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Movies that feel like Wheels on Meals (1984)

If you loved Wheels on Meals, the closest films we have are Dragons Forever (1988), What's Up, Doc? (1972) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). All three share Wheels on Meals's romantic and tender feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Starz Apple TV channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo working the same nerve twice

The difference: None of the grit that defines Wheels on Meals

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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What's Up, Doc?
1972 · dir. Peter Bogdanovich
🍅 88%7.7comedy · crime · romance

The same preoccupation in both: chase

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 83%7.5action · comedy · romance

Romantic where it counts, tender underneath

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 2010s show

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

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The A-Team
2010 · dir. Joe Carnahan
🍅 48%6.7action · comedy · crime

Both land momentum and wit at once

A man who loves when a plan comes together, Col. Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives and Iraq War veterans. Framed for a crime they didn't commit, Smith and his men, Capt. H.M. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock , Sgt. Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus, and Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, break out and go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Capt. Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith's team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes.

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

Martial arts and kung fu, at the center of both

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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Focus
2015 · dir. Glenn Ficarra
6.6romance · comedy · crime

Playful and gritty in the same breath

Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.

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Some Like It Hot
1959 · dir. Billy Wilder
🍅 95%8.2comedy · romance · crime

Romantic romance in both cases

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

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

Action built on momentum, twice over

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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The Fall Guy
2024 · dir. David Leitch
🍅 81%6.8action · comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.

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My Lucky Stars
1985 · dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
6.3action · comedy

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

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

Both keep circling back to martial arts

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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The Mask
1994 · dir. Chuck Russell
🍅 82%7comedy · fantasy · crime

Witty crime, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans fantasy where Wheels on Meals does not

Timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask infused with the spirit of the Norse god Loki. Donning it transforms him into an unrestrained, green-faced, cartoon-like wild man. While the mask grants him the confidence to woo a local singer, it also makes him the target of a ruthless mobster.

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