Movies like Freebie and the Bean

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Freebie and the Bean (1974)
 6.6
 4K
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.
Style: black comedy, action comedy, neo noir, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, buddy comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, buddy cop, buddy, law enforcement, police, hitman, mobster, cop, dirty harry, kickass, police partner, best friend, police station, police chase, police lieutenant, fistfight, machismo, suspicion of adultery, gangster, car crash, master criminal, chase, chases and races, urban, partner ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california, detroit
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Freebie and the Bean

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, exciting and buddy comedy films with plots about partner, buddy cop, car chase, police, shootout, chase and gangster mostly in Crime, Action and Comedy genres. Some movies like Freebie and the Bean: Another 48 Hrs. (1990), The Junkman (1982), Bulletproof (1996), Downtown (1990), 48 Hrs. (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is ...
Style: black comedy, detective, neo noir, action comedy, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: buddy cop, prison, buddy, motorcycle, biker, bar fight, revenge, investigation, corrupt cop, ex convict, drug lord, police ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 837
The Junkman (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid their net, stay alive and discover who is behind this lethal plan, will take Hollis through a ...
Style: action thriller, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, car chase, carsploitation, car, racing, speed, car crash, driving, hitman, save the day, heroes, rivalry ...
Time: year 1982, 80s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 40K
Bulletproof (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is ...
Style: funny, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, buddy, drug lord, betrayal, buddy cop, justice, police, unlikely friendships, adaptation, criminal heroes, working undercover, hidden identity ...
Time: 90s
Place: arizona, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.7
 2K
Downtown (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now ...
Style: detective, action comedy, retro, fast, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, ghetto, police, male nudity, street gang, law enforcement, urban, cop, gangster, police shootout, police partner, arrest ...
Time: 80s
Place: philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 6.9
 85K
48 Hrs. (1982)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Style: exciting, detective, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot: prison, buddy cop, reluctant partners, cop, tough cop, violence, revenge, buddy, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 6K
Brannigan (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings American law to the people of ...
Style: detective, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: culture clash, car chase, chase, gangster, violence, assassin, gunfight, buddy cop, police investigation, fish out of water, police, revenge ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: chicago, england, london, scotland, scotland yard ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 5.6
 29K
Metro (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: chase, hostage, revenge, sniper, violence, negotiation, hostage negotiator, car chase, police officer, swat team, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, tahiti, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.5
 15K
Running Scared (1986)
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
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, cop, chase, police investigation, violence, police officer, partner, undercover, lawyer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
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, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, car chase, fish out of water, buddy cop, buddy, reluctant partners, undercover, investigation, death of friend, law enforcement, damsel in distress, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, detroit, beverly hills, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 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. ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, hitman, violence, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 122K
Ride Along (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben has been trying to show decorated APD detective James that he's more than just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela. When Ben finally gets accepted into the ...
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, exciting ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: two man army, police, law enforcement, escapades, gunfight, buddy cop, car chase, gangster, partner, black, kidnapping, disorder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.4
 2K
Busting (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: LA cops Gould and Blake get in over their heads when they don't heed orders from above and go after a big crime boss.
Style: neo noir, detective, exciting, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vice squad, buddy cop, criminal, urban, car chase, explosions, cop, chase, shootout, call girl, crime boss, partner ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
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, police investigation, odd couple, investigation, buddies, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, dishonesty, master criminal, law enforcement, partner, racial slur ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 140K
Let's Be Cops (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in ...
Style: funny, light, entertaining, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: impersonating a police officer, buddy cop, partners against crime, corruption, friendship between men, police, investigation, happy ending, partner, fighting crime, disorder, mistaken identity ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
Style: road movie, humorous, action thriller, light, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, heist, chase, treasure hunt, on the road, car chase, buddy, robbery, bank robbery, rivalry, preacher, homosexual subtext ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974, year 1972
Place: montana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.9
 29K
The Rookie (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: chase, police investigation, buddy cop, violence, rescue, buddy, car chase, pitbull, brutality, car, reluctant partners, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: action comedy, detective, suspense, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: police, amusement park, revenge, secret service, gunfight, investigation, cop, black, vengeance, vigilante, die hard, car chase ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Super Cops (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
Style: detective, exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, police, cop, nypd, blaxploitation, car chase, police officer, sexual content, partner, violent content, urban, academy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Movie in collections
 5.5
 65K
Showtime (2002)
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, melancholic, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: chase, reluctant partners, police dog, buddy cop, buddy, justice, law enforcement, police, partners against crime, gangster, fish out of water, mentor ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: humorous, cult classic, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, buddy cop, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, arms smuggling, heist, car chase, cop, partners against crime, friends, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.5
 90K
Cop Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
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: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, law enforcement, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, police officer, robbery, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.0
 51K
CHiPS (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style: buddy comedy, intense, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motorcycle, buddy cop, police, heist, investigation, corruption, chase, partner, car chase, motorcycle cop, female nudity, police corruption ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his new partner K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: reluctant partners, chase, partners against crime, hollywood, murder, buddy, hip hop, man dressed as a woman, police investigation, police, gunfight, buddy cop ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Movie in collections
 6.8
 284K
Bad Boys (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: two man army, drug lord, buddy, buddy cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, police, police corruption, police investigation, murder, african american, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.9
 63K
Ride Along 2 (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: 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.
Style: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddy, undercover cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, police investigation, chase, wedding, drug, buddy cop, partner, escapades ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, miami, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
National Security (2003)
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, entertaining, buddy comedy, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, buddy, police, chase, reluctant partners, stereotypes, partner, brutality, redemption, heroes, black, danger ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.2
 31K
Money Talks (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style: humorous, light, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, murder, journalism, frame up, media, mexican standoff, partner, protagonist as suspect, chases and races, buddies, law enforcement, buddy ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Collision Course (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: detective, action comedy, independent film, fast, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, murder, car chase, crime boss, shootout, two man army, villain, tough cop, investigation, interracial friendship, fight, hitman ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: michigan, detroit, asia, usa, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.6
 266K
Bad Boys II (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: buddy cop, police, drug lord, car chase, gunfight, chase, partner, gangster, law enforcement, friendship between men, foul language, buddy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: miami, florida, iran, usa, puerto rico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: 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.
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, tense, captivating ...
Plot: buddy cop, police, police detective, police partner, chase, buddy, police chase, investigation, tough guy, murder, friendship between men, drug lord ...
Time: 2020s, year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, north america, mexico city, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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