Spy films based on actual events

2012 film directed by Ben Affleck

2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2007 film directed by Mike Nichols

2006 film by Paul Verhoeven

2016 film by Robert Zemeckis

2024 film directed by Guy Ritchie

2010 film directed by Doug Liman

1993 film by David Cronenberg

1985 film by John Schlesinger

2000 television film

2007 film by Billy Ray

2018 film directed by Ben Lewin

Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It was produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar, under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Gaurav Gera, and Danish Pandor alongside several supporting actors. The first instalment of a duology, it centres on a high-stakes covert counter-terrorism operation. The film follows an undercover Indian intelligence agent who infiltrates Karachi's

2016 South Korean film by Lee Jae-han

1939 film by Anatole Litvak

Dhurandhar: The Revenge, also referred as Dhurandhar 2, is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language spy action-thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Dhar, Lokesh Dhar, and Jyoti Deshpande under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. It is a sequel to the 2025 film Dhurandhar and the final installment of a duology. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Gaurav Gera, Danish Pandor, and Manav Gohil, with several actors reprising their roles from the first film. It follows an undercover Indian intelligence agent who continues to infiltrate Karachi's criminal syndicates and Pakistani politics while avenging the 26/11 attacks and confronting larger threats.

1961 film by Yves Ciampi

1990 film by Shin Sang-ok

2004 film by Marek Kanievska

1927 film by Friedrich Feher

2023 film directed by Nikolai Lebedev

1951 film by Lesley Selander

1950 film by Herbert Wilcox