Movie Substrate · Film

Spy (2015)

★ 6.8 · 6,378 ratings on TMDB

She's a risk they had to take.

Spy poster★ 6.8

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

DirectorPaul Feig
CastAllison Janney, Bobby Cannavale, Jason Statham, Jude Law, Melissa McCarthy, Miranda Hart
GenresAction, Comedy, Crime
The emergence reading

Spy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

zero-distanceUS
Explore Movie Substrate → Where to watch ↗ TMDB ↗ Rotten Tomatoes ↗ Ask about this film → Reading look wrong? → Copy link

Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

Ant-Man (2015)E8/E11Batman Begins (2005)E8/E11The Truman Show (1998)E8/E11Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)E8/E11Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)E8/E11Iron Man 3 (2013)E8/E11

Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

Dragnet (1987)E9/E10 · Action, ComedyBlacKkKlansman (2018)E9/E10 · Comedy, CrimeThe Interview (2014)E9/E12 · Action, ComedyWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)E9/E10 · Comedy, CrimeIron Sky (2012)E12/E14 · Action, ComedySahara (2005)E14 · Action, Comedy

Same people

Shared director or cast.

Bridesmaids (2011)dir. Paul FeigThe Heat (2013)dir. Paul FeigGhostbusters (2016)dir. Paul FeigI, Tonya (2017)Allison JanneyParker (2013)Bobby CannavaleAnnie (2014)Bobby Cannavale