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Movies that feel like Spenser Confidential (2020)

If you loved Spenser Confidential, the closest films we have are Mile 22 (2018), Guns Akimbo (2020) and 6 Underground (2019). All three share Spenser Confidential's kinetic and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.

🍅 35% Rotten Tomatoes6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Peter Bergwittyplayfulkinetictense
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Mile 22
2018 · dir. Peter Berg
🍅 23%6.1action · thriller

Peter Berg directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the wit of Spenser Confidential

An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.

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Guns Akimbo
2020 · dir. Jason Lei Howden
🍅 53%6.3action · comedy · thriller

The same mix in both: wit, then play

An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. In order to survive and rescue his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, he must battle Nix, a heavily armed and much more experienced fighter.

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6 Underground
2019 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 36%6.1action · comedy · thriller

Both land momentum and tension at once

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.

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The Accidental Spy
2001 · dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
🍅 25%5.8action · comedy · thriller

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.

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Get Smart
2008 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 51%6.5action · comedy · thriller

Both lean on play more than on action

When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?

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Bullet Train
2022 · dir. David Leitch
🍅 53%7.3action · comedy · thriller

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

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Blood Father
2016 · dir. Jean-François Richet
🍅 89%6.4action · thriller · drama

Common ground: ex-con

The difference: Reviewed even better

An ex-con reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter while fighting to keep her alive after she becomes a target of violent drug dealers.

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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021 · dir. Patrick Hughes
🍅 25%6.1action · comedy · crime

Tense comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Spenser Confidential does

The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, the infamous international con artist Sonia Kincaid. As Bryce is driven over the edge by his two most dangerous protectees, the trio get in over their heads in a global plot and soon find that they are all that stand between Europe and a vengeful and powerful madman.

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Homefront
2013 · dir. Gary Fleder
🍅 42%6.5action · thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: police and ex-cop

Phil Broker, a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan “Gator” Bodine, a local crime boss.

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Grimsby
2016 · dir. Louis Leterrier
🍅 37%6.2action · comedy

Witty action in both cases

Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.

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

Both are built on the same subject: boston, massachusetts

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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In the Grey
2026 · dir. Guy Ritchie
🍅 52%6.6action · thriller

Both lean on play more than on thriller

A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy, deception and survival.

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