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Movies that feel like My Lucky Stars (1985)

If you loved My Lucky Stars, the closest films we have are Project A - Part II (1987), Knight and Day (2010) and You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008). All three share My Lucky Stars's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, YouTube TV and TNT and others, checked against today's data.

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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Project A - Part II
1987 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 73%7action · comedy

Both keep circling back to police

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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Knight and Day
2010 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 51%6.3action · comedy

Kidnapping sits at the heart of each

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2010s show

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.

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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 37%5.6comedy · action

Kinetic where it counts, witty underneath

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.

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The Interview
2014 · dir. Seth Rogen
🍅 51%6.5action · comedy

Playful action in both cases

Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.

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Central Intelligence
2016 · dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
🍅 71%6.3action · comedy

Both trade on momentum more than on being comedy

Calvin Joyner, a mild-mannered accountant whose high school glory days are long behind him, reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook. After meeting up, Calvin’s mundane life takes an unexpectedly thrilling turn when he's thrust into the world of international espionage.

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Dragons Forever
1988 · dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
🍅 67%7.1action · comedy · romance

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans romance where My Lucky Stars does not

A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting ways. But when he falls for a beautiful woman out to stop the plant, he is torn in a conflict of interest and asks his trusty friends Samo and Biao to help out at least until they discover the true purpose of the plant.

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The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · dir. Lau Kar-leung
🍅 85%7.5action · comedy

Martial arts is the engine of both

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.

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Project A
1983 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 81%7.2action · adventure · comedy

Both built around martial arts

The difference: Plays it as adventure more than My Lucky Stars does

In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.

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Police Story
1985 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 90%7.5action · crime · comedy

Witty action, and it commits to that

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

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Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · dir. Martin Brest
🍅 83%7.4comedy · crime · action

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

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Rush Hour
1998 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 62%7action · comedy · crime

Action built on momentum, twice over

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

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Wheels on Meals
1984 · dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
7romance · action · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.

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