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Movies that feel likeMiss Congeniality (2000)

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

If you loved Miss Congeniality, the closest films we have are Starsky & Hutch (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The Nice Guys (2016). All three share Miss Congeniality's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I Went Down (1997).

🍅 42% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Donald Petriewittyplayfulgrittykineticparanoid
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Starsky & Hutch
2004 · dir. Todd Phillips
🍅 63%★ 6.1comedy · crime

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Trades the momentum of Miss Congeniality for an angle of its own

Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

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Hot Fuzz
2007 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 91%★ 7.8crime · action · comedyPeacock

The same mix in both: grit, then momentum

The difference: Reviewed even better

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

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The Nice Guys
2016 · dir. Shane Black
🍅 91%★ 7.4comedy · crime · action

Both are built on the same subject: the investigation

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

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The Negotiator
1998 · dir. F. Gary Gray
★ 7.3action · crime · drama

Crime with a pulse of paranoia, in both cases

The difference: Easier on the wit than Miss Congeniality

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

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Save the Green Planet!
2003 · dir. Jang Joon-hwan
🍅 89%★ 7.1comedy · science fiction · crime

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than Miss Congeniality does

A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.

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The French Connection
1971 · dir. William Friedkin
🍅 97%★ 7.6action · crime · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: undercover agent

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Miss Congeniality does

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

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The Legend of Zorro
2005 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 27%★ 6action · adventure · western

Gritty action in both cases

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

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Mr. Nice Guy
1997 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 45%★ 6.3crime · action · comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

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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I Went Down
1997 · dir. Paddy Breathnach
🍅 84%★ 6.7action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Kinetic crime, and it commits to that

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?

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Taxi 3
2003 · dir. Gérard Krawczyk
★ 5.8action · comedy · crime

Action with a pulse of wit, in both cases

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

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Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · dir. Tony Scott
🍅 48%★ 6.6action · comedy · crime

One thread runs through both: the investigation

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

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Twin Dragons
1992 · dir. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
🍅 43%★ 6.4action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.

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