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Movies that feel likeMr. Nice Guy (1997)

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.

If you loved Mr. Nice Guy, the closest films we have are Wheels on Meals (1984), The Prodigal Son (1981) and I Went Down (1997). All three share Mr. Nice Guy's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Yes, Madam! (1985).

🍅 45% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Sammo Hunggrittykineticwittyplayful
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If Mr. Nice Guy hit the spot, these will too

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

Both are Sammo Hung's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Mr. Nice Guy does

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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The Prodigal Son
1981 · dir. Sammo Hung
🍅 100%★ 7.3action · comedy

The same hand behind both of them: Sammo Hung

The difference: Reviewed even better

A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a humiliating defeat at the hands of an actor in a traveling theatre company, the son resolves to find a better teacher.

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

The same mix in both: grit, then momentum

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

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

The difference: Easier on the grit than Mr. Nice Guy

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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Yes, Madam!
1985 · dir. Corey Yuen
🍅 100%★ 6.6action · comedy · crimePrime Video

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Mr. Nice Guy does

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.

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My Lucky Stars
1985 · dir. Sammo Hung
★ 6.3action · comedy

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

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

Gritty crime in both cases

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

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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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Dilwale
2015 · dir. Rohit Shetty
🍅 24%★ 5.1crime · action · comedyNetflix

Playful crime, and it commits to that

Raj is a Mafia member. One day he meet a girl (Meera) while chasing by his rival gang and falls in love with her. Later he finds out that this girl is the daughter of the leader of his rival gang. Yet their love story continues until he was shot by his girlfriend upon a deep misunderstanding. After that incident these two lovers lives separate until their siblings fallen in love. With this new love story their paths intertwines again.

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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018 · dir. Yuen Woo-ping
★ 6.5action · crime · dramaPrime VideoHulu

Both lean on grit more than on action

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

Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats. But it's not long before the mix of foreigners, money, and triad leaders draw him once again to the fight.

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Extreme Job
2019 · dir. Lee Byeong-heon
🍅 83%★ 7.1action · comedy · crime

Kinetic comedy, and it commits to that

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.

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