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Movies that feel like Hot Shots! (1991)

If you loved Hot Shots!, the closest films we have are Three Kings (1999), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) and Good Morning, Vietnam (1987). All three share Hot Shots!'s witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.

πŸ… 83% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jim Abrahamskineticwittyplayfulbleak

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Three Kings
1999 Β· dir. David O. Russell
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.1action Β· comedy Β· war

The same mix in both: momentum, then wit

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that's destined to change everything.

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The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009 Β· dir. Grant Heslov
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.2comedy Β· war

Playful where it counts, bleak underneath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

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Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 Β· dir. Barry Levinson
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama Β· war

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

The difference: None of the momentum Hot Shots! is built on

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.

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Project A - Part II
1987 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7action Β· comedy

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: Missing the bleakness of Hot Shots!

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 Β· dir. GΓ©rard Oury
β˜… 7.9comedy Β· war

Playful war in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

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My Lucky Stars
1985 Β· dir. Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
β˜… 6.3action Β· comedy

Action built on momentum, twice over

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.

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Tropic Thunder
2008 Β· dir. Ben Stiller
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.1action Β· comedy Β· war

Both are built on the same subject: parody

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

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Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.7comedy

One thread runs through both: parody

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

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The Prodigal Son
1981 Β· dir. Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.3action Β· comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.

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Shaolin Soccer
2001 Β· dir. Stephen Chow
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3action Β· comedy

Both lean on play more than on war

A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.

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Last Action Hero
1993 Β· dir. John McTiernan
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.5fantasy Β· action Β· comedy

The same action instincts

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Hot Shots! does

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

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Hooper
1978 Β· dir. Hal Needham
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.4action Β· comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.

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