The Spy 100 Project

American History‘s Top 100 Spy Movies

(I’m reviewing them in reverse order, so the titles will become active links from the bottom up.)

  1. The Third Man  (1949)
  2. North By Northwest  (1959)
  3. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold  (1965)
  4. Goldfinger  (1964)
  5. Our Man in Havana  (1959)
  6. The Manchurian Candidate  (1962)
  7. Smiley’s People  (1982)
  8. Pickup on South Street  (1953)
  9. The Lives of Others  (2006)
  10. Notorious  (1946)
  11. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy  (1979)
  12. Munich  (2005)
  13. The Ipcress File  (1965)
  14. Three Days of the Condor  (1975)
  15. The 39 Steps  (1935)
  16. The Bourne Series  (2002-2007)
  17. Dr. No  (1962)
  18. The Man Who Never Was  (1956)
  19. The Falcon and the Snowman  (1985)
  20. Sabotage  (1936)
  21. The Conversation  (1974)
  22. Reilly: Ace of Spies  (1983)
  23. Breach  (2007)
  24. 13 Rue Madeleine  (1947)
  25. The Man Who Knew Too Much  (1934)
  26. Funeral in Berlin  (1966)
  27. Secret Agent  (1936)
  28. Black Book  (2006)
  29. Ministry of Fear  (1944)
  30. The Company  (2007)
  31. Spies  (1928)
  32. The Quiet American  (2002)
  33. The Looking Glass War  (1969)
  34. Army of Shadows  (1969)
  35. Syriana  (2005)
  36. The Professional  (1981)
  37. The Deadly Affair  (1966)
  38. Lust, Caution  (2007)
  39. From Russia With Love  (1963)
  40. Eye of the Needle (1981)
  41. Saboteur (1942)
  42. The Russia House  (1990)
  43. The Odessa File (1974)
  44. La Guerre Est Finie (1966)
  45. The Parallax View  (1974)
  46. Casablanca (1942)
  47. Watch on the Rhine (1943)
  48. Torn Curtain (1966)
  49. The House on 92nd Street (1945)
  50. Mission: Impossible (1996)
  51. Across the Pacific (1942)
  52. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
  53. Hopscotch (1980)
  54. The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
  55. Marathon Man (1976)
  56. Sneakers (1992)
  57. The Fourth Protocol  (1987)
  58. Duplicity (2009)
  59. Ninotchka (1939)
  60. 5 Fingers  (1952)  unavailable
  61. Our Man Flint  (1966)  unavailable
  62. Enigma (2001)
  63. The Kremlin Letter  (1970)  unavailable
  64. Operation Crossbow (1965)
  65. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  66. The Confession  (1970)  unavailable
  67. The Eiger Sanction (1975)
  68. Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
  69. O.S.S.  (1946)  unavailable
  70. Body of Lies (2008)
  71. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
  72. Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
  73. Casino Royale (2006)
  74. An Englishman Abroad  (1983)  unavailable
  75. Europa (1991)
  76. Hell and High Water (1954)
  77. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
  78. Spy Game (2001)
  79. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
  80. The Conformist (1970)
  81. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  82. The Secret Agent (1996)
  83. The Mackintosh Man (1973)
  84. The Venetian Affair  (1967)  unavailable
  85. Modesty Blaise (1966)
  86. Mata Hari (1931)
  87. Traitor (2008)
  88. The Iron Curtain  (1948)  unavailable
  89. The Spy in Black  (1939)  unavailable
  90. The Mask of Dimitrios  (1944)  unavailable
  91. The Good German (2006)
  92. Burn After Reading (2008)
  93. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
  94. The Osterman Weekend (1983)
  95. The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
  96. Triple Agent (2004)
  97. 17 Moments of Spring  (1973)  unavailable
  98. La Femme Nikita (1990)
  99. All Through the Night (1941)
  100. Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within  (1998)  unavailable