20 movies like American Ultra, ordered by similarity : Baadshah(1999), Knight and Day(2010), The Interview(2014), My Spy(2020), Red 2(2013), Spy(2015), Bad Company(2002), Shazam!(2019), Ant-Man and The Wasp(2018), Barely Lethal(2015), The Spy Who Dumped Me(2018), The Assassination Bureau(1969) ...
Comedy, Action
USA|Switzerland
2015
96 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Kristen Stewart Topher Grace Connie Britton Walton Goggins John Alberto Leguizamo Bill Pullman Tony Hale Stuart Greer Michael Papajohn Monique Ganderton
stoner cia agent girlfriend assassin amusing confident cool gripping suspenseful thrilling small town convenience store parking lot neighborhood apartment building air force base comic books assassination cia transformation
A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and too high for them to handle.
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
India
1999
174 Minutes
Shah Rukh Khan Twinkle Khanna Rakhee Amrish Puri Prem Chopra Deepak Tijori Johnny Lever Deepshika Neeraj Vora
detective agent chief minister assassin henchman love interest amusing hilarious fascinating gripping india city house bungalow restaurant street mistaken identity assassination attempt assassination plot confusion
A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.
Comedy, Action
USA
2010
109 Minutes
Tom Cruise Cameron Diaz Peter Sarsgaard Jordi Mollá Viola Davis Paul Dano Maggie Grace Marc Blucas Celia Weston Falk Hentschel Lennie Loftin
agent love interest partner hostage cia director assassin thrilling charming spirited amusing intense airplane spain boston germany island kansas assassination betrayal collaboration
A young woman gets mixed up with a disgraced spy who is trying to clear his name.
Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA
2014
111 Minutes
James Franco Seth Rogen Lizzy Caplan Randall Park Diana Bang Timothy Simons James Yi Paul Bae Geoff Gustafson Dominique Lalonde
producer host dictator journalist cia agent assassin amusing cheeky creative airplane cia office north korea television studio control room dinner party journalism interview dictatorship travel undercover operations
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Jong-Un Kim, they are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
Comedy, Action
USA|Canada
2020
99 Minutes
Dave Bautista Kristen Schaal Parisa Fitz-Henley Chloe Coleman Ken Jeong Nicola Correia Damude Darrin Baker Basel Daoud
cia agent little girl family member spy bad guy amusing thrilling hilarious charming endearing bus school garage apartment ice skating rink playground children vs. adults spying unlikely allies unlikely friendship
A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Comedy, Action
USA|France|Canada|Russia
2013
116 Minutes
Bruce Willis John Malkovich Mary-Louise Parker Anthony Hopkins Helen Mirren Catherine Zeta-Jones Byung-hun Lee David Thewlis Brian Cox Neal McDonough Steven Berkoff
cia agent girlfriend assassin best friend villain scientist lighthearted thrilling london moscow highway espionage chase weapons assassination old age adventure pursuit quest 2010s
Retired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Comedy, Action
USA|UK|France|Hungary|Germany
2015
115 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Jason Statham Rose Byrne Miranda Hart Bobby Cannavale Allison Janney Peter Serafinowicz Morena Baccarin Jude Law Curtis Jackson Nargis Fakhri
cia analyst agent gunrunner undercover agent co-worker director amusing cheeky campy wild unrestrained hysterical warehouse cia office street laboratory restaurant car assassination vengeance
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Action, Comedy
USA|Czech Republic
2002
116 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Chris Rock Matthew Marsh Gabriel Macht Kerry Washington Adoni Maropis Garcelle Beauvais Peter Stormare Dragan Micanovic John Slattery
cia agent partner twin girlfriend hustler assassin suspenseful amusing cia office city park bedroom parking garage hotel illegal arms black market murder training impersonation unlikely allies
When an Ivy League-educated C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother (Chris Rock).
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada
2019
132 Minutes
Zachary Levi Mark Strong Asher Angel Jack Dylan Grazer Djimon Hounsou Grace Fulton Ian Chen Jovan Armand Faithe Herman Cooper Andrews Marta Milans
teenager disabled boy bully foster mother superhero friend amusing emotional endearing uplifting hilarious cheeky philadelphia convenience store subway foster home school classroom superhuman abilities saving the world
A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.
Fantasy, Comedy, Action, Adventure
USA
2018
118 Minutes
Paul Rudd Evangeline Lilly Michael Douglas Michael Peña Walton Goggins Bobby Cannavale Laurence Fishburne Michelle Pfeiffer Judy Greer Tip "T.I." Harris David Dastmalchian
superhero partner father doctor enemy amusing hilarious thrilling endearing cool confident atlanta laboratory apartment woods van super powers rivalry fighting fatherhood
As Scott Lang balances being both a superhero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past.
Comedy, Action
USA
2015
96 Minutes
Hailee Steinfeld Jessica Alba Samuel L. Jackson Sophie Turner Dove Cameron Thomas Mann Toby Sebastian Gabriel Basso Rachael Harris Dan Fogler Steve-O
agent spy adolescent adolescent girl hit man killer student love interest friend special agent cool heartwarming hilarious lighthearted quirky amusing united states school secret headquarters secret hideout
A teenage special ops agent coveting a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of high school is more challenging than international espionage.
Comedy, Action
Canada|USA|Hungary
2018
116 Minutes
Mila Kunis Kate McKinnon Justin Theroux Sam Heughan Gillian Anderson Ivanna Sakhno Fred Melamed Jane Curtin Paul Reiser Hasan Minhaj Kev Adams
friend ex-boyfriend assassin undercover agent spy quirky amusing hilarious witty offbeat thrilling apartment street restaurant spies secret identity secret life love friendship adventure
Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
Comedy, Action, Adventure
UK
1969
110 Minutes
Oliver Reed Diana Rigg Telly Savalas Curt Jurgens Philippe Noiret Warren Mitchell Beryl Reid Clive Revill Kenneth Griffith Vernon Dobtcheff Annabella Incontrera
assassin journalist amateur sleuth boss thrilling suspenseful amusing intricate europe street city mansion bedroom assassination secret society morality corruption investigation hidden agenda pursuit
A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2019
131 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Halle Berry Ian McShane Laurence Fishburne Mark Dacascos Asia Kate Dillon Lance Reddick Tobias Segal Anjelica Huston Saïd Taghmaoui Jerome Flynn
assassin hitman goon love interest partner thrilling intense gripping confident cool unrestrained new york city apartment street grand central station times square bounty assassination attempt on the run fight to the death
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
Comedy, Action
USA|China
2016
107 Minutes
Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart Amy Ryan Danielle Nicolet Jason Bateman Aaron Paul Ryan Hansen Tim Griffin Timothy John Smith Sione Kelepi Dylan Boyack
accountant high-school alumnus cia agent spy bully villain brash confident cool high school bar office car street garage bullying transformation spying self-confidence fighting
After he reconnects with an awkward pal from high school through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
Comedy, Animation, Fantasy, Kids & Family, Action, Adventure
USA
2018
117 Minutes
Bob Persichetti
spider-man student superhero madman kingpin amusing charming cool intricate hilarious new york city apartment subway bodega park roof alternate reality spider-man super powers mysterious strangers
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe, and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2012
135 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Rachel Weisz Edward Norton Stacy Keach Dennis Boutsikaris Oscar Isaac Joan Allen Albert Finney David Strathairn Scott Glenn Donna Murphy
cia agent spy scientist cia director doctor assassin crafty tense thrilling intense suspenseful cia office city philippines united states new york city alaska espionage assassination on the run
An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Germany
2004
108 Minutes
Matt Damon Franka Potente Brian Cox Julia Stiles Karl Urban Gabriel Mick Joan Allen Marton Csokas Karel Roden Tomas Arana Tom Gallop
cia agent director russian girlfriend technician assassin intricate frenetic suspenseful india berlin naples, italy moscow cia office new york city chase framed cia theft murder
When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Russell Crowe Ryan Gosling Angourie Rice Matt Bomer Margaret Qualley Yaya DaCosta Keith David Beau Knapp Lois Smith Murielle Telio Gil Gerard
private detective enforcer missing person daughter assassin lawyer cheeky hilarious cool los angeles bar strip club apartment office car missing persons detective work unlikely allies assassination attempt search
In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
USA|China|France|Norway|UK
2018
147 Minutes
Tom Cruise Henry Cavill Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Sean Harris Angela Bassett Michelle Monaghan Alec Baldwin Vanessa Kirby Wes Bentley
cia agent assassin secret agent spy arms dealer terrorist thrilling suspenseful tense gripping helicopter truck cliff basement base camp italy weapons terrorism undercover operations secret mission
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Action
USA|Australia
2019
102 Minutes
Nick Bruno
spy scientist villain rival hero bird amusing hilarious quirky confident cool house secret headquarters car helicopter office scientific experiments spying teamwork science gone awry
When the world's best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world.