-Bond spy films are just Bond wannabes.
    Anyway, in no definitive order:

    Live And Let Die
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    The Living Daylights
    License To Kill
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    The Guns Of Navarone
    From Russia With Love
    GoldenEye
    Casino Royale
    Inception (Christopher Nolan called it his love letter to Bond)
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent
    always shaken wrote:
    Austin Powers
    The 4th Protocol
    The Ipcress file
    Funeral in Berlin
    Skyfall
    DR NO
    Tinker Tailor

    the Quiller memorandum
    Firefox
    The Black windmill
    this is in no particular order of favoritism

    That would be fairly close to my own list there, always shaken, though I'd include Billion Dollar Brain too for good measure!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    My new list, in light of ones I missed:

    The Living Daylights/License To Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Mission: Impossible II
    Goldeneye
    Clear & Present Danger
    Thunderball
    Charade
    The Tailor of Panama
    Firefox
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Many great picks so far... -{

    Here's a few of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet:

    The Lives of Others

    Enemy of the State

    Hunt for Red October

    Salt
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • KabraxalKabraxal Posts: 104MI6 Agent
    I always considered the Ryan films more Political Thrillers with a hint of action rather than spy movies really, which is why I didn't include them. But they are amazing films.

    I did forget about Firefox though...
    Top Ten Bond - 10:Goldfinger 9:Thunderball 8:The Spy who Loved Me 7:For Your Eyes Only 6: Casino Royale 5:The Man with the Golden Gun 4:Quantum of Solace 3:Licence to Kill 2:Goldeneye 1:The Living Daylights
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Kabraxal wrote:
    I always considered the Ryan films more Political Thrillers with a hint of action rather than spy movies really, which is why I didn't include them. But they are amazing films.
    Well, when you put it that way I'm forced to agree. Ryan was never an agent... -{
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Goldfinger
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Casino Royale
    The IPCRESS File
    Murderer's Row
    Our Man Flint
    Where Eagles Dare
    North by Northwest
    Notorious
    The Guns of Navarone

    It's tough to narrow it down, and truth be told, Charade, The Third Man, Funeral in Berlin, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and a bunch of Man from UNCLE and Bond films should also be on the list, among others.

    Mine are pretty close and also involve a generous helping of 60s hokum, so I would add, just bubbling under the top ten:

    The Liquidator
    Where The Spies Are
    The Quiller Memorandum (I think someone else mentioned that, too)
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    I mentioned the Q M it stared George Segal in those very short suit jackets :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Indeed! I enjoyed that movie - Senta Berger (who was also in one of the UNCLE shows/movie The Spy with My Face) was great in it too...

    Have you read the book AS? Even better than the film...
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
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