Best movies like Mrs. Pollifax-Spy
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies like Mrs. Pollifax-Spy? Offer your expertise to steer others to tv series and films you've already watched that might appeal to them also. Support expanding the assembly of people recommending videos to one another. We encourage your participation!
Plot Summary:
Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971) is a comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Rosalind Russell and Darren McGavin, and released by United Artists. This was Russell's last theatrical film role, with one TV movie in 1972. Russell adapted the novel The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, written by Dorothy Gilman under the pseudonym C. A. McKnight.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, hilarious, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971):
Similar in 82%
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
Plot Summary:
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, feel good, humorous, semi serious, spoof, parody
Similar in 83%
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
Plot Summary:
A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, sitcom, semi serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, parody
Similar in 84%
Masquerade (1965)
Plot Summary:
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, eurospy
Similar in 79%
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)
Plot Summary:
Dewey (Tim Conway) and Wallace (Chuck McCann) are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, slapstick, exciting, parody, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious
Similar in 77%
Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
Plot Summary:
A young man travels to Prague for his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 908
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, political thriller, spy comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, spoof, eurospy, comic
Similar in 75%
Don't Drink the Water (1969)
Plot Summary:
The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 962
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, sitcom
Similar in 82%
The Delta Factor (1970)
Plot Summary:
Action-packed espionage thriller based on a book by Mickey Spillane. A man who has been framed for a large-scale robbery escapes from prison, but is caught and given a choice between returning behind bars and working for the CIA. He is enlisted to rescue a scientist from a dictator-run island, disguised as a drug dealer with another agent posing as his wife, while simultaneously plotting to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
Driving Me Crazy (1991)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
Similar in 80%
Treehouse Hostage (1999)
Plot Summary:
Timmy Taylor and his two friends, Stevie and Buddy capture escaped convict Carl Banks (Jim Varney) and hold him hostage in their treehouse over the weekend so that Timmy can use Carl as his current event project at school on Monday. The boys then find that Carl is mixed up in a counterfeiting ring that could spell trouble for them too.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 703
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: epic, independent film, exciting, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 88%
Hopscotch (1980)
Plot Summary:
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, fast, independent film, exciting, funny
Similar in 84%
Go for It (1983)
Plot Summary:
Mason is driving a truck when he takes on his lorry Rosco a hitchhiker. Traffic police stop them for a control but they are confused for two robbers. They manage to escape in a very strange way from this situation, but just to fall in a worse one. They run to the airport trying to take the first flight available. The couple not only succeeds to have a free flight to Miami but someone give them a bag full of million dollars. Later Rosco and Mason will understand that this time they were confused for two secret agents but it is too late, now they are too deeply involved in the situation. Obviously a funny situation.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, fast, road movie, independent film, spoof
Similar in 79%
Redboy 13 (1997)
Plot Summary:
A minor masterpiece of the surreal--Austin Chronicle__Redboy 13 is a cold war movie spoof with a Jame Bondian atmosphere. Roy Brown plays Redboy 13, an adolescent agent called from retirement for one last assignment. Evil is up to its old tricks in the form of a wheelchair bound Neo Nazi.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, fast, cult film
Similar in 86%
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
Plot Summary:
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London cabby. Throw in two(!) lovely blondes, treachery, and a battle for life and honour, and enjoy life at its zaniest.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Similar in 75%
The Jackpot! (1991)
Plot Summary:
To his family, François Voisin is nothing more than a humdrum civil servant. In truth, for the past twenty years he has been working as a secret agent. All goes well until circumstances put his secret in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, cult film
Similar in 89%
Fathom (1967)
Plot Summary:
While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, grindhouse, exciting, parody, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 82%
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the Headquarters of the T.I.A. (Terminal Intelligence Agency), someone has stolen Professor Bacterio's most dangerous invention, the D.O.T. (Demoralizer of Troops), an artifact that ends up in the hands of a very short, wacky dictator who is ready to use it for criminal purposes. The T.I.A Chief, though, is firm in his resolve: if he wants to get the D.O.T. back, he must NOT count on his agents Mortadelo & Filemon. But when the crime fighting duo discover that the T.I.A. has engaged a cocky and slimy detective from outside the agency, they decide to act at their own risk, even if that risk involves all of Humanity.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, parody, humorous, witty, not serious, surreal, spoof, spy comedy, slapstick, stylized
Similar in 75%
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
Plot Summary:
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance, after encountering one another in a train station.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, iconic
Similar in 82%
One Spy Too Many (1966)
Plot Summary:
The men from U.N.C.L.E." are back! This time Robert Vaughn and David McCallum must stop the meglomanic Alexander (Rip Torn) from committing the world's greatest crimes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, parody, psychotronic, spoof, spy comedy, campy
Similar in 77%
The Wrecking Crew (1968)
Plot Summary:
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, spy comedy, technicolor, cult classic, crime thriller, spoof
Similar in 86%
S*P*Y*S (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spy comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, not serious, spoof
Similar in 88%
The Spy with My Face (1965)
Plot Summary:
Napoleon Solo is captured by Thrush and replaced with a double.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, parody, psychotronic, spoof, eurospy, campy
Similar in 89%
Ring of the Musketeers (1992)
Plot Summary:
Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful, independent film, rough, realistic, spoof, parody
Similar in 76%
Spymate (2003)
Plot Summary:
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating
Similar in 77%
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
Plot Summary:
Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. A retired spy Marissa (Jessica Alba) is thrown back into the action along with her stepchildren when a maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) attempts to take over the world. In order to save the world, Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook) must team up with their hated stepmother. Carmen and Juni have since also grown up and will provide gadgets to them.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, semi serious, spy comedy, satirical, spoof, cult classic, fast, humorous, sexy
Similar in 76%
Spies Like Us (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, suspense, parody, spoof, realistic, not serious, cult classic, hilarious
Similar in 77%
For the Love of Benji (1977)
Plot Summary:
Benji is lost and becomes a stray animal in Athens, Greece, trying to reunite with his family while secret agents pursue him, trying to get a formula which was glued to his paw in order to get it past customs.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, sweet, entertaining, surreal, complex, cult film
Similar in 83%
Condorman (1981)
Plot Summary:
Comic artist and writer Woody performs a simple courier operation for his friend Harry who works for the CIA. But when he successfully fends off hostile agents, he earns the respect of the beautiful Natalia, who requests his assistance for her defection. Woody uses this request as leverage to use the CIA's resources to bring his comic book creation, Condorman, to life to battle the evil Krokov.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: spoof, humorous, spy comedy, cult classic, exciting, feel good, semi serious, fast, parody, psychotronic
Similar in 80%
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Plot Summary:
As a swingin' fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy, baby! But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 253000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, entertaining, absurd, funny, slapstick, hilarious, cult classic, clever
Similar in 89%
Knight and Day (2010)
Plot Summary:
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: romantic, exciting, entertaining, funny, light, sexy, action comedy, not serious, absurd, intense
Similar in 79%
Get Smart (2008)
Plot Summary:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, spoof, action comedy, exciting, not serious, hilarious, feel good, spy comedy