The 40 Greatest Action Comedy Movies of All Time (2022)

Action with comedy makes for the best entertainment combination for cine lovers. Although many movies fall under this sub-genre, there are still films that shine brighter amongst the rest and have successfully left lasting impressions in the minds and hearts of the audiences. Here is a list of selected 30 action-comedy movies that provide a perfect blend of action and comedy and also with some hilarious moments.

50. Men In Black: International (2019)

Director: F. Gary Gray
Writer(s): Art Marcum and Matt Holloway.
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rafe Spall, Laurent Bourgeois, Larry Bourgeois, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson.
IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 22%
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Men In Black: International is an American sci-fi action comedy film, which is a spin-off of the MIB series. The movie revolves around Molly Wright, who witnessed her parents neutralized by the MIB agents. She stays firm on her beliefs of the existence of aliens, which are universally perceived as delusional.

To prove her point, she tracks down an alien and ends up working as an agent for the MIB organization.

49. Rush Hour 3 (2007)

Director: Brett Ratner
Writer(s): Jeff Nathanson
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max von Sydow.
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 18%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Rush Hour 3 is the third film 0n the list of movies of the Rush Hour series. It revolves around the buddy cops Lee and Carter, who are on a mission to track an assassin involved with the Chinese triads. The movie is set in Paris, where both the cops chase the assassin, hoping to unravel the secrets of the Chinese triad.

Rush Hour 3 continues the franchise’s legacy with its wholesome mix of comedic and breathtaking fighting scenes.

48. Men In Black II (2002)

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer(s): Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro.
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Rip Torn.
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 39%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Men In Black II is the second film in the series of Men in Black and sequel to Men in Black. The movie begins with a murder investigation of an alien by Agent J and his neutralized partner Agent K. During the investigation, they end up digging missing information about a source of light that is responsible for the planet’s destruction.

47. The Paper Tigers

Director: Quoc Bao Tran
Writer(s): Quoc Bao Tran
Cast: Brian Le, Yuji Okumoto, Andy Le
IMDb Rating: 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video

Three Kung Fu masters have matured into clean-cut, middle-aged guys who are now one kick away from tearing their hamstrings. When their master is slain, they must juggle their limited jobs, paternal commitments, and suppressed conflicts in order to justify his death.

46. Tango And Cash (1989)

Directors: Andrei Konchalovsky, Albert Magnoli.
Writer(s): Randy Feldman, Jeffrey Boam.
Cast: Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance, Brion James, Robert Z’Dar, James Hong, Michael J Pollard, Marc Alaimo.
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 30%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Tango And Cash is an American buddy cop action comedy movie starring Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher, and Jack Palance. The movie is about two rival LAPD narcotics detectives named Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash. Tango and Cash are framed for murder by a criminal mastermind. Both are determined to clear their names and join hands keeping their differences aside.

45. Bad Boys II (2003)

Director: Michael Bay
Writer(s): Ron Shelton and Jerry Stahl.
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Jodi Molla, Gabrielle Union, Peter Stormare, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Bad Boys II is the second in the series of Bad Boys film series. The film follows the investigation spree of Mike and Marcus, two cops of the Miami Police Department narcotics division. The movie has great comic elements that show the Tom and Jerry relationship between the two cops and the action sequences.

44. Bad Boys For Life (2020)

Directors: Adil and Bilall
Writer(s): Chris Bremner, Peter Craig, and Joe Carnahan.
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Paola Nunez, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Jacob Scipio, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Bad Boys For Life is the third action comedy movie in the series of Bad Boys film. Released this year, it continues the legacy of the franchise. The film revolves around the past of Mike, which haunts him in the present. The Son of a deceased drug cartel leader has vowed to kill Mike, who is one of the victims on his hit list.

Marcus gets injured on Mike’s behalf, which enrages Mike’s anger, and he sets out to track the assassin. Mike and Marcus join hands to chase the assassin and save the victims on the hit list. After a series of failures, finally, they track down the assassin.

They get the information that the assassin is closely related to Mike’s past undercover assignment. The movie has an element of thrill and drama along with action and comedy, making it worth watching.

43. Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Director: Brett Ratner
Writer(s): Jeff Nathanson
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Alan King, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin, Zhang Ziyi.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 52%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Rush Hour 2 is the second movie in the series of Rush Hour. The film got mixed reviews and became a huge commercial success, making it the highest-grossing movie on the Rush Hour franchise list.

The movie follows the plot where Lee and Carter are interrupted by a murder case during their vacation. Lee pins his doubts on the Triad crime Lord Ricky Tan, as the prime suspect of the murder along with a bombing at the American embassy.

42. The Heat (2013)

Director: Paul Feig
Writer(s): Katie Dippold
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rapaport.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 66%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

The Heat is an American buddy cop action comedy movie starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy as cops. This movie revolves around FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn and Boston Detective Shannon Mullins, who are assigned on a mission to take down a mobster in Boston.

The Heat garnered mixed reviews with a predictable plot but got high praises for the superb chemistry between the lead actors.

41. The Other Guys (2010)

Director: Adam Mckay
Writer(s): Adam Mckay and Chris Henchy.
Cast: Will Ferell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Samuel L Jackson, Dwayne Johnson.
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

The Other Guys is an American buddy cop action comedy movie. The movie revolves around two less honored cops of NYPD, named Allen and Terry. Allen Gamble is a mild-mannered forensic accountant, and Terry Hoitz is a hot-tempered detective.

The movie follows the cops’ trials and tribulations to expose the mastermind behind the crime. A multi-billionaire assigns Allen and Terry a petty case of a scaffolding permit violation. During the investigation, they end up digging for information about the much more severe crime of money laundering.

40. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

Director: Jake Kasdan
Writer(s): Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinker and Scott Rosenberg.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gilan, Nick Jonas, Awkafina, Danny Glover, Danny DeVito.
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 71%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Jumanji: The Next Level is an American fantasy adventure action comedy film and a sequel to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The movie is about a group of teenagers entrapped in Jumanji and an old friend. It is the third film in the Jumanji series.

Inside Jumanji, they have to fight against old and new avatars and villains to escape. The movie was a huge commercial success and garnered positive critical reviews for its plot.

39. Men In Black III (2012)

Men In Black III (2012) movie scene — Source: IMDb

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer(s): Etan Cohen
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emma Thompson.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 68%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Men In Black III is the third film in the series of Men in Black and sequel to MIB-II. The movie is about a malicious alien, the nemesis of Agent K, who intends to kill young Agent K by traveling back in time so that he can facilitate the growth of his own species. MIB III is one of the most expensive action movies and one of the most expensive action-comedy films made as of 2020.

38. Bad Boys (1995)

Director: Michael Bay
Writer(s): Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland, and Doug Richardson.
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Tea Loni, Tcheky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Joe Pantoliano.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 42%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Bad Boys is an American buddy cop action comedy movie, which stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as two narcotics detectives. The movie follows the lives of two best friends, Marcus and Mike, who are Miami detectives. The movie’s spectacular action and hilarious comedy made it a huge commercial success. It became a cult in the buddy cop action comedy movies sub-genre.

The movie follows the pursuit of the cops to reveal the mole and uproot the drug racket source. They are assigned to investigate the drug racket. During their investigation, they get the information that someone in Internal Affairs is a part of the cartel.

37. Pineapple Express (2008)

Director: David Gordon Green
Writer(s): Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg.
Cast – Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Danny McBride.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 68%
Streaming Platform: Amazon

Pineapple Express is an American buddy stoner action comedy movie. The movie revolves around a rare strain of marijuana called Pineapple Express. The movie begins with Dale, a process server, and Saul, a drug dealer, witnessing a murder.

The action-comedy movie follows the life-threatening chase of the assassins after Dale and Saul in pursuit of Pineapple Express. They get hold of the Pineapple Express, which belongs to the assassin. The assassin gets the information about the duo possessing rare marijuana. He orders his henchmen to kill the duo.

36. 48 Hours (1982)

Director: Walter Hill
Writer(s): Roger Spottiswoode, Walter Hill, Larry Gross, Steven E. de Souza.
Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 68%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte star in 48 Hours, an American buddy cop action comedy movie. The movie follows the chase of a cop named Jack after a criminal, Ganz, who is charged with murder. This movie marks the debut of Eddie Murphy, garnered lots of positive reviews, and also attained huge commercial success.

Jack teams up with Reggie, a prisoner, who is released for 48 hours to help Jack grab Granz, who was Reggie’s crime partner. The movie contains a series of action-loaded gunfights and action sequences, enveloped with heartfelt comedy, making it one of the best buddy cop action comedy movies of the 80s.

35. The Blue Brothers

Director: John Landis
Writer(s): Dan Aykroyd, John Landis
Cast: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway
IMDb Rating: 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix

Despite the fact that its two actors portray a couple of lyrical grouches rather than cops, the 1980 John Landis classic “The Blues Brothers” seems like a friend cop movie. Instead of a pair of mismatched, outsized characters, Jake Blues and his brother Elwood (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, respectively) are dry, empty, and direct.

In light of a continuation of “Saturday Night Live” portrayals starring a similar team, the film tells the larger tale of Jake, who was just released from jail and is “on a mission from God” to preserve the halfway home where they spent their youth.

They’ll need to raise enough money to cover a large expenditure bill with some time to spare, and they plan to accomplish so by changing their old blues band and holding a major benefit performance.

Unfortunately, true integrity is rarely appreciated, and the brothers create enemies at nearly every traffic signal along the way.

The brothers find out how to make an unending flow of near shaves while being pursued by the police, an opposing band, a gathering of Neo-Nazis, and a bitter ex-life partner (Carrie Fisher).

Perhaps the most unusual film on this list, it’s almost a pure satire despite the massive blasts, frantic shopping centre car chases, enormous battles, and terrible accidents for which the picture became famous.

34. 22 Jump Street (2014)

Director: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Writer(s): Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel, and Rodney Rothman.
Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Peter Stormare, Ice Cube.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

22 Jump Street is an American buddy cop action comedy movie that stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. It is the sequel of the movie 21 Jump Street. Unlike the prequel 21 Jump Street, where the two cops played the roles of undercover high school students, in the sequel 22 Jump Street, the cops are disguised as college students to expose the source of a drug cartel.

Both the movies in the series garnered huge commercial success and secured high recognition in the lists of some of the best action comedy movies.

33. Tropic Thunder (2008)

Tropic Thunder (2008) movie poster — Source: Letterboxd

Director: Ben Stiller
Writer(s): Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen.
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Tropic Thunder is an action comedy film. The movie follows the journey of a temperamental, self-obsessed actors’ group, who are abandoned by their director, out of frustration, in the middle of a tropical forest. The group of actors, played by Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, and Brandon T Jackson, were supposed to shoot for a movie based on the Vietnam war.

But these inflated attitude actors irritate their director to the extent that the frustrated director abandoned them in the middle of nowhere and left. Tropic Thunder movie follows the journey of these actors through the Jungle. The movie shows a combination of parodies of various war movies, which gives the movie a comedic angle.

32. Rush Hour (1998)

Director: Brett Ratner
Writer(s): Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna.
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Penn, Elizabeth Pena.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 61%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Rush Hour is an American action comedy film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. The movie begins with a detective inspector of Hong Kong police, Lee teaming up with LAPD detective Carter to rescue the abducted daughter of a Chinese diplomat.

The movie gets its comedic angle from the struggles of Lee and Carter to work together due to their poles-apart personalities. Rush Hour is a treat to watch for lovers of action comedy movies with some breathtaking action sequences.

31. Spy (2015)

Director: Paul Feig
Writer(s): Paul Feig
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Jude Law.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Spy is an American action-comedy movie starring Mellissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, and many more. The movie was a huge commercial success and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, one for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category and the other in Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category.

The movie centers around 40 years old, single, desk-bound CIA employee Susan Cooper. Susan was assigned to assist her partner, field agent Bradley Fine. Susan got the opportunity to go as an undercover agent to infiltrate the suspected criminals’ group and extract information about a deadly suitcase nuke.

The perfect comic timing twined with thrilling spy actions makes the movie one of the best action comedy movies.

30. RED (2010)

Director: Robert Schwentke
Writer(s): Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman and Mary-Louise Parker.
IMDb Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 72%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Red is the picture of our famous Bruce Wills where he is a CIA Agent named Frank Moses who has just survived an assault, so therefore he decides to bring back his old team and get ready for a war.

Noe, they aim to get into the CIA headquarters, which will be a tough shot. Let’s see how their expected training will help them complete their mission, which looks totally impossible to anybody else!

29. Shazam!

Director: David F. Sandberg
Writer(s): Henry Gayden, Darren Lemke, Bill Parker
Cast: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel
IMDb Rating: 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Streaming Platform: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video

For a long time, it looked that Batman and Superman had the imposing economic model on DC superhuman motion pictures, but other legends gradually earned their due when any likeness of “Marvel Woman” and “Aquaman” began appearing on cinema screens.

In any case, “Shazam!” was the first superhuman blockbuster action picture to think beyond the box, giving spectators a veritable satire all things considered.

The film, which starred Zachary Levi, who’d already demonstrated his activity parody powers on TV’s “Throw,” didn’t shy away from the person’s bright, antiquated character, instead capitalising on it for its potential usefulness.

In the film, a young wanderer named Billy Batson meets an elderly wizard who bestows upon him enormous abilities, allowing him to become this domain’s most recent champion.

When he says “shazam,” the 14-year-old Batson is converted into the powerful red-and-white-clad grown-up superhuman with Superman-like powers. However, when the wizard’s old nemesis, the wicked Dr. Sivana, hears of Batson’s new identity, he seeks to eliminate him using the abilities of the wizard’s deadliest foe.

28. Jump Street (2012)

Jump Street (2012) Movie Poster — Source: Letterboxd

Directors: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Writer(s): Michael Bacall
Cast: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Jump Street is an American buddy cop action comedy movie that stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. The 21 Jump Street movie revolves around two cops, Schmidt and Jenko, who are forced to disguise themselves as high school students and relive high school life to expose a drug cartel.

Schmidt and Jenko both missed their high school proms due to personal reasons. Years later, both of them are working as police officers and are good friends of each other.

They are assigned a case to investigate the source of the drug supplier in Sagan High School. In the pursuit to reach the source of the drug ring, both of them get to relive their high school days undercover. The movie marks one of the most iconic movies in the buddy cop genre.

27. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)

Director: Edgar Wright
Writer(s): Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright.
Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is an action comedy film directed by Edgar Wright. It received positive reviews for its humor and visual style and became a cult following. Although the Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World movie failed to achieve commercial success.

The movie centers around a young lazy bassist named Scott Pilgrim, who has to make a mark in his profession and fight with seven evil ex-boyfriends of his current girlfriend.

26. The Suicide Squad (2021)

Director: James Gunn
Writer(s): James Gunn
Cast: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

The Suicide Squad is one of the most favorite action comedies for DC Comics lovers. The country’s ruling authority has sent Bloodsport, Peacemaker, King Shark, Harley Quinn, and many more big trouble makers that they call the “Supervillains” to a faraway island of Corto Maltese filled with enemies.

They have very hi-tech ammunition, with the help of which they go through the very treacherous jungles in the island to destroy the enemies. Will these supervillains, with the help of Col. Rick Flag, be able to handle themselves and do the needed? DC Fans, Go now on the streaming platforms to know it all.

25. Free Guy (2021)

Director: Shawn Levy
Writer(s): Matt Lieberman
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Lil Rel Howery.
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
Streaming Platform: Disney +Hotstar

Free Guy is among the dream action comedies of people around the world. Have you have thought that what if you were a player in an open-world video game and you had the power to rewrite your own story. Would you choose to be the hero of your story or not? According to me, most of you would think of it as the most exciting part of life as me.

The picture presents a limitless world, where you can be and have anything; the essence of thinking about the concept being played on the big screen gives a different kind of thrill. What would the bank teller who got this fantastic opportunity do, and how will that change his world?

24. Big Trouble In Little China

Director: John Carpenter
Writer(s): Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Disney + Hotstar, Hulu

“Huge Trouble in Little China,” one of Kurt Russell’s greatest films, reunited the actor with “Departure from New York” director John Carpenter.

Despite the fact that all of Carpenter’s acclaimed films have humorous elements, this is the only true, bona fide action satire of any consequence. Russell plays Jack Burton, a transporter who becomes embroiled in an adventure when his best friend’s young girl is abducted by a gang of hooligans.

Following the gang to Chinatown, Burton soon uncovers a sadly lost realm of spiritualist heroes. In addition, the road endures kidnapped his companion’s life partner (Suzee Pai) in order to give her to an ancient magician named Lo Pan. According to mythology, sacrificing a lady with emerald eyes will keep the everlasting magician alive.

23. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Director: Tom Gormican
Writer(s): Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video

The fictitious Nick Cage should accept a $1 million invitation to attend the birthday of a hazardous superfan named Javi Gutierrez.

Things take an unexpected turn when Nick Cage is recruited by CIA operative Vivian and forced to fulfil his own mythology, diverting his most renowned and beloved on-screen personas to rescue himself and his loved ones.

22. Thor: Love and Thunder

Director: Taika Waititi
Writer(s): Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Stan Lee
Cast: Natalie Portman, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt
IMDb Rating: 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
Streaming Platform: Netflix (2023)

Thor’s retirement is disrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a cosmic executioner who seeks the annihilation of celestial creatures. To confront the menace, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex Jane Foster, who – surprisingly – utilises his otherworldly hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor.

Together, they go on a terrifying limitless journey to discover the mystery of the God Butcher’s retribution and stop him before it’s too late.

21. The Man From U.N.C.L.E (2015)

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer(s): Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram.
Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, Hugh Grant.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 67%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a spy film along with lots of action and comedy. CIA agent Napoleon and KGB operative Illya are forced to work together to extract the nuclear weapon from a malicious terrorist group. The movie is set in Rome during the cold war.

The two anti-parties team up with the daughter of a scientist who created the nuclear weapon. This trio goes undercover to accomplish the world-saving mission.

20. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Director: Martin Brest
Writer(s): Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Beverly Hills Cop is an American action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. The movie centers around a street-smart cop of the Detroit Police Department named Axel Foley, who is determined to solve the murder mystery of his best friend, Mikey.

Mikey worked as a security guard in Beverly Hills, so Axel visited Beverly Hills to investigate the murder. The movie is a milestone in the career of Eddie Murphy and bestowed him with international stardom. The movie was an immediate blockbuster and received critical acclaim, making it one of the best movies in the genre of action comedy movies.

19. Men In Black (1997)

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Writer(s): Ed Solomon
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Florentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rip Torn.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Men In Black is an American sci-fi action comedy film. The movie centers around a secret organization named Men in Black and its agents, who give up everything and remain anonymous for the whole world and dedicate their lives to the safety of the earth and the galaxy from extraterrestrial threats.

The movie was a huge commercial hit and received three Academy Award nominations, winning the Best Makeup award. It is counted as one of the best sci-fi action comedy movies, spawning two sequels and a spin-off.

18. Shaolin Soccer (2001)

Director: Stephen Chow
Writer(s): Stephen Chow , Min Hun Fung, Kan- Cheung Tsang.
Cast: Stephen Chow, Wei Zhao, Yat-Fei Wong, Man-Tat Ng.
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime and Netflix.

Shaolin Soccer is among the classic Stephen Chow action comedies where he is a straightforward man, yet he is treated very severely by the people around him. In all this mess, he still has hope and thinks that Kung Fu can solve all the issues in the world.

Therefore, he gangs up with 6 other misfits and makes a soccer team where all of them will showcase their different talents and bring the level of the soccer game to a new level. Will all these people with immense capabilities, will be able to win a prize of 1 million grand by playing soccer?

17. Raya and The Last Dragon (2021)

Director: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, John Ripa, Paul Briggs.
Writer(s): Adele Lim, Qui Nguyen.
Cast: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Izaac Wang.
IMDb Rating: 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Streaming Platform: Disney + Hotstar

Dragons saving the world by saving humanity has to be a barren concept. Now when the world needs it again, a lone warrior takes his journey to find the last dragon that is left. To see the exciting turn of events that take place in the journey, Do watch the picture soon. All the dragon lovers, Raya, and the last dragon should be the next picture on your list if you haven’t watched it yet.

Here is the list of best Action Comedy Movies. Now what you are waiting for, go grab your popcorn tub, start watching these fantastic and mind-blowing movies, and have a unique and best-watching experience.

16. Project A (1983)

Director: Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung.
Writer(s): Jackie Chan and Edward Tang.
Cast: Jackie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Dick Wei, Hak Seun Lau , Sammo Hung Kam-Bo.
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime

Dragon Ma in Project A is the captain of the marines in Hong Kong. Some Pirates have caused terrors in that area as they support the corrupt members in authority. Our lead has a mission to get these pirate groups off to work peacefully in the area, but he alone isn’t able to make it.

15. Midnight Run (1988)

Director: Martin Brest
Writer(s): George Gallo
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Midnight Run is an American action-comedy movie starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Fairing both at the box office and the critical acclamations, the movie is a cult in the genre of action comedy movies. The movie begins with Jack Walsh, who is a bounty hunter, and Eddie Moscone, a bail bondsman, teamed together for an assignment.

They are assigned to bring an accountant back to Los Angeles. With its amazing comic thriller and charismatic chemistry of the lead actors, the movie is a cult in the genre of action comedy movies.

14. Kick Ass (2010)

Director: Matthew Vaughm
Writer(s): Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman.
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloë Grace Moretz, Garrett M. Brown.
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 76%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime and Netflix.

Kick Ass shows the story of a boy named Dave Lizewski performed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who has always loved comic books. In his teenage years, he decides to become a superhero. Therefore he makes himself a costume and names himself Kick Ass, but he does not have any superhero powers.

His aim is precise, and that is to fight the criminals. He forms alliances with Big Daddy, Hit-Girl, and Red Mist in the journey. With a lot of humor and fun, we will see how our Dave faces the challenges he was not even properly ready for. This is a movie that is light and funny with good action scenes.

13. The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)

Director: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan.
Writer(s): Edward Tang, Man- Ming and Kai-Chi Yuen.
Cast: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak, Lung Ti, Anita Mui.
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime and Netflix.

The Legend of Drunken Master is a picture filled with a lot of humor and action where a martial artist named Fei Hong is caught between saving the aesthetic artifacts of China from the foreign people who want to export them and his father’s wishes who do not want him to get involved in any kind of fights.

Fei Hong has learned a martial art technique known as the ‘Drunker Master,’ which is powerful and can quickly destroy enemies. Will Fei Hong be able to persuade his father to let him fight to save the work of his country from these foreign people?

12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Director: James Gunn
Writer(s): James Gunn, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista
IMDb Rating: 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Following the surprise film industry success of the first film, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” went far further, introducing strange new tales and strange new giant miscreants. Kurt Russell portrayed the image’s main enemy, the human variety of the sentient planet known as Ego.

Russell’s Ego seems to be a pleasant character who informs them that he is Peter Quill’s outsider father, who visited Earth a long time ago and fell in love with his mother.

Self-image discovers that Peter is in reality endowed with his race’s incredible talents and must teach him how to use them so that they can travel around the galaxy together.

Be that as it may, not everything is as it appears. When Ego’s motives are called into doubt, Quill is forced to reconsider his history and his paternity. A far more authentic close to home trip, it also sees professional murderer Gamora reconnect with her estranged sister Nebula and Rocket find peace with his own horrific birth tale.

11. Zombieland

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Writer(s): Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson
IMDb Rating: 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Netflix

Blending different genres of films tends to work well for action comedy, and first-time director Ruben Fleischer wowed by incorporating a sound chunk of panics into the overall mishmash.

The activity-packed “Zombieland” surely stood out for its outstanding and diversified ensemble as much as it did for its sort bending stunts. Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin led the cast.

“Zombieland,” set after the outbreak of a zombie apocalypse, is an absurd comedy take on the zombie sort. Columbus (Eisenberg), a socially awkward understudy, teams up with an obstinate cattle rustler named Tallahassee (Harrelson) to discover whether his family is still alive.

An encounter with two radical, zombie-killing sisters (Stone and Breslin) adds two to their group of survivors, and they soon move off west to Los Angeles, where they’ve heard rumours of a safe haven.

10. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Director: Matthew Vaughn
Writer(s): Jane Goldman
Cast: Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine.
IMDb Rating: 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 74%
Streaming Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Kingsman: The Secret Service is an action spy action movie with elements of comedy. The movie is about a secret spy organization, which selects the best of best as secret agents, trains them to face malicious people that pose a threat to the whole world.

Kingsman: The Secret Service movie begins with an enthusiastic young man Gary who gets selected for the secret organization after passing a series of brutal and tough tests. He is then assigned to save the world from a megalomaniac who thinks of human beings as viruses and intends to wipe out the majority of humanity.

09. Deadpool 2 (2018)

Director: David Leitch
Writer(s): Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Ryan Reynolds.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hilderbrand, Jack Kesy.
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
Streaming Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Deadpool2 is an American superhero film. It is a sequel to Deadpool and the eleventh film in the X-Men film series. In the movie, anti-hero Deadpool, hesitant otherwise, becomes a responsible mentor to a bunch of young mutants.

Under the leadership of Deadpool, the young mutants hone their abilities to face a time-traveling soldier named Cable. The film out-grossed its prequel and gained positive reviews for its cast performances and humor.

08. Hot Fuzz (2007)

Director: Edgar Wright
Writer(s): Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg.
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Streaming Platform: Hulu

Hot Fuzz is an action-comedy movie starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Jim Broadbent. Hot Fuzz is the second movie in the list of movies in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. With an extensive cast and various cameos, Hot Fuzz movie was praised by critics for its performances, direction, and humor.

The movie begins with a twin murder painted as an accident. The movie centers around an overachieving cop, Nicholas Angel, and his buddy cop fanboy, Danny Butterman. Angel suspects foul play and starts the investigation. A series of murders follows afterward.

The movie follows the hit and misses chase of the buddy cops in an attempt to unravel the prime suspect behind the murders. With all the critical praises garnered, the movie counts as one of the best movies in the genre of action-comedy.

07. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Director: Stephen Chow
Writer(s): Stephen Chow
Cast: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Eva Huang, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan , Leung Siu-lung and Feng Xiaogang.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime and Netflix.

The Kung Fu Hustle is one of the best action comedies based on martial arts. It teaches a very important lesson that martial arts should be used to improve and defend oneself and not consciously harm anyone. Stephen Chow and Feng Xiaogang as Sing and Bone act like the people of the dreaded Axe Gang until the real people from the gang come out to keep up their fearful reputation.

The legendary kung fu master who has been living in the same place in disguise comes out when all this starts happening. The picture is an epic to watch for all the Kung Fu lovers.

06. Ghostbusters (1984)

Director: Ivan Reitman
Writer(s): Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis.
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
Streaming Platform: Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Ghostbusters is one of the best action comedies of its time. The lead roles Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, and Dan Aykroyd are parapsychologists who have lost their employment in a university in New York. For all the people who love supernatural stories fit into action comedies, this is precisely what will give you a good fun time.

Therefore, they become “Ghostbuster” by setting up a shop in the city. In all this, they find a doorway to a totally different dimension that brings evil into their city. Will the team of these 3 guys save their city from all the destruction they have bought over the city?

05. The Gentlemen (2019)

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer(s): Guy Ritchie
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong.
IMDb Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 75%
Streaming Platform: Netflix and Amazon.

The Gentlemen is a picture of a man named Mickey Pearson who earned a lot of money by building a highly profitable marijuana empire in the city of London. When people get to know that he is looking for an out-of-business, the picture gets interesting.

Filled with many twists and turns, which keeps the watcher hooked to the screen, watching the picture, and finding out how Mickey will deal with everything going around?

04. Deadpool (2016)

Director: Tim Miller
Writer(s): Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand.
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%
Streaming Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Deadpool is an American superhero film. It is the eighth film in the X-Men film series. The movie revolves around Wade Wilson, who was enforced with his present mutant abilities and a scarred physical appearance after a series of deadly experiments conducted on him by a mysterious person.

The film follows the journey of Deadpool to hunt down the man who is responsible for his present form. The movie presents a heart-wrenching misfortune of the main character wrapped in stomach-aching comical sequences and mind-blowing fight scenes, making it a record-breaker commercial hit

. The franchise has an action-adventure video game of the same name based on the anti-hero Deadpool, developed by High Moon Studios. Game users can play games consisting of weapons and gunfights, which upgrade as the game progresses.

03. The Umbrella Academy

Director: Jeremy Webb, Ellen Kuras
Writer(s): Taika Waititi, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Stan Lee
Cast: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda
IMDb Rating: 8.0
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
Streaming Platform: Netflix

Around the same day in October 1989, 43 infants are inexplicably born to random, disconnected females who showed no signs of pregnancy the day before. Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a millionaire businessman, adopts Seven and establishes The Umbrella Academy to prepare his “youngsters” to save the world. However, not everything went as planned.

The family split up and the group disintegrated throughout their adolescence. The six surviving persons, who are now around thirty years old, reunite upon learning of Hargreeves’ death.

Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Vanya, and Number Five collaborate to solve a mystery surrounding their father’s death.

However, the separated family begins to disintegrate once more due to their distinct personalities and abilities, as well as the imminent possibility of a worldwide end times.

02. Everything Everywhere All at Once

Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Writer(s): Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan
IMDb Rating: 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Streaming Platform: Amazon Prime Video

With her laundromat on the verge of failure and her marriage to weak husband Waymond on the rocks, tired Evelyn Wang struggles to adjust to everything, including a strained relationship with her critical father Gong and Joy, her kid.

And, as if dealing with a painful mental breakdown wasn’t enough, Evelyn should brace herself for an unpleasant meeting with an unimaginative bureaucrat: Deirdre, the pitifully dressed IRS assessor. As the severe specialist grows irritated, an irrational multiverse break transforms into an enlightening investigation of parallel actual causes.

01. Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Director: James Gunn
Writer(s): James Gunn and Nicole Perlman.
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Riley, Glenn Close, Benicio del Toro.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
Streaming Platform: Disney+ Hotstar

Guardians Of The Galaxy is an American superhero film based on Marvel Comics. The movie is about Peter Quill and his team members, a group of extraterrestrial criminals. Together they set on a journey to steal a powerful artifact. The movie received positive critical reviews and was also a huge commercial success.

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