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1980s Spy Movies

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Licence to Kill(1989)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 13min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 874 votes)

After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.

For Your Eyes Only(1981)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 841 votes)

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

Octopussy(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 11min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 818 votes)

James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.

Tango & Cash(1989)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 44min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 798 votes)

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.

Never Say Never Again(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 14min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 653 votes)

James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge.

A View to a Kill(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 11min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 837 votes)

A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

The Living Daylights(1987)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 10min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 800 votes)

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

No Way Out(1987)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 274 votes)

Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

Little Nikita(1988)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 38min | Drama, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 47 votes)

Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to extort the Soviets; to prove he's serious, he's killing their agents one by one, including "sleepers," agents under deep cover awaiting orders. Roy interviews a high school lad, Jeff Grant, an applicant to the Air Force Academy. In a routine background check, Roy discovers that Jeff's parents are sleepers. He must see if Jeff is also a spy, confront the parents yet protect them, and catch his nemesis. Meanwhile, the Soviets have sent their own spy-catcher, the loner Karpov, to reel in Scuba. Alliances shift; it's cat and mouse.

Cloak & Dagger(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 41min | Adventure, Action, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 60 votes)

11-year-old Davey's mother is dead and his father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent. When he accidentally comes into possession of a spy group's secret plans, and winds up on the run from them, he must learn to rely on himself and his imaginary pal to save his skin. But, in the end, Dad proves to be his real hero.

The Osterman Weekend(1983)

1h 43min | Action, Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 67 votes)

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.

The Soldier(1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Action
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

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Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman(1987)

4.0/5 (with 18 votes)

Ten years after his retirement from the government, Colonel Steve Austin must again team up with Jaime Sommers to stop a terrorist group. Complicating matters for Austin are his estranged son Michael, who struggles for his father's acceptance as he graduates from flight school, and Jaime, who must cope with her and Steve's past. When Michael is severely injured in a crash, Steve must make the same decision about fitting him with bionics that he had to make with Jaime years ago after her accident.

Directed by Ray Austin

Windmills of the Gods(1988)

2h per episode
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

When Mary Ashley is approached to become ambassador of the United States of America in Romania she does not take the offer because her husband does not want to give up his well-going doctor's office. Shortly afterward Dr. Edward Ashley gets killed in a car accident. After this Mary Ashley reconsiders the offer and finally accepts. Arrived in Romania she is confronted with a complex plot in which the American President's current plans to improve relations between the US and communist countries shall be sabotaged.

Directed by Lee Philips - With Jaclyn Smith

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman(1989)

3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

The Bionic Woman and the Six-Million-Dollar Man reunite--with a few younger bionic assistants--and try to catch a bionic spy.

Directed by Alan J. Levi

TASS Is Authorized to Declare...(1984)

3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

The struggle of Soviet and American intelligence agencies during the Cold War era

Lassiter(1984)

1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
2.6/5 (with 13 votes)

Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.

Final Victory(1987)

3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Shy and timid Hung is asked by his jailbird brother to look after his mistress and his unsuspecting wife. Chaos and many hilarious situations arise when Hung is caught between the two women.

Directed by Patrick Tam - With Chen Jing, Eric Tsang, Tsui Hark, Dennis Chan

Vikram(1986)

3.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Vikram, a cop who is mourning the death of his wife, is assigned to retrieve a missile. He is aided by a highly educated engineer Preethi, who holds the knowledge to disarm the weapon, in his mission.

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair(1983)

2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty.

Colonel Redl(1985)

2h 12min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 21 votes)

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

Cyclone(1987)

1h 29min | Action, Thriller
2.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns. Rick meets his fate and it is up to his girlfriend Teri to keep the Cyclone from falling into the wrong hands. Teri can trust no one but herself.

Code Name: Emerald(1985)

1h 35min | Action, Drama, War
3.3/5 (with 6 votes)

In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlords' were the few Allied agents who knew the details of the operation. When one them is captured by the Germans, a double agent must infiltrate occupied Paris, with the help of a high level German officer and the French resistance.

The Trouble with Spies(1987)

1h 31min | Comedy, Adventure, Action
2.0/5 (with 5 votes)

George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.

Directed by Burt Kennedy - With Donald Sutherland

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert(1980)

2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal and blackmailer Cesare Magnasco.

Directed by Robert Lewis

Steal the Sky(1988)

2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An Israeli agent entices an Iraqi jet pilot to defect with his MIG fighter.

The Bourne Identity(1988)

3h 5min | Thriller, Action, Drama
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing...he does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why the access code for an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he seeks his own identity, things quickly become dangerous. There are attempts to kill him, he is well known in first class hotels across Europe, and worst of all, there are strange similarities between his memories and reported actions of the notorious terrorist, Carlos the Jackal.

Among Wolves(1985)

1h 45min | Action, Crime, Drama, War
1.3/5 (with 2 votes)

An American general with highly confidential defence information has been kidnapped by terrorists and is being held in a cliff-top fortress in the Mediterranean.

Running Scared(1980)

1h 36min | Drama, Action, Adventure
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

It's 1961. Two servicemen smuggle a box of military gear to USA. Leroy tries out a military camera and accidentally takes a picture of some military facilities. Army finds one of the pictures and thinks they're communist spies.

Directed by Paul Glickler - With Ken Wahl, Judge Reinhold, Annie McEnroe, Bradford Dillman, John Saxon, Pat Hingle, ...
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