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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
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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%
Collision Course (1989)
Plot Summary:
Tony Costas, a brash, obnoxious, sexist and racist Detroit cop who has long since stopped following the rules, gets told that he will have to work with Inspector Fuji, a straightlaced policeman from Japan. Fuji is in Detroit searching for a Japanese engineer who has gone to America with plans for a top secret car part. The pair naturally fail to get along at first, but as the investigation continues, they almost begin to come close to tolerating each other's presence.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action comedy, independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, buddy comedy
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Double Trouble (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two beefed-up twins (played by the Paul brothers, Peter and David, who have appeared in several programmers as The Barbarian Brothers) operating on opposing sides of the law, team up to stop a nefarious crook in this actioner. Peter Jade is a notoriously arrogant burglar who ends up with the key to an enormous underground cache of diamonds. David Jade is a cop who joins forces with Peter after greedy Philip Chamberlain, wanting the diamonds for himself, kills David's partner.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, buddy comedy
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 86%
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005)
Plot Summary:
Walker investigates a murder connected with a missing government weapon. In addition, he tries to track down a teen on the run from a crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, cult classic, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, neo western, cult film
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Once a Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slapstick, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, slapstick comedy
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Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion (1999)
Plot Summary:
Police Inspector Paul Fein (Bronson) copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son (Joe Penny)) is investigating the murder of a banker.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, suspense
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Death Toll (2008)
Plot Summary:
New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, neighborhoods and its people. Illustrating this dark chapter in the city's history is "Death Toll".
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating, hood
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K-9: P.I. (2002)
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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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 85%
Police Story 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: stylized, intense, humorous, rough, suspenseful, action packed, cult classic, action comedy, exciting, realistic
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The Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast
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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
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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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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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Tango & Cash (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: intense, detective, action comedy, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, sentimental
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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Plot Summary:
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, realistic, grindhouse, cult classic, action comedy, crime drama, mind blowing, detective
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed, exciting, stylized, slapstick, action comedy, crime drama
Similar in 76%
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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The Rookie (1990)
Plot Summary:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir, exciting, retro, action thriller, black comedy, rough
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The Glimmer Man (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, action comedy, detective, perverse
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Hollow Point (1996)
Plot Summary:
Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, light, entertaining, suspense, crime drama, independent film, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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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
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Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, funny, epic, saga
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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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Running Scared (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, witty, talky, detective, romantic comedy, cult classic, hilarious, exciting, realistic
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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