The 30 Best Action Comedy Movies on Now TV (July 2026)

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Despicable Me (2010)

IMDb 7.6 🍅 80% 1h 35m

Directed by Chris Renaud

✦ MovieMuse AI takeAdopting orphans to steal the moon—Gru's escalating supervillain schemes generate genuine laughs through scale and paternal contradictions.

Gru is a supervillain determined to prove he’s the greatest by stealing the Moon. To pull off his plan, he adopts three orphaned girls—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—intending to use them as part of his scheme. However, as Gru bonds with the girls, his cold, villainous exterior begins to melt.

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Lethal Weapon (1987)

IMDb 7.6 🍅 81% 1h 50m

Directed by Richard Donner

✦ MovieMuse AI takeRiggs and Murtaugh's escalating banter and physical chemistry transforms buddy-cop violence into comedic gold through perfectly timed quips.

A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

IMDb 7.6 🍅 88% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 26m

Directed by David Zucker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDrebin's deadpan obliviousness creates absurdist humor—he solves crimes by accident while the world collapses around his spectacular incompetence.

When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

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The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 85% Letterboxd 3.9 1h 42m

Directed by Lau Kar-Leung

✦ MovieMuse AI takeJackie Chan orchestrates intoxication as choreography, weaponizing drunken stumbling into balletic combat sequences of genius-level slapstick precision.

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.

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Police Story (1985)

IMDb 7.5 🍅 90% Letterboxd 4.0 1h 40m

Directed by Jackie Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeJackie Chan's furniture-smashing rampage through shopping malls treats destruction as comedic choreography—stunts as punchlines.

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

IMDb 7.4 🍅 83% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 45m

Directed by Martin Brest

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEddie Murphy's improvisational charm transforms fish-out-of-water chaos into genre-defining comedic action—talking his way through gunfights with infectious momentum.

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

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Men in Black (1997)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 91% 1h 38m

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

✦ MovieMuse AI takeWill Smith's deadpan reactions to cosmic absurdity while delivering rapid-fire quips define the action-comedy rhythm perfectly.

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

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Despicable Me 2 (2013)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 75% Letterboxd 3.3 1h 38m

Directed by Pierre Coffin

✦ MovieMuse AI takeGru's villainous schemes hilariously undercut themselves through escalating gadget malfunctions and adorable minion sabotage.

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

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Bullet Train (2022)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 52% 2h 6m

Directed by David Leitch

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEscalating assassin collisions aboard a bullet train create slapstick chaos where incompetence meets professional violence perfectly.

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

IMDb 7.3 🍅 82% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 54m

Directed by Richard Donner

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDiplomatic immunity becomes the ultimate action-comedy MacGuffin, enabling explosions while bureaucratic frustration fuels the humor.

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

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From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 66% 1h 48m

Directed by Robert Rodriguez

✦ MovieMuse AI takeVampire ultraviolence collides with road-movie comedy as criminals weaponize gasoline and wit against supernatural horror with gleeful irreverence.

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.

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Tremors (1990)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 89% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 36m

Directed by Ron Underwood

✦ MovieMuse AI takeGiant worms demand ingenuity over firepower, forcing heroes into mechanical ingenuity and gallows humor amidst genuine extinction-level stakes.

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

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Team America: World Police (2004)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 77% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 38m

Directed by Trey Parker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMarionette absurdism weaponizes crude puppet physics for elaborate set-pieces that satirize action movie excess with unhinged puppet violence.

When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's 'policing the world' tactics.

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Project A (1983)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 81% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 45m

Directed by Jackie Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeJackie Chan's gravity-defying acrobatics transform Hong Kong harbor sequences into balletic demolition derby—violence as dance, laughs earned through physics-defying stunts.

In late 19th century Hong Kong, the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Coast Guard officer Dragon Ma is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made a fool of.

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Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 90% Letterboxd 3.7 2h 14m

Directed by Tsui Hark

✦ MovieMuse AI takeJet Li's anti-colonialist hero executes acrobatic wire-work against foreign invaders; nationalist fervor meets stunt spectacle.

In late 19th-century Canton, legendary hero Wong Fei-Hung battles foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee returns from America totally westernised, Wong assumes the role of protector. This proves difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local governments. As violence escalates, even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?

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Code 3 (2025)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 78% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 40m

Directed by Christopher Leone

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEmergency calls become absurdist action setpieces, blending gallows humor with genuine peril during one paramedic's chaotic final shift.

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.

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Escape from New York (1981)

IMDb 7.1 🍅 85% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 39m

Directed by John Carpenter

✦ MovieMuse AI takeEscape's noir fatalism meets darkly comic action: one-liners punctuate dystopian prison brutality with anti-hero cynicism.

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

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Shazam! (2019)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 90% Letterboxd 3.0 2h 12m

Directed by David F. Sandberg

✦ MovieMuse AI takeA teenager discovering adult superpowers treats catastrophe like playground antics; adolescent levity in apocalyptic situations.

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

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Police Story 2 (1988)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 84% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 45m

Directed by Jackie Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeChan's gravity-defying rooftop escapes and explosive setpieces collide with comedic timing—stunts as structural comedy.

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

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Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 93% Letterboxd 3.6 1h 35m

Directed by Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCross-border romantic tension electrifies espionage action, weaponizing flirtation between ideological opposites through expert martial timing.

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

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Project A Part II (1987)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 73% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 45m

Directed by Jackie Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takePirate chaos, revolutionary upheaval, and police bureaucracy collide into escalating comedic absurdity as hero juggles multiple antagonists simultaneously.

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

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The Young Master (1980)

IMDb 7.0 Letterboxd 3.6 1h 47m

Directed by Jackie Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCase-of-mistaken-identity propels intricate martial tournaments where fighting style itself becomes comedic characterization.

Youthful martial arts master Lung is searching for his missing brother, when he is mistaken for a criminal on the run. He must prove his innocence by solving the case himself, while local lawmen and merciless mercenaries are hot on his trail.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 77% Letterboxd 3.1 1h 59m

Directed by Jake Kasdan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeVideo-game logic gamifies action comedy: respawning mechanics, level progression, and avatar-based gags justify escalating combat absurdity.

Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 86% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 50m

Directed by Jeff Fowler

✦ MovieMuse AI takeSonic's video-game logic applied to action sequences; time-warp mechanics justify absurdist set pieces with cartoon physics.

Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 77% Letterboxd 3.4 1h 26m

Directed by David Zucker

✦ MovieMuse AI takeDrebin bumbles energy-industry conspiracy with escalating absurdist logic—each incompetent action accidentally unravels elaborate villainous plots.

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.

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Armour of God (1986)

IMDb 6.9 🍅 71% Letterboxd 3.3 1h 37m

Directed by Jackie Chan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeJackie Chan transforms Indiana Jones adventure tropes into slapstick archaeology, weaponizing improvisation against supernatural guardians with gymnastic wit.

Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious sword in Africa, a band of Satan-worshipping monks kidnap his ex-girlfriend Lorelei, demanding the sword as ransom as well as other pieces of the legendary Armour of God - a magical outfit dating back to the Crusades.

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Men in Black 3 (2012)

IMDb 6.8 🍅 67% Letterboxd 3.2 1h 46m

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

✦ MovieMuse AI takeTime-travel setup lets J's comedy anchor a genuinely emotional narrative without sacrificing the franchise's signature wit.

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

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Bad Boys (1995)

IMDb 6.8 🍅 46% 1h 59m

Directed by Michael Bay

✦ MovieMuse AI takeWill Smith and Martin Lawrence's crackling chemistry ignites Miami mayhem; their banter escalates alongside explosions, proving personality outweighs plot.

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

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Ghostbusters (2016)

IMDb 6.8 🍅 74% 1h 57m

Directed by Paul Feig

✦ MovieMuse AI takeParanormal weaponry (proton packs, traps) becomes comedy prop and action tool, collapsing the distinction between supernatural humor and combat.

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

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Innerspace (1987)

IMDb 6.8 🍅 80% Letterboxd 3.5 2h 0m

Directed by Joe Dante

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMiniaturization premise enables physical comedy at impossible scales—claustrophobic action and giant-object humor converge in high-concept silliness.

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.

Best Action Comedy Movies on Now TV

Despicable Me (2010)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)

Police Story (1985)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Men in Black (1997)

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Bullet Train (2022)

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Tremors (1990)

Team America: World Police (2004)

Project A (1983)

Once Upon a Time in China (1991)

Code 3 (2025)

Escape from New York (1981)

Shazam! (2019)

Police Story 2 (1988)

Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)

Project A Part II (1987)

The Young Master (1980)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

Armour of God (1986)

Men in Black 3 (2012)

Bad Boys (1995)

Ghostbusters (2016)

Innerspace (1987)

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