Movies like Part-Time Spy (2017)
The best movies like Part-Time Spy (2017) are Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Back in Action (2025) and The Serpent (2021). If Part-Time Spy hooked you with its action and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMission: Possible (2021)7.4/10 from 207 votes
- NewestTrouble Man (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanSecretly, Greatly (2013)Also in Korean
Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)
An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBack in Action (2025)
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Serpent (2021)
Top special agent Lucinda Kavsky works for a secret part of the CIA. She's given a special assignment but then set up by her own agency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Spy The Eternal City (2024)
JJ, a veteran CIA agent, reunites with his protégé Sophie, in order to prevent a catastrophic nuclear plot targeting the Vatican.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpy (2015)
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Spy (2020)
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Union (2024)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJohnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecretly, Greatly (2013)
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMiss & Mrs. Cops (2019)
Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when overenthusiastic newbie Ji-hye is assigned to Mi-young's civil complaints team, the two female cops get caught up in a serious criminal case that triggers an action-filled comedic investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMission: Possible (2021)
Chinese secret agent Da-hee receives intel that a large number of illegal firearms are being smuggled into Korea and is sent to investigate the case. She meets Su-han, who is supposed to help her with the case, but due to his lackluster skills they fight over trivial things. But as their witnesses are suddenly murdered, the two of them quickly become the prime suspects.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMy Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009)
Ahn Soo-ji and Lee Jae-joon, who are oblivious to each other's real profession as secret agents, are in an ill-fated relationship. Three years later, they accidentally meet targeting the same enemy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHitman: Agent Jun (2020)
A failing webtoon artist finds he's drawn a target on his own back after publishing a story containing real secrets from his former life as a superspy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMiss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation — and the new "face of the FBI". But it's time to spring into action again when the pageant's winner, Cheryl, and emcee, Stan, are abducted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOK! Madam (2020)
A working class family wins a free vacation to Hawaii. But when their plane takes flight, it gets hijacked by terrorists. To save her family and the other passengers, the wife must reveal her secret past and fight back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCharlie's Angels (2000)
The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, set out to bring down the bad guys. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Art of Fighting (2006)
Byung-tae is the kid who is always on the receiving end of beatings from the school bullies—that is, until he meets Pan-su, a martial arts expert who takes him under his wing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoing by the Book (2007)
The chief of Sampo City Police Office, Seung-u, organizes a simulation of a bank robbery, but a by-the-book cop gets too caught up in the role playing in which the simulation doesn't go the way he had anticipated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTrouble Man (2025)
Jaxen, a former cop turned Atlanta PI, is hired to find missing R&B star Jahari. His investigation uncovers her disappearance is connected to a larger conspiracy, forcing him to question those around him and his own past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIf Looks Could Kill (1991)
Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the good guys and the bad guys. British Intelligence outfits him with a series of James-Bond-like gizmos, and Steranko sends more would-be assassins after him. Can Michael stop the evil Steranko's plans for European domination?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSo Undercover (2012)
When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time Mobster. With several suspects on her list, Molly unexpectedly discovers that not everyone is who they appear to be, including herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dude in Me (2019)
Dong-hyun is a high school student. One day, he falls from the rooftop and bumps into Pan-soo who is a passerby. Pan-soo is a member of a criminal organization. When the two men wake up in the hospital, they discover that they have switched bodies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow to Rob a Bank (2007)
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChief of Station (2024)
After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 355 (2022)
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Widow (2021)
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPoint Break (2015)
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Part-Time Spy?
The closest matches to Part-Time Spy are Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Back in Action (2025) and The Serpent (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Part-Time Spy?
People who watched Part-Time Spy most often go on to Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016), Back in Action (2025) and The Serpent (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Part-Time Spy?
Mission: Possible (2021), rated 7.4/10 by 207 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Part-Time Spy?
Trouble Man (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Korean movies like Part-Time Spy?
Yes: Secretly, Greatly (2013), Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019) and Mission: Possible (2021).
How are movies similar to Part-Time Spy chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Part-Time Spy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.