Movies like The Karate Killers
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The Karate Killers (1967)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret formula that was divided into four parts and left by a dying scientist with his four of five daughters, all of whom live in different countries. His widow, Amanda, is murdered at the beginning by the counter-spies of the organization THRUSH. Evil THRUSH agent Randolph also wants the formula, and is aided by his karate-chopping henchmen.
Style:
grindhouse, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending, psychotronic, spoof, double entendre, parody, microfilm ...
Plot:
undercover, cold war, intelligence, covert operation, secret service agent, heroes, danger, race against time, secret agent, chases and races, escapades, rivalry, inventions and discoveries, partner, woman in danger, master villain, heroic mission, riddles and clues, martial arts, prison escape, fight, terrorist, mountain, treasure, firefighter ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
europe, new york, london, alps, tokyo, austria, rome italy
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Most similar movies to The Karate Killers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, exciting, humorous and psychotronic films with plots about undercover, machine gun, fistfight, gunfight, pistol, shootout and martial arts mostly in Action, Adventure and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Karate Killers: One Spy Too Many (1966), The Spy with My Face (1965), The Ambushers (1967), Ghosted (2023), The Avengers (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The men from U.N.C.L.E." are back! This time Robert Vaughn and David McCallum must stop the meglomanic Alexander (Rip Torn) from committing the world's greatest crimes.
Style:
grindhouse, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, undercover, secret service agent, female nudity, cold war, secret agent, heroes, chess, megalomaniac, partner, super weapon, master villain ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
asia, athens greece, washington d.c., new jersey, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Napoleon Solo is captured by Thrush and replaced with a double.
Style:
grindhouse, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
spy, james bond spoof, espionage, cold war, cold war era, secret service agent, secret agent, heroes, partner, kidnapping, danger, rivalry ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, new york, australia, washington d.c., austria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When diabolical genius, Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo’, Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself – with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell – to stop the dastardly plan. ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, teen sex comedy, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, time travel, reluctant partners, cloning, james bond spoof, time machine, spy spoof, female spy, secret agent, sexual joke, satire, save the world ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1969 ...
Place:
seattle, big ben london, washington d.c., london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A U.S. government built flying saucer is launched into space on a top secret test flight, but is brought down by exiled ruler of an outlaw nation who uses a remote control device to cause the ship to land at his secret base in Mexico. Agent Matt ...
Style:
parody, psychotronic, grindhouse, psychedelic, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, master criminal, secret service agent, secret agent, heroes, terrorism, spacecraft, rescue, rivalry, space and aliens, chases and races, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
latin america, acapulco mexico, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie — but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, satirical, action adventure ...
Plot:
spy mission, female agent, mission, secret mission, secret, love interest, love and romance, agent, special agent, adventure hero, couple relations, love affair ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
washington d.c., langley virginia, tower bridge london, pakistan, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma ...
Style:
stylized, funny, suspense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
spy, female assassin, good versus evil, spy spoof, villain, superhero, hitman, weather manipulation, 007, terrorism, mad scientist, undercover ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
england, europe, london, big ben london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Style:
spoof, parody, exciting, witty, visually stunning ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, mad scientist, spying, 007, cold war, secret agent, chase, agent, weather, weather manipulation, spy spoof ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1966
Place:
fictional island, washington d.c., new york, marseille, france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world.
Style:
grindhouse, spoof, psychotronic, parody
Plot:
spy, espionage, undercover, secret service agent, cold war, shootout, criminal organization, swimming pool, treason, camp, firing squad, army general ...
Time:
60s
Place:
himalaya, new york, berlin germany, hong kong, los angeles
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The men from U.N.C.L.E must stop a band of would-be sorcerers from using a deadly weapon.
Style:
grindhouse, spoof, parody, psychotronic
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service agent, cold war, undercover, woman with a gun, village, shootout, heroes, sex, seduction, violence ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles, tehran iran, east africa, new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968. It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious ...
Style:
fast, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
terrorist, espionage, spy, secret agent, master criminal, james bond spoof, team, wartime, 007, communist, asexual, woman with a gun ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
Style:
independent film, fast, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
kickboxer, female assassin, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist, spy, female fighter, cia, woman fights a man, female agent, chase, one woman army ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Style:
spy action, action comedy, saga, spoof, spy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
agent, spy, secret government organization, espionage, mission, tough guy, technology, female agent, one against many, chase, memory loss, secret service ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
london, europe, kentucky, italy, cambodia ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Matt Helm (Dean Martin) is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.
Style:
crime thriller, laugh out loud, spoof, grindhouse, retro ...
Plot:
undercover, secret agent, cold war, undercover agent, spying, intelligence agency, james bond spoof, passionate kiss, satire, bombing, master criminal, secret service agent ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
new mexico, phoenix arizona, arizona, santa fe new mexico
Similarity:
37%
58K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.
Style:
buddy comedy, surprise ending, spy action
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, old love, construction worker, defiant, miscegenation, ends with a wedding, undercover agent, hotel, shootout, attempted murder ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Taiwan, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, undercover agent, medieval, computer cracker, female warrior, mission, fight, kidnapping, heroes, danger, rescue, secret agent ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, tower bridge london, middle east, africa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from THRUSH agents under a young woman's (the incredibly cute Letícia Román) bed and is ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot:
espionage, james bond spoof, cold war, undercover, woman with a gun, secret service agent, flooding, underwater fight, superior officer, sicilian, telescope, villa ...
Time:
60s
Place:
sicily, greenland, italy, caribbean, new york ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to ...
Style:
parody, spy comedy, grindhouse, spoof, retro ...
Plot:
spy spoof, espionage, secret agent, cold war, james bond spoof, secret service agent, master criminal, faked death, chase, good versus evil, heroes, kidnapping ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
riviera, washington d.c., europe, french riviera, cote d'azur
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
Style:
spy action, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spy, ex cia agent, agent, espionage, target, chase, fight, explosions, high speed chase, woman with a gun, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, italy, senegal, alps, iceland ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are ...
Style:
stylized, witty, humorous, action comedy, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, secret service, reluctant partners, culture clash, cia, cia agent, undercover, chase, secret agent, mission ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 2015, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
italy, germany, london, rome italy, east germany ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their ...
Style:
fast paced, suspenseful, tense, cliffhanger, anamorphic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, mission impossible, spy, airplane, nuclear war, arctic, underwater, final showdown, infiltration, trick, secret agent, submarine ...
Time:
2020s, near future, year 1996
Place:
south africa, england, austria, tower bridge london, big ben london ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
action adventure, saga, clever, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, female spy, tough guy, cia agent, plutonium, hand to hand combat, violence, bodyguard, rogue agent, cia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, kashmir, ireland, france, germany ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
Style:
buddy comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot:
police detective, buddy cop, black cop, police officer, two man army, police captain, police, corrupt official, investigation, suspicion, criminal, framed for a crime ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, action comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
teamwork, cia, agent, cia agent, undercover, satire, secret mission, secret agent, fight, special agent, fighting crime, spy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
johannesburg south africa, morocco, los angeles, london, madrid ...
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
Style:
suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, vigilante, revenge, chase, vigilantism, vengeance, working undercover, danger, partner, fighting crime, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, california, hong kong
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bodyguard, hitman, one man army, cia, assassination attempt, hospital, dishonesty, rivalry, confined, violent content, murder, profanity ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, detroit
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Dr. Johnny Wu becomes involved in a global Mafia arms cartel when they kidnap his son Bobby. The cartel, made-up of underworld leaders from around the world, become aware that he stumbled onto valuable information on a computer disk he possesses. ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, fast, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, fight, kung fu, park ranger, kung fu classic, kickboxer, yakuza, woman fights a man, competition, woods, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
Style:
sexy, realistic, humorous, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, secret agent, master criminal, james bond spoof, spy spoof, master villain, race against time, danger, escapades, undercover, dishonesty, save the day ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
Similarity:
34%
237K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service, spy spoof, unlikely partners, goofy hero, secret agent, save the day, chases and races, treason, government agency, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, chechnya, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, China, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Reboot of the 1970s TV series / early 2000s film franchise.
Style:
funny, exciting, rom com, humorous, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female agent, working undercover, fighting crime, female secret agent, female assassin, female spy, betrayal, tough girl, agent, chase ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, hamburg germany, paris france, europe, turkey ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
female warrior, safecracking, rescue, hostage, danger, undercover, kidnapping, haunted by the past, attempted murder, father daughter relationship, conspiracy, car chase ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
moscow russia, tower bridge london, paris france, washington d.c., los angeles ...
Similarity:
34%
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