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Turner & Hooch (1989)
80K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some "real" cases, not just misdemeanors. Then Amos Reed is murdered, and Scott Turner sets himself on the case. The closest thing to a witness in the case is Amos Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott Turner has to take care of if it's going to avoid being "put to sleep".
Style:
light, humorous, sweet, touching, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, detective, crying, action comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
dog, pets, chase, buddy cop, justice, murder, buddy, partner, police, kids and family, canine, police dog, animal actor, animal lover, law enforcement, loss of pet, police investigation, best friend, cop, love, small town, supermarket, mafia, life, happiness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, funny and semi serious films with plots about police investigation, chase, culture clash, dialogue, police, runaway and mentor mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Turner & Hooch: K-9 (1989), K-9: P.I. (2002), Oh Heavenly Dog (1980), National Security (2003), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
37K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, action comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, kids, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
dog, police dog, buddy cop, german shepherd, partner, justice, friends, police operation, buddies, police detective, owner dog relationship, law enforcement ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, tense, exciting ...
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boys' night
Plot:
dog, investigation, german shepherd, private detective, police dog, reluctant partners, police detective, destiny, buddy cop, owner dog relationship, police investigation, partners against crime ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Browning is a PI with a bad cold, who's sent to investigate a case by a mysterious client. He stumbles across the body of a young woman and is stabbed to death, and when he wakes up in heaven, they tell him he's "marginal ...
Style:
humorous, light, funny, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
dog, private detective, afterlife, reincarnation, murder mystery, chase, murder, animal, life & death, writers, human becomes animal, talking cat ...
Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, partner, brutality, reluctant partners, life philosophy, chase, stereotypes, redemption, dialogue, heroes, black ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 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:
detective, humorous, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
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boys' night, teens, adult
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buddy cop, police, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, police officer, car chase, tough cop, tough guy, villainess, african american protagonist, oil rig ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the ...
Style:
exciting, witty, suspenseful, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police inspector, corrupt cop, buddy cop, police corruption, corruption, disorder, buddies, misfit partners, odd couple, law enforcement, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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100%
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, not serious, slapstick, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
farce, deaf, disability, chase, blindness, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, murder, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time:
80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, new jersey, seattle
Similarity:
100%
147K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage ...
Style:
funny, humorous, road movie, entertaining, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
twins, road trip, buddy, contract killer, killer, male virgin, fish out of water, partner, family relations, on the road, brothers, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
usa, los angeles, arizona, austin texas, houston texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, michigan, beverly hills, usa, detroit ...
Similarity:
26%
92K
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, funny, neo noir, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, north america, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
action comedy, fast, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california, san diego california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hard-as-nails cop Jake Stone moves in with the Robbersons so he can watch a hitman who has moved in next door. The Hitman is one thing, but can you survive the Robberson family.
Style:
humorous, light, emotional, sitcom, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
23%
30K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
funny, suspenseful, humorous, detective, action comedy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
23%
103K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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325K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, funny, buddy comedy, hilarious, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the ...
Style:
detective, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
children, gangster, boy, murder, bully, police investigation, partners against crime, witnessing a crime, police, friendship, attempted child murder, arrest ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, florida
Similarity:
22%
313K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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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
Similarity:
22%
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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:
black comedy, suspense, funny, detective, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
amusement park, gunfight, cop, investigation, black, vengeance, die hard, machine gun, violence, car, frame up, guy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
beverly hills, los angeles, usa, detroit, michigan ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
usa, seattle, las vegas
Similarity:
21%
81K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
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:
20%
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67K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, sweet, touching, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
small town, dog, father daughter relationship, childhood, children, animal, pets, loneliness, single father, adaptation, supermarket, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, southern usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
detective, neo noir, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, clever, light, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
20%
175K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sad, funny, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, pets, couple relations, friendship, parenthood, marriage, loss of pet, family relations, happy ending, children, pregnancy, couples ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
miami, ireland, usa, north america, michigan ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, date night
Plot:
satire, deadpan, stupidity, assassin, mind control, investigation, sarcasm, police, gunfight, assassination plot, terrorist, creativity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, beirut lebanon, england
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
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