OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Why this pick
A knowingly clueless retro agent navigates glamorous 1950s espionage with deadpan absurdity, period pastiche, and an escalating parade of agent-movie jokes.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
A knowingly clueless retro agent navigates glamorous 1950s espionage with deadpan absurdity, period pastiche, and an escalating parade of agent-movie jokes.
Why this pick
Rowan Atkinson’s catastrophically inept secret agent offers the same light, colorful Bond parody appeal and playful collision of swagger with total incompetence.
Why this pick
A rapid-fire send-up of James Bond-style missions, gadgets, villains, and macho posturing, built for the same unapologetically broad comic sensibility.
Why this pick
A genuine Swinging Sixties super-spy adventure full of outrageous gadgets, flamboyant villainy, and cool-pop design—the stylish source material Austin Powers gleefully exaggerates.
Why this pick
It combines earnest espionage stakes with gadget mishaps, an unlikely agent, and warm team chemistry, preserving the accessible, high-spirited fun behind the Austin Powers parody.
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01 / THE STORY
An infamous world-class spy and playboy from the 1960s is thawed out by British intelligence after thirty years in a cryogenic state in order to stop his arch-nemesis Dr. Evil and his ridiculous plot to take over the world.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Austin Powers / Dr. Evil

Vanessa Kensington

Alotta Fagina

Number Two

Scott Evil

Basil Exposition

Mrs. Kensington
