The Top 50 Spy Films of the 1980s

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The Top 50 Spy Films of the 1980s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
Ranking
1340 Top Secret! 1984 Jim Abrahams PG -
2150 For Your Eyes Only 1981 John Glen PG -
2475 Spies Like Us 1985 John Landis PG -
2595 The Living Daylights 1987 John Glen PG -
3048 Licence to Kill 1989 John Glen PG13 -
3242 Hopscotch 1980 Ronald Neame R -
3282 The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 John Schlesinger R -
3292 Octopussy 1983 John Glen PG -
3648 Never Say Never Again 1983 Irvin Kershner PG -
3818 A View to a Kill 1985 John Glen PG -
3838 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 1985 Guy Hamilton PG13 -
4082 Eye of the Needle 1981 Richard Marquand R -
5105 Firefox 1982 Clint Eastwood PG -
5974 Gotcha! 1985 Jeff Kanew PG13 -
7767 The Osterman Weekend 1983 Sam Peckinpah R -
7828 Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986 Penny Marshall R -
8534 Golgo 13 1983 Osamu Dezaki NR -
8565 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 Clive Donner NR -
8749 Little Nikita 1988 Richard Benjamin PG -
8857 The Fourth Protocol 1987 John Mackenzie R -
9286 Outrageous Fortune 1987 Arthur Hiller R -
9689 Another Country 1984 Marek Kanievska PG -
9715 Invasion U.S.A. 1985 Joseph Zito R -
10468 The Bourne Identity 1988 Roger Young NR -
11307 Real Men 1987 Dennis Feldman PG13 -
12237 Condorman 1981 Charles Jarrott PG -
12260 The Sea Wolves 1980 Andrew V. McLaglen PG -
12760 Target 1985 Arthur Penn R -
12982 Smiley's People 1982 Simon Langton NR -
13779 Hard Ticket to Hawaii 1987 Andy Sidaris R -
13945 ffolkes 1980 Andrew V. McLaglen PG -
14000 The Little Drummer Girl 1984 George Roy Hill R -
15401 Defense of the Realm 1986 David Drury PG -
16900 The Experts 1989 Dave Thomas PG13 -
18229 The Soldier 1982 James Glickenhaus R -
18374 Daniel 1984 Sidney Lumet R -
18458 Go for It 1983 Enzo Barboni NR -
22617 The Whistle Blower 1987 Simon Langton PG -
22624 Get Smart, Again! 1989 Gary Nelson NR -
23579 For Your Height Only 1981 Eddie Nicart NR -
24716 Never Too Young to Die 1986 Gil Bettman R -
25347 Code Name: Emerald 1985 Jonathan Sanger PG -
26149 Black Eagle 1988 Eric Karson R -
27102 Trenchcoat 1983 Michael Tuchner PG -
27116 Enigma 1982 Jeannot Szwarc PG -
27623 Who Dares Wins 1982 Ian Sharp R -
27766 Best Defense 1984 Willard Huyck NR -
30947 The Amateur 1981 Charles Jarrott R -
33757 The Man Who Wasn't There 1983 Bruce Malmuth R -
35602 The Retrievers 1982 Elliot Hong R -

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