Every spy thriller movie streaming on Canal+ in France right now — 11 films ranked by rating, checked against Canal+’s live catalog.
Updated July 2026 · Availability refreshed from Canal+ FR
Directed by Roman Polanski
✦ MovieMuse AI takePolanski transforms memoir-ghostwriting into metaphorical exploration of political secrets and institutional complicity.
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
Directed by Roman Polanski
✦ MovieMuse AI takePolanski transforms historical injustice into psychological espionage—paranoia and institutional betrayal replace traditional spy craft.
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
✦ MovieMuse AI takeAI as invisible adversary infiltrating networks exemplifies contemporary spy thriller's evolution beyond human antagonists.
Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.
Directed by Arantxa Echevarría
✦ MovieMuse AI takeEmbedding an undercover agent within a real terrorist cell creates unbearable tension where identity erosion becomes the true weapon.
Basque Country, Spain, late nineties. A young policewoman manages to infiltrate the ruthless terrorist gang ETA.
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
✦ MovieMuse AI takeComedic incompetence subverts spy thriller conventions while maintaining genuine international intrigue and double-crosses.
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
Directed by Jay Roach
✦ MovieMuse AI takeParody that exposes spy thriller tropes through absurdist excess, proving genre conventions collapse under comedic scrutiny.
When diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo,’ Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself - with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell - to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions to try to save the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
Directed by Jay Roach
✦ MovieMuse AI takeSelf-aware parody dismantles spy thriller conventions through absurdist humor, proving genre tropes are inherently ridiculous.
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.
Directed by John Irvin
✦ MovieMuse AI takeWalken's mercenary cipher embodies the amoral intelligence operative—detached, efficient, ethically vacant.
Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.
Directed by Éric Rochant
✦ MovieMuse AI takeRomance sabotages espionage tradecraft; emotional compromise becomes the operative's fatal vulnerability.
An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman who works as a trader in a Russian bank.
Directed by Gerardo Herrero
✦ MovieMuse AI takeCompeting intelligence agencies collide in contested territory, weaponizing cultural identity and allegiance ambiguity.
An enigmatic international spy in the service of Russia and a Spanish agent of Moroccan origin working for Europol coincide in the Syrian city of Raqqa, an enclave of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS). Both, despite being on opposite sides, have a common goal, to locate the whereabouts of one of the main leaders of the Jihad, known as The Jordan, to facilitate his elimination and precipitate the fall of the organization. In an atmosphere of mutual distrust, both will have to evade dangers, from summary executions to women sold into slavery.
Directed by Aku Louhimies
✦ MovieMuse AI takeCrisis simulation forces improvised counter-intelligence under impossible time pressure with minimal information.
The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.
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