American spy action films

Skyfall is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villain, with Judi Dench returning as M. The film was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan. In the film, Bond investigates a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by Silva. It sees the return of two recurring characters, Miss Moneypenny (played by Naomie Harris) and Q (played by Ben Whishaw), after an a

2006 film by Martin Campbell

2015 film by Sam Mendes

2008 film by Marc Forster

No Time to Die is a 2021 spy thriller film and the twenty-fifth film in the James Bond series. The sequel to Spectre (2015), it is the fifth and final film to star Daniel Craig as the fictional British MI6 agent James Bond. In the film, Bond has retired from active service in MI6 and is recruited by the CIA to extract a kidnapped scientist carrying deadly DNA-targeting nanobots, leading him to uncover a plot by the bioterrorist Lyutsifer Safin to kill millions of people. The film was directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga from a screenplay he co-wrote with Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on a story conceived by Purvis, Wade and Fukunaga. In addition to Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, and Rory Kinnear reprise their roles from previous films, with Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen, Ana de Armas, David Dencik, and Dali Benssalah appearing in new roles.

2021 film by Cate Shortland

Tenet (stylized in all caps, sometimes as TENƎꓕ) is a 2020 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. It stars John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh. The film follows a former CIA officer who is recruited into a secret organization, tasked with tracing the origin of objects that are traveling backward through time and their connection to an attack from the future to the present.

1996 film directed by Brian De Palma

2006 film by J. J. Abrams

2000 film directed by John Woo

2018 film by Christopher McQuarrie

2011 film directed by Brad Bird

2015 film directed by Christopher McQuarrie

1983 film by Irvin Kershner

2023 film directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a 2025 American action spy film directed by Christopher McQuarrie from a screenplay he co-wrote with Erik Jendresen. It is the direct sequel to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and the eighth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series. The ensemble cast includes Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Henry Czerny and Angela Bassett. In the film, Hunt and his IMF team continue their mission to prevent the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence, from destroying all of humanity.

2008 film by Ridley Scott

1999 film by Jay Roach

2008 film by Peter Segal

1997 film by Jay Roach

2001 film by Robert Rodriguez

2001 film directed by Tony Scott

2015 film directed by Paul Feig

XXX is a 2002 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen, Moritz, and Diesel had previously worked on The Fast and the Furious (2001) as director, producer and cast member respectively. The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 9, 2002 and grossed $277.4 million worldwide and was followed by two sequels, xXx: State of the Union (2005) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).

XXX: Return of Xander Cage is a 2017 American action spy film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. The third installment in the XXX film series and a sequel to both XXX (2002) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), it stars Vin Diesel in the title role along with Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Hermione Corfield, and Samuel L. Jackson.

2012 film by Daniel Espinosa

2003 film by Robert Rodriguez

Argylle () is a 2024 spy action-comedy film directed by Matthew Vaughn, and written by Jason Fuchs. The film features an ensemble cast, including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson. Its plot centres on a reclusive author who is drawn into the world of spies and espionage after she realises that a new spy novel she is writing mirrors real-world events. It was filmed in Europe from August to December 2021.

XXX: State of the Union (released as xXx2: The Next Level and XXX: State of Emergency outside North America) is a 2005 American action spy film directed by Lee Tamahori and a sequel to the 2002 film XXX. It is the second installment of the XXX film series, and was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures.

2022 film directed by Simon Kinberg

2010 film by Brian Levant

2002 film by Robert Rodriguez

1966 film directed by Stanley Donen

2011 film by Robert Rodriguez

2006 film by Geoffrey Sax

2024 film directed by Guy Ritchie

1998 film by Jeremiah S. Chechik

2016 film by Louis Leterrier

2000 film directed by Christian Duguay

1985 film by Guy Hamilton

2023 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

1991 film by William Dear

2002 film by Malcolm D. Lee

1985 film directed by Jeff Kanew

2024 film directed by Pierre Morel

1942 American science fiction film directed by Edwin L. Marin

1998 television film directed by Rod Hardy

1987 film by Andy Sidaris

2014 film directed by Christopher Ray

2025 film directed by Michael Polish

2022 film directed by Grant S. Johnson

2025 film directed by Neil Burger

1988 film by Andy Sidaris

1991 film directed by Andy Sidaris

1985 film by Andy Sidaris

1992 film by Andy Sidaris

1979 American television film directed by Robert Clouse

1986 film by Dwight H. Little

1993 film by Andy Sidaris