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Movies that feel likeGorgeous (1999)

When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.

If you loved Gorgeous, the closest films we have are Dragons Forever (1988), The Navigator (1924) and The In-Laws (1979). All three share Gorgeous' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Cold Comfort Farm (1995).

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Dragons Forever
1988 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 67%★ 7.1action · comedy · romance

Common ground: martial arts

The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Gorgeous does

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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The Navigator
1924 · dir. Donald Crisp
🍅 100%★ 7.5comedy · action · adventure

Epic and kinetic in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1920s, in a different era of the craft

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.

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The In-Laws
1979 · dir. Arthur Hiller
🍅 89%★ 7.3comedy · adventure

Both land wit and play at once

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.

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Cold Comfort Farm
1995 · dir. John Schlesinger
🍅 82%★ 7.2comedy · romance

Comedy with a pulse of romance, in both cases

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphaned at age 19, finds a new home with some rough relatives, the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. With a take-charge attitude and some encouragement from her mischievous friend, Mary, Flora changes the Starkadders' lives forever when she settles into their rustic estate, bringing the backward clan up to date and finding inspiration for her novel in the process.

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Project A
1983 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 81%★ 7.2action · adventure · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: martial arts

In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.

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Lisbela and the Prisoner
2003 · dir. Guel Arraes
★ 7.6comedy · romance

Witty romance in both cases

Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.

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City Hunter
1993 · dir. Wong Jing
🍅 50%★ 6.3action · adventure · comedyPrime Video

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

A self-indulgent private investigator winds up on a cruise ship full of rich patrons, gorgeous women, murderous terrorists, and scarce food.

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Chennai Express
2013 · dir. Rohit Shetty
🍅 57%★ 6.3romance · comedy · actionNetflix

Action built on momentum, twice over

Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.

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Police Story 4: First Strike
1996 · dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
🍅 52%★ 6.6action · adventure · comedy

One thread runs through both: action hero

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Gorgeous does

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

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Wheels on Meals
1984 · dir. Sammo Hung
★ 7romance · action · comedyPrime Video

Playful action, and it commits to that

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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Armour of God
1986 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 80%★ 6.9adventure · action · comedyRent or buy

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

After an adventurer known as the Asian Hawk steals a mysterious sword known to be a piece of the Armour of God, a magical suit of armour that dates back to the Crusades, a cult of Satanic monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend and demand he turn over the sword and recover the rest of the armour.

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Obvious Child
2014 · dir. Gillian Robespierre
🍅 90%★ 6.7comedy · romance

Comedy built on romance, twice over

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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