Movies like Never Say Never Again (1983)
The best movies like Never Say Never Again (1983) are Thunderball (1965), Spectre (2015) and The Living Daylights (1987). If Never Say Never Again hooked you with its adventure and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCasino Royale (2006)7.6/10 from 12,209 votes
- NewestSpectre (2015)Released 2015
- Same seriesThunderball (1965)James Bond
Thunderball (1965)
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpectre (2015)
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Living Daylights (1987)
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Russia with Love (1963)
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both action & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLive and Let Die (1973)
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDr. No (1962)
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe MacKintosh Man (1973)
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Helicopter Spies (1968)
The men from U.N.C.L.E must stop a band of would-be sorcerers from using a deadly weapon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Die Another Day (2002)
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Man Flint (1966)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCasino Royale (1967)
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisOn Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps, where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTomorrow Never Dies (1997)
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMidnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel Gradsky. They take on the job of finding 1000 grams of weapons-grade plutonium stolen from the Russian government, though they do not know the identity of their client.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Mission: Impossible (1996)
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ipcress File (1965)
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCasino Royale (2006)
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOctopussy (1983)
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCasino Royale (1954)
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Looking Glass War (1970)
When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under surveillance. Soon, he’s recruited to infiltrate a missile installation outside of East Berlin and bring back photos of the new rockets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou Only Live Twice (1967)
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)
When THRUSH steals a nuclear weapon and demands a ransom delivered by Napoleon Solo, UNCLE recalls him and his partner to duty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
The Saint (1997)
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Silencers (1966)
Matt Helm 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisModesty Blaise (1966)
Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoldfinger (1964)
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDiamonds Are Forever (1971)
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA View to a Kill (1985)
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
Why it matches: Same series: James Bond · both adventure & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Never Say Never Again?
The closest matches to Never Say Never Again are Thunderball (1965), Spectre (2015) and The Living Daylights (1987). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Never Say Never Again?
People who watched Never Say Never Again most often go on to The MacKintosh Man (1973), The Helicopter Spies (1968) and Our Man Flint (1966).
What is the highest-rated movie like Never Say Never Again?
Casino Royale (2006), rated 7.6/10 by 12,209 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Never Say Never Again?
Spectre (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Never Say Never Again part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to James Bond, which includes Thunderball (1965), Spectre (2015), The Living Daylights (1987) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Are there English movies like Never Say Never Again?
Yes: Thunderball (1965), Spectre (2015) and The Living Daylights (1987).
How are movies similar to Never Say Never Again chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Never Say Never Again, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.