Movies like Taxi 2

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Taxi 2 (2000)
 6.5
 59K
Taxi 2 (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Style: humorous, exciting, hilarious, realistic, not serious, semi serious, entertaining, intense, grindhouse, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: car chase, chase, taxi, yakuza, kidnapping, police investigation, gang, police, stereotypes, creativity, buddy, hostage, rescue, taxi driver, goofy hero, unlikely partners, incompetent police, partners against crime, police operation, friends, chases and races, partner, silly humor, buddies, heroic mission ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, paris france, europe, san francisco, tokyo, new jersey ...
Keyword: french, buddy movie, partners, sport, reboot, gangsters

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Most similar movies to Taxi 2

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, exciting and fast films with plots about partner, police, chase, buddies, chases and races, disorder and police officer mostly in Crime, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Taxi 2: Taxi (1998), Taxi 3 (2003), Taxi 4 (2007), Showtime (2002), Feds (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 7.0
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Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.8
 45K
Taxi 3 (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a ...
Style: humorous, exciting, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car chase, car, taxi driver, unlikely partners, buddies, skiing, disguise, pregnancy, mentor, betrayal, fight scenes, incompetent police ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, marseille
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
 5.6
 31K
Taxi 4 (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy ...
Style: feel good, realistic, not serious, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: taxi, car chase, chase, goofy hero, disorder, friends, prisoners exchange, escapades, danger, master criminal, nothing goes right, partners against crime ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: marseille, europe, france, provence, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 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 ⇓
100%
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 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 ⇓
100%
 4.7
 11K
Taxi 5 (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, exciting, light
Plot: car, driver, taxi driver, car chase, police, partner, race, unlikely partners, partners against crime, gang, chases and races, police investigation ...
Place: marseille, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.1
 13K
Yamakasi (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in ...
Style: semi serious, witty, exciting, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: parkour, thief, money, chase, police, gang, yakuza, climbing, friends, unlikely criminals, hospital, ghetto ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 6K
Crime Spree (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of ...
Style: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, gangster, organized crime, mafia, robbery, caper, fbi, brutality, comedy of errors, gang, partner, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: chicago, usa, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
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: humorous, slapstick, absurd, spoof, relaxing ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: police academy, police, police investigation, violence, car chase, satire, love affair, prank, senior citizen, martial arts, blonde, voyeur ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
27%
Mad Mission V: The Terracotta Hit (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers.
Style: fast, slapstick, exciting, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fight, agent, karate, partner, silly humor, disorder, friends, partners against crime, reluctant partners, law enforcement, odd couple, unlikely partners ...
Time: 80s
Place: asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.2
 182K
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
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, exciting, humorous, action comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: martial arts, buddy cop, kung fu, buddy, african american, police investigation, partner, ambassador, police, sniper, police officer, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, los angeles, paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.5
 45K
Taxi (2004)
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, not serious, semi serious, funny ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: car chase, taxi driver, taxi, partners against crime, law enforcement, buddy cop, disorder, buddies, rivalry, odd couple, gang, unlikely criminals ...
Time: 20th century, year 2004, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
13%
 6.6
 43K
Wasabi (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his ...
Style: funny, realistic, semi serious, exciting, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: yakuza, father daughter relationship, justice, police brutality, lone hero, investigation, japanese mafia, police detective, youth, tough guy, culture clash, inheritance ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, france, paris france, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 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 ⇓
25%
 6.3
 51K
The 51st State (2001)
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, chemist, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, culture clash, drug, golf, drug dealing, car chase, gang war, partner ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 70s
Place: england, los angeles, liverpool, northern england, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 5K
City Hunter (2018)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Nicky Larson is tasked to recover the perfume of Cupid, a perfume that would make anyone who uses it irresistible.
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, colorful, stylized ...
Plot: private detective, private investigator, gangster, murder, womanizer, presumed dead, partner, gang, sex, fistfight, psychotherapist, chase ...
Place: france, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice (1986)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, New Zealand
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Baldy and King Kong shuttle between New Zealand and Hong Kong to recover a hi-tech prism that can impart superhuman powers.
Style: spy comedy, fast, slapstick, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, fight, karate, agent, king kong, child in peril, partner, silly humor, unlikely partners, goofy hero, buddies, friends ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Caitlin "Cat" Sullivan is an NYPD detective working in Brooklyn. After her driving privileges are suspended, she relies on Leo Romba, a highly skilled Brooklyn cab driver from France. Leo becomes Cat's driver and a consultant on her ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: female detective, law enforcement, partner, partners against crime, odd couple, taxi, chase, fighting crime, murder investigation, car chase, woman, driver ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story: For this second film in the cult comedy series Torrente takes our fat police officer from Madrid to Marbella in Spain to investigate a villain’s plot to destroy the city with a missile. This James Bond style slapstick comedy became the most ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, exciting, action comedy, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: goofy hero, gang, private detective, investigation, fighting crime, disorder, rivalry, danger, fish out of water, terrorism, chases and races, buddy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
24%
My Lucky Stars (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky ...
Style: cult classic, fast, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, kidnapping, fight, ninja, police, mafia, yakuza, karate, comedian, wu shu, undercover ...
Time: 80s
Place: japan, tokyo, hong kong, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.8
 320K
The Transporter (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of ...
Style: serious, exciting, stylized, sexy, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: car chase, chase, one man army, tough guy, lone hero, martial arts, transportation, tough heroes, fight scenes, escapades, car, smuggling ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: france, nice france, europe, saint tropez, riviera ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Ward and Bouchard must face an important car theft ring that turns out to be a lot more than they bargained for: one where the stolen cars will serve as bombs in a well planned terrorist attack.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, police detective, buddy, partner, police, rivalry, law enforcement, justice, cliche, culture clash, investigation, partners against crime ...
Time: 2010s
Place: canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.1
 13K
Crime Busters (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Style: not serious, exciting, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, cons and scams, police, criminal heroes, police investigation, chases and races, odd couple, partners against crime, buddies, misfit, gang, heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 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 ⇓
24%
My New Partner II (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more ...
Style: action comedy, exciting, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, buddy cop, bad guy, guy, prostitute, planting evidence, cop, false accusation, bank, trap, partner, misfit partners ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, normandy, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ⇓
24%
 6.7
 237K
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
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, humorous, exciting, action comedy, funny ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot: martial arts, buddy, kung fu, buddy cop, kick-butt women, police investigation, partner, culture clash, chase, odd couple, gang, good versus evil ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, east asia, las vegas, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Paris Express (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries... Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, tense, exciting ...
Plot: chases and races, workplace, couples, disorder, nothing goes right, delivery, wedding, father son relationship, power relations, couple relations, life turned upside down, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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