The Courier is a relatively new movie and was released in 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie is certainly action packed and among the several such scenes the one wherein two characters are shown escaping East Germany over the wall and into Western Germany. The movie acknowledges the rivalry between the West and the East and showcases the iron curtain divide between the two spheres of influence led by the US and the Soviet Union. The world faces a nuclear bomb threat and the responsibility falls onto this trio to stop the villains from succeeding. There is also a British secret service agent thrown into the mix for additional story line. In the movie, the CIA agent Solo played by Henry Cavill and KGB agent Kuryakin played by Armie Hammer put aside their differences to put an end to an international criminal organisation. This movie is based on the retro 1960s television adaptation. The filming of many scenes was done at iconic locations in Italy and the United Kingdom. It is a 2015 spy action packed movie directed by Guy Ritchie set against the backdrop of the early 1960s during the Cold War. No doubt Munich is a thrilling movie but it opens the dialogue for questioning revenge and vengeance as well as ethics and morals. The movie won critical acclaim and won five Oscar nominations. The aim of the mission is to target eleven individuals. The movie stars Eric Bana as a former bodyguard named Avner who is the leader of the secret squadron of four who are handled by a person named Ephraim played by Geoffrey Rush. The movie is based on a book by George Jonas named Vengeance which gives an account of the secret Israeli operation called ‘Operation Wrath of God’ which was a covert and retaliatory operation after the Black September event at the Munich Olympics in 1972. It is a 2005 released historical action movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Argo won several awards including the Academy Awards as well as the Golden Globes. Argo is a movie of real-life espionage and spy craft and chronicles the life or death covert operation to rescue the six Americans. The movie is based on real life spy named Tony Mendez who put forth the plan of rescuing the six Americans by posing as a Canadian film crew involved in the making of a movie. The movie was released in 2012 and directed by Ben Affleck who also plays the role of a CIA agent who infiltrates Tehran- the capital city of Iran during the Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981) with the objective to smuggle out six Americans from the Canadian embassy. The movie is deliberately subtle in nature with laudable period cinematography and is supported by world class acting by well-known actors such as Gary Oldman who plays the British spy tasked with the mission to uncover the identity of the mole who has been leaking secrets to the Soviets. The movie won critical acclaim in its ability to showcase spy thrills without displaying any high-speed car chases or big bazooka action scenes. It is a gripping spy movie which involves the hunt of a double agent embedded deep within the British secret service but working for the Soviet Union. It was released in 2011 and directed by Tomas Alfredson. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a movie version of John le Carré’s well-known novel which is set in the Cold War era. There are certainly numerous spy themed movies and listing the best ten movies is a difficult task since the choice of movies is subjective and depends on the selection of criteria which is varied in nature. The following is a list of ten spy themed movies.
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