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1	Howard the Duck (1986) more movies like this directed by Willard Huyck featuring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Chip Zien In this sci-fi comedy from executive producer George Lucas, Howard the Duck is an extra-terrestrial fowl who is accidentally beamed to earth by physicist Dr. Jenning (Jeffrey Jones) and his assistant Phil (Tim Robbins). The two go looking for Howard and find him in the home of Beverly Switzer (Lea Thompson), who was rescued by the interstellar ... see all copies from £6.54! new only from £18.64!
2	Big Trouble in Little China (1986) more movies like this directed by John Carpenter featuring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong Playing in a manner that can be conservatively described as larger than life, Kurt Russell plays a macho truck driver who agrees to go to the San Francisco airport and pick up his friend's (Dennis Dun) fiancee (Suzee Pai, freshly arrived from China. Suddenly, a gang of Chinatown toughs kidnap the girl right before Russell's eyes. After a wild ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £3.78!
3	Independence Day (1996) more movies like this directed by Roland Emmerich featuring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch A group of intrepid humans attempts to save the Earth from vicious extraterrestrials in this extremely popular science-fiction adventure. Borrowing liberally from War of the Worlds, Aliens, and every sci-fi invasion film inbetween, director Roland Emmerich and producer and co-writer Dean Devlin present a visually slick, fast-paced adventure filled ... see all copies from £1.17! new only from £2.89!
4	Hot Fuzz (2007) more movies like this directed by Edgar Wright featuring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton A top London cop who is so good at his job that he makes his fellow officers look like slackers by comparison is "promoted" to serve in the sleepy village of Sandford in this contemporary action comedy from the creators of Shaun of the Dead. Police constable Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) always gets his man, but these days his impeccable record ... see all copies from £4.19! new only from £4.19!
5	True Lies (1994) more movies like this directed by James Cameron featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ball of entertainment. Producer James Cameron wrote and directed the film. Henry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic computer salesman neglecting his mousy wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), a ... see all copies from £1.17! new only from £5.59!
6	Rush Hour (1998) more movies like this directed by Brett Ratner featuring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Peña, Philip Baker Hall Brett Ratner directed this action-comedy that found box-office success by teaming Chris Tucker with Jackie Chan -- performing his own stunts as per his earlier films. As the story begins, Hong-Kong supercop Lee's (Chan), detective savvy leads to the confiscation of $500 million in weapons, drugs, and Chinese art. When Hong Kong Chinese Consul Han ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £3.50!
7	Bad Boys II (2003) more movies like this directed by Michael Bay featuring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jordi Mollà, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano Stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith return along with director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer for this sequel to the 1995 sleeper hit Bad Boys, the film that sparked the careers of both actors, as well as Bay. Once again, Lawrence and Smith play hotshot, wisecracking Miami narcotics officers Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey. This time ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £6.99!
8	Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) more movies like this directed by Richard Donner featuring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock Detectives Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) reteamed for their fourth foray together in this buddy-cop action-comedy series based on characters created by Shane Black. With the passage of years, Murtagh's daughter Rianne (Traci Wolfe) is now about to upgrade Murtagh to grandfather status, while Riggs' relationship with ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £3.50!
9	Smokey and the Bandit (1977) more movies like this directed by Hal Needham featuring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry "Smokey," aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), is the prospective father-in-law of unwilling bride Carrie (Sally Field). The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick racecar driver, makes an 80,000-dollar bet that he can transport a shipment of Coors beer from Texarkana, TX, to Atlanta within 28 hours. It's important to note that in 1977, it ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £6.46!
10	Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) more movies like this directed by Doug Liman featuring Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody, Kerry Washington Many married couples have secrets, but one pair of lovebirds discover they've both been living dangerous secret lives in this action thriller laced with comedy. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and play Jane Smith and John Smith, a suburban couple whose marriage has started to go a bit stale after five or six years. Both wish for more excitement in ... see all copies from £2.90! new only from £8.75!
11 view cover	Rush Hour 2 (2001) more movies like this directed by Brett Ratner featuring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Zhang Ziyi, Roselyn Sanchez A surprise box-office smash spawns this inevitably action-packed buddy comedy follow-up that reunites director Brett Ratner with stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Chan is Chief Inspector Lee of the Royal Hong Kong Police, who travels back to China with his American colleague, Los Angeles detective James Carter (Tucker). The men intend to take ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £2.62!
12 view cover	48 Hrs. (1982) more movies like this directed by Walter Hill featuring Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar A variation on the "buddy-cop" hybridized genre, 48 HRS. greatly bolstered the career of Nick Nolte and made comedian Eddie Murphy a bonafide box-office sensation. When a pair of reckless cop-killers break out of prison, grizzled detective Jack Cates (Nolte) is left no alternative but to spring fast-talking hustler Reggie Hammond (Murphy) from the ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £3.36!
13 view cover	Bad Boys (1995) more movies like this directed by Michael Bay featuring Michael Imperioli, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Tchéky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano Former video director Michael Bay had his first big hit with this action comedy, which also returned producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson to the big-budget, high-violence movies that they successfully churned out in the '80s. Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are two Miami cops who watch as 100 million dollars in ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £6.27!
14 view cover	Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) more movies like this directed by Penny Marshall featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Pryce, Stephen Collins, James Belushi, John Wood, Carol Kane, Annie Potts Penny Marshall in her feature film directing debut, four screenwriters, and a ebullient Whoopi Goldberg join forces to make Jumpin' Jack Flash, a modern espionage comedy. Goldberg plays Terry Doolittle, a computer operator in a large New York City bank who picks up a cry of help on her computer. The signal is from a man who signs off as Jumpin' ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £4.98!
15 view cover	Midnight Run (1988) more movies like this directed by Martin Brest featuring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina Director Martin Brest, of Going in Style and Beverly Hills Cop fame, was in charge of Midnight Run. Robert De Niro stars as Jack Walsh, a hard-bitten bounty hunter offered $100,000 to bring in embezzler Jonathan Mardukas (Charles Grodin). Handcuffed to the wimpy Mardukas, Walsh assumes that the extradition trip from New York to Los Angeles will be ... see all copies from £2.05! new only from £3.06!
16 view cover	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (1984) more movies like this directed by W.D. Richter featuring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd Despite mixed reviews and a disastrous initial release that dumped the film into theaters for a week in the midst of the 1984 Summer Olympics, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension went on to become one of the major cult films of the 1980s, developing a rabid following after its release on videotape. Drifting between satire ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £7.11!
17 view cover	The Blues Brothers (1980) more movies like this directed by John Landis featuring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Candy, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman). Said mission is to raise $5000 to save an ... see all copies from £1.17! new only from £4.37!
18 view cover	Outrageous Fortune (1987) more movies like this directed by Arthur Hiller featuring Shelley Long, Bette Midler, Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky, John Schuck Two women with serious differences are forced to look out for each other in this anarchic comedy. Sandy (Bette Midler) and Lauren (Shelley Long) are a pair of struggling actresses who don't get along especially well -- and are even less fond of each other when they discover that they're both dating the same man, Michael (Peter Coyote). However, ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £5.17!
19 view cover	The Cannonball Run (1981) more movies like this directed by Hal Needham featuring Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham team up for the fourth time, this time bringing an all-star cast of characters on a cross-country car race in the vein of 1976 release The Gumball Rally. The police are the least of the Cannonballers' worries as they push the pedal to the metal in a race from Connecticut to California. Reynolds stars as J.J. ... see all copies from £1.17! new only from £3.25!
20 view cover	Shanghai Knights (2003) more movies like this directed by David Dobkin featuring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Aaron Johnson, Tom Fisher, Aidan Gillen East and West team up to take on bad guys in the British Empire in this sequel to the action comedy hit Shanghai Noon. Chon Wang (Jackie Chan), once an Imperial Guard in China, is now the Sheriff of Carson City, NV, while his onetime cohort, former train robber Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson), scrapes together a living writing dime novels based on his ... see all copies from £2.34! new only from £4.66!
21 view cover	Osmosis Jones (2001) more movies like this directed by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly featuring Bill Murray, Molly Shannon, Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Laurence Fishburne Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, the impish impresarios of gross-out comedy, take their body function-inspired humor to new extremes in this mixture of live action and animation. Bill Murray stars as Frank, a zoo worker suffering from the effects of an unknown malady he contracted after eating an egg contaminated with simian saliva. Unknown to ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £6.26!
22 view cover	Death Race 2000 (1975) more movies like this directed by Paul Bartel featuring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins Cult hero Paul Bartel directed this low-budget satire in which America's passion for cars, violence, and sporting events are finally brought together in one convenient package. In the not-so-distant future, the United States has become a totalitarian regime overseen by the charming but sinister Mr. President (Sandy McCallum), who, in order to ... see all copies from £3.04!
23 view cover	The Pacifier (2005) more movies like this directed by Adam Shankman featuring Lauren Graham, Vin Diesel, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot The toughest man in the American military faces a new kind of challenge -- looking after four kids in soccer-mom suburbia -- in this family-friendly comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is a former Navy SEAL who was assigned to protect a scientist working on a top-secret defense project for the government. Despite Wolf's ... see all copies from £2.62! new only from £5.24!
24 view cover	They Live (1988) more movies like this directed by John Carpenter featuring Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George "Buck" Flower, Peter Jason John Carpenter wrote and directed this science fiction thriller about a group of aliens who try to take over the world by disguising themselves as Young Republicans. Wrestler Roddy Piper stars as John Nada, a drifted who makes his way into an immense encampment for the homeless. There he stumbles upon a conspiracy concerning aliens who have ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £7.39!
25 view cover	Air America (1990) more movies like this directed by Roger Spottiswoode featuring Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, David Marshall Grant Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys flying contraband to Laos during the Vietnam War. Gibson doesn't seem to care about anything but the "guts and glory" aspects of the job, but Downey has serious questions about the moral implications of their mission. When a Laotian general expresses more concern over the ... see all copies from £2.33! new only from £4.06!

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