Alternate versions

Doug Liman re-cut the film for a "2018 director's cut" that runs about six minutes longer.

According to Decider.com, the changes in the 2018 director's cut are: -The new version runs 1 hour and 54 minutes to the original's 1 hour and 48 minutes

• The Director's Cut shows Plame leading a quiet raid on a shipping facility in order to intercept a detonator
• A scene where Wilson expresses his frustration and fear that he can't know where Plame is being sent or whether she's okay
• A short scene airs after a clip of Bush giving his State of the Union speech where he alluded to Iraq's use of uranium, where we see Iraq at dusk, peaceful, before the U.S. shock-and-awe bombing began
• An extended scene between Plame and her friend Diana (Brooke Smith) after Plame's cover has been blown
• An extension of a scene where Plame and Wilson argue in their kitchen
• A scene where Joe is harassed at a restaurant and he yells back at the woman is trimmed up a bit
• A closing montage of Wilson speaking at various college lectures is re-edited
• The final scene of Naomi Watts as Plame testifying before Congress has been swapped for different shots
• The postscript: "In 2018 President Trump gave Libby a full pardon."

Doug Liman re-cut the movie for Netflix, with Bill Pohlad's permission, to include Trump's pardon of Lewis Libby (Scooter Libby).He also recut the film several years after its initial release to tone down Sean Penn's performance. Penn was working through a lot of issues in his personal life (he was in the midst of divorcing Robin Wright) and was very unhappy with his performance in the film.