Movies like Dragnet 1987
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Dragnet (1987)
40K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
Style:
humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, cult classic, psychotronic, spoof, epic, action comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, partner, investigation, stupidity, justice, buddies, farce, danger, goofy hero, working undercover, snake, satire, chase, cop, law enforcement, police investigation, disguise, drug, car chase, corruption, culture clash, swat team, motorcycle, stripper, lion ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, funny, realistic and parody films with plots about police, chase, dialogue, police investigation, mentor, police officer and disorder mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Dragnet: Police Academy (1984), The Blues Brothers (1980), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Police Squad! (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
police academy, police, farce, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, cadet, misfit, recruit, justice, bully, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place:
usa, israel, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their ...
Style:
funny, road movie, hilarious, surreal, action comedy ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
music, chase, prison, blues, race against time, road trip, car chase, redemption, musician, police chase, on the road, nun ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
chicago, illinois, indiana, arizona, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style:
cult classic, humorous, feel good, captivating, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blues, car chase, on the road, voodoo, chase, music, orphan, dancing, pursuit, road trip, police officer, russian mafia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series featured Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker's usual ...
Style:
parody, spoof, sitcom, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
private detective, satire, police, absurd humor, partners against crime, police officer, deadpan, woman with a gun, stoner, weirdo, humour, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
484K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, cult classic, horror comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, accountant, imagination, giant monster, chase, friendship, librarian, haunting ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century, year 1989, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa, new york state ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami, Florida for their academy's commanding officer, Lassard, to receive a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement, which takes a turn involving a group of jewel thieves after their stolen loot ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, funny, slapstick, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, stupidity, hostage, prank, beach, hotel, police officer, police captain, diamond, abduction, airplane, police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, miami beach, usa, florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, spoof, humorous, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, stupidity, prank, misfit, biplane, police captain, police officer, skateboarder, sidekick, police raid, fugitive, police station ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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: ...
Style:
action comedy, semi serious, humorous, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
german shepherd, police dog, reluctant partners, dog, buddy cop, canine, pets, champion, police officer, best friend, car chase, funny cop ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
Style:
funny, humorous, buddy comedy, entertaining, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, partner, brutality, reluctant partners, life philosophy, chase, stereotypes, redemption, dialogue, heroes, black ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
private detective, violence, showbiz, heavy metal, law enforcement, rock star, partner, goofy hero, boss and employee, investigation, conspiracy, radio ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
61K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A veritable chameleon, investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher might drive his editor up the wall, but he always produces great pieces for the newspaper. When his next story is about the drug trade taking place on the beach, Fletch ...
Style:
witty, humorous, hilarious, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
beach, sarcasm, journalism, reporter, car chase, disguise, investigation, undercover, dating, on the run, voice over narration, lone hero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, utah, rio de janeiro, usa, santa monica california
Similarity:
100%
147K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage ...
Style:
funny, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
twins, road trip, buddy, contract killer, killer, male virgin, fish out of water, partner, family relations, on the road, brothers, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
usa, los angeles, arizona, austin texas, houston texas ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Style:
humorous, absurd, light, detective, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
private detective, kidnapping, justice, law enforcement, stupidity, amateur sleuth, detective agency, female detective, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, multiple storylines, family business ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
santa monica california, california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to ...
Style:
funny, detective, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
pink panther, farce, law enforcement, police investigation, childhood, police, robbery, murder mystery, disguise, inspector, nothing goes right, misfit partners ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 20th century, 70s
Place:
middle east, paris france, london, scotland yard, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an ...
Style:
humorous, uplifting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
missing person, farce, luck, cop, mysticism, comedy of errors, private detective, partner, manipulation, silly humor, kidnapping, mistaken identity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, latin america, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug Mackenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of ...
Style:
hilarious, psychotronic, parody, humorous, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
beer, conspiracy, brother brother relationship, farce, hockey, shakespeare, ghost, mind control, stupidity, satire, chase, lion ...
Time:
year 1983, 80s
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When an international border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers- Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva, are called in to set up a new Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.
Style:
absurd, captivating, semi serious, funny, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
border patrol, police, highway patrol, police inspector, police officer, sex scene, corruption, friendship, undercover cop, smuggling, gunfight, weed ...
Place:
boston
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
92K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddies, law enforcement, wedding, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, robbery, rescue ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy ...
Style:
parody, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
cocaine, undercover, car chase, drug, police investigation, police detective, satire, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, justice, partner ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 70s, 2000s
Place:
california, usa, san francisco, north america, chicago
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble ...
Style:
funny, humorous, buddy comedy, absurd, parody ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
police, stupidity, buddy, car chase, dumb, misfit partners, partners against crime, buddy cop, sarcasm, hotshot, chase, farce ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, not serious, exciting, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
corruption, heist, gunfight, ex cop, female bodybuilder, security guard, guard dog, friendship, justice, on the run, nothing goes right, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, los angeles, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women wearing blue..
Style:
slapstick comedy, humorous, slapstick, absurd, relaxing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, mayor, investigation, prank, police academy, mysterious villain, female police officer, tough girl, fistfight, tough guy, conspiracy, police captain ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
25%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
farce, sexual humor, absurd humor, stupidity, undercover, terrorism, law enforcement, satire, sexy woman, gangster, race against time, save the day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1988, 70s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
25%
563K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. ...
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, dark comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, chase, police, murder, cop, small town, partner, new job, dark humor, investigation, workaholic, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2007, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe ...
Style:
funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
dark humor, beach, murder, farce, insurance, comedy of errors, heat wave, vacation gone wrong, weekend getaway, businessman, summer job, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
67K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
humorous, hilarious, melancholic, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
chase, reluctant partners, police dog, buddy, buddy cop, justice, law enforcement, police, fish out of water, satire, gangster, police shootout ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
action comedy, talky, witty, humorous, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, buddies, police, car chase, violence, cop, chase, undercover cop, police investigation, police officer, partner, undercover ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, investigation, police investigation, odd couple, master criminal, partners against crime, dishonesty, law enforcement, buddies, tough law enforcer, partner, racial slur ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, africa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
buddy comedy, humorous, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
police, gunfight, buddy, murder, reluctant partners, fish out of water, death of friend, investigation, law enforcement, damsel in distress, cop, drug smuggling ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, michigan, beverly hills, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
24%
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