Top Ten: Spy Movies

By Thomas Rye

Quick List
1. Bourne Supremacy
2. Bourne Ultimatum
3. Body of Lies
4. Spy Game
5. Casino Royale
6. Bourne Identity
7. Mission: Impossible
8. The Saint
9. The Recruit
10. True Lies

I’d say I’m a spy movie junkie. I love the espionage, the con-ing, the martial arts expertise. It’s awesome! If it didn’t take years of training with no room for family or a real social life, I would probably have gone that route long ago. But alas, I didn’t, so I watch the movies to quell my desires to slip past teenaged security at Target and make my way into the “Employee Only” break room and slip someone’s lunch into my coat pocket.

These are my top choices.

Movie	The Awesome Spy (Actor)	Comments
1. Bourne Supremacy	Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) Kirill (Karl Urban)	It’s all there on this one
2. Bourne Ultimatum	Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) Desh (Joey Ansah)	Parkour on the roof and using a book with deadly force
3. Body of Lies	Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio)	Suspense at every turn. Plenty of espionage and tight situations in which DiCaprio has to rely on his stellar spy skills.
4. Spy Game	Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt)	Old spy takes promising new spy under his wing. Espionage on the field and in the office.
5. Casino Royale	James Bond (Daniel Craig)	Gadgets, Parkour, Crack shooting, amazing cars, out witting the bad guy… and of course a ripped up spy dressed to the nines.
6. Bourne Identity	Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) The Professor (Clive Owen)	Dozens of passports, Spy vs Spies, nonstop suspense
7. Mission: Impossible	Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)	Micro-gadgets, mystery, real looking faces for disguises
8. The Saint	Simon Templar (Val Kilmer)	Multiple disguises and accents. Contraptions and specialized gear.
9. The Recruit	James Clayton (Colin Farrell)	Spy training course
10. True Lies	Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzeneggar)	Comedic elements and completely far-fetched, but tux under a wetsuit, Harrier jet, using spy resources to humiliate a used car salesman – fantastic!

To peruse a list of modern spy movies, check out this list:

Spy Movies at the Box Office – Box Office Mojo

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7 Responses to “Top Ten: Spy Movies”

1. 
   sam
   January 5th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

   remember those sweet games you had on your old site….? you should put those back up. those got me through many a boring study night in college.

2. 
   Thomas Rye
   January 5th, 2010 at 3:10 pm

   Good to see that there’s a few people still checkin out the site. Ask and you shall receive Samuel. I will start a “Games area” back up.

3. 
   kevin
   January 5th, 2010 at 6:17 pm

   good thinking sam! i am so bored at work right now. the games page would be perfect.

4. 
   allison
   January 8th, 2010 at 10:58 am

   I do like a good game to combat boredom.

5. 
   Thomas Rye
   January 8th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

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