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10 Best Movies Like Operation Mantis

If you loved Operation Mantis, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Our Man Flint

Our Man Flint

1966★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Mantis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint....

#2
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Mantis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his p...

#3
Carry On Spying

Carry On Spying

1964★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Mantis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the c...

#4
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Mantis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wi...

#5
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Mantis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the ...

#6
Big Momma's House

Big Momma's House

2000★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Operation Mantis for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known...

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