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Plot Summary:
Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he finds himself entangled in a government conspiracy, Jake and his pursuers become convinced that he is an undercover agent.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, satirical, absurd, humorous, slapstick, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, spy comedy, cult classic
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Plot Summary:
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: spoof, humorous, parody, light, suspense, talky, stylized, not serious, funny, witty
Similar in 77%
The In-Laws (2003)
Plot Summary:
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: entertaining, melancholic, humorous, realistic, exciting, not serious, action comedy, grindhouse, fast, buddy comedy
Similar in 78%
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mild-mannered Paul Blart (Kevin James) has always had huge dreams of becoming a State Trooper. Until then, he patrols the local mall as a security guard. With his closely cropped moustache, personal transporter and gung-ho attitude, only Blart seems to take his job seriously. All that changes when a team of thugs raids the mall and takes hostages. Untrained, unarmed and a super-size target, Blart has to become a real cop to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, feel good, hilarious, light, anime, action comedy, cult classic, exciting, realistic
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Plot Summary:
When diabolical genius, Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo’, Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself – with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell – to stop the dastardly plan. Once there, Austin faces off against Dr. Evil's army of minions and saves the world in his own unbelievably groovy way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 245000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, teen sex comedy, funny, satirical, hilarious, cult classic, action comedy, spy comedy, slapstick comedy
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Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Plot Summary:
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe -- '70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 220000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, funny, spoof, not serious, hilarious, satirical, exciting, action comedy, spy comedy
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Undercover Blues (1993)
Plot Summary:
When fun-loving American agents Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime. There's nothing to the dumb story about a deadly arms dealer in the Louisiana Bayou, but you'd be hard put to find a friskier pair of doting parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, entertaining, melancholic, exciting, realistic, spy comedy, smart, colorful
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Plot Summary:
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, absurd, exciting, feel good, witty, funny, satirical, not serious
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Taxi (2004)
Plot Summary:
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hilarious, realistic, not serious, semi serious, funny, exciting, captivating, action comedy, tense, suspense
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The Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Derrick Vann is a man out to get the man who killed his partner but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fidler, a salesman with too many questions and a knack of getting in Vanns way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: funny, intense, action comedy, parody, absurd, witty, hilarious, humorous, entertaining, realistic
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, hilarious, funny, detective, humorous, slapstick, feel good, entertaining, ironic
Similar in 89%
Double Take (2001)
Plot Summary:
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued by a CIA agent, finds his secretary shot dead, and witnesses two cops get killed. He calls the CIA guy who tells him to grab the next train to Mexico. Leaving M.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: intense, humorous, semi serious, action packed, captivating, action comedy, black comedy, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Plot Summary:
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. A host of celebrities at the Academy awards ceremony are humiliated by Frank as he blunders his way trying to foil Rocco.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, hilarious, funny, detective, realistic, slapstick comedy, not serious, slapstick
Similar in 77%
Spy Hard (1996)
Plot Summary:
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with Veronique Ukrinsky, a KGB agent whose father designed the chip. Together they try to locate the evil mastermind's headquarters, where Veronique's father and several other hostages are being held.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous, not serious, spy comedy, witty, hilarious, slapstick comedy
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Plot Summary:
When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 181000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, detective, slapstick, not serious, absurd, light, hilarious
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Taxi 3 (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining, not serious, slapstick, grindhouse, cult classic, hilarious
Similar in 88%
Bulletproof (1996)
Plot Summary:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, buddy comedy, action comedy, light, suspense, intense, perverse
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Showtime (2002)
Plot Summary:
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, melancholic, light, entertaining, exciting, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, action comedy
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A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Plot Summary:
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy, suspense, retro, clever, black comedy, hood
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The Tuxedo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, action comedy, not serious, exciting, funny, action packed, satirical, spy comedy, spoof, cult classic
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The Green Hornet (2011)
Plot Summary:
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, stylized, entertaining, satirical, clever, buddy comedy, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious
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Big Momma's House (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: funny, slapstick, humorous, not serious, hilarious, feel good, romantic, parody, entertaining, black comedy
Similar in 87%
The Nude Bomb (1980)
Plot Summary:
The KAOS organisation has developed a bomb that can dissolve all clothing. Maxwell Smart is brought in to foil this evil plot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, melancholic, satirical, not serious, spy comedy, fast, psychotronic, funny
Similar in 87%
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, light, action comedy, action packed, teen, exciting, stylized, action adventure, sexy, motivational
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
Plot Summary:
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI." But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, Stan, are abducted.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, action comedy, captivating, sweet, teen, parody, realistic, not serious
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: entertaining, stylized, humorous, realistic, not serious, action packed, action adventure, exciting, motivational, heroic
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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
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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
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National Security (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, feel good, action comedy, hilarious, black comedy, light, slapstick
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Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Malcolm Turner goes back undercover as Big Momma, a slick-talking, slam-dunking Southern granny with attitude to spare! Now this granny must play nanny to three dysfunctional upper class kids in order to spy on their computer hacked dad.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, funny, hilarious, teen, slapstick, entertaining, action comedy, black comedy, realistic
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So Undercover (2012)
Plot Summary:
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time Mobster. With several suspects on her list, Molly unexpectedly discovers that not everyone is who they appear to be, including herself.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious, teen, cute, romantic drama, sexy, detective, realistic