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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is Guy Ritchie's 2024 action-comedy starring Henry Cavill, based on Damien Lewis's book about Operation Postmaster and the British SOE, released by Lionsgate.
The Out-Laws (film)
The Out-Laws is a 2023 Netflix action comedy directed by Tyler Spindel for Happy Madison, starring Adam Devine, Nina Dobrev, Pierce Brosnan, and Ellen Barkin; a bank manager suspects his in-laws are the Ghost Bandits. Critics gave it 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Sleepover
The Sleepover is a 2020 Netflix family action-comedy directed by Trish Sie, written by Sarah Rothschild, starring Sadie Stanley, Maxwell Simkins, Malin Akerman, and Ken Marino; siblings rescue their mom, a former thief in witness protection, released August 21, 2020.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (ザ・スーパーマリオギャラクシー・ムービー) is Illumination and Nintendo's 2026 animated sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, directed by Horvath and Jelenic, released April 2026, grossing over $1 billion despite mixed reviews.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a 2022 meta action-comedy directed by Tom Gormican, starring Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized himself opposite Pedro Pascal's superfan Javi, released by Lionsgate.
The Wrecking Crew (2026 film)
The Wrecking Crew (2026) is an Amazon MGM action comedy on Prime Video, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista as half-brothers in Hawaii; born from Bautista's 2021 tweet, 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Trouble (2024 film)
Trouble (Swedish: Strul) is a 2024 Swedish action comedy on Netflix, directed by Jon Holmberg, starring Filip Berg as an electronics salesman wrongfully convicted of murder; a remake of the 1988 cult film Strul with Björn Skifs.
Trouble Man (2025 film)
Trouble Man (2025) is an American action comedy crime film directed by and starring Michael Jai White as Atlanta PI Jaxen, hunting a missing R&B star; a semi-remake of the 1972 blaxploitation film, released August 1, 2025 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Under Fire (2025 film)
Under Fire (2025) is an American action thriller directed by Steven C. Miller, starring Dylan Sprouse and Mason Gooding as an FBI and DEA agent pinned by a sniper after a cartel deal; released by Vertical on August 15, 2025.
Violent Night
Violent Night (2022) is a Universal holiday action-comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring David Harbour as Santa Claus battling mercenaries led by John Leguizamo's Scrooge; 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, $50.1M US gross, sequel slated 2026.
Violent Night 2
Violent Night 2 is the 2026 Universal Pictures action-comedy sequel to Violent Night, directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring David Harbour as a depowered Santa defending New Jersey's Silver Bell Mall, with Kristen Bell as Mrs. Claus; released December 4, 2026, rated R.
Wingwomen
Wingwomen (Voleuses) is a 2023 French action-comedy heist film directed by and starring Mélanie Laurent with Adèle Exarchopoulos, Manon Bresch, and Isabelle Adjani, adapted from the graphic novel La Grande Odalisque and released on Netflix November 1, 2023.
Zero (2024 film)
Zero (2024) is Jean Luc Herbulot's American action comedy thriller, also called Zero (2024 film), in which two Americans (Hus Miller, Cam McHarg) wake in Dakar with bombs and follow Willem Dafoe's phone voice for ten hours; TIFF 2024 premiere, 53% on Rotten Tomatoes, US release April 11, 2025.
Zombie Plane
Zombie Plane is an Australian action-comedy horror film (completed 2023, released 2025-2026) directed by Lav Bodnaruk and Michael Mier, starring Vanilla Ice, Sophie Monk, and Chuck Norris as celebrity secret agents fighting a zombie outbreak on a Sydney-to-LA flight; it is Chuck Norris's final film.