Movies like The Helicopter Spies
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The Helicopter Spies (1968)
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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, parody, psychotronic, spoof, campy
Plot:
spy, espionage, cold war, undercover, woman with a gun, sex, martial arts, village, karate, heroes, violence, tough guy, camp, seduction, womanizer, villain, undercover agent, judo, secret service, gunfight, save the world, james bond spoof, sensuality, femme fatale, machine gun ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Most similar movies to The Helicopter Spies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychotronic, realistic and independent film films with plots about machine gun, heroes, martial arts, shootout, gunfight, pistol and fistfight mostly in Action, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like The Helicopter Spies: The Spy with My Face (1965), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), One Spy Too Many (1966), How to Steal the World (1968), The Karate Killers (1967). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, espionage, cold war, secret agent, heroes, partner, kidnapping, danger, rivalry, undercover, master villain, confined ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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:
retro, fast, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, communist, team, woman with a gun, asexual, 007, wartime, supernatural, police, terrorism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot:
espionage, undercover, cold war, secret agent, heroes, partner, super weapon, rivalry, master villain, save the world, danger, escapades ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, undercover, shootout, gas, helicopter crash, secret agent, coercion, abduction, disappearance, james bond spoof ...
Time:
60s
Place:
himalaya
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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, ...
Style:
grindhouse, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
undercover, cold war, intelligence, heroes, race against time, danger, secret agent, partner, chases and races, rivalry, master villain, escapades ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, tokyo, london, rome italy, austria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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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 LetÃcia Román) bed and is ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot:
espionage, woman with a gun, undercover, cold war, spy, female assassin, murderer, woman kills a man, winery, murder, assassination, secret base ...
Time:
60s
Place:
greenland, sicily, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Drama, Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The men from U.N.C.L.E. are off to Africa to stop the assassination of a president.
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot:
cold war, undercover, woman with a gun, espionage, erotic scene, spy, uncle, airplane, party, dancing, murder, chase ...
Time:
60s
Place:
virginia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Someone is using cats in experiments to develop a machine that can reverse the aging process, meanwhile a famous scientist (Dr Lancer) has gone missing, only for him to reappear looking 30 years younger. UNCLE agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot:
woman with a gun, espionage, undercover, intelligence, cold war, spy, villainess, power hungry, rejuvenation, country estate, secret mission, uncle ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france, new york, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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:
psychotronic, parody, grindhouse, psychedelic, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, secret agent, heroes, terrorism, spacecraft, undercover, space and aliens, danger, race against time, escapades, good versus evil, chases and races ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
latin america, acapulco mexico, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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:
spy comedy, retro, grindhouse, spoof, cult classic ...
Plot:
espionage, spy spoof, secret agent, cold war, faked death, good versus evil, heroes, chase, working undercover, mate swapping, island, missing person ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
riviera, washington d.c., europe, french riviera, cote d'azur
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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:
realistic, humorous, exciting, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, secret agent, spy, spy spoof, master villain, race against time, master criminal, terrorism, escapades, save the day, chases and races, danger ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, copenhagen
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty.
Style:
spoof, parody, psychotronic
Plot:
james bond, 007, spy, spying, robinson crusoe, prison break, uncle, airplane crash, captivity, impersonation, friendship, male protagonist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, las vegas, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At a Chicago-area naval base, an ambassador is kidnapped. Later, a Navy officer calls his friend Cal for help. A Colombian drug lord is holding the ambassador, and the officer wants Cal to rescue the man. Cal convinces the officer to get a pardon ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
die hard, kidnapping, violence, hostage, swimming pool, pistol, machine gun, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, showdown, heroes, judo, explosives expert ...
Place:
chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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:
retro, spoof, grindhouse, crime thriller, laugh out loud ...
Plot:
spy, secret agent, undercover, cold war, spying, undercover agent, espionage, criminal activity, satire, entity, truck, woman with a gun ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
new mexico, phoenix arizona, arizona, santa fe new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
The plot concentrates around John (Bruce Ly), a policeman who reforms violent police officers by teaching them martial arts, and a trigger happy cop, Houston, played by Majors. Predictably enough, the two are paired together and they set out to find ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
buddy cop, martial arts, katana, heroes, ninjitsu, showdown, violence, tough guy, hand to hand combat, ninja, brawl, kung fu ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Chicago cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) finds himself in The Philippines, ostensibly to learn the techniques of Interpol. Before he exits the Manila airport, his wallet is stolen by a pickpocket. Malone endures a testy relationship with his new ...
Style:
poliziottesco, microfilm
Plot:
blaxploitation, martial arts, urban, karate, tough guy, brawl, police officer, one against many, lieutenant, gunfight, police shootout, fistfight ...
Place:
chicago, manila philippines, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, martial arts, mafia, organized crime, tough heroes, undercover agent, japanese mafia, heroes, samurai sword, murder, showdown, hitman ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, an F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly present, too. The CIA immediately sends out their best secret ...
Style:
cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, espionage, secret agent, chase, mixed martial arts, cold war, murder, law enforcement, peplum, gunfight, one man army, one against many ...
Time:
80s
Place:
russia, malta
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't ...
Style:
parody, grindhouse, psychedelic, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, agent, intelligence, 007, cold war, woman with a gun, farce, secret agent, james bond spoof, working undercover, escapades ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place:
monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
482
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, surprise ending, detective
Plot:
ex wife, drug, automobile, shootout, heroes, con artists, showdown, male female relationship, urban setting, pistol, chase, car chase ...
Time:
year 1992
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Kris and Preston team up once again to take on powerful gangster Buntao. But Buntao has problems of his own, dealing with Dazo, another gangster who is on a steady rise to power...
Style:
suspense, independent film, fast, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, female martial artist, female fighter, female fight, woman with a gun, heroic bloodshed, fistfight, fight, heroes, kickboxer, partner, special agent ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A former CIA agent lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son. When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his son is kidnapped, he is forced back into the business and his son suddenly ...
Style:
independent film, psychotronic, suspense
Plot:
die hard, kickboxing, spy, boat, exploitation, betrayal, combat, showdown, teacher, machine gun, chase, father son relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Gregori is an ex-Soviet Commando haunted by the death of his brother, and trying to forget his old life in the US. However, Gregori realizes after he has already started a family of his own that the past is never far behind. A former superior from ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
martial arts, spy, behind enemy lines, terrorism, one against many, gunfight, home invasion, heroes, soldier, assassination, starting over, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When legendary thief Max Cruz is framed by the CIA, he has no choice but to help them with a top-secret mission in the Yucatan.
Plot:
spy, spy mission, cia, spy hero, thief, gunfight, femme fatale, espionage, crime boss, male female relationship, frame up, showdown ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
martial arts, kickboxing, spy, exploitation, woman, vigilante, heroic bloodshed, martial artist, karate, kickboxer, fistfight, one man army ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids, boys' night ...
Plot:
spy, hitman, secret agent, secret service, cia, battle of the sexes, couples, strong female lead, female killer, tough girl, secret identity, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2005, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, italy, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When the police start a crackdown on Yakuza activities, a killer (James Lew) starts killing the cops forcing a martial-arts officer (Lorenzo Lamas) to fight back. AKA Midnight Man
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film, fable
Plot:
martial arts, violence, police officer killed, police officer, arrest, villain, sword fight, martial artist, kung fu master, gangster, police raid, buddy cop ...
Place:
mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Tommy Lee (Phillip Rhee) comes to visit his sister and finds that the town is being overrun with members of the Arian brotherhood. These Arian brothers certainly weren't expecting a Taekwondo expert to show up. Tommy and his sister's ...
Style:
suspense, independent film, realistic, semi serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, small town, heroes, kung fu, gunfight, violence, karate, fighter, racism, chases and races, society, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan reprises his role as Chan Ka-Kui (also known in some versions as Jackie) yet again as a Hong Kong cop who works with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Later Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, semi serious, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, secret agent, chase, fight scenes, terrorism, one man army, heroes, undercover, hitman, race against time, danger, rescue ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Sharon Bell is back, this time she must stop a terrorist plot to smuggle Nazi nerve gas.
Style:
independent film, semi serious, suspenseful, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, woman with a gun, female fighter, female fight, women, nazi, die hard, murder, terrorist plot, femme fatale, martial artist, terrorist ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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