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Almost Cops (2025)
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Original name: Bad Boa's
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an overeager community officer and a reckless ex-detective are forced to team up, plenty of chaos ensues on the streets of Rotterdam.
Style:
buddy comedy, action comedy, fast paced, slapstick, tension, twisted, detective
Audience:
adult
Plot:
buddy cop, investigation, urban, friendship, chaos, police procedural, dark humor, gunfight, irreverent, cat and mouse, whodunit, teenager, corruption, satire, plot twist, police officer, police, criminal, neighbor, buddy, duo, case, teenagers
Place:
rotterdam netherlands, netherlands
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out fast paced, suspense, detective and action comedy films with plots about urban, satire, investigation, corruption, police procedural, dark humor and friendship mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Almost Cops: Blitz Patrollie (2013), Nice Girls (2024), Undercover Duet (2015), Hareket Sekiz (2019), Mole Song Final (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: South Africa
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Duration: 92 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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78%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Reiji's final mission is to prevent the smuggling of 600 billion yen of drugs. For his mission, he gets on luxury passenger ship and he faces his strongest enemy to date.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, action comedy, fast paced, absurd
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, offbeat, action comedy, detective, parody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
conspiracy, satire, pizza, world domination, investigation, working class, irreverent, urban, secret organization, quest, dark humor, voice over narration ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
action comedy, semi serious, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
south korea, seoul
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72%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, police station, police procedural, satire, crime investigation, uncover truth, investigation, crime solving, teamwork, murder investigation, police investigation ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lam, a cop approaching 40 but without much accomplishment, always wants to achieve something memorable before his retirement. He is obliged by his sister to find a decent Chinese girl for his nephew, Baffalo, who is an "American Born ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, crime thriller, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
arms smuggling, buddy cop, murder witness, organized crime, martial arts, investigation, assassin, police procedural, urban, trick, undercover, revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Style:
detective, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
busan
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The zany adventures of two undercover Hollywood cops, Malcolm Cain and John Abel.
Style:
buddy comedy, lighthearted, fast paced, slapstick, independent film
Plot:
undercover, buddy cop, hollywood, partnership, friendship, satire, urban, double life, entertainment industry, showbiz, investigation, loyalty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
buddy cop, cop, police, crime solving, workplace situations, homicide detective, who done it, satire, workplace, police officer, sleuth, police investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
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477
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sino and Mo are detectives use unorthodox methods to solve crimes.
Style:
detective, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, drug smuggling, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, satire, crime solving, smuggler, smuggling, uncover truth, drug smuggler ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two losers who'll do anything to try and be successful in the Triad world, but all they've accomplished is having a bad luck reputation.
Style:
buddy comedy, black comedy, action comedy, crime drama, fast paced ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
57%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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seoul
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
police partner, police station, police, escapades, workplace, partners against crime, teamwork, silly humor, fighting crime, satire, police investigation, crime investigation ...
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: India
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Story:
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Audience:
adult
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Country: Sweden
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A group of friends find themselves in trouble when one receives a chit from the gangster that he owes money to.
Style:
tension, buddy comedy, action comedy, crime drama, suspense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 139 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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psychological, satirical, semi serious, captivating, thrilling ...
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Place:
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