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Movies that feel likeThe Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

If you loved The Spy Who Dumped Me, the closest films we have are Charlie's Angels (2000), The Lost City (2022) and Date Night (2010). All three share The Spy Who Dumped Me'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 The Legend of Drunken Master (1994).

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Susanna Fogelwittyplayfulkineticepicwarm
8 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Hulu · Disney Plus

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Charlie's Angels
2000 · dir. McG
🍅 68%★ 5.7action · comedy · adventureParamount+

The same two preoccupations: spy, and female friendship

The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, set out to bring down the bad guys. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.

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The Lost City
2022 · dir. Aaron Nee
🍅 78%★ 6.1action · adventure · comedyNetflixParamount+

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.

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Date Night
2010 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 67%★ 6.3comedy · action · adventureStarz

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Easier on the warmth than The Spy Who Dumped Me

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

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The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · dir. Lau Kar-leung
🍅 85%★ 7.5action · comedy

Both lean on warmth more than on comedy

The difference: 24 years apart, and the 1990s show

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-hung is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-hung must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.

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Ghostbusters
2016 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 74%★ 6.8action · fantasy · comedyHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: female friendship

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Spy Who Dumped Me does

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

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Son of Rambow
2007 · dir. Garth Jennings
🍅 73%★ 7comedyParamount+

Action built on wit, twice over

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

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Johnny English Strikes Again
2018 · dir. David Kerr
🍅 37%★ 6.2action · adventure · comedyRent or buy

One thread runs through both: spy

Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

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Kopps
2003 · dir. Josef Fares
★ 6.7action · comedy

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009 · dir. Steve Carr
🍅 34%★ 5.3action · adventure · comedyStarz

Kinetic comedy in both cases

When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

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Around the World in 80 Days
2004 · dir. Frank Coraci
🍅 33%★ 5.9action · adventure · comedyDisney+

Action with a pulse of scale, in both cases

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

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Zoolander 2
2016 · dir. Ben Stiller
🍅 21%★ 4.7action · adventure · comedyParamount+

Adventure built on wit, twice over

Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

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Wild Hogs
2007 · dir. Walt Becker
🍅 14%★ 5.9action · adventure · comedy

Playful comedy in both cases

Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.

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