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  1. Lust, Caution poster
    Lust, Caution (2007)
    Ang Lee · 3 critic votes
    During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai.
  2. Goldfinger poster
    Goldfinger (1965)
    Guy Hamilton · 2 critic votes
    Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
  3. The Lives of Others poster
    The Lives of Others (2006)
    Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · 8 critic votes
    Streaming on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
    In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
  4. SPY GAME poster
    SPY GAME (2001)
    Tony Scott · 1 critic vote
    Streaming on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
    On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
  5. From Russia with Love poster
    From Russia with Love (1963)
    Terence Young · 1 critic vote
    Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
  6. The Third Man poster
    The Third Man (1949)
    Carol Reed · 45 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel · Streaming on Kanopy, BFI Player Amazon Channel, IndieFlix
    In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
  7. North by Northwest poster
    North by Northwest (1959)
    Alfred Hitchcock · 57 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Channel · Streaming on YouTube TV
    Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
  8. The Conversation poster
    The Conversation (1974)
    Francis Ford Coppola · 21 critic votes
    Free on Tubi TV, YouTube Free, Plex · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
    A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
  9. Notorious poster
    Notorious (1946)
    Alfred Hitchcock · 26 critic votes
    Free on Plex, Plex Channel, Mometu · Streaming on FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
    In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
  10. The 39 Steps poster
    The 39 Steps (1935)
    Alfred Hitchcock · 2 critic votes
    Free on FlixHouse, JustWatch TV, Tubi TV · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Criterion Channel
    Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
  11. The Manchurian Candidate poster
    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
    John Frankenheimer · 3 critic votes
    Free on YouTube Free
    Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
  12. Army of Shadows poster
    Army of Shadows (1969)
    Jean-Pierre Melville · 17 critic votes
    Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
  13. The Lady Vanishes poster
    The Lady Vanishes (1938)
    Alfred Hitchcock · 4 critic votes
    Free on Public Domain Movies, FlixHouse, JustWatch TV · Streaming on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla
    On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
  14. Kiss Me Deadly poster
    Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
    Robert Aldrich · 9 critic votes
    Free on JustWatch TV, Mometu
    One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
  15. Foreign Correspondent poster
    Foreign Correspondent (1940)
    Alfred Hitchcock · 1 critic vote
    Free on Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, YouTube Free · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, TCM
    American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
  16. Sabotage poster
    Sabotage (1936)
    Alfred Hitchcock · 1 critic vote
    Free on Public Domain Movies, FlixHouse, JustWatch TV · Streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Criterion Channel
    Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
  17. Dishonored poster
    Dishonored (1931)
    Josef von Sternberg · 6 critic votes
    The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
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