There are some jobs that just beg for the cinematic treatment: detectives, immortal warrior mercenaries, plumbers. You can add spies to that list; over the 100 or so years that we’ve been running moving images through a projector, many more hundreds of films and television series have featured the world-saving antics of secret agents. From James Bond and Jason Bourne to Jack Bauer and plenty of other operatives with different initials, spies have become a defining feature of Hollywood.

All that history means you’ve got quite a few different titles to choose from if you’re in the mood for a Spy Show Saturday. Whether you’re in the mood for a hard-hitting action movie or a high-flying heist series, you’ve come to the right place. From spies who fight with their fists to those who use their wits...