Best Spy & Agent movies of 2010s that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.

Actors : Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Ben Affleck,

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1980.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Judi Dench,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy,
Directors : Tomas Alfredson,

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.

Actors : Mark Rylance, Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Actors : Allen Leech, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Directors : Morten Tyldum,

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Daniel Olbrychski, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Liev Schreiber,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz,
Directors : Sam Mendes,

A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

Actors : Vincent Ebrahim, Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris,
Directors : Robert Zemeckis,

In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Actors : Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.