In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stand for.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Directed bySteven Spielberg
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- October 15, 2015
- Budget
- $40,000,000
- Revenue
- $165,478,348
Watch the
Trailers & teasers
Featuring
Cast & crew
Tom Hanks
James B. Donovan
Mark Rylance
Rudolf Abel
Amy Ryan
Mary Donovan
Alan Alda
Thomas Watters Jr.
Sebastian Koch
Wolfgang Vogel
Austin Stowell
Francis Gary Powers
Billy Magnussen
Doug Forrester
Michael Simon Hall
Reporter
Edward James Hyland
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Stephen Kunken
William Tompkins
- Directed by
- Steven Spielberg
- Written by
- Joel Coen
Ethan Coen
- Produced by
- Kristie Macosko Krieger
Marc Platt
Keep watching
More like this
6.9Pearl Harbor
2001 · Film
6.4Diamonds Are Forever
1971 · Film
7.2The Travelling Players
1975 · Film
6.8The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · Film
7.7Manhattan
1979 · Film
5.2The Worst Man in London
2024 · Film
6.3Little Pink House
2018 · Film
5.5Spy Story
1976 · Film
6.0I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943 · Film
6.9Mafia
2002 · Film
Zanatany, when soulless shrouds whisper
2024 · Film
7.2The Assassin(s)
2026 · Film
7.7Primal Fear
1996 · Film
7.3Cape Fear
1991 · Film
6.2Hitman
2007 · Film
7.1Brubaker
1980 · Film
7.6Beautiful Boy
2018 · Film
Crisis At Dawn
2025 · Film
7.9The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 · Film
Picked for you
Recommended movies
7.0The Courier
2020 · Film
6.9The Amateur
2025 · Film
6.4The Falcon and the Snowman
1985 · Film
7.3Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Film
6.1Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 · Film
6.0Topaz
1969 · Film
6.6Breach
2007 · Film
6.4The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Film
6.6Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Film
6.9Fail Safe
2000 · Film
7.4The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Film
7.1The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Film
5.9The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Film
6.5Fair Game
2010 · Film
6.0Little Nikita
1988 · Film
5.9The House on Carroll Street
1988 · Film
7.1WarGames
1983 · Film
6.3The Deadly Affair
1967 · Film
6.6The Pelican Brief
1993 · Film
7.2Tenet
2020 · Film