Since its debut, No Time To Die has received a lot of favourable reviews and box office income. No Time To Die, the 25th instalment in the James Bond series, completes Daniel Craig’s 007 saga. This Bond film unlike anything we’ve ever seen. No Time to Die is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, which is great news for fans because it gives you the option to view the movie at home if you haven’t already. There is a gap in the canon of spy tales since the conclusion of the Craig-era of Bond. Let’s catch up on some of the best spy thrillers in the interim and maintain the pace. The films listed below are the ones you absolutely must watch after No Time to Die.
1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Director- Peter R. Hunt
Teresa “Tracy” Draco gets save from committing suicide by British Agent James Bond 007 while he is on vacation. Her father, Marc-Ange Draco, the leader of a significant criminal organisation, admires Bond and wants him to wed her so that he can protect his daughter. He gives Bond information in return that will help him locate Ernst Stavro Blofeld, his archrival. When the British find out that Blofeld intends to wipe out humanity with a lethal virus. 007 is split between his allegiance to his nation and his desire to marry Tracy. At first, Bond agrees to the agreement just to fulfil his purpose to murder Blofeld. However, over time, he begins to love Tracy.
2. License To Kill (1989)
Director- John Glen
Bond’s comrade Felix Leiter gets brutally murder by drug lord Franz Sanchez. It causes 007 to resign from the British Secret Service and launch a ferocious vendetta against the ruthless killer. Bond won’t be content until Sanchez is vanquish. In order to achieve this goal, he teams up with a stunning pilot and Sanchez’s attractive girlfriend. But as he learns the terrifying amount of his prey’s resources, Bond, now reduced to outlaw status, must fight operatives from both sides of the law. Bond must endure a dangerous boat chase, a fight for control of an out-of-control plane in midair, and an action-packed encounter in the Mexican desert in order to bring Sanchez down.
3. The Rock (1996)
Director- Michael Bay
General Francis X. Hummel, a disillusioned war hero, takes control of the fortified prison island of Alcatraz with the help of a few loyal troops and a crazily audacious plan to unleash lethal chemical warfare on the unprepared residents of San Francisco. The highly decorated military soldier threatens to launch deadly missiles laden with nerve gas until the Pentagon takes him seriously and offers $100 million in restitution to the families of his fallen brothers-in-arms. The destiny of millions now rest in the hands of two unusual allies: Stanley Goodspeed, an uneasy FBI chemist, and John Patrick Mason, a British best ex-spy and former Alcatraz prisoner, who must break into the deserted fortress to foil the general’s intentions. There were numerous attempts to escape this hardy prison, but only one was successful.
4. Casino Royale (2006)
Director- Martin Campbell
In the form of James Bond, the recently appointed double-00 Agent, the British Establishment has a buddy. He has returned with a fury. His objective is to take the ultimate risk and put his life on the line in the arenas of terrorism and the ivory towers of power. He is described as a sparring partner of intelligence and cruelty. The war of wits and cunning will take place in Casino Royale, taking no prisoners and leaving nothing but death in his wake, as it once again takes Bond around the world. When the stakes are highest, this suspenseful adaptation of an Ian Fleming novel is handled with the urgency and intensity that England expects from an action-packed, high-octane film.
5. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Director- Paul Greengrass
Attempting to accidentally reveal Operation Blackbriar, an enhancement to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper pieces, London-based reporter Simon Ross brings Bourne out of hiding once more. Immediately after scheduling a meeting with Ross, Bourne becomes aware that they are being scanned. The reporter’s information triggers fresh memories, forcing Bourne to confront his dark past while eluding The Company’s best efforts to have him eliminated.
6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Director- Tomas Alfredson
After a disastrous operation in Budapest, Hungary, the director of British intelligence, Control, resigns in the early 1970s during the Cold War. It turns out that Control thought one of four senior service members was actually a mole, a Russian agent, and that the Hungary operation was an effort to determine who that person was. Despite being forced into retirement due to Control’s departure, George Smiley is asked by a high government official to look into a mole story that rogue Agent Ricky Tarr told him. In order to discover him, Smiley decides that the failure of the Hungary operation and the ongoing success of Operation Witchcraft are proof of this.
7. Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
Director- Matthew Vaughn
Their quest takes them to the discovery of an allied spy agency in the US named “Statesman,” dating back to the day they were both created, when the Kingsman headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage. These two elite secret organisations team up in a new adventure that will put their operatives’ power and cunning to the test as they battle a vicious common adversary to save the world, something that Gary “Eggsy” Unwin is starting to do on a regular basis.
