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Movies that feel like Wild Wild West (1999)

If you loved Wild Wild West, the closest films we have are Men in Black 3 (2012), Police Story 4: First Strike (1996) and Men in Black (1997). All three share Wild Wild West's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

πŸ… 16% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 4.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Barry Sonnenfeldkineticepicwittyplayfulcerebralgritty
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Men in Black 3
2012 Β· dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.8action Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Barry Sonnenfeld directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

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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

The difference: Not nearly as cerebral as Wild Wild West

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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Men in Black
1997 Β· dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Barry Sonnenfeld working the same nerve twice

The difference: Missing the grit of Wild Wild West

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

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Taxi 2
2000 Β· dir. GΓ©rard Krawczyk
β˜… 6.5action Β· comedy Β· adventure

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Wild Wild West does

A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.

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Men in Black II
2002 Β· dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
πŸ… 38%β˜… 6.2action Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Both land wit and play at once

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.

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Taxi
1998 · dir. Gérard Pirès
β˜… 7action Β· comedy Β· crime

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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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The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

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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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
2006 Β· dir. Michel Hazanavicius
πŸ… 76%β˜… 7crime Β· action Β· adventure

Both lean on scale more than on comedy

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.

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Spy Kids
2001 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 92%β˜… 5.6family Β· action Β· comedy

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."

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Manitou's Shoe
2001 Β· dir. Michael Herbig
β˜… 6.7western Β· comedy Β· adventure

Witty western, 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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Men in Black: International
2019 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.6comedy Β· science fiction Β· action

Playful action in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 Β· dir. Jonathan Liebesman
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.8science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

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