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Plot Summary:
To catch a couple of car thieves, a police women goes undercover as an old women that recently has gotten a luxury car "Volga" - a plan that is bound to attract the criminals. For how hard can it be to steal a car from an old women?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Soviet Union
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Βank Bang (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, Michalis and Nondas, work at an office of funerals and they try to make money. However, Nondas is in trouble with Greek mafia and has to assemble immediately a, not at all negligible, sum. Thus, he proposes to Michalis to begin robbing banks. However, for their bad luck, the head of police, in order to face the rapid increase of criminality has begun to place secret police officers in the subsidiary companies of all banks, making the life of the two brothers more difficult. The situation gets out of control when Michalis meets the love of his life at the banking employee, with a particularly “graphic” familial life… BANK BANG is a crazy comedy that no one is not what it seems, no one does what is supposed to do and that all the consequences of the above you would never wish nor in your bad enemy! It is to lose her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 97 min
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Hi, Inspector (1985)
Plot Summary:
A street cop is picked by the national security service in order to carry out an important and delicate task. His mission is to go undercover and infiltrate a dangerous international cabal of homosexuals.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 702
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 90 min
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The Stoolie (1972)
Plot Summary:
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, slang, independent film, detective
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The Battle of Love's Return (1971)
Plot Summary:
After a series of mishaps, a young man is fired from his job for failing to deliver a package. He goes on a journey to find himself, encountering various characters including a priest and the owner of a pornographic bookstore, who are seen in black and white interview segments.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick, campy
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Diamond in Chocolate (2013)
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Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 92 min
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Operation Pink Squad II (1989)
Plot Summary:
A police sting takes place in a haunted apartment building. The sting goes bad when a female ghost crashes the party. Lots of chase scenes involving floating heads and headless bodies.. and, oh yes.... toy helicopters. And then it gets weird...A band of Chinese elves save the day (one of them plays a mandolin).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, slapstick, slapstick comedy, poliziottesco
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Emergency Police Lady (1989)
Plot Summary:
A group of police women keep the city safe. A normal day day includes everything from battling robbers to going undercover to break up a arms deal that threatens the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The... Copanoi (1987)
Plot Summary:
Leonidas is tricked into thinking he will hit the jackpot by a guy from the underworld, Babis, also well-known on the street as "the teacher". So, he sets up an ad hoc gang with his close friends in order to rob a bank. The operation, however, is crowned by complete failure. Actually, Babis used Leonidas to create a diversion in order to rob a jeweler's shop. Leonidas flies into a rage and swears to take revenge on the "teacher". The scuffle that follows results in all of them ending up in hospital.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, fun
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Beyond the Law (1968)
Plot Summary:
Takes place over the course of one feverish night in a Manhattan police precinct and neighboring bar.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, cinema verite, fake documentary
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Rotten to the Core (1965)
Plot Summary:
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Crooks and Coronets (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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The Jokers (1967)
Plot Summary:
Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford play two brothers who are always trying to find some way to succeed with cleverness rather than simple drudgery. Crawford is constantly living in his brother's shadow as the one who gets caught. After Crawford is forced to resign from the army after an episode of unappreciated cleverness, the two decide their careers would go better if there was a large amount of publicity, so they decide to steal the crown jewels from the tower of London.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: retro, offbeat, poliziottesco
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Zimmer Feri (1998)
Plot Summary:
The 50 years old Ferenc rents an apartment on the Balaton beach, but it has a lot of debt on it. His plan is to make it profitable.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hungary
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, realistic, not serious
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Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold (1980)
Plot Summary:
When designer Robert Meering returns from vacation, he discovers the company he worked for unexpectedly went bankrupt so he decides to visit his old boss. His former employer Banninger liquidated the company and claims that all designs of Robert are his. When Robert's Porsche gets stolen by two thieves, he manages to track them down. When they tell him about 40 Porsche's in a dealer shop garage owned by Banninger things change and suddenly get very interesting.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980)
Plot Summary:
14 year police veteran, looking to make it to retirement, experiences the highs and lows of police work as a police woman in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Reporting for Duty (2023)
Plot Summary:
When Suzano assumes the role of police chief at a new precinct, the timid newbie will have to prove his mettle to his fearless squad.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, detective
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On the Line (1997)
Plot Summary:
A female police detective tries to track down a gang of teenage bank robbers while dealing with sexual harassment on the job, and her troubled home life.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective
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A Policewoman on the Porno Squad (1979)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of Gianna, a sexy policewoman who wants to help a child in search of his mother.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, sexy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, vintage
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Truant Heroes (1992)
Plot Summary:
The war against organized crime in Hong Kong has opened a new front: the school. And police Commandant Wong orders officer Kin to go under cover as a school teacher. Kin's assignment: to stop the infiltration by Taiwan's underworld. Kin's girl friend Hyun has jilted him. Once in school, Kin falls madly in love with the sexy teacher Moon. The students, however, make fun of him. Among his mentors, student leader Aaron stands out. But Hyun is also assigned to the school as an undercover student.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Brigade Miscellaneous on Alert (1971)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of three Romanian inept petty criminals during the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Foundation of Criminal Excellence (2018)
Plot Summary:
Imants Veide is writing a script about con artists and their schemes. Together with his friend Harijs Kuharjonoks he's trying them out for real for greater authenticity, but gets too entangled in real criminal schemes. More and more colorful characters appear on the horizon, but Imant's main adversary on the road to criminal excellency is his Neighbour, a true iron lady with balls bigger than all those involved combined.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Latvia
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags:
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The Troops & Troop-ettes (1982)
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Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them -- and cause pure chaos while being distracted by the fine ladies. Then they get into real trouble when one after the other of their female colleagues is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, realistic, exciting, tense, slapstick, eighties, cult film
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Cop Shop Babes (2001)
Plot Summary:
Beer and Satay are two bumbling cops who get transferred to Cop Shop Girls division. Beer is a womanizer and promptly starts dating two girls at a time. Everyone's after Fireball, who blows stuff up.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: parody, light, humorous, captivating, not serious, slapstick comedy
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The Cracksman (1963)
Plot Summary:
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick
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Undercover (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the comedy ' undercover ' is to be Denmark's worst police officer Muhammed on his first undercover mission. The only problem is that it is small and Rikke love the Thursday before Christmas. But instead of Christmas tree and gifts to Rikke transport Crown witness Mick to Funen persecuted to a notorious gangster boss, which will have a hold of Mick and the 900,000 crowns, he is over with. Linda p. gives the gas as a Danish response to Melissa McCarthy in the grove Christmas comedy, which is written by Casper Christensen and directed by former East Coast Hustler, Nikolaj Peyk.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
Plot Summary:
The Russians need help in dealing with the Mafia and so they seek help with the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: absurd, slapstick, humorous, spoof, cult classic, disgusting, realistic, not serious, semi serious, fast
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Extreme Job (2019)
Plot Summary:
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: funny, buddy comedy, humorous, absurd, detective, surprise ending, slapstick comedy
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Plot Summary:
Bumbling cop Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of business.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, hilarious, funny, detective, humorous, slapstick, feel good, entertaining, ironic
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Inspector Späck (2010)
Plot Summary:
A dead body is found and police detective Mårten Späck draws the conclusion that a serial suicide killer is at large. Späck with his colleagues Grünvald Karlsson and Irene Snusk suspect a gang who distributes pirated DVD's of 'bottom-of-the-barrel' Swedish movies.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, captivating, tense, light, perverse, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
Plot Summary:
When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 181000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, detective, slapstick, not serious, absurd, light, hilarious