Movies like Midnight Run
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Midnight Run (1988)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style:
road movie, funny, humorous, witty, talky, clever, intense, buddy comedy, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
road trip, chase, on the road, train, gangsters, car chase, organized crime, hitman, race against time, police surveillance, buddy, embezzlement, bail bondsman, bounty hunter, buddy cop, odd couple, escape, father daughter relationship, bus, misanthrope, rivalry, airport, arrest, ex husband ex wife relationship, cynicism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, new york, las vegas, los angeles, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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Most similar movies to Midnight Run
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, realistic, humorous and buddy movie films with plots about chase, dialogue, runaway, violence, mentor, brutality and culture clash mostly in Crime, Action and Comedy genres. Some movies like Midnight Run: 48 Hrs. (1982), The Nice Guys (2016), Tango & Cash (1989), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Lethal Weapon (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
humorous, exciting, buddy movie, funny, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot:
prison, buddy cop, tough cop, revenge, villain, violence, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, police officer killed, fight, murder ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Style:
neo noir, buddy comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, private detective, corruption, private investigator, murder, father daughter relationship, party, teenage girl, suspense, single father, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
108K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
intense, buddy movie, realistic, rough, semi serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, police detective, reluctant partners, buddies, police, law enforcement, buddy cop, prisoner, prison escape, organized crime, escape, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, witty, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
gangsters, chase, organized crime, kidnapping, vengeance, happy ending, betrayal, dentist, hitman, criminal heroes, killer, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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264K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style:
buddy movie, suspenseful, exciting, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, chase, gunfight, reluctant partners, police officer, suspense, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, buddy, partners against crime, verbal byplay ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben ...
Style:
humorous, funny, psychological, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, psychiatrist, gangsters, mob boss, organized crime, psychology, adaptation, suspense, anger, attempted murder, introspection, doctors and patients ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1957
Place:
new york, florida, new jersey, usa, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
73K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style:
humorous, exciting, suspenseful, rough, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
culture clash, cold war, buddy cop, drug dealer, police brutality, police officer, police, gunfight, brutality, manhunt, showdown, russian abroad ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, moscow russia, los angeles, california, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going ...
Style:
buddy movie, funny, intense, rough, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
stripper, american football, private detective, suspense, murder, corruption, buddy, football, conspiracy, assassin, justice, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, ...
Style:
funny, humorous, clever, intense, light ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
mafia, hollywood, debt, producer, gambling, gangsters, organized crime, suspense, dark humor, cons and scams, loan shark, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
miami, los angeles, las vegas, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
64K
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, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
chase, gangsters, justice, law enforcement, police, buddy cop, partners against crime, fish out of water, mentor, redemption, police shootout, police operation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Style:
entertaining, light, melancholic, disturbing, road movie ...
Plot:
lovers on the run, road trip, opposites attract, chase, dangerous attraction, violence, high school reunion, on the road, haunted by the past, manipulation, psychopath, police ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a ...
Style:
road movie, exciting, entertaining, sexy, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, motorcycle, biker, police corruption, organized crime, bus, motorcycle chase, hitman, police officer, tough cop, corrupt official, on the road ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, san francisco, usa, phoenix arizona, arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddies, friendship, gangsters, betrayal, justice, police, adaptation, unlikely friendships, drug lord, buddy cop, criminal heroes, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, murder, buddy cop, buddies, farce, disorder, track down, odd couple, gang, investigation, partners ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, usa, washington d.c., europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Clint Eastwood plays a bounty hunter who helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, sexy, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
on the road, bail bondsman, chase, criminal heroes, kidnapping, counterfeit money, track down, gang, gunfight, car, crime gone awry, runaway ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, las vegas, sacramento california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to 2 Guns
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:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, car chase, investigation, undercover, fish out of water, buddy cop, maverick cop, gunfight, murder, damsel in distress, law enforcement, verbal byplay ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, michigan, usa ...
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40%
119K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for ...
Style:
funny, ridiculous, road movie, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, road trip, casino, chase, bet, on the road, mother daughter reunion, escapades, partners, gambling, rivalry, race ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, new mexico, nevada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, 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, buddy movie, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
chase, music, blues, road trip, dancing, car, rock and roll, car chase, police chase, buddy, cult, prison ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, entertaining, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, police, gunfight, police officer, police investigation, investigation, suspense, arms smuggling, heist, car chase, partners against crime, partners ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
276K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style:
humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, police, reluctant partners, fight scenes, kung fu, two man army, buddy cop, chase, fbi, culture clash, african american, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, california, hong kong, china, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Movies similar to Let's Be Cops
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:
funny, humorous, epic, light, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, buddy cop, revenge, undercover, investigation, gunfight, suspense, amusement park, vengeance, violence, car chase, death ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa, michigan ...
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38%
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, exciting, captivating, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, friendship, chase, treasure hunt, buddies, car chase, on the road, friendship between men, car, rivalry, preacher, homosexual subtext ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Style:
suspenseful, intense, tense, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, train, heist, murder, gangsters, runaway train, terrorism, gang, subway, mayor, criminal, railway ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, chase, hitman, fbi, undercover, rivalry, law enforcement, track down, special agents, race against time, gangsters, buddy cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.
Style:
clever, light, tense, exciting, talky ...
Plot:
robbery, twists and turns, chase, car chase, police investigation, heist, crime gone awry, corruption, gangsters, organized crime, hostage, money ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
texas, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Movies similar to Bad Boys
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to ...
Style:
funny, exciting, humorous, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
heist, police station, robbery, caper, african american, criminal, farce, law enforcement, safecracker, police, partners, chase ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, usa, latin america, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; ...
Style:
exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover cop, murder, suspense, organized crime, prison, redemption, revenge, vengeance, investigation, undercover, working undercover, master criminal ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes ...
Style:
funny, buddy movie, exciting, suspenseful, witty ...
Plot:
train, black white relations, false accusation, buddy, runaway train, train crash, murder, mistaken identity, death, chase, violence, gunfight ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
kansas, chicago illinois, los angeles, california, kansas city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
119K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
Style:
funny, stylized, cynical, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, dark humor, parents and children, witness protection, violence, german shepherd, organized crime, runaway, family bonds, fish out of water, notoriety ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france, brooklyn new york city, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, realistic, breathtaking, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, gangsters, heroin, drugs, organized crime, investigation, chase, drug lord, drug smuggling, police, city, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, san francisco, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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