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National Security (2003)
57K
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, feel good, hilarious, action comedy, light, slapstick ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, brutality, partner, reluctant partners, life philosophy, chase, stereotypes, redemption, dialogue, heroes, black, investigation, danger, law enforcement, unlikely partners, buddies, cop, prison, police officer, car chase, gunfight, african american, hip hop, security guard ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to National Security
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, action comedy, realistic and entertaining films with plots about chase, buddy, gangster, car chase, police, partner and life philosophy mostly in Action, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like National Security: Bad Boys (1995), Nothing to Lose (1997), Blue Streak (1999), Running Scared (1986), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
313K
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:
humorous, buddy comedy, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, drug lord, murder, murder investigation, partners against crime, two man army, law enforcement, friendship between men, police corruption, police investigation, african american, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
miami, florida, usa, north america
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style:
funny, action comedy, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Plot:
desert, revenge, husband wife relationship, friendship, robbery, profanity, mistaken identity, reckless driving, advertising executive, criminal, security guard, criminal heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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 ...
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funny, exciting, humorous, action comedy, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
heist, robbery, african american, law enforcement, farce, criminal, happy ending, impersonating a police officer, bank robbery, safecracker, police station, dumb ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, latin america, mexico ...
Similarity:
75%
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:
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, rough, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
yakuza, martial arts, samurai, buddy cop, violent, organized crime, one man army, rescue, machismo, dark hero, lone hero, redemption ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, tokyo, asia, usa, japan ...
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100%
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, light, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, undercover, reluctant partners, chase, espionage, fbi, rivalry, danger, special agent, law enforcement, race against time, woman with a gun ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
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, retro, action comedy, fast, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, buddy cop, ghetto, street gang, police, law enforcement, arrest, police partner, police shootout, gangster, public nudity, urban ...
Time:
80s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
144K
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:
entertaining, humorous, hilarious, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, impersonating a police officer, friendship between men, happy ending, partners against crime, corruption, investigation, male friendship, fighting crime, disorder, mistaken identity, partner ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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236K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Style:
buddy comedy, action comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
undercover, working undercover, money, cia, corruption, hidden identity, heist, organized crime, buddy, betrayal, partner, partners against crime ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, south america, mexico, california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
198K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
entertaining, action comedy, exciting, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, partner, buddies, kung fu, african american, police investigation, ambassador, police officer, assassin, police, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, los angeles, france, paris france, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
258K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, funny, action comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, buddy cop, kung fu, kick-butt women, partner, buddies, police investigation, good versus evil, culture clash, chase, gang, odd couple ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, east asia, las vegas, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Style:
funny, humorous, intense, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
murder, justice, amateur detective, brothers, partner, disorder, buddies, goofy hero, dishonesty, cons and scams, workplace, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style:
entertaining, saga, detective, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, car chase, chinese mafia, vigilante, gangster, ship, buddies, martial arts, shootout, police officer, brutality, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, china, california, usa, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
48K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
Style:
hilarious, realistic, semi serious, not serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
taxi driver, car chase, bank robbery, taxi, partners against crime, law enforcement, buddy cop, working undercover, disorder, odd couple, buddies, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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, action comedy, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddy cop, murder, law enforcement, police investigation, buddies, farce, disorder, partner, friendship, gang, odd couple, investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, usa, washington d.c., europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more ...
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, drug lord, chemist, organized crime, gangster, culture clash, drug, partner, drug dealing, golf, car chase, female killer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 70s
Place:
england, liverpool, los angeles, northern england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, disguise, working undercover, gender disguise, disorder, law enforcement, fbi, surveillance, fall in love, stupidity, happy ending, farce ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 90s
Place:
usa, georgia, north america, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued ...
Style:
intense, humorous, semi serious, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, on the run, fbi, chase, rogue agent, african american, mistaken identity, disorder, cons and scams, fish out of water, frame up, hidden identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
texas, new york, florida, latin america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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287K
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:
entertaining, stylized, exciting, action packed, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, car chase, foul language, drug lord, buddies, partner, gunfight, chase, gangster, police, violent, vigilante ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, south america, iran, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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, saga, entertaining ...
Plot:
police detective, police partner, chase, police, buddy cop, investigation, tough cop, tough guy, nightclub, undercover cop, sarcasm, drug lord ...
Time:
2020s, year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, mexico city, north america, mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
325K
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, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, police, reluctant partners, kung fu, buddy cop, fight scenes, two man army, african american, buddy, chase, cop, triad ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
Similarity:
67%
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:
100%
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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, clever, light, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
chase, murder, frame up, journalism, media, mexican standoff, partner, buddies, law enforcement, protagonist as suspect, chases and races, buddy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
50%
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, neo noir, action comedy, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, revenge, biker, motorcycle, tough cop, desert, corrupt cop, mysterious villain, drug lord, hitman, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
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, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, light hearted ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
buddies, friendship, buddy, drug lord, betrayal, buddy cop, justice, unlikely friendships, adaptation, criminal heroes, working undercover, hidden identity ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles
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:
50%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of ...
Style:
light, intense, humorous, hood, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
reluctant partners, credit card, cons and scams, twists and turns, dishonesty, love and romance, urban, criminal heroes, investigation, black, chase, hip hop ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Special Agent Derrick Vann is a man out to get the man who killed his partner but a case of mistaken identity leads him to Andy Fidler, a salesman with too many questions and a knack of getting in Vanns way
Style:
parody, action comedy, funny, intense, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, dumb, foul language, mistaken identity, buddy, buddy cop, chases and races, car chase, fight scenes, buddies, goofy hero, stereotypes ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for ...
Style:
humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
private detective, police investigation, reluctant partners, who done it, black, justice, fbi, undercover, investigation, injustice, disorder, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
los angeles, egypt, hong kong
Similarity:
100%
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