The best spy film of all time according to spies themselves

Express ^ | Sun, Aug 10, 2025 | Maria Leticia Gomes

[redfreedom]

I must agree, I know for fact it’s plausible.

[logi_cal869]

RIGHT???!!!

[citizen]

Three Days of the Condor still holds up for me. The book was Six Days...

[Pappy Smear]

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Who would have thought that Chuck Barris of Gong Show fame was a CIA agent? Made him the perfect agent.

[Hammerhead]

Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy is about as real as it gets. (Speaking for a friend.)

[Moe-Patrick]

BK Spy films

[grey_whiskers]

Sorry, that reference went right over my head...

[grey_whiskers]

I liked Hopscotch with Walter Matthau...

[Texas resident]

“The spy who came in from the cold” was a great movie.

[Kartographer]

3 Days of the Condo Agreed!

[Mr Rogers]

“The underwater stuff I think was all plastic models.”

“During filming of The Spy Who Loved Me, the submarine was piloted by ex-U.S. Navy SEAL Don Griffin.[8] The fictional history of the car in the film was that it was developed by Q-Branch of MI6, and its blueprints were stolen by KGB agent Anya Amasova (after Bond asked Amasova “How did you know about that?” Amasova replied, “I stole the blueprints of this car two years ago”). In filming, six Esprits were used (registration “PPW 306R”), though only one submarine.[3] Three of the Esprits were just empty bodyshells which were used to show each phase of the car-to-submarine transformation. A miniature model was used for the car’s initial underwater shot as it landed in the sea. Two unpowered dummy cars fitted with wheels were used to show the Esprit entering and emerging from the sea; the first was designed to be fired from an air cannon off the end of the pier, the second was towed by a rope buried under the beach with a sweeping brush fitted to the underside to cover the rope up as the car was tugged out.[citation needed] When an additional road car was needed for the chase sequences the producers borrowed Lotus chairman Colin Chapman’s personal vehicle.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_Nellie

Also: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/wet-nellie-the-second-most-famous-bond-car-35087.html

[DesertRhino]

“The Conversation” (1974)

Another very good one.

[Ancesthntr]

I was hoping for “Don’t Drink the Water” with Jackie Gleason to make the list. 😜 It’s kind of a spy movie - his character was accused of being a spy.

[reg45]

What’s the title? Sounds interesting.

[sten]

A Most Wanted Man (2014) [ 6.7 / 10 ]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972571/

[greenishness]

I’m partial to Get Smart.

[wally_bert]

Source programmable guidance.

[ABN 505]

And ends up in the basement steaming open envelopes for the rest of his life. All for a joke. Great movie.

[Vaduz]

That was a funny film indeed makes wonder how close it is to reality.

[packrat35]

Skeet surfing...