The Top Ten List

My Top Ten C.I.A. Movies:

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Welcome to The Top Ten List!

To commemorate the Featured Film Blog for the month of May, Argo, I have gathered My Top Ten C.I.A. Movies! If you’re looking for the best C.I.A. film, you came to the right place, have a look at my favorite movies that involve the C.I.A.!

Directed by Phillip Noyce, Screenplay by John Milius, Donald E. Stewart, and Steven Zaillian, Based on "Clear and Present Danger" by Tom Clancy, Produced by Mace Neufeld, and Robert Rehme, Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, with Cinematography by Donald McAlpine, Edited by Neil Travis, with Music by James Horner, Production companies: Paramount Pictures, and Mace Neufeld Productions, Distributed by Paramount Pictures (1994)
Directed by Sydney Pollack, Screenplay by Lorenzo Semple Jr., and David Rayfiel, Based on "Six Days of the Condor" by James Grady, Produced by Stanley Schneider, Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, with Cinematography by Owen Roizman, and Edited by Don Guidice, and Fredric Steinkamp (supervising), with Music by Dave Grusin, Production company: Dino De Laurentiis Corporation, Distributed by Paramount Pictures (1975)
Directed by Ridley Scott, Screenplay by William Monahan, Based on "Body of Lies" by David Ignatius, Produced by Ridley Scott, and Donald De Line, Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Simon McBurney, with Cinematography by Alexander Witt, and Edited by Pietro Scalia, with Music by Marc Streitenfeld, Production companies: Scott Free Productions, and De Line Pictures, Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (2008)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen, Produced by Marc Platt, Steven Spielberg, and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, with Cinematography by Janusz Kamiński, and Edited by Michael Kahn, with Music by Thomas Newman, Production companies: DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Afterworks Limited, Studio Babelsberg, Amblin Entertainment, Marc Platt Productions, Participant Media, Fox 2000 Pictures, Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (United States and Canada), 20th Century Fox (International) (2015)
Directed by Robert De Niro, Written by Eric Roth, Produced by James G. Robinson, Jane Rosenthal, and Robert De Niro, Starring: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Keir Dullea, Martina Gedeck, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Lee Pace, Eddie Redmayne, John Sessions, Oleg Stefan, John Turturro, Robert De Niro, with Cinematography by Robert Richardson, and Edited by Tariq Anwar, Music by Bruce Fowler, and Marcelo Zarvos, Production companies: Morgan Creek Productions, TriBeCa Productions, and American Zoetrope, Distributed by Universal Pictures (North America and select international territories), and Morgan Creek International (International) (2006)
Directed by Tomas Alfredson, Written by Bridget O'Connor, and Peter Straughan, Based on "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" by John le Carré, Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo, and Peter Morgan, Starring: Gary Oldman, Kathy Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Stephen Graham, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Simon McBurney, and Mark Strong, with Cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema, and Edited by Dino Jonsäter, with Music by Alberto Iglesias, Production companies: StudioCanal, Karla Films, Paradis Films, Kinowelt Filmproduktion, and Working Title Films, Distributed by StudioCanal (2011)
Directed by Stephen Gaghan, Screenplay by Stephen Gaghan, Based on "See No Evil" by Robert Baer, Produced by Jennifer Fox, Michael Nozik, and Georgia Kacandes, Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Chris Cooper, William Hurt, Mazhar Munir, Tim Blake Nelson, Amanda Peet, Christopher Plummer, Alexander Siddig, with Cinematography by Robert Elswit, and Edited by Tim Squyres, with Music by Alexandre Desplat, Production companies: Participant Productions, Section Eight Productions, and Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (2005)
Directed by Doug Liman, Screenplay by Tony Gilroy, and William Blake Herron, Based on "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum, Produced by Doug Liman, Patrick Crowley, and Richard N. Gladstein, Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, with Cinematography by Oliver Wood, and Edited by Saar Klein, with Music by John Powell, Production companies: Universal Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall, and Hypnotic Productions, and Distributed by Universal Pictures (2002)
Zero Dark Thirty, starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Édgar Ramírez, and James Gandolfini; directed by Kathryn Bigelow; written by Mark Boal and produced by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, and Megan Ellison for Columbia Pictures, First Light Productions, and Annapurna Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing (the United States and Japan), and Panorama Media (International) (2012)
  • 1. Argo (2012)
Directed by Ben Affleck, Screenplay by Chris Terrio Based on "The Master of Disguise" by Antonio J. Mendez, and "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman, Produced by Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov, Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, with Cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto, and Edited by William Goldenberg, with Music by Alexandre Desplat, Production companies: GK Films, and Smokehouse Pictures, and Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. (2012)

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten C.I.A. Movies! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

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