
Bridge of Spies
2015 · Movie · PG-13 · 141 min · ★ 7.2 · 86% critics
In the tense early days of the Cold War, an American pilot is captured after a spy mission goes wrong. A New York lawyer is pulled into a high-stakes effort to negotiate a prisoner exchange, traveling to a divided Berlin while balancing public pressure, government demands, and the human cost of diplomacy.
Also known as St. James Place
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-10-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (7,277 votes)
- Box office
- $165,478,348
- Budget
- $40,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a dialogue-driven, suspenseful true-story drama about diplomacy and moral conviction, with steady tension rather than action; Not for you if you dislike slow burns or long negotiations like in Captain Phillips.
Pros: gripping Cold War tension; strong lead performances; easy to follow | Cons: slow pacing at times; long runtime; simple, traditional arc
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- spy
- cold war
- soviet union
- pilot
- based on true story
- lawyer
- american
- courtroom
- russian spy
- legal drama
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2016
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Production Design · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2016 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2016 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew

Tom Hanks
as James B. Donovan

Mark Rylance
as Rudolf Abel

Amy Ryan
as Mary Donovan

Alan Alda
as Thomas Watters Jr.

Sebastian Koch
as Wolfgang Vogel

Austin Stowell
as Francis Gary Powers

Billy Magnussen
as Doug Forrester

Michael Simon Hall
as Reporter

Edward James Hyland
as Chief Justice Earl Warren

Stephen Kunken
as William Tompkins
Directed by Steven Spielberg