Movies like Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
The best movies like Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) are Outrageous Fortune (1987), Spies Like Us (1985) and Hopscotch (1980). If Jumpin' Jack Flash hooked you with its romance and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThree Days of the Condor (1975)7.3/10 from 1,444 votes
- NewestGhosted (2023)Released 2023
Outrageous Fortune (1987)
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who turns out to be a double agent) and follow him across the country to force him to choose between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpies Like Us (1985)
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHopscotch (1980)
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Amateur (1981)
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Bird on a Wire (1990)
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVibes (1988)
Medium Sylvia Pickel and psychometrist Nick Deezy meet at a psychic research facility in New York. Not long after, they're contacted by Harry Buscafusco, who offers them $50,000 to find his lost son in South America, in the heart of Incan territory where they discover an ancient mystical secret, and each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStakeout (1987)
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSneakers (1992)
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlind Date (1987)
When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on the town. Walter's brother, Ted, tells him not to let Nadia drink alcohol, but he dismisses the warning and her behaviour gets increasingly wild. Walter and Nadia's numerous incidents are made even worse as her former lover David relentlessly follows them around town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tall Guy (1989)
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisGotcha! (1985)
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Chauffeur (1986)
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
No Way Out (1987)
Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell, and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMidnight Run (1988)
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInto the Night (1985)
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dream Team (1989)
Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLove at Large (1990)
Inept private investigator Harry Dobbs meets vampish new client Miss Dolan, who wants him to follow her abusive lover. But Dobbs sets about tailing a different person entirely – a mysterious character leading a double life. Harry, however, discovers that he himself is being followed by a distaff gumshoe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDesperately Seeking Susan (1985)
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret of My Success (1987)
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSee You in the Morning (1989)
Two divorcees who fall in love must help their children cope with the changes in their families as they try to learn how to make own relationship survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
I Love Trouble (1994)
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThree Days of the Condor (1975)
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lady Vanishes (1979)
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, she questions her fellow passengers who claim that the woman was never there. Unsure if it's all in her mind or if there's a more sinister plot afoot, Amanda teams up with photographer Robert Condon to discover the truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKillers (2010)
When an elite assassin marries a beautiful computer whiz after a whirlwind romance, he gives up the gun and settles down with his new bride. That is, until he learns that someone from his past has put a contract out on his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhosted (2023)
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 world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDuplicity (2009)
Two romantically involved government operatives Claire Stenwick and Ray Koval team up to manipulate a race between opposing corporations to corner the market on a medical innovation that will reap huge profits and allow them to lead an extravagant lifestyle together. They find themselves on opposing sides as corporate spies; however, as they each try to outdo the other, neither one can decide how far to trust the other in this high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisGood Advice (2001)
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's really important in life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhost (1990)
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Jumpin' Jack Flash?
The closest matches to Jumpin' Jack Flash are Outrageous Fortune (1987), Spies Like Us (1985) and Hopscotch (1980). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Jumpin' Jack Flash?
People who watched Jumpin' Jack Flash most often go on to Outrageous Fortune (1987), Spies Like Us (1985) and Hopscotch (1980).
What is the highest-rated movie like Jumpin' Jack Flash?
Three Days of the Condor (1975), rated 7.3/10 by 1,444 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Jumpin' Jack Flash?
Ghosted (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Jumpin' Jack Flash?
Yes: Outrageous Fortune (1987), Spies Like Us (1985) and Hopscotch (1980).
How are movies similar to Jumpin' Jack Flash chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Jumpin' Jack Flash, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.