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Movies that feel like Yes, Madam! (1985)

If you loved Yes, Madam!, the closest films we have are Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) and Logan Lucky (2017). All three share Yes, Madam!'s kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Netflix and others, checked against today's data.

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 cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Corey Yuenkineticwittyplayfulgrittycontemplativetense

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If Yes, Madam! hit the spot, these will too

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 60%6.5action · comedy · drama

Kinetic and witty in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

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The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017 · dir. Patrick Hughes
🍅 44%6.9action · comedy · crime

Both land play and grit at once

The difference: Missing the stillness of Yes, Madam!

The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.

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Logan Lucky
2017 · dir. Steven Soderbergh
🍅 92%7comedy · crime · action

Action built on stillness, twice over

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Bad Boys
1995 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 46%6.8action · comedy · crime

Tense comedy, and it commits to that

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

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The Killer
1989 · dir. John Woo
🍅 96%7.7action · crime · drama

Both rooted in Hong Kong

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.

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The Street Fighter
1974 · dir. Shigehiro Ozawa
6.9action · crime · thriller

Martial arts is the engine of both

Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.

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The Transporter
2002 · dir. Corey Yuen
🍅 53%6.8action · crime · thriller

The same hand behind both of them: Corey Yuen

Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.

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Death to Smoochy
2002 · dir. Danny DeVito
🍅 42%6.3comedy · crime · drama

Crime with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

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Heist
2015 · dir. Scott Mann
🍅 30%6.1action · crime · thriller

Kinetic drama in both cases

The difference: Plays it as tv movie more than Yes, Madam! does

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

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

Both keep circling back to martial arts

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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Gone in 60 Seconds
1974 · dir. H.B. Halicki
🍅 43%6.3action · crime · thriller

Both trade on grit more than on being thriller

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.

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Across 110th Street
1972 · dir. Barry Shear
🍅 85%7action · crime · drama

Contemplative action in both cases

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?

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