Movies like Partners 1982

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Partners (1982)
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Partners (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual, detective, sexy, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lgbt, serial killer, pretending to be gay, glbt, buddy cop, murder, male pubic hair, gay subtext, investigation, friendship, friends, misfit, gays and lesbians, working undercover, law enforcement, partner, gender, disorder, silly humor, fish out of water, physical appearance, odd couple, buddies, unlikely partners ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Keyword: partners

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Most similar movies to Partners

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and queer cinema films with plots about friends, disorder, gay, partner, friendship, buddies and lgbt mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Partners: 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002), Halal State Security (2011), Feds (1988), Regular Guys (1996), Loose Cannons (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 ...
Style: witty, humorous, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, unlikely criminals, crime gone awry, dark humor, nothing goes right, amateur detective, friendship, dishonesty, life is a bitch, buddies, cons and scams ...
Place: london, europe, ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Halal State Security (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Someone is killing Parisians of Arab ethnicity. When an Algerian diplomat is murdered by the same assailant, two Algerian detectives are sent to help the French with the investigation and they have their own ways of doing things.
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, partner, odd couple, buddies, disorder, fish out of water, racism, chase, society, investigation, buddy cop, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, algeria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 5.5
 3K
Feds (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real ...
Style: intense, melancholic, semi serious, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fbi, law enforcement, odd couple, police detective, partners against crime, friendship, partner, women, police investigation, strong female character, female protagonist, unlikely friendships ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 6.8
 1K
Regular Guys (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, sexual ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, conspiracy, gay interest, monkey, police, homoerotic friendship, gay relationship, gay subtext, gay club, friends ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Loose Cannons (1990)
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, action comedy, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, farce, disorder, odd couple, gang, friendship, investigation, partner, buddy ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, germany, washington d.c., europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Friends and Family (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Children and parents. In New York City, Stephen and Danny live well: they're smooth, cool, in love, and good at what they do. Stephen's Midwestern parents pay them a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Jenny and Matt tell their parents they are ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, witty ...
Plot: gay, love and romance, hitman, comedy of errors, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, gangster, family gatherings, gender, lgbt, lgbtq, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, wisconsin, manhattan new york city, indiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.3
 22K
The Hard Way (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. ...
Style: detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, movie star, serial killer, police, buddy, police investigation, law enforcement, odd couple, fish out of water, undercover cop, justice, amateur detective ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.0
 18K
The Closet (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, workplace intrigue, friendship, dishonesty, disorder, discrimination, comedy of errors, workplace situations, parents and children ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Strange Bedfellows (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema
Plot: gay, friendship, pretending to be gay, taxes, cons and scams, comedy of errors, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, widower, lgbt, small town ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Birds of a Feather 2 (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe - dressed as a woman - hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as ...
Style: funny, sex comedy, surreal, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: transvestism, gay, lgbt, lgbtq, glbt, spy, transsexual, transvestite, transgender, farce, drag queen, gay subtext ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: italy, saint tropez, europe, sicily, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the ...
Style: talky, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, glbt, friendship, mistaken identity, lgbtq, farce, odd couple, gay interest, lgbt teen, gay straight relations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Burglar (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, chase, bookstore, thief, female protagonist, amateur detective, bisexual man, framed for murder, disguise, motorcycle, investigation, african american protagonist ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: california, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.9
 7K
The ComDads (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.
Style: realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous, clever ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: reluctant partners, partner, odd couple, dishonesty, family conflict, disappearance, disorder, buddies, nothing goes right, teenage life, cons and scams, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: france, nice france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.3
 10K
Happy, Texas (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
Style: humorous, clever, witty, independent film, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, small town, pretending to be gay, mistaken identity, beauty pageant, farce, lgbt, fish out of water, bank robbery, lgbtqi, glbt, outlaw ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.1
 10K
Female Trouble (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing, sexy, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: juvenile delinquent, absurd violence, absurd humor, female nudity, murder, kidnapping, male nudity, dysfunctional family, acid, surrealism, nudity, disfigurement ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: baltimore
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.
Style: funny, humorous, melancholic, intense, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghetto, fish out of water, street gang, gangster, gang, justice, betrayal, father son relationship, family relations, disorder, partner, goofy hero ...
Place: california, los angeles, malibu california, south central los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience: kids
Plot: deaf, disability, murder, blindness, farce, chase, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 4.6
 2K
Night Patrol (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The streets of Los Angeles are crawling with weirdos, hookers, peeping toms and perverts. And this time, they're wearing badges! Murray Langston, Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Billy Barty, Jaye P. Morgan, Andrew Dice Clay, Pat Morita, Kitten ...
Style: funny, cult classic, sex comedy, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exploitation, teenager, erotica, satire, police, partner, friends, disorder, buddies, law enforcement, hollywood, filmmaking ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, california, las vegas, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Boystown (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Victor works in a real estate agency in the well-known Chueca neighborhood of Madrid. He hides a terrible secret: he makes apartments available for sale by murdering the old ladies owners that live in them. Then, refurbishes and decorates the ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, gay couple, real estate agent, inheritance, who done it, gay sex, gender, dark humor, couples, family relations, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, madrid, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A mixed group of individuals - lesbian, gays, and heterosexuals who all frequent a local bar struggle to accept each others lifestyles. However when the two gays are attacked and fight back and ultimately rape one of their attackers, the group ...
Style: touching, melancholic, sincere, sexy, humorous ...
Plot: friendship, gay, relationships, sexuality, stereotypes, loneliness, farce, dialogue, gays and lesbians, love and romance, aids, lgbt ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: With raging boy hormones and the laugh quotient turned on full, Chris Salvatore and Daniel Skelton return, along with Rebekah Kochan and cult icon Mink Stole in the fourth installment of Q. Allan Brocka's hilarious and over-the-top sexual ...
Style: sex comedy, not serious, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, gays and lesbians, homosexual, gay sex, summer camp, homosexuality, sexual relations, masturbation, oral sex, love and romance, gender ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Hot Guys with Guns (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: If you can imagine Lethal Weapon with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as younger, hotter ex-boyfriends, you'll have the basis for Hot Guys With Guns, a modern take on the old-fashioned detective story. It's Chinatown meets Boystown.
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot: gay, murder, friends, law enforcement, disorder, dishonesty, investigation, gender, working undercover, partner, hollywood, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 154K
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
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, funny, humorous, entertaining, hilarious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot: buddy, cocaine, buddy cop, car chase, police, drug, police investigation, organized crime, gangster, police detective, drug lord, justice ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2004, 2000s
Place: california, usa, chicago, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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All for One (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of the law. Martin is a policeman, while Nikolai, Ralf, and Timo can't distinguish between personal possessions and the possessions of others! ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: friendship, buddies, partner, disorder, cons and scams, nothing goes right, unfulfillment, undercover, police officer, escapades, rivalry, friends ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.8
 532
Hard (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hard is about a gay serial killer and the gay detective who is forced to go after him. It has an interesting story: the closeted gay detective is abruptly forced out of the closet after the killer handcuffs him to his bed and makes off with his ...
Style: erotic, neo noir, independent film, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: gay, serial killer, gay interest, lgbt, glbt, criminality, sex crime, troubled youth, closeted homosexual, murder, gay sex, male prostitute ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.8
 22K
Quick Change (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, absurd, cult classic ...
Plot: heist, bank robbery, robbery, buddies, friendship, partner, friends, disorder, cons and scams, runaway, love and romance, bank robber ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 7.1
 31K
Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, inspirational, tricky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison escape, buddies, prison, unlikely partners, buddy, partner, runaway, odd couple, criminal heroes, bank robbery, friendship, police investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Another Stakeout (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside home where a Mafia trial witness is believed to be heading or already hiding. Unlike their earlier _Stakeout_, this time they are accompanied by Gina ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, melancholic, light, funny ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: police investigation, buddy cop, odd couple, partner, cop, disorder, fall in love, gangster, buddies, law enforcement, witnessing a crime, goofy hero ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, seattle, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Cowboys & Angels (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Germany, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The story concerns a hapless civil servant who gets more than he bargained for when he moves into an apartment with a gay fashion student and finds himself on the catwalk. The film sets out to explore the difficulties for young people in keeping ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, crying ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, fashion, roommate, friends, youth, odd couple, culture clash, gay sex, lgbtq, unlikely criminals, society ...
Place: ireland, europe, new york, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.2
 6K
Grilled (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Two meat salesmen (Romano, James) will stop at nothing to get a sale.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: nothing goes right, fall in love, dishonesty, friendship, buddies, disorder, hitman, workplace situations, farce, cooking and food, salesman, meat ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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