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Plot Summary:
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, hilarious, realistic, not serious, semi serious, entertaining, intense, grindhouse, slapstick
Best tv shows and movies like Taxi 2 (2000):
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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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Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
Plot Summary:
Caitlin "Cat" Sullivan is an NYPD detective working in Brooklyn. After her driving privileges are suspended, she relies on Leo Romba, a highly skilled Brooklyn cab driver from France. Leo becomes Cat's driver and a consultant on her cases. While solving crimes with Leo, Cat is also running her own unauthorized investigation into the death of her father, an NYPD detective thought to have been executed by the Capella crime family. In doing so, she clashes with her boss, Captain Baker, and her ex-husband Gregg, who has picked up the case for the FBI.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: not serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, detective, fast
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City Hunter (2018)
Plot Summary:
Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: entertaining, light, humorous, colorful, stylized, slapstick comedy, colourful
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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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Paris Express (2010)
Plot Summary:
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the "express delivery" promise of the courier service he works for. But however hard he tries, Sam never gets a bonus from his boss, never beats his slicker colleagues and never gets past his Dad, a cop who books him every time. All Sam has up is Nadia, and she will turn on him if he doesn't show up for her sister's wedding. Trouble is, Sam has one more delivery to make and his day has just gone from bad to worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, exciting, tense, entertaining, realistic, not serious, fast
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Taxi 5 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining
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Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella (2001)
Plot Summary:
For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most successful box-office film in Spanish film history beating out only the first Torrente film.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, action comedy, detective, realistic, slapstick
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Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice (1986)
Plot Summary:
Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, fast, poliziottesco
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Mad Mission V: The Terracotta Hit (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: spy comedy, exciting, humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick, fast, independent film, slapstick comedy, poliziottesco
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Crime Busters (1977)
Plot Summary:
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, entertaining, buddy comedy, poliziottesco, realistic, slapstick
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My Lucky Stars (1985)
Plot Summary:
Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Yamakasi (2001)
Plot Summary:
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: witty, semi serious, exciting, sincere, realistic, action thriller
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Plot Summary:
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, slapstick, absurd, spoof, relaxing, realistic, semi serious, fast, slapstick comedy
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Wasabi (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: funny, realistic, exciting, semi serious, action packed, hilarious, humorous, stylized, intense, detective
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Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Plot Summary:
After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Chinese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, funny, action packed, realistic, not serious, fast
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Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 235000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, action comedy, funny, hilarious, action packed, intense, realistic, fast
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Taxi (2004)
Plot Summary:
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hilarious, realistic, not serious, semi serious, funny, exciting, captivating, action comedy, tense, suspense
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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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Taxi 4 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, hilarious, exciting, offbeat, slapstick, fast
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Halal State Security (2011)
Plot Summary:
Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Crime Spree (2003)
Plot Summary:
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, fast, independent film, parody
Similar in 78%
Taxi 3 (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining, not serious, slapstick, grindhouse, cult classic, hilarious
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Taxi (1998)
Plot Summary:
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious, hilarious, buddy comedy, sincere, suspense, grindhouse
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Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Plot Summary:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, touching, tricky, hilarious, witty, captivating, semi serious
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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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Protect and Serve (2010)
Plot Summary:
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting
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The 51st State (2001)
Plot Summary:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more powerful than any thrill, any pleasure, any high in history. But his plans for a quick, profitable score go comically awry when he gets stuck in Liverpool with an unlikely escort and his ex-girlfriend and becomes entangled in a bizarre web of double-dealing and double-crosses.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny, witty, stylized, action comedy, dark comedy, perverse
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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
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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
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The Transporter (2002)
Plot Summary:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 317000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, stylized, sexy, entertaining, action packed, suspenseful, realistic, fast paced, action thriller