5 For: Body of Lies (2008) – Spies, Beards, and Edge-of-Your-Seat Thrillers

The Machine wrests control of the list and serves up five films that echo, challenge, or outshine Body of Lies (2008). From Cold War shadows to desert firefights, these movies test the limits of trust, tension, and espionage on screen.

• A black-and-white classic spy story with Richard Burton and moral fallout

• The beard-to-weight Oscar conspiracy of Syriana

• Why Spielberg’s Munich lingers longer than expected

• The controversy, urgency, and Jessica Chastain of Zero Dark Thirty

• Sicario and the Fox News uncle tightrope — plus a Daniel Craig sidebar

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