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McHale's Navy (1997)
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McHale's Navy (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.
Style: humorous, parody, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, cult classic, funny, light, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: military, island, terrorism, u.s. navy, exotic island, anti hero, law enforcement, military life, farce, save the day, danger, nothing goes right, partner, race against time, reluctant partners, uninhibited rivalry, officers and cadets, heroic mission, happy ending, submarine, satire, bike, computer cracker, world war two, heroes ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 1990s
Place: cuba, pentagon
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, not serious, parody and exciting films with plots about heroes, danger, rivalry, disorder, silly humor, escapades and heroic mission mostly in Comedy, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like McHale's Navy: True Lies (1994), Down Periscope (1996), Wrongfully Accused (1998), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Spy Hard (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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True Lies (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.
Style: exciting, humorous, action packed, action comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: spy, secret service, espionage, secret agent, agent, surveillance, terrorism, tango, love and romance, terrorist plot, family problems, heroic mission ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: florida, maryland, rhode island, key west florida, usa ...
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Down Periscope (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, witty, light ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: submarine, military, u.s. navy, navy, military life, underwater, rivalry, nothing goes right, against the odds, goofy hero, stupidity, boat ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century
Place: usa, florida
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Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: fugitives, on the run, frame up, farce, false accusation, stupidity, screwball, protagonist as suspect, satire, dishonesty, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1998
Place: usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team who... who went in to rescue hostages left behind ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: gulf war, rescue, hostage, military life, heroic mission, danger, daring rescue, secret agent, behind enemy lines, betrayal, master warrior, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iraq, middle east, southeast asia, asia, tennessee ...
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Spy Hard (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: farce, spy, james bond spoof, spy spoof, kgb, spying, heroic mission, goofy hero, save the world, disorder, danger, race against time ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, ...
Style: humorous, action comedy, not serious, exciting, funny ...
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Plot: martial arts, spy, mad scientist, secret agent, secret service, reluctant partners, kung fu, save the world, mistaken identity, espionage, fight scenes, heroes ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Sgt. Bilko (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Martin is the inexplicable the incorrigible the invicible sgt. Ernie bilko leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the ...
Style: humorous, funny, light, hilarious, captivating ...
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, california, greenland, las vegas
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100%
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Chasers (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's ...
Style: sexy, intense, light, semi serious, humorous ...
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Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: charleston south carolina
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Wild Wild West (1999)
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: exciting, entertaining, buddy comedy, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens
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Time: 19th century, 90s, year 1999
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100%
 6.7
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Hot Shots! (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience: kids, date night, family outing, teens
Plot: airplane, goofy hero, satire, stupidity, aviation, heroic mission, air force, save the day, disorder, military base, love and romance, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1971, year 1975
Place: iraq, mediterranean sea, california
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McHale's Navy (1964)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, military, u.s. navy, war, sea, submarine, boat, japanese navy, beach, gambling, frenchwoman, sailor ...
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 90 min.
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Into the Sun (1991)
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21%
 3.4
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Going Under (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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19%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: humorous, slapstick comedy, funny, parody, melancholic ...
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18%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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Style: humorous, slapstick comedy, funny, satirical, cult classic ...
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18%
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: suspense, serious, realistic, fast, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Team America: World Police (2004)
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Style: parody, funny, humorous, black comedy, political ...
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Search and Destroy (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: tense, realistic, serious, exciting, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Nude Bomb (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: parody, humorous, spoof, satirical, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: spy, secret agent, escapades, race against time, government agency, save the day, disorder, heroic mission, master villain, chases and races, goofy hero, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, boys' night, teens
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Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, israel, middle east, usa, lebanon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 4.5
 1K
S*P*Y*S (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
Style: parody, not serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, espionage, murder, cold war, on the run, conspiracy, silly humor, secret agent, partner, chase, undercover, chases and races ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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