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Plot Summary:
François Merlin (Belmondo) is a Jean Bruce type writer of pulp espionage novels (he has written 42 so far) and about half of the film plays in his imagination, where he is the world-renowned superspy "Bob Sinclar" Christine is a sociology student who lives in Merlin's building and is interested in the novels, but in the writer's imagination she becomes Tatiana, his paramour, while the pompous and rich publisher of his novels, Pierre Charron, doubles as the great villain of the spy novels, the Albanian secret services head Karpov, who in a memorable scene of the film threatens to cut off one of Tatiana's breasts.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: parody, metafiction, funny, political thriller, satirical, spoof, black comedy, spy comedy, perverse, cult classic
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Forbidden City Cop (1996)
Plot Summary:
Set in Imperial China, Stephen Chiau plays Ling Ling Fat, one of the elite Emperor's guards in the Forbidden City. However unlike his colleagues he doesn't know anything about Kung Fu or other martial-arts, but instead uses his time to make futuristic inventions. So when the emperor is kidnapped and the world most beautiful geisha comes to town Fat has to use his brain to get things done.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, surreal, semi serious, fast, smart, clever, vintage
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, exciting, funny, atmospheric, slasher, manga, anthology
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Animal (1977)
Plot Summary:
Mike (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane (Raquel Welch). On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on. Mike, annoyed doesn't look on the road and crashes the car causing them to end up in a hospital. After they come out Jane doesn't want to talk to Mike so he decides to get her a job in a film in which he is a stunt double for his double who is a star in action pictures but is in fact a wimp.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Operation Kid Brother (1967)
Plot Summary:
The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they engage his civilian brother, Neil, to help. Neil, played by Neil Connery, is a world-class plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: parody, grindhouse, spy comedy, psychedelic, humorous, realistic, not serious, psychotronic, spoof, eurospy
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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
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Licensed to Love and Kill (1979)
Plot Summary:
A British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, independent film, spoof, eurospy
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From the Orient with Fury (1965)
Plot Summary:
A scientist who has invented a weapon capable of disintegrating solid matter is kidnapped by a criminal gang, which intends to sell the scientist and his weapon to the highest bidder. A secret agent and the scientist's daughter set out to track down the kidnappers and rescue the scientist.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, grindhouse, spy comedy, eurospy
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The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Plot Summary:
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anthology, spy comedy, cult classic, spoof, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
Plot Summary:
In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear energy from an element named Spurium,.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, psychotronic, independent film, spoof, eurospy, comic
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No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)
Plot Summary:
No. 1 is fearless, irrestible, and licensed to kill. No. 1 is assigned to capture a madman killing international financiers. Before getting the bad guy, No. 1 encounters mercenaries from the evil organization K.R.A.S.H. (Killing, Rape, Arson, Slaughter, and Hit).
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 239
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, independent film, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious, fast, eurospy
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If Looks Could Kill (1991)
Plot Summary:
Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, spoof, parody, funny, sex comedy, action comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974)
Plot Summary:
With 'little captain' Cambrai raising serious doubts about the reality of the so-called "super spy", Colonel Toulouse kidnaps Christine and forces Francois to play again the character of "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" in some fake adventures. All this to stop the investigation into the death of Colonel Milan.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spy comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, eurospy, cult film
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French Spies (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ben and Bill are the two worst, completely useless agents - real losers. But who else would you send on a super-difficult top-secret mission? The French have just sold a new high-power M51 rocket to the Russians for crazy money. Unfortunately for them, the rocket was hijacked before they could get it of their hands. However, not just any fool is up to neutralizing this threat, but only the craziest and most stupid of them can cope with such a task.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, fast, spoof
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
Plot Summary:
French top secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, is sent to Rio to buy microfilms from a running nazi. To do so, he has to team up with Mossad secret services.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, not serious, spoof, spy comedy, entertaining, parody, witty, eurospy, microfilm
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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
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L'opération Corned Beef (1991)
Plot Summary:
The unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, spoof, slapstick comedy, parody, campy
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OSS 117: From Africa with Love (2021)
Plot Summary:
The third entry in secret agent OSS 117's parodic spy adventures.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, satirical, spoof, psychotronic, parody
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Leonard Part 6 (1987)
Plot Summary:
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, spy comedy, psychotronic, offbeat, witty, not serious, light, sexy
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Swashbuckler (1971)
Plot Summary:
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divorce his wife, Charlotte, but when he sees others trying to woo her his own interest is rekindled.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Romania
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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
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That Man from Rio (1964)
Plot Summary:
Farce, spy spoof, and adventure. Swarthy thieves ignore jewels to steal an Amazon figurine from the Museum of Man in Paris' Trocadero Palace and kidnap the world's authority on the lost Maltec civilization. Cut to Agnes, the daughter of a murdered man who possessed one of two other such figurines. Moments after her sweetheart, Adrien, an Army private with a week's leave, arrives in Paris to see her, Agnes too is kidnapped, drugged, and loaded on a plane to Rio. Adrien is in hot pursuit, and before he can rescue her (with the help of a shoeshine boy), foil the murderous thieves, and solve the riddle of the Maltecs, he must traverse Rio, Brasília, and the Amazon heartland... all before the end of his week's leave.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, anthology, cult classic, detective, eurospy, weird
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Team America: World Police (2004)
Plot Summary:
Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, black comedy, political, adult animation, witty, not serious, cult classic, clever
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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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Johnny English (2003)
Plot Summary:
Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, hilarious, funny, exciting, clever, not serious, intellectual, action comedy
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Undercover Brother (2002)
Plot Summary:
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, feel good, stylized, exciting, witty, action comedy, black comedy, retro
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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 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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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
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Spy (2015)
Plot Summary:
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, action comedy, spoof, entertaining, hilarious, absurd, witty, exciting
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This Means War (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: romantic, buddy comedy, sexy, funny, feel good, sweet, absurd, cute, teen, light