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Plot Summary:
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, tense, feel good, light, touching, suspense, suspenseful, action comedy
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Kuffs (1992)
Plot Summary:
George Kuffs didn't finish high-school, just lost his job, and his college-age girlfriend is pregnant. To top it off, George's brother Brad is killed and George inherits Brad's "patrol special" privatized police district and all the problems that come with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, melancholic, intense, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, action comedy, exciting, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
Top Dog (1995)
Plot Summary:
With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, buddy comedy, detective, slapstick comedy, slapstick, one man show
Similar in 79%
K-911 (1999)
Plot Summary:
Dooley and his dog Jerry Lee still are active as a police team with the LAPD. However, years starting and counting Captain Roger Byers thinks they urgently need to do something with their condition. He even forces them to work with a second team: the one of the young Sergeant Welles and her disciplined Dobermann Zeus. Dooley and Jerry Lee thinks they can work without their new partners but a mysterious sharp-shooter forces them to the ultimate cooperation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, semi serious, detective
Similar in 88%
City Heat (1984)
Plot Summary:
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, cult classic, detective, action comedy, action thriller, exciting, realistic, semi serious, fast
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My New Partner III (2003)
Plot Summary:
Voilà dix ans que les chemins de René et de François se sont séparés. De l'époque glorieuse où, flics, ils écumaient le quartier Montmartre, il ne leur reste qu'une poignée de souvenirs, l'argent de leurs ripouseries s'étant évaporé avec le temps. Tout à une fin. Jusqu'à ce que ça recommence. René, à la limite de la clochardisation, survit avec pour domicile un bateau déglingué.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Similar in 85%
Bending The Rules (2012)
Plot Summary:
Detective Nick Blades is a New Orleans cop on trial for corruption. Assistant District Attorney Theo Gold is the man in charge of putting him behind bars. When these two unlikely partners from opposite sides of the law stumble onto a criminal plot, they’ll need to rely on luck – and patience – to take down a dangerous killer without killing each other first.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, captivating, tense, light, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film, detective
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My New Partner II (1990)
Plot Summary:
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: action comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ward and Bouchard must face an important car theft ring that turns out to be a lot more than they bargained for: one where the stolen cars will serve as bombs in a well planned terrorist attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: witty, exciting, humorous, stylized, intense, semi serious, action comedy
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Payoff (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two very different cops are forced to work together.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 921
Genere: Action, Crime, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, action comedy, exciting, realistic, fast
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Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Plot Summary:
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy, independent film, realistic, fast, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger and Coffin know all about Deke and his fraudulent schemes that take advantage of the poor and the ignorant and can't wait for a chance to expose him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, neo noir, grindhouse, funny, black comedy, action comedy, grim
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Another Stakeout (1993)
Plot Summary:
Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina Garret from the DA's office and her pet rottweiler 'Archie'; their cover, husband and wife with son Bill.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, funny, light, melancholic, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action comedy
Similar in 85%
Burglar (1987)
Plot Summary:
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, action comedy, realistic, not serious, fast, detective, sexy
Similar in 86%
Loose Cannons (1990)
Plot Summary:
Mac, the two fisted savy cop finds that he's being saddled with a new partner, a known burn out, to work with him on a new and difficult case. The new partner is, Ellis, an amazing detective, one who puts Sherlock Holmes to shame with his lightning fast deductions. But, he keeps assuming the personalities of entire casts of Television shows. This can be a problem when people begin shooting at them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, action comedy, light, entertaining, absurd, detective, realistic, semi serious, fast
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On the Other Side of the Tracks (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two mismatched cops team up to investigate the murder of a business mogul's wife.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, detective, hilarious, biting, suspense
Similar in 90%
Inspector Rex (1994)
Plot Summary:
Kommissar Rex is a police procedural drama originally made in Austria and aired from 1994 to 2004. In 2008 the series was revived under Austrian-Italian production, and has since 2009 been made fully in Italy, with occasional episodes set in Austria. The show follows the German Shepherd police dog Rex, his partners and the rest of the team at the Vienna Kriminalpolizei homicide unit, as they work together to solve crimes. Since 2008, the show has been set in Rome.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, detective, retro
Similar in 77%
Feds (1988)
Plot Summary:
Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: melancholic, intense, humorous, semi serious, action comedy, realistic, erotic, funny, inspirational, sexy
Similar in 86%
L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001)
Plot Summary:
LA's finest have crossed the line between Cop and Criminal.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Crime, Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, fast
Similar in 87%
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Plot Summary:
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, touching, feel good, funny, sweet, romantic comedy, detective, crying, action comedy
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K-9 (1989)
Plot Summary:
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, humorous, action comedy, realistic, detective, romantic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, entertaining
Similar in 81%
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Plot Summary:
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, spoof, absurd, exciting, feel good, witty, funny, satirical, not serious
Similar in 81%
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Plot Summary:
Detroit cop, Axel Foley heads for the land of sunshine and palm trees to find out who shot police Captain Andrew Bogomil. Thanks to a couple of old friends, Axel's investigation uncovers a series of robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin – and the chase is on.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, cult classic, suspense, entertaining, action comedy, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious
Similar in 87%
Red Heat (1988)
Plot Summary:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, humorous, black comedy, rough, suspenseful, action packed, action comedy, cult classic, inspirational
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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
Similar in 89%
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Plot Summary:
Dooley, a cop wrongly sacked for corruption, teams up with a useless defence lawyer in their new careers... as security guards. When the two are made fall guys for a robbery at a location they are guarding, the pair begin to investigate corruption within the company and their union. They soon make enemies of everyone, but can the unlikely duo save the day?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, not serious, exciting, parody, witty, buddy comedy, light, action comedy, realistic
Similar in 77%
Bulletproof (1996)
Plot Summary:
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, buddy comedy, action comedy, light, suspense, intense, perverse
Similar in 82%
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
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A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Plot Summary:
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy, suspense, retro, clever, black comedy, hood
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National Security (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, feel good, action comedy, hilarious, black comedy, light, slapstick