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Movies that feel likeOSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)

Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.

If you loved OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, the closest films we have are The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), Taxi (1998) and I Went Down (1997). All three share OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies' gritty and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Extreme Job (2019).

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michel Hazanaviciusgrittykineticepicwittyplayful
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The Good, the Bad, the Weird poster
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 81%★ 7.2action · adventure · comedy

Gritty where it counts, kinetic underneath

The difference: Played as western first

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

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Taxi
1998 · dir. Gérard Pirès
★ 7action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Both land scale and wit at once

In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.

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I Went Down
1997 · dir. Paddy Breathnach
🍅 84%★ 6.7action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Playful crime in both cases

The difference: Lighter on scale

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?

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★ 6.8action · comedy · crime

Both lean on grit more than on action

Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.

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Extreme Job
2019 · dir. Lee Byeong-heon
🍅 83%★ 7.1action · comedy · crime

Comedy built on momentum, twice over

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.

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Pineapple Express
2008 · dir. David Gordon Green
★ 6.9action · comedy · crimeHulu

Witty adventure, and it commits to that

A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.

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Police Story 4: First Strike
1996 · dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
🍅 52%★ 6.6action · adventure · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: secret agent

Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realises that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organisation posing as Russian intelligence.

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Vanguard
2020 · dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
🍅 29%★ 4.7action · adventure · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: espionage

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

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The Family
2013 · dir. Luc Besson
🍅 28%★ 6.3crime · comedy · actionNetflixPrime Video

One thread runs through both: france

After ratting out his Mafia cohorts, Giovanni Manzoni and his family enter the Witness Protection Program and relocate to a sleepy town in France. Despite the best efforts of their handler to keep them in line, Giovanni (now called Fred Blake), his wife and children can't help but resort to doing things the "family" way. However, their dependence on such old habits places everyone in danger from vengeful mobsters.

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Johnny English Reborn
2011 · dir. Oliver Parker
🍅 40%★ 6.3crime · action · comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: secret agent

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.

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Mr. Nice Guy
1997 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 45%★ 6.3crime · action · comedy

Crime with a pulse of play, in both cases

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

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Manitou's Shoe
2001 · dir. Michael Herbig
★ 6.7western · comedy · adventure

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.

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