Best movies like Keanu
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Plot Summary:
Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: funny, buddy comedy, absurd, parody, satirical, stylized, intense, exciting, action comedy, feel good
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Plot Summary:
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, psychological, humorous, hood, crime thriller, buddy comedy
Similar in 82%
True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, absurd, humorous, captivating, action comedy, scenic, spy comedy, parody, road movie, clever
Similar in 81%
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby team up in this hilarious misadventure as buddies Steve and Wardell, who head uptown to a swanky nightclub. Unfortunately, thieves hit the club and steal Steve's wallet -- which happens to hold a winning lottery ticket. Poitier also directed this classic 1970s comedy, which co-stars Harry Belafonte as Godfather figure Geechie Dan Beauford and Richard Pryor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, black comedy, action comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, light, inspirational
Similar in 76%
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Plot Summary:
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: black comedy, action comedy, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, black cinema
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Plot Summary:
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, not serious, slapstick, feel good, absurd, talky, scary, black comedy
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
Plot Summary:
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, funny, hood, cult classic, black comedy, humorous, slapstick, action comedy, slapstick comedy
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30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and advise him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, dark comedy, entertaining, black comedy, feel good, captivating, suspense, retro, surreal
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Black Dynamite (2009)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, grindhouse, humorous, funny, talky, entertaining, witty, heroic, not serious
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The Other Guys (2010)
Plot Summary:
NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg). You've seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They're not heroes, they're "the other guys." But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into NYC's biggest crime. It's the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 284000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, buddy comedy, humorous, parody, hilarious, action comedy, absurd, intense, cynical, detective
Similar in 87%
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Plot Summary:
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by the same gang that shot Billy's boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: action comedy, funny, suspense, detective, black comedy, light, epic, cult classic, light hearted, clever
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Money Talks (1997)
Plot Summary:
Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, funny, clever, action packed, hilarious
Similar in 81%
Men at Work (1990)
Plot Summary:
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, intense, exciting, feel good, realistic, semi serious, light, buddy comedy, action comedy
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Rush Hour (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, hilarious, detective, light, intense, action packed
Similar in 75%
Ride Along (2014)
Plot Summary:
For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, hilarious, action comedy, exciting, black comedy, teen, detective, realistic
Similar in 89%
Ride Along 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, entertaining, not serious, exciting, light, feel good
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The Man (2005)
Plot Summary:
Special Agent Derrick Vann is a man out to get the man who killed his partner but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fidler, a salesman with too many questions and a knack of getting in Vanns way.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: funny, intense, action comedy, parody, absurd, witty, hilarious, humorous, entertaining, realistic
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Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, hood, funny, humorous, spoof, slang, satirical, black comedy, cult classic
Similar in 80%
Showtime (2002)
Plot Summary:
A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, melancholic, light, entertaining, exciting, realistic, semi serious, slapstick, action comedy
Similar in 79%
22 Jump Street (2014)
Plot Summary:
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 399000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: parody, buddy comedy, funny, humorous, exciting, action comedy, hilarious, teen, entertaining, spoof
Similar in 87%
The Green Hornet (2011)
Plot Summary:
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company employee. Realizing that they have the talent and resources to make something of their lives, Britt and Kato join forces as costumed crime-fighters to bring down the city's most-powerful criminal, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 164000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, stylized, entertaining, satirical, clever, buddy comedy, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious
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Let's Be Cops (2014)
Plot Summary:
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: funny, light, entertaining, humorous, hilarious, exciting, not serious, action comedy, inspirational, romantic
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The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Plot Summary:
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, humorous, not serious, exciting, funny, action comedy, surreal, spoof, hilarious
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The Interview (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, absurd, political, humorous, action comedy, satirical, entertaining, exciting, black comedy, not serious
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Central Intelligence (2016)
Plot Summary:
After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, China
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, funny, action comedy, parody, entertaining, humorous, absurd, hilarious, teen, surprise ending
Similar in 75%
Pineapple Express (2008)
Plot Summary:
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, action comedy, hilarious, offbeat, light, cult classic, absurd, dark comedy
Similar in 79%
21 Jump Street (2012)
Plot Summary:
In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 589000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, not serious, entertaining, hilarious, witty, action comedy, sex comedy
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Bad Boys II (2003)
Plot Summary:
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, action comedy, action packed, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, intense
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Plot Summary:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective Billy Rosewood joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, action comedy, witty, entertaining, cult classic, detective, hilarious
Similar in 81%
Bad Boys (1995)
Plot Summary:
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both 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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 281000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, entertaining, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy, action packed, stylized, talky, suspense
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Cop Out (2010)
Plot Summary:
Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, melancholic, absurd, detective, exciting, realistic, talky