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Plot Summary:
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, cult classic, colorful, spoof, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast
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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
Similar in 88%
Out of Sight (1966)
Plot Summary:
Teenage beach party/spy spoof/musical comedy about a plot to bomb a music fair. As his boss is on vacation, a superspy's butler must come to the rescue, while being pursued by a trio of gorgeous assassins who're agents of F.L.U.S.H. Features George Barris hotrods, along with the musical talents of Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Astronauts, The Knickerbockers, Freddy and the Dreamers, and the only film appearance of The Turtles.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spy comedy, psychotronic, spoof, comic
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
Plot Summary:
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, grindhouse, cult classic, spy comedy, humorous, witty, independent film, not serious, fast
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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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The President's Analyst (1967)
Plot Summary:
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to him, and he runs away. Now spies from all over the world are after him, either to get him for their own side or to kill him and prevent someone else from getting him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, witty, clever, light, political, satirical, melancholic, realistic, semi serious
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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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From Beijing with Love (1994)
Plot Summary:
After a giant dinosaur skull is stolen, the head of the Chinese secret police decides to assign the case to the force's most incompetent reject: a rural butcher who stands around all day drinking martinis (shaken, not stirred). With a trunkload of insanely useless gadgets and a contact who constantly tries to kill him, the young agent must locate the skull and find out just what is going on here.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, parody, exciting, humorous, not serious, slapstick, fast, spoof
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The Nasty Rabbit (1964)
Plot Summary:
Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, art house, psychotronic
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Lansdown (2001)
Plot Summary:
In this dark comedy, defense lawyer Jake Jorgenson's carefully constructed life begins to unravel when he kills his wife's lover.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Thriller, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, realistic, witty, neo noir, independent film
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Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Plot Summary:
Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout she remains in contact with this unknown person, who needs Terry to help save his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, retro, spy comedy, cult classic, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending
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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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Foul Play (1978)
Plot Summary:
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, suspenseful, tense, suspense, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, romantic
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Casino Royale (1967)
Plot Summary:
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, psychedelic, funny, surreal, cult classic, psychotronic, spy comedy, exciting, humorous
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Get Smart, Again! (1989)
Plot Summary:
KAOS has invented a weather machine so Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are called back into action to foil this evil plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: spoof, spy comedy, parody, exciting, offbeat, humorous, not serious, fast, comic
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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
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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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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
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Under the Rainbow (1981)
Plot Summary:
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins (from the cast of _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_ ). Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, funny, feel good, realistic, not serious, parody, humorous, offbeat, surprise ending, psychological
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Fatal Instinct (1993)
Plot Summary:
A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, humorous, detective, double entendre, sexy, suspense, intense, witty, realistic
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Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Plot Summary:
Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to prove himself innocent - by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, humorous, satirical, exciting, hilarious, action comedy, disgusting
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The 'Burbs (1989)
Plot Summary:
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, funny, witty, cult classic, black comedy, horror comedy, allegory, feel good, satanic
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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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Bad Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, action comedy, semi serious, funny, entertaining, action packed, spy comedy, realistic
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True Lies (1994)
Plot Summary:
Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 276000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, action packed, action comedy, semi serious, funny, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, scary
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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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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
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Bachelor Party (1984)
Plot Summary:
This outrageously funny look at one man's final moments of bachelorhood stars Tom Hanks as Rick, reluctant recipient of a bachelor bash given by a group of friends who view partying as their full-time religion. Rick's worried fiancée, Debbie (Tawny Kitaen), dresses up in disguise and crashes the party to spy on her future husband.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, humorous, funny, light, entertaining, absurd, intense, not serious, cult classic
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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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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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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Plot Summary:
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 528000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, suspenseful, funny, romantic comedy, action packed, action comedy, black comedy