Best Spy / Espionage Movies from VHS Era

A hand-picked selection of the greatest spy / espionage films of the VHS era — chosen for standout pacing, personality, and pure rewatch value.

The Hunt for Red October

1990

Elizabeth

1998

Enemy of the State

1998

La Femme Nikita

1990

True Lies

1994

Mission: Impossible

1996

Ronin

1998

Sneakers

1992

GoldenEye

1995

The In-Laws

1979

The Rocketeer

1991

The Professional

1981

Shiri

1999

Don

1978

Clear and Present Danger

1994

Eye of the Needle

1981

Foul Play

1978

To Be or Not to Be

1983

Frantic

1988

White Nights

1985

The Patriots

1994

Police Story 4: First Strike

1996

The Living Daylights

1987

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

For Your Eyes Only

1981

The Assignment

1997

Cloak & Dagger

1984

The Fury

1978

The Siege

1998

The Fourth Protocol

1987

The Russia House

1990

Brothers in Arms

1989

Betrayed

1988

M. Butterfly

1993

Magicians

1982

Outrageous Fortune

1987

U.S. Marshals

1998

Octopussy

1983

Entrapment

1999

The Saint

1997

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986

The Guignolo

1980

K

1997

Gleaming the Cube

1989

Little Nikita

1988

La Cage aux Folles II

1980

The Jackpot!

1991

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987

Gotcha!

1985

Target

1985

The Sea Wolves

1980

Charlie's Angels

2000

The Jackal

1997

The Osterman Weekend

1983

Silent Trigger

1996

A View to a Kill

1985

The Devil's Own

1997

If Looks Could Kill

1991

Murder at 1600

1997

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

1994

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

Death Train

1993

Assassination

1987

The Holcroft Covenant

1985

Britannic

2000

Company Business

1991

Hanky Panky

1982

Shining Through

1992

Eye of the Beholder

1999

The Lady Vanishes

1979

Spider-Man Strikes Back

1978

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

1979

Shadow Conspiracy

1997

The Avengers

1998