Movies like Kung Phooey! (2003)
The best movies like Kung Phooey! (2003) are Die Hart (2023), Tropic Thunder (2008) and Afterburn (2025). If Kung Phooey! hooked you with its action and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022)7.7/10 from 8,642 votes
- NewestBorder Hunters (2025)Released 2025
Die Hart (2023)
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisTropic Thunder (2008)
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. When budgets skyrocket and schedules fall far behind, the director tries to save the production by leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they inadvertently encounter real danger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfterburn (2025)
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard to Die (1990)
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEenie Meanie (2025)
A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Upon a Deadpool (2018)
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
An action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad,) who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022)
The Accident Man is back, and this time he must best the top assassins in the world to protect the ungrateful son of a mafia boss, save the life of his only friend and rekindle his relationship with his maniacal father figure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLondon Calling (2025)
After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheech & Chong's Next Movie (1980)
Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWho Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
With a hitman’s gun aimed at him, Finch tells the story of how he broke out of jail, fell in love, and took the identity of a man wanted by the Mafia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNo Retreat, No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987)
In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBananas (1971)
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBorder Hunters (2025)
After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the border to get revenge
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSouth Park (Not Suitable for Children) (2023)
After it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of online influencers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAmerican Shaolin (1991)
After facing brutal humiliation in the ring, a young karateka travels to China in order to study the ancient art of Shaolin Kung Fu, becoming the first American Shaolin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bed Sitting Room (1969)
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisClear History (2013)
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Wong Fei-Hung faces the White Lotus Society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat Sen from the military.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Vexxer (2007)
Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrink and Be Merry (2025)
At a struggling New York dive bar in the days leading up to Christmas 2019, Chet, a beleaguered bartender in a state of extended arrested development, must balance caring for his misanthropic, aging regulars — who have nowhere else to go, and rely on him for far more than pouring drinks — with his naive desires to muster some Christmas spirit.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)
A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNovela (1992)
What happens during the commercial breaks in the prime-time slots of our television networks? How many stories are told and repeated year after year? "Novela" is a segment of this sacred hour when the entire country eagerly awaits the scenes from the next episodes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Shrinking Tee (2025)
"Tee" (Nui Chernyim) is a young man who planned to start a big family with "Som Sri" (First Pornchita). But his life changed when Som Sri died suddenly. And when he lost his lover and never returned, he was immersed in sadness, hopelessness, discouragement, lack of energy, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, was restless, and had liver problems. Until he started having health problems and led to the symptoms of being dead, "not as energetic" as before, causing great anxiety for his close friends "Thep" (Sutep Seesai) and "Louis" (Louis Chuanchuen). Both of them agreed that they had to help Tee get his life back in shape. So they took him to get treatment with all the methods they could think of. At the same time, Tee met "Suay" (Phimfia Kochakorn), a restaurant owner who was having serious debt problems. Tee offered to help and made him close to Suay until he started to open his heart to love again.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
My Name Is Bruce (2007)
B-movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNightmare at Camp Bloodbath (2022)
After discovering their lodge totaled by a neighboring camp, two counselors are stalked and prayed upon by the local legend Terrance Fisher in his slapstick parody.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Superlopez (2018)
Juan López must balance an office job with heroic feats to save the love of his life and native planet Chitón.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kung Phooey!?
The closest matches to Kung Phooey! are Die Hart (2023), Tropic Thunder (2008) and Afterburn (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kung Phooey!?
Start with Die Hart (2023), the closest match to Kung Phooey!.
What is the highest-rated movie like Kung Phooey!?
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), rated 7.7/10 by 8,642 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kung Phooey!?
Border Hunters (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Kung Phooey!?
Yes: Die Hart (2023), Tropic Thunder (2008) and Afterburn (2025).
How are movies similar to Kung Phooey! chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kung Phooey!, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.