Movies Like OSS 117: Lost in Rio
If you liked OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009), a crime and action movie directed by Michel Hazanavicius, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and actionSet in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international…
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Hold-up (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and crimeDressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a…
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Taxi 2 (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also action and comedyA cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
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Gotcha! (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and comedyA student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
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Umbrella Coup (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeGrégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman…
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If Looks Could Kill (1991)
★ 6.1/10Also action and comedyMichael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British…
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Guardian Angels (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and crimeA sleazy Paris nightclub owner and ex-detective flies to Hong Kong to rescue the young son of a friend murdered by the Chinese mob.
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RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and crimeIn 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy…
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Spycies (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and actionVladimir and Hector, two secret agents opposed in every way, are trying to recover a top secret material stolen by unknown intruders.
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Buffet Froid (1979)
★ 7/10Also comedy and crimeAlphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the…
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
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RED (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also action and comedyAfter surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive…
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Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also action and comedyA rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
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Trouble Man (2025)
★ 7/10Also action and comedyJaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger conspiracy, forcing him to question those around him and his own…
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The Pink Panther (1963)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and crimeThe trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and…
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Superwho? (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and actionA struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named “Badman,” he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again.
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RED 2 (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also action and comedyRetired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
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There Once Was a Cop (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and comedyCampana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to…
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L'Opération Corned Beef (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and actionThe unsanctioned efforts of a covert unit to gather evidence about illegal arms shipments with the unwitting help of an embassy employee.
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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crimeA group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.