Contemporary Spy & Espionage Films

The Watergate era took the Cold War paranoia of the 50s and 60s and turned it inwards, with Feds replacing the Reds under the bed. . And Bond fans should not feel left out in the cold - Daniel Craig's casting has helped reinvent and refreshed the ageing 007 franchise for a new millennium. show more >

The Watergate era took the Cold War paranoia of the 50s and 60s and turned it inwards, with Feds replacing the Reds under the bed. All the President's Men (1976), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974) are all classics of this genre. More recently, bestsellers from the likes of Tom Clancey and Robert Ludlum have given us the Jack Ryan series (including The Hunt for Red October 1990 and Patriot Games 1992), and the taught, breathless Bourne Trilogy. And Bond fans should not feel left out in the cold - Daniel Craig's casting has helped reinvent and refreshed the ageing 007 franchise for a new millennium. < show less