Spy movies
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Spy movies
Anybody got recommendations? Not action-spy flicks, mind you. No James Bond stuff. I don't want explosions and shootouts. Yeah, spys kill and are in danger all the time. But I'm talking about intellectual.
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Thanks, folks. North by Northwest is showing up on almost all the lists I've googled. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is first on a couple of those lists. No Way Out is popping up some.
I've heard Three Days of the Condor is a good one.
I bring this all up because I saw Spy Game a few weeks ago. I liked it, especially because it wasn't a martial arts/explosion extravaganza.
I've heard Three Days of the Condor is a good one.
I bring this all up because I saw Spy Game a few weeks ago. I liked it, especially because it wasn't a martial arts/explosion extravaganza.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Here are my suggestions for the non-Bond type of action spy film:
- 39 Steps (Hitchcock 1935)
- Ipcress File
- Hunt for Red October (does that count?... Ryan is employed by a spy agency)
- Sneakers
- Ronin
- Mr & Mrs. Smith (I threw that one in there 'cause it's just so darn fun!)
- 39 Steps (Hitchcock 1935)
- Ipcress File
- Hunt for Red October (does that count?... Ryan is employed by a spy agency)
- Sneakers
- Ronin
- Mr & Mrs. Smith (I threw that one in there 'cause it's just so darn fun!)
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Excellent film.aTOMiC wrote:Our Man Flint...nuff said.
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