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Who’s the best James Bond? I ranked all seven actors — from the forgotten first “Jimmy Bond” to the icon who defined the spy genre. See where your favorite lands.

#JamesBond #SpyMovies #SeanConnery #DanielCraig #RogerMoore #PierceBrosnan #BondFans

https://friendrewind.com/blog/ranking-every-serious-james-bond-actor-29847

Quando United Artists stacca l’assegno, non è per un kolossal: è per un filmino da un milione di dollari, girato in Giamaica per risparmiare e affidato a un ex muratore scozzese

#JamesBond #DrNo #SeanConnery #cinema #spymovies #Bond007

https://boomerissimo.it/2026/04/01/cercasi-bond-disperatamente-dr-no-e-la-leggenda-di-sean-connery/

🥂 Sharp suit, cold stare, and a license to… well, you know 😏
Do you remember which film marked this British agent’s stylish debut?
#TheMovieQuoteOfTheDay #Cinema #SpyMovies

Ever wondered what James Bond would look like if he grew up in South London with a chip on his shoulder and better taste in trainers?

*Kingsman: The Secret Service* takes the spy genre, flips it, and adds extra flair (and body count).

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Here’s my review:

http://wornoutspines.com/2025/06/26/kingsman-the-secret-service-movie-review/

Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939), a late entry in the series. There's hidden treasure, a cypher, secret passage-ways, good action scenes. Sounds like fun, but it isn't. It's dull. Spectacularly fails to capture the magic of the novels.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/bulldog-drummonds-secret-police-1939.html

#30smovie #30smovies #1930smovie #1930smovies #spies #spymovie #spymovies #BulldogDrummond

The Deadly Affair (1967), based on a John le Carré novel. James Mason is excellent as George Smiley. Has a drab depressing totally appropriate visual style. Effectively bleak, not bad but has major flaws and was predictably a box office flop.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-deadly-affair-1967.html

#60smovie #60smovies #1960smovie #1960smovies #johnlecarre #spies #spyfilm #spyfilms #spymovie #spymovies #SidneyLumet #JamesMason

The Fourth Protocol (UK, 1987 dir: John Mackenzie) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

Pascali's Island (UK, 1988 dir: James Dearden) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

Keeping Track (Canada/USA, 1986 dir: Robin Spry) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

Top Secret! (UK/USA, 1984 dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker) #1980s #Comedy #Film #SpyMovies

The Jigsaw Man (UK, 1983 dir: Terence Young) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

The Whistle Blower (UK, 1986 dir: Simon Langton) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

Moonraker (UK/France/USA, 1979 dir: Lewis Gilbert) #1970s #1980s #JamesBond #SpyMovies

Defence of the Realm (UK, 1986 dir: David Drury) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

The Falcon and the Snowman (USA, 1985 dir: John Schlesinger) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

Pack of Lies (USA, 1987 dir: Anthony Page) #1980s #Television #Film #SpyMovies

The Amateur (Canada, 1981 dir: Charles Jarrott) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

London Weekend Television advertisement for The Spy Who Loved Me, 1982. #1980s #ITV #LWT #JamesBond #Film #SpyMovies

Le professionnel (France, 1981 dir: Georges Lautner) #1980s #Film #SpyMovies

I watched Argylle. I guess it does for spy movies what Jupiter Ascending did for space operas, but not as enjoyably. It has some fun moments, but didn’t quite hit the mark for me. If you want a VERY silly spy romance, this may be the film for you. John Cena was criminally under-utilized, though. I will say this much: the chase scene at the beginning of the movie is a wonderful parody of chase scenes. #movie #SpyMovies #Romance #comedy #action #Argylle

The Little Drummer Girl (USA, 1984 dir: George Roy Hill) #1980s #Film #PosterArt #SpyMovies

OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo 1966 is a lighthearted 1966 French eurospy movie. The world is held to ransom by a crime organisation with a super-weapon. Superspy OSS 117 is in Japan with two dangerous women to deal with. Energetic stylish fun.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/03/oss-117-mission-to-tokyo-1966.html

#60smovie #60smovies #1960smovie #1960smovies #cultmovie #cultmovies #spies #spymovie #spymovies #spyfilm #spyfilms #eurocult #eurocultmovie #eurocultmovies #eurospy #eurospymovie ##eurospymovies #oss117 #frenchcinema

Never Say Never Again (1983), Sean Connery's disappointing return to the role. A remake of Thunderball, it has its moments and it’s not terrible but it’s no more than a very average spy thriller and you expect a lot more from a Bond movie.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2023/11/never-say-never-again-1983.html

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Espionage excellence: Twenty of the best spy movies you can watch now

Spy movies are always a treat in our house, and these twenty movies are some of the best you can watch now to scratch the spy itch.

#spymovies #spies #movies #entertainment

https://techaeris.com/2023/09/25/espionage-excellence-20-of-the-best-spy-movies-you-can-watch-now/

OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965), a solid French eurospy film that starts with a a series of suicide bombings in South America. Possibly the best of the OSS117 series. With three beautiful dangerous women. Stylish, and pure high-octane fun.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2023/09/oss-117-mission-for-killer-1965.html

#cultmovie #cultmovies #60smovie #60smovies #1960smovie #1960smovies #spies #Spymovie #Spymovies #eurocult #eurocultmovie #eurocultmovies #eurospy #eurospymovie #eurospymovies #MyleneDemongeot #oss117

This is considered a spoof of the spy genre, but it honestly isn’t any more outrageous than some of the future Bond films. (In fact, the plot isn’t too dissimilar to “Moonraker”.)
Fun time with some good action, (even a gunfight ON Christ the Redeemer in Rio!) and a nod to Lady Penelope from ‘Thunderbirds’! #MovieReview #EuroSpy #SpyMovies https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060592/

Modesty Blaise (1966) is a movie misfire that is still interesting enough to be worth seeing. Nowhere near as good as the novels or comics. All the movie's problems could have been avoided by sacking Joseph Losey as director.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2023/08/modesty-blaise-1966-revisited.html

#cultmovies #cultmovie #60smovie #60smovies #1960smovie #1960smovies #psychotroniccinema #psychotronicmovie #spies #spymovie #spymovies #PeterODonnell #JosephLosey #DirkBogarde #MonicaVitti #comicbookmovie #comicbookmovies

📖 The special issue of the journal Intelligence and National Security, dedicated to "Intelligence and Culture", includes a paper by Rui Lopes discussing the role of the fictionalization of intelligence in the history of European transnationalism, with a focus on the boom of spy films in the 1960s.

@histodons
#histodons #Intelligence #CulturalStudies #FilmStudies #ColdWar #SpyMovies

👉 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2022.2065608

Movies about spies have been popular since the silent era — who could resist these stories of secret derring-do? CrimeReads reckons war is an especially fertile backdrop for espionage tales. Here's their list of the best spy movies set in WWII.

https://crimereads.com/7-great-espionage-films-set-during-wwii/

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Tetris–Spy movie thrills, international intrigue, 1980s nostalgia, and a video game tie-in all in one

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https://borg.com/2023/05/11/retro-fix-is-apple-the-next-pc-company-to-score-big-with-tetris/

The main problem with Carol Reed's NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH (1940) starring Margaret Lockwood is that you're going to compare it to THE LADY VANISHES with which it has a lot in common. Not as good as Hitchcock's film but a decent train thriller.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2014/12/night-train-to-munich-1940.html

#classicmovies #classicmovie #1940smovie #BritishCinema #britishmovie #britishmovies #spymovie #spymovies #spies #MargaretLockwood #CarolReed

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Ice Station Zebra (1968), one of my favourite Alistair MacLean adaptations. More a low-key espionage drama than an action movie but there's suspense and danger on the ice and under it.

Patrick McGoohan makes a fine spy hero. He gets good support from Rock Hudson and Ernest Borgnine.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2013/04/ice-station-zebra-1968.html

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After watching various spy movies and detective shows, I now realize that I have no skills a criminal or a spy would find useful. My relatives are safe. No one is going to kidnap them to coerce me into creating a project plan. #spymovies #70sdetectives

Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), superior in every way to his ill-advised 1956 remake.

This is a tense hard-hitting spy thriller and one of the first movies to deal with terrorism. One of Hitchcock's most violent movies.

Great performances by all cast members with Peter Lorre the standout.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1934.html

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Fantomas (1964), first of the popular French Fantomas adventure/crime films. Superficially with a lot in common with the eurospy movies of the 60s. Certainly influenced by the success of the Bond movies.

Based on the early 20th century Fantomas novels.

Fantomas is one of the great diabolical criminal masterminds.

Great stylish fun.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2021/06/fantomas-1964.html

#eurospymovies #eurospy #cultmovie #cultmovies #Fantomas #spymovies #spymovie #eurocultmovies #eurocult #MyleneDemongeot

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) marked the beginning of the extraordinary run of great British thrillers made by Alfred Hitchcock in the 1930s. His first spy thriller.

With Peter Lorre in great form as a sinister assassin, and the Albert Hall scene is one of Hitch's first great visual set-pieces.

Much better than his ill-advised 1956 remake.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1934.html

#hitchcock #AlfredHitchcock #classicmovies #thrillers #FilmMastodon #PeterLorre #spymovies #spies #spythrillers

7 spy movies to know me better

Secret Agent, Alfred Hitchcock 1936
Our Man in Havana, Carol Reed 1959
From Russia With Love, Terence Young 1962
Secret Mission Lady Chaplin, Alberto De Martino, Sergio Grieco 1966
Billion Dollar Brain, Ken Russell 1967
A Dandy in Aspic, Anthony Mann 1968
Telefon, Don Siegel 1977

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What am I hoping for here? Discussions about classic movies, horror movies and cult movies obviously. Most cult genres from the 30s to the 80s. And vintage popular fiction genres. Mostly I like stuff that the mainstream regards as trash. So, some hashtags.

#classicmovies #horrormovies #cult movies #eurocultmovies #driveinmovies #pulpfiction #vintagemysteries #scifi #noirfiction #filmnoir #spymovies #spyfiction #jamesbond #ianfleming #vampiremovies #gothichorror #hammerhorror #trashfiction

Writing an official #introduction post that I can pin to my profile since I didn't use hashtags before. (I promise I WILL figure out Mastodon eventually!)

I write #YA and #Adult #romcoms. My next book, THE SPY AND I comes out in 2024 from Berkley/Penguin Random House. I'm hoping to find some fellow #writing, #publishing, #author, and #romancelandia friends! I also like #nailart, #graphicdesign, and #spymovies (probably obvious since I wrote a spy book ...) Happy to be here!