Have there been any decent spy/action/thriller movies in recent years? List them here

[Wise_A]

If you include 2015 in "recent years", then Spectre (James Bond). But I suppose for most of us, this movie is obviously decent, if not great. I mention it for completeness.

Spectre is a legitimately good movie, and easily the best of the Daniel Craig Bonds.

Lemme get the list out.

It Comes At Night was a solid 4/5.
If you haven't already, go watch Altered Carbon. It's science fiction and is also a series, but it still works, and is stunning with 4K and HDR. Then check out Umbrella Academy.
Miss Sloane was pretty good. Keep out if easily-offended about politics, although on whole, it's balanced.
Triple Frontier is another solid 4/5 action movie.
War Dogs is great, and I fuckin' hate Miles Teller.
The Outsider is a bit of a hidden gem. It's not great, but it deserves better billing than it gets.
Operation Finale is a superb film.
Midnight Special has an interesting premise: suppose there was a cult with a child messiah, and suppose they were right.
Black Sea: it is a submarine gold heist movie. Done.
You don't have to have watched Breaking Bad to enjoy El Camino.
I Care a Lot was excellent, darkly comedic. Also, Peter Dinklage.

And because this is getting overlong: The Highwaymen, No Escape, Hold the Dark (just when you think it can't get any crazier...). And that's just my Netflix list.

[vcdgrips]

The Narcos series are quite good. If you are a proficient spanish speaker who was once near fluent and/or simply want to get better, they actually help quite a bit over the arc of them all re understanding fairly rapid Spanish in multiple "accents". My son and I will likely watch them to help tune him up for a Mission Trip in 2022.

In that vein, Mar de Plastico (sea of plastic) re murder in a spanish beach town with thousands of "hectares" of semi permanent plastic grow houses is decent as well.

Indeed, I would go as far to say that most of the police/action offerings of Amazon and Netflix are decent enough. I acknowledge my expectations may be low in the High RPM/Low IQ genre.

At the expense of sounding like a PITA broken record-Most Movies are Not Films (any random mob film v. the Godfather) and Most TV show are Not Television Events (any ransom miniseries v. the Wire.)

[43Under]

But it pales in comparison with the old BBC version (6 one-hour episodes) starring Alec Guinness. I have it and the sequel, Smiley's People, on DVD.

I'm trying to think of other recent forays into the OPs requested area. I tried "The Gunman" starring Sean Penn and Javier Bardem, but despite the solid actors the story seemed kinda dumb. Action scenes were okay. Many have described it as "Sean Penn's 'Taken'", i.e. old actor suddenly doing action flicks.

The second Sicario had a great setup and then the story turned into a mess that truly made no sense.

I've been watching Narcos and Narcos: Mexico on Netflix. As long as you're cool with subtitles, they are very well-done (or if you are a fluent Spanish speaker).

I left out "Mile 22". If you can get past Wahlberg chewing all the scenery, it at least has some decent action sequences and some cool gear. The plot's kinda dumb, but no worse than a lot of movies out there. I'll often put this movie on while working out or the like. Mindless action (some hand-to-hand, some shooting, a few explosions, etc.).

[Gadfly]

Some one mentioned “No Escape”. It’s a low budget, and it did not do well at the box office. But it is a solid “oh shit the whole city is out to kill me” action flick. I liked it far more than I expected, or should have. Guy and his family takes a job in a foreign country... and he arrives just in time for a full scale workers revolution, and the workers are out to kill evil foreigners.

https://youtu.be/DOjj07EuO50



Also enjoyed “Siege at Jaddotsville”. It’s about an UN peacekeeping mission in the 60s. Irish held outpost surrounded by French Mercenaries and local rebels. Kind of a modern day Alamo... or Rourkes Drift. Lots of FAL porn.




And Atomic Blond was far better than I expected. It is just a John Wick kind of rehash, but I love the story, the soundtrack, the color palet, the fight scenes....

[Sharkbite]

"Nobody" was excellent.

[Chance]

HBO Max has Warrior now. The second season really its stride and is definitely one of those shows we're going to re-watch periodically. Kieran Bew should have won something for his performance in the second season, but I'm guessing the show trended a little too escapist to be taken seriously.

[Mark D]

Not recent, but Training Day is on Netflix. It's great. Still.

[Guerrero]

Didn't realize it was already 7 years old, but "Captain America: Winter Soldier" is the best techno-thriller to come along in a long time.

[rd62]

I forgot about No Escape. Loved it. As a father having Owen Wilson having to escape and evade with his family had me more on the edge of my seat than with any other movie I can recall.

[LittleLebowski]

I enjoyed The Courier. Based upon Oleg Penkovsky and Greville Wynne.