A spy is a person engaged in espionage, obtaining information that is considered secret or confidential. Spy or The Spy may also refer to: Books and magazines The Spy (Cooper novel), an 1821 novel by James Fenimore Cooper The Life of a Useless Man also known as The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man, a 1908 novel by Maxim Gorky The Spy, a 1920 novel by Upton Sinclair The Spy (Cussler novel), a 2010 novel by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott The Spy, a 2016 novel by Paulo Coelho The Spy (periodical by James Hogg), 1810-1811 Spy, a novel in the Alex Hawke series by Ted Bell Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America Spy (magazine), a satirical monthly Film An English translation of the title for Spione, the 1928 silent film by Fritz Lang The Spy (1914 film), a 1914 American film directed by Otis Turner The Spy (1917 American film), a 1917 film released shortly after the United States entered World War I The Spy (1917 German film), directed by Karl Heiland and starring Conrad Veidt The Spy (1931 film), a 1931 film directed by Berthold Viertel The Spy (1964 film), a 1964 Egyptian film with Rufino Inglés The Spy, a 1999 South Korean film directed by Jang Jin The Spy (2012 South Korean film), a 2012 South Korean film directed by Woo Min-ho The Spy (2012 Russian film), a 2012 Russian dieselpunk spy film The Spy: Undercover Operation, a 2013 South Korean film directed by Lee Seung-joon Spy (2015 film), a comedy starring Melissa McCarthy S*P*Y*S, a 1974 comedy film Finance SPY - the ticker symbol for the SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF, an exchange-traded fund that trades on the NYSE. Television Spy (2004 TV series), a British reality series that premiered on BBC3 in 2004 Spy (2011 TV series), a British comedy series that premiered on Sky1 and Hulu in 2011 Spy (2015 TV series), a South Korean action series, also stylised as SPY The Spy (TV series), a 2019 web television miniseries based on the life of Israel's top Mossad spy Eli Cohen Music S.P.Y (born 1976), a London-based Drum and Bass producer/DJ Spys (band), a New York band Albums Spy (Carly Simon album), 1979 Songs "The Spy", a song on Morrison Hotel, a 1970 album by the Doors "Spy", a song by They Might Be Giants from the