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Films like Taxi.

Taxi (1998) reads as Neutral, breathless, measured action / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Johnny English (2003) poster
1. Johnny English2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a running vein of humour.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) poster
2. You Don't Mess with the Zohan2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

I Spy (2002) poster
3. I Spy2002

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Taxi 2 (2000) poster
4. Taxi 22000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Sahara (2005) poster
5. Sahara2005

Keeps the relentless forward drive and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Rush Hour 3 (2007) poster
6. Rush Hour 32007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Taxi 3 (2003) poster
7. Taxi 32003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Big Game (2014) poster
8. Big Game2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Rush Hour (1998) poster
9. Rush Hour1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Blue Streak (1999) poster
10. Blue Streak1999

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Miss Congeniality (2000) poster
11. Miss Congeniality2000

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

National Security (2003) poster
12. National Security2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the relentless forward drive; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

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