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Dr. Strangelove
1964 British satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Independence Day
1996 film directed by Roland Emmerich
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 superhero film by Christopher Nolan
GoldenEye
GoldenEye is a 1995 action spy film, the seventeenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Directed by Martin Campbell, it was the first in the series not to use any story elements from the works of novelist Ian Fleming. GoldenEye was also the first James Bond film not produced by Albert R. Broccoli, following his stepping down from Eon Productions and replacement by his daughter, Barbara Broccoli (along with Michael G. Wilson, although Broccoli was still involved as a consultant producer; it was his fi
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 film directed by Jonathan Mostow
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2016 film directed by Zack Snyder
Goldfinger
1964 film by Guy Hamilton
The World Is Not Enough
1999 film by Michael Apted
Angels & Demons
2009 film directed by Ron Howard
Thunderball
1965 film by Terence Young
Diamonds Are Forever
1971 film by Guy Hamilton
The Fate of the Furious
2017 film directed by F. Gary Gray
Armageddon
1998 film directed by Michael Bay
Octopussy
Octopussy is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth to star Roger Moore as the MI6 agent James Bond and the second to be directed by John Glen. The screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson.
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 film directed by Bryan Singer
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 film by Lewis Gilbert
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2018 film by Christopher McQuarrie
Superman
1978 film by Richard Donner
The Iron Giant
1999 film by Brad Bird
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
2011 film directed by Brad Bird
The Expendables 2
2012 film directed by Simon West
Never Say Never Again
1983 film by Irvin Kershner
For Your Eyes Only
1981 film by John Glen
Hulk
2003 film directed by Ang Lee
Wonder Woman 1984
2020 film directed by Patty Jenkins
Godzilla
2014 film directed by Gareth Edwards
True Lies
1994 film by James Cameron
Godzilla
1954 film directed by Ishirō Honda
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
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.
Notorious
1946 film by Alfred Hitchcock
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 film directed by Michael Dougherty
Casino Royale
1967 James Bond spy comedy film
A Good Day to Die Hard
2013 film directed by John Moore
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 film directed by Guy Ritchie
Salt
2010 film directed by Phillip Noyce
White House Down
2013 film directed by Roland Emmerich
Olympus Has Fallen
2013 film directed by Antoine Fuqua
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013 film by Jon M. Chu
Get Smart
2008 film by Peter Segal
WarGames
WarGames is a 1983 American techno-thriller film directed by John Badham, written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, and starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Broderick plays David Lightman, a young computer hacker who unwittingly accesses a United States military supercomputer programmed to simulate, predict and execute nuclear war against the Soviet Union, triggering a false alarm that threatens to start World War III. Martin Brest was originally the film's director, but was fired early into production.
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016 film directed by Roland Emmerich
Under Siege
1992 film by Andrew Davis
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 US science fiction horror film directed by Robert Wise
Crimson Tide
1995 film by Tony Scott
RED 2
2013 film by Dean Parisot
The Sum of All Fears
2002 film by Phil Alden Robinson
Broken Arrow
1996 film directed by John Woo
Space Cowboys
2000 film by Clint Eastwood
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 film directed by Sidney J. Furie
Battlefield Earth
2000 film directed by Roger Christian
Thirteen Days
2000 film directed by Roger Donaldson
Iron Sky
2012 science-fiction comedy film by Timo Vuorensola
The Peacemaker
1997 film directed by Mimi Leder
The War of the Worlds
1953 film directed by Byron Haskin
The Day After
1983 film directed by Nicholas Meyer
Expend4bles
Expend4bles (also known as The Expendables 4) is a 2023 American action film a sequel to The Expendables 3 (2014) and the fourth installment in The Expendables franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture and Andy Garcia. It was directed by Scott Waugh and written by Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart and Max D. Adams.
Stealth
2005 film by Rob Cohen
Fail-Safe
1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet
First Strike
1996 film by Stanley Tong
Rhapsody in August
1991 film by Akira Kurosawa