Collider has published a ranked list of the ten best spy films from the 1960s, framing the genre's boom as a product of Cold War anxieties about espionage operating behind the scenes of a conflict fought largely without conventional armies. The list spans two entries visible in the extracted text, ranked from tenth to ninth place, with the full ranking of ten films promised across the piece.

– No. 10 – "Thunderball" (1966): the fourth Bond film and fourth featuring Sean Connery, noted for its aquatic, tropical setting and shark scenes, though ranked below three other Connery-era Bond films.
– No. 9 – "Funeral in Berlin" (1966): a Michael Caine vehicle and sequel to "The Ipcress File" (1965), featuring Caine's recurring Harry Palmer character in a more grounded, less flashy espionage story than Bond.