10 Quirky Secret Society Movies To Watch If You Love Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy

Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy has inspired these 10 recommended movies about quirky, secret societies.

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The Umbrella Academy has become a popular Netflix series due to its engaging characters and balance between stylish action sequences and hilarious comedic relief. The show is also creative with its storyline and approach to comedy and action while also being a character-driven drama focused on family.

The Umbrella Academy itself isn’t a secret society as they allowed the public to know who they were, but the show also follows The Commission, a secret network of hitmen who maintain the world’s timeline. There are countless comedic action films, but the films below take a creative approach to their storyline and characters.

10 Hot Fuzz (2007)

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in Hot Fuzz as two police officers in a small town where crime is non-existent. Pegg’s overzealous officer begins to suspect a cover-up as any arrest he tries to make and any investigation he tries to open is pushed to the side as warnings for underage drinking and grisly deaths being deemed accidents with no investigation. Frost’s character wants to see some action so he agrees to help Simon Pegg look into it and the two uncover the small town’s dark secrets. The film is hilarious throughout and the creative stylized action mixed with the comedy makes it worth the watch.

9 Mr. Right (2015)

Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, and Tim Roth star in this oddball comedy action film about a secret society of hitmen. Rockwell portrays an extremely skilled hitman who has decided to quit the game and instead kill those who hire him to kill. He meets Kendrick and the two begin a relationship with her thinking all of his statements about killing people are darkly humorous jokes. The film is filled with comedy and stylized fighting similar to The Umbrella Academy.

8 Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

In the first Kingsman film, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) is a young kid with rough edges but a strong moral compass; he is recruited as a trainee and given the opportunity to become a spy in a secret organization in England. Harry Hart (Colin Firth) becomes his mentor throughout the training and teaches him everything he knows. Eggsy is an underdog who has to stop a villainous scheme that aims to solve the problem of climate change by killing a large part of the population.

7 Sky High (2005)

Although Sky High is more targeted toward a younger audience it is still similar to The Umbrella Academy in that it focuses on comedy and a secret society of superheroes. The film follows a legacy hero who has two famous hero parents but he hasn’t come into his powers yet as he’s sent to a high school for those with powers. The film mostly focuses on an underdog team of sidekicks who have to band together to defeat a dangerous villain.

6 The Old Guard (2020)

South African-American actor and producer Charlize Theron stars in the recent Netflix film The Old Guard; a secret society of immortals who use their immortality and fighting skills to protect and save mortal lives. In the film, they are discovered and have to fight for their freedom while they also try to bring in a new immortal into their group.

The film is new and creative with stylized action sequences and intriguing and somewhat apathetic immortal characters who are also incredibly complex. The extremely skilled fighters and their attitudes are similar to those of The Umbrella Academy.

5 Wanted (2008)

James McAvoy portrays a meek office worker who is pulled into the life of The Fraternity, a network of secret assassins, after his estranged father is killed. The assassins train James McAvoy’s character and he becomes one of the best they have, but he quickly uncovers dangerous secrets and an overarching conspiracy behind the leaders of The Fraternity and has to take them down from the inside. The stylized fighting, secrets and conspiracies, and comedy throughout the film are similar to The Umbrella Academy.

4 Kick-Ass (2010)

Kick-Ass follows a teenager (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) who is set on becoming a superhero despite his lack of training or superpowers besides having a high tolerance for pain. He teams up with the more serious father/daughter duo of Big Daddy and Hit Girl to fight crime and face off against a local mobster. Kick-Ass’ violence, stylized fighting, comedy, underdog status, and the added family plot make this film similar to The Umbrella Academy.

3 21 Jump Street (2012)

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum portray two cops who join the secret undercover unit called Jump Street. The two attend high school to investigate a new drug being sold on the campus that has been hurting and killing students who take it.

The film has become a hilarious hit and the chemistry between its two leads has a lot to do with it. 21 Jump Street has a great balance of action and comedy that is similar to the approached used in The Umbrella Academy.

2 The Losers (2010)

The Losers follows a team of skilled fighters who are betrayed and almost killed, but the team survives the attack and fake their deaths. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, and Chris Evans star in the film as part of The Losers team. The group comes out of hiding to get revenge on the man who betrayed him with the help of a mysterious and equally skilled fighter portrayed by Zoe Saldana. The comedy and camaraderie of the group mixed with the inventive action sequences make this film an enjoyable watch for The Umbrella Academy fans.

1 Deadpool (2016)

Ryan Reynolds stars as Wade Wilson in Deadpool about a skilled fighter joining a secret network of mercenaries after serving time in the Special Forces. Ryan Reynolds’ Wade is diagnosed with terminal cancer and decides to go to a mad scientist, Ajax, for experimental treatment, which turns him into Deadpool, a facially-different and quick healing somewhat hero who can’t die. The all-consuming quest to find Ajax, the stylized fighting, and the twisted sense of humor make Deadpool a great movie to watch after The Umbrella Academy.

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