Excellent spy movies

Excellent spy movies

Green Zone

Release Date 2010
Rating : 6.8 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal Director: Dan Bradley, Paul Greengrass, Ceri Evans Stars: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson

Summary: During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.

Sicario

Release Date 2015
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: Lionsgate, Thunder Road Director: Denis Villeneuve, Judi Townsend, Karen Davis Stars: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin

Summary: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Bridge of Spies

Release Date 2015
Rating : 7.6 Production Companies: DreamWorks SKG, Amblin Entertainment Director: Jessica Lichtner, Steven Spielberg, Jeremy Marks Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan

Summary: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Jason Bourne

Release Date 2016
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company Director: Paul Greengrass, Zoe Morgan Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander

Summary: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

The Bourne Legacy

Release Date 2012
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Dentsu Director: Dianne Dreyer, Steve E. Andrews, William M. Connor Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton

Summary: New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

The Bourne Ultimatum

Release Date 2007
Rating : 8 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company Director: Paul Greengrass, Annie Penn, Sue Mahoney Stars: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn

Summary: Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

The Bourne Supremacy

Release Date 2004
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company Director: Paul Greengrass, Luc Etienne, Thorne Mutert Stars: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox

Summary: A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

The Bourne Identity

Release Date 2002
Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall Company, The Director: Patrick Crowley, Claudine Strasser, Claire Letouze Stars: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper

Summary: Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

The Departed

Release Date 2006
Rating : 8.5 Production Companies: Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Films Director: Martin Scorsese, Martha Pinson, Joseph P. Reidy Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson

Summary: To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Reservoir Dogs

Release Date 1992
Rating : 8.3 Production Companies: Lionsgate, Live Entertainment Director: Quentin Tarantino, Kelly Kiernan, Andy Spilkoman Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen

Summary: A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.