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Movies that feel like The Accidental Spy (2001)

If you loved The Accidental Spy, the closest films we have are Yes, Madam! (1985), Kung Fu Jungle (2014) and My Lucky Stars (1985). All three share The Accidental Spy's kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 25% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Samkineticwittyplayfultense

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Yes, Madam!
1985 Β· dir. Corey Yuen
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.7action Β· comedy Β· crime

The same city underneath both: Hong Kong

The difference: Reviewed even better

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women copsβ€”one Chinese, one Britishβ€”are on the case.

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Kung Fu Jungle
2014 Β· dir. Teddy Chan Tak-Sam
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.4action Β· thriller Β· crime

Teddy Chan Tak-Sam directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the wit of The Accidental Spy

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

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

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

The difference: None of the tension The Accidental Spy is built on

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 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7action Β· comedy

Kinetic where it counts, witty underneath

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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Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
1978 Β· dir. Yuen Woo-ping
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3action Β· comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1970s show

Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.

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

Action with a pulse of play, in both cases

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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Get Smart
2008 Β· dir. Peter Segal
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.5action Β· comedy Β· thriller

Common ground: spy

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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Thunderbolt
1995 Β· dir. Gordon Chan
β˜… 6.3action Β· thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.

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Who Am I?
1998 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.8adventure Β· action Β· comedy

Kinetic comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than The Accidental Spy does

A group of covert CIA operatives trailing a potential new energy source are double-crossed by corrupt agent Morgan, who causes a helicopter crash in remote South Africa. The sole survivor, suffering severe amnesia, is nursed to recovery by a kindly native tribe who call him "Whoami" after the question he keeps asking. With the help of a mysterious reporter Christine, Whoami pieces together his past and tracks the turncoat agent and his criminal cohorts.

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Mr. Nice Guy
1997 Β· dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.2crime Β· action Β· comedy

Witty action 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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Police Story 4: First Strike
1996 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both are built on the same subject: action hero

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

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Police Story
1985 Β· dir. Jackie Chan
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5action Β· crime Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: organized crime

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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