The best spy film of all time according to spies themselves

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

[edwinland]

I didn’t even know they made a movie of it. I didn’t really care for the book. Tinker, Tailor is my favorite spy movie.

[BenLurkin]

The best spy film of all time would be “What’s Up Tiger Lily”

[LukeL]

It’s not Top Secret?

[ground_fog]

I’ve never even heard of this movie. I’ll have to check it out. I’ve always loved Spy Game with Pitt and Redford. I thought that movie was just brilliant.

[DoodleBob]

A seriously underrated film

[Baldwin]

Tinker, Tailor the British series and the sequel Smiley’s People starring Alex Guineas can’t be beat. See it on YouTube. Much better than the movie.

[dfwgator]

It’s not Top Secret?

[cowboyusa]

From Russia with Love, is the most realistic Vond film.

[The Louiswu]

It’s not a movie but Chuck seemed pretty realistic 🤣🤣

[dfwgator]

I watched a pretty good Russian series about Richard Sorge, who was a Soviet spy based in Tokyo, who tried to warn Stalin that Germany was going to attack the Soviet Union, but was ignored by Stalin.

[dennisw]

pong

[wally_bert]

Maxwell Smart’s The Nude Bomb wasn’t considered?

[Jambe]

My choice - Three Days of the Condor - 1975, Robert Redford.

Totally plausible - even in today environment.

[Billthedrill]

What? No underwater Lotus Esprits? No astronaut-gobbling killer satellites? No mini-rocket cigarettes? Gondola hovercraft? Leg cast missile? How do they expect us to take this movie seriously?

[Angelino97]

Someone who claimed to have worked in intelligence told me that Spy Game got a lot of it right.

[doorgunner69]

I liked Company Business and a CIA that could not be trusted

[Fledermaus]

I couldn’t follow it.

[P.O.E.]

The Danger Man TV Series

[Alas Babylon!]

My favorite is the Eiger Sanction.

A highlight of my life was having a beer at the Kleine Scheidegg and taking the train to the Jungfrau Joch. I even got to look out the opening in the mountain where George Kennedy recuses Clint Eastwood.