India Synopsis
“In the shadow of war, one man showed the world what we stood 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.
Audience Engagement
6,421 audience reviews — more than 100% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Bridge of Spies. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Thriller + Drama in India
149 India titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Bridge of Spies itself).
Other Titles From TSG Entertainment
The 2014–2016 India Window
Bridge of Spies holds position #55 of 282 India films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Bridge of Spies premiered alongside 94 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 21m runtime, production spent $284K per minute on screen and earned $1.2M per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2015.
The 1212th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Bridge of Spies, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cold war · 5
- legal drama · 5
- american · 3
- soviet union · 2
- russian spy · 1
- cia · 12
- courtroom · 11
- pilot · 9
- spy · 46
- lawyer · 31
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #348 of 1,983 India films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Thriller productions specifically: #73 of 482 (top 15%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | India, United States of America, Germany |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | Russian, English, German |
| Production Companies | TSG Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg, Fox 2000 Pictures, Marc Platt Productions |
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Release Date | October 15, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt3682448 |