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Plot Summary:
Two apathetic police academy recruits who become best buddies through the tough training together witness a woman being abducted right before their very eyes. As they were taught in the academy, they quickly report the incident to the police, but the police are in no hurry to jump on the case. So the duo decide to take the matter into their own hands and rescue the woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, exciting, humorous, buddy comedy, captivating, funny, hilarious, interesting
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The Soul-Mate (2018)
Plot Summary:
A patrol officer gets into an accident and his soul gets separated from his body. Desperate to solve the case and return to his beloved girlfriend, but is at his wits’ end as a wandering spirit. Unexpectedly he discovers someone who can see him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Mission Possible (2021)
Plot Summary:
A chinese secret agent Da-hee receives intel that a large number of illegal firearms are being smuggled into Korea and is sent to investigate the case. She meets Su-han, who was supposed to help her with the case but due to his lackluster skills, they keep fighting over really trivial things. But as their witnesses are suddenly murdered, the two of them quickly become the prime suspects.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, light, feel good, captivating, detective
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The Apprehenders (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two police stations from neighboring precincts are in constant fierce competition with each other, including for the Officer of the Year award. But then a high-profile case forces them to work together.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Father and Guns (2009)
Plot Summary:
To save the life of fellow cop kidnapped by a biker gang, a father and a son who cannot stand the sight of each other infiltrate an outdoor adventure group-therapy for fathers and sons. Their biggest challenge is to survive the therapy without killing each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, action comedy
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Get the Goat (2021)
Plot Summary:
Bruceuilis, a policeman from the countryside, is assigned to rescue Celestina, a goat considered heritage of his small city, and travels to São Paulo. There, he meets police clerk Trindade, who decides to venture out into the field, even though it is not his specialty.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Brazil
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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She's on Duty (2005)
Plot Summary:
A boisterous detective goes undercover in a high school in order to befriend the teenage daughter of a notorious gangster.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, witty, not serious, buddy comedy
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Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019)
Plot Summary:
Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when overenthusiastic newbie Ji-hye is assigned to Mi-young’s civil complaints team, the two female cops get caught up in a serious criminal case that triggers an action-filled comedic investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: witty, light, humorous, entertaining, stylized, semi serious
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Bad Grandmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four grandmothers accidentally kill a conman and, to cover it up, they get rid of the body. When the conman's partner shows up, things go south.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny, dark comedy
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The Sheriff In Town (2017)
Plot Summary:
After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, disturbing, crime drama
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Father Son Therapy (2016)
Plot Summary:
A cop and his son have to put away their differences while undercover on a therapeutic trip.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass (2017)
Plot Summary:
Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, feel good, humorous, captivating, absurd, buddy comedy
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Bitter Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
A rookie detective assigned to the Ginza Police Station finds himself partnered with his estranged father. Together with the rest of the team, they solve crimes as an old adversary plots to take revenge on father and son.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 407
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, detective
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Veteran (2015)
Plot Summary:
When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, noir, neo noir, suspense
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Darbar (2020)
Plot Summary:
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, action packed, cult film
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Si 3 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A reputed cop from Tamil Nadu takes charge in Andhra Pradesh to solve the mysterious murder of a top police officer, and takes on local thugs and criminals during the course of his mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, cult film
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S Storm (2016)
Plot Summary:
No sooner is a team at ICAC set up to investigate irregularities/corruption in soccer/football official gaming/betting in Hong Kong before a suspect is assassinated.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 783
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Inspector Max (2004)
Plot Summary:
"Inspector Max" is a Portuguese television series created by Virgílio Castelo e Produções Fictícias and broadcast on TVI. Its story is a dog called "Max", who is caught by Inspector Jorge Mendes' two sons (Fernando Luís). Jorge Mendes is a lonely man whose wife died when his children were still small. He works at the DIC of Setúbal, Department of Criminal Investigation, in the 1st season. The successful DIC team from Setúbal was invited to go to DECC (Special Department for Combating Crime) and started the 2nd season. His boss, Graça Madureira (Fátima Belo), after some cases resolved in the DECC, was invited to join Interpol. In the 2nd season, the place is occupied by actress Sílvia Rizzo. Max, Jorge and Sérgio, Jorge's best friend, constitute the victorious trio. A series based on mystery and case solving.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Portugal
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, detective
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Public Enemy Returns (2008)
Plot Summary:
Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 472
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, detective
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Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a series of murders occur in Kanghwa Island, Detective K and his partner are once again called upon to solve the case. Along the way, he teams up with a beautiful woman with amnesia and together they discover Vampire bite marks on all the bodies. As they investigate further, they realize that the woman is somehow closely connected to the deaths.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 553
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective
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Officer (2005)
Plot Summary:
Polish crime / drama TV series portraying Warsaw police officers from Central Bureau of Investigations who got on the trail of counterfeit Euro banknotes which involves local gangsters and French crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action
Country: Poland
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Accidental Detective 2: In Action (2018)
Plot Summary:
A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 865
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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Magnum P.I. (2018)
Plot Summary:
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and the former MI:6 agent Higgins.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, intense, semi serious, detective
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Psych 3: This Is Gus (2021)
Plot Summary:
In preparation for a shotgun wedding before the birth of Baby Guster, Shawn and Gus go rogue in an attempt to track down Selene’s estranged husband, as Lassiter grapples with the future of his career.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Detective Chinatown 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren (by Wang Baoqiang) tricked Qin Feng (by Liu Haoran) to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest,. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this contest.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Beauty and the Bestie (2015)
Plot Summary:
For an important case, a policeman needs the help of his former best friend to impersonate the daughter of a foreign dignitary in a beauty pageant.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Code 404 (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, an undercover Detective Inspector gunned down and killed during a botched sting is brought back via an experimental Artificial Intelligence project. Full of glitches, he’s got to track down the person who shot him, prove himself as a cop so as not to get shut down, and save his marriage and his friendship, all with his partner Carver to boot.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny, detective
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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 Roundup (2022)
Plot Summary:
The ‘Beast Cop’ Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, crime drama, detective
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Twilight Gangsters (2010)
Plot Summary:
For eight years three grandmothers saved their money for a VIP tour packages to Hawaii. The grandmothers have all had difficult experiences and used their dream vacation as a beacon of hope in their lives. The grandmothers then go to the bank to wire their money, but at that moment the bank is held up by robbers. The grandmothers lose their savings and the bank can't offer any assistance. It is at this moment that the grandmothers set off track the robbers down themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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