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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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La Classe Américaine (1993)
Plot Summary:
George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "Crappy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the narration of what is arguably the greatest story ever told.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: parody, slapstick, spoof, bizarre, scatology, cult film
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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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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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Distracted (1970)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about an absent-minded man who works at a advertising company and topples from one problem to another.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: cult classic, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, surprise ending, cult film
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I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything (1973)
Plot Summary:
Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, antimilitaristic, social educator who dreams of saving three thugs, his "little guys" at the limit of delinquency. After several resounding failures that sent him to prison, Pierre is ordered by his father to join his factory to direct the social service. Tired of the venality of his father and the foolishness of the "little guys", Pierre hires them at the factory.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: slapstick, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, slapstick comedy
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The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
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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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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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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A Pain in the Ass (2008)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely friendship develops between a hitman and a suicidal guy who have both checked into the same hotel for different reasons.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, realistic, cynical, semi serious, buddy comedy, modern day adaptation, remake of french film
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A Pain in the Ass (1973)
Plot Summary:
Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, fast paced, neurotic, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical
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Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Plot Summary:
Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech looking for a little action with a woman he never met, whom he was set up with. And one of them was sent by his employer to inspect a property his boss wants to buy. All three men stay at the same hotel. But when the bellboy gets their names mixed up and gives info meant for someone else. So one of them meets a Realtor who will whatever she has to, to close the sale. And another follows a woman looking for romance. And another goes to the home of the mobster who thinks he's sent there to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, satirical, feel good, realistic, not serious, funny, clever, unusual plot structure, melancholic, surreal
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Birds of a Feather 2 (1980)
Plot Summary:
In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier of secret microfilm. Now on the run from ruthless agents, Albin and Renato flee to Italy where they attempt to hide out on a farm, with Albin posing as Renato's wife. Can Albin escape the deadly pursuit of these relentless spies or does he have to sustain this charade - as a woman - forever?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, surreal, sex comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, suspense, erotic, inspirational, romantic
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Bikini Royale (2008)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Tanya X attempts to unmask enemy agents who are passing top secret missile plans via high stakes poker games.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, not serious, sexy, realistic, spy comedy, parody, sexual, sex comedy, campy
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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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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
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Bullit & Ripper (2012)
Plot Summary:
French filmmaker Eric Lartigau directs the anarchic buddy comedy Bullit and Riper, originally released as Mais qui a tue Pamela Rose? French comedic television stars Kad Merad and Olivier Barroux are both the protagonists and the screenwriters. As a parody of Hollywood cop films, the story is set somewhere in the American Midwest as fabricated by the French. After losing his regular partner, FBI agent Richard Bullit (Merad) gets assigned to the book-learned cop Riper (Barroux) to investigate the death of a stripper. American movie stereotypes abound, such as shock jock Phil Canon (Gérard Darmon) and sheriff Steve Marley (Jean-Paul Rouve).
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, not serious, exciting
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The Goat (1981)
Plot Summary:
When the boss' unlucky daughter is missing in South America, Campana is sent to watch the boss' most unlucky employee who is sent as a private detective in hopes he can duplicate the daughter's mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sweet, buddy comedy, perverse, feel good, realistic, semi serious, detective, slapstick comedy
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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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Special Correspondents (2009)
Plot Summary:
R2I, a famous news radio station, sends its best reporting duo to Iraq: Frank, journalist, and Poussin, sound engineer. Very quickly, millions of listeners follow their highly documented stories, reflecting the hot intensity of the fighting and the difficult survival of the population.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic
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Mortadelo & Filemon Mission Save the Planet (2008)
Plot Summary:
The planet is facing a great threat. During the worst drought ever known, a group of wrongdoers are in the process of finishing all the reserves of water that remain on Earth. The best secret agents in the world meet urgently, but they don't even have a clue. To make things even worse, the evil Botijola plans to sabotage the meeting. His intention is to convert the water into a substitute. In order to do this, he also tries to kidnap mad Professor Bacterio and get him to work for him. However, there are two things Botijola wasn't expecting. On the one hand, Bacterio, before being kidnapped, hid the parts of his invention in different historical moments, using a time machine. On the other hand, there are two international agents who haven't turned up at the sabotaged meeting, two agents who become the world's only hope: Mortadelo and Filemón.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 693
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, exciting, captivating, spy comedy, slapstick, fast, spoof, comic
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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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Baby on Board (1993)
Plot Summary:
Maria (Carol Kane) is the wife of a murdered Mafia bookkeeper. With her baby in tow, she tracks the hitman to the airport, intending to shoot the man. A pickpocket causes the gun to discharge prematurely, and now it's Maria who is being pursued. She commandeers a cab driven by Ernie (Judge Reinhold), and the chase is on.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, slapstick
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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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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
Plot Summary:
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, spoof, melancholic, witty, not serious, exciting, hilarious, entertaining
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Pardon Mon Affaire, Too! (1977)
Plot Summary:
The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Having fortuitously discovered a photograph in which Marthe embraces someone unknown, clothed with a chequed jacket, Étienne Dorsay becomes jealous, and imagines various stratagems to identify the lover. In the meantime, Étienne and his friends acquire a weekend house for a very low price. As in the previous work, the film is largely narrated by the character Étienne, whose tone shifts with the reality of the images. The film contains a certain number of allusions to the films of Blake Edwards (the Pink Panther series).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, sex comedy, sexual, sexy, hot
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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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The Fugitives (1986)
Plot Summary:
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, exciting, sentimental, witty, humorous, realistic, not serious, fast, detective
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The Dinner Game (1998)
Plot Summary:
Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons". Everyone brings the dumbest guy he could find as a guest. Pierre thinks his champ -François Pignon- will steal the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, feel good, light, hilarious, sentimental, talky, dark comedy, sincere, sweet
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Vive la France (2013)
Plot Summary:
Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism. To that end, he recruits our two naive shepherds, their mission: to destroy the Eiffel Tower! But the France that Muzafar and Feruz discovers is far from what they had expected.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, funny, light, entertaining, road movie, hilarious, realistic
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Wake Up Ron Burgundy (2004)
Plot Summary:
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, absurd, humorous, not serious, slapstick, exciting, realistic, sexy, clever