Spy Film - Fantasy-oriented Films and Satire

Fantasy-oriented Films and Satire

Some of the popular films with fantasy or satirical elements include:

• My Favorite Spy (1951), Bob Hope in a mistaken-identity comedy.
• James Bond film series, from Goldfinger (1964) to Die Another Day (2002), with the exception of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and For Your Eyes Only (1981).
• Agent 83⁄₄ (1964), British spy comedy with Dirk Bogarde.
• That Man from Rio (1964), French spoof of Bond-type films starring Jean-Paul Belmondo.
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E (1965–1968) 8 spin-off films made from 2-part episodes and added footage.
• The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World (1965), British satire of the James Bond films.
• Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) and Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966) satirize the James Bond films, particularly Goldfinger.
• Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966), originally a television pilot released as a feature film.
• The Man Called Flintstone (1966), feature-length cartoon based on TV series parodies spy films.
• A Man Could Get Killed (1966), mistaken-identity spy spoof with James Garner.
• The Glass Bottom Boat (1966), Doris Day mistaken for a spy; Robert Vaughn cameo as Napoleon Solo.
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), campy Italian spoof of the Bond films.
• Our Man Flint and In Like Flint (1966–1967) with James Coburn as a Bond-like American agent.
• The Matt Helm series starring Dean Martin (1966–1969), serious spy novels "Martinized" into campy spoofs.
• Modesty Blaise (1966), partial satire based on comic strip about sexy female spy.
• The Last of the Secret Agents (1966), Allen & Rossi comedy with Nancy Sinatra
• What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), Woody Allen comedy re-dubs the dialog of a low-budget Japanese spy film.
• Casino Royale (1967 film) campy parody of the James Bond series.
• Fathom (1967), comedic spy caper with Raquel Welch.
• The President's Analyst (1967) counterculture satire of spy films, Cold War politics, etc.
• Deadlier Than the Male (1967) and sequel Some Girls Do (1969), Bulldog Drummond returns as Bond-like hero.
• The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967), tongue-in-cheek yarn with Frankie Avalon and Goldfinger's Shirley Eaton.
• S.O.S. Conspiración Bikini (1967), Mexican answer to James Bond with Julio Alemán as secret agent Alex Dinamo.
• Hammerhead (1968), imitative British Bond knockoff with Vince Edwards.
• Danger Girls aka ¡Peligro...! Mujeres en acción (1969), Mexican spy yarn, sequel to S.O.S. Conspiración Bikini (q.v.).
• The Spy Who Came (1969), soft-core sexploitation parody.
• The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972), French comedic spy caper, followed by The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974)
• The Doll Squad (1973), sexploitation film about a team of female agents directed by Ted V. Mikels.
• Top Secret! (1984), slapstick espionage comedy.
• Spies Like Us (1985), comedy with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd.
• Leonard Part 6 (1987), spy parody bomb starring Bill Cosby.
• Nikita aka La Femme Nikita (1990), French film inspired the Canadian TV series La Femme Nikita (1997–2001)
• If Looks Could Kill (1991), a mistaken-identity comedy.
• Point of No Return (1993) English-language remake of La Femme Nikita with Bridget Fonda.
• True Lies (1994), Arnold Schwarzenegger action-comedy.
• Spy Hard (1996), Leslie Nielsen spoofs James Bond and action films.
• The Rock (1996)
• Mission: Impossible film series (1996–2011), a remake of the TV series.
• Austin Powers series (1997–2002), spoofs '60s films like Casino Royale and the Matt Helm/Derek Flint series.
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997), mistaken-identity comedy with Bill Murray.
• The Saint (1997)
• The xXx film series (2002–2005) with Vin Diesel, Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• Cypher (2002)
• The Agent Cody Banks film series (2003)
• Johnny English (2003), a James Bond spoof with Rowan Atkinson.
• D.E.B.S. (2004), offbeat female-based spy spoof.
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), action-comedy about two undercover assassins.
• Aeon Flux (2005), Charlize Theron spy-fi film based on animated MTV mini-series.
• The Matador (2006), black comedy with former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan.
• OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006); French parody of the OSS series.
• The Spy Kids trilogy 2001–2003
• Stormbreaker (2006), aka Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
• RSTC: Reserve Spy Training Corps (2006)
• Get Smart (2008) comedy based on the popular 1960s spy-spoof TV series.
• Burn After Reading (2008), Coen brothers farce about inept spies and blackmail.
• OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus aka OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009), parody of the OSS series set in 1967.
• Knight and Day (2010)
• Johnny English Reborn (2011), a sequel to the first movie, with a slightly darker tone.