Movies like Shooting Stars 1983

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Shooting Stars (1983)
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Shooting Stars (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
Style: detective, spoof, parody
Plot: investigation, helicopter, actor, chase, private detective, car, automobile, failed pilot

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Most similar movies to Shooting Stars

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out spoof, detective, humorous and independent film films with plots about chase, car, investigation, private detective, automobile, murder and car chase mostly in Comedy, Action and Crime genres. Some movies like Shooting Stars: Murder Can Hurt You (1980), Secret Agent 00 Soul (1990), Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024), Cannonball Run II (1984), Camouflage (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Murder Can Hurt You (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Spoof of TV crime dramas. Someone is murdering all the great detectives and cops, and it's up to the remaining few to find the killer and stop him.
Style: parody, detective, spoof
Plot: law enforcement, television, murder, police, serial killer, police detective, private detective, investigation, satire
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Secret Agent 00 Soul (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: This James Bond spoof sees Billy Dee Williams playing an international agent who quits his job to open a detective agency in the 'hood'.
Style: detective, hood, independent film, spoof
Plot: spy, spying, blaxploitation, secret, criminal, african american, brother, farce, agent, heroes, prospector, detective agency ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Story: Detective Axel Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter Jane’s life is threatened, she and Foley team up with a new partner and old pals Billy Rosewood and John Taggart to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.
Style: detective, black comedy, dark comedy, buddy comedy
Plot: black cop, buddy cop, daughter, city, african american, black, investigation, weapons, police officer, buddy, victim, black man ...
Place: beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Cannonball Run II (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The original characters from the first Cannonball Run movie compete in an illegal race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Style: road movie, humorous, spoof, cult classic, fast ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: car, car chase, chase, racing, race, auto racing, classic car, speed, gangster, road trip, car race, on the road ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa, connecticut, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Camouflage (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Marty Mackenzie is an unsuccessful stage actor who takes an interest in private investigating. He takes a job working with Jack Potter, a crusty private eye. They both take a case in Beaver Ridge, a seedy small town where a murder is being planned ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, detective, feel good ...
Plot: private detective, infidelity, murder, who done it, partner, dishonesty, law enforcement, disorder, satire, aspiring actor, silly humor, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Traxx (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Traxx has battled his way through El Salvador, the Middle East and Nicaragua, spitting lead with two-handed good grace. He decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. Running out of dough to buy more dough, he hires himself as a ...
Style: psychotronic, spoof, independent film
Plot: mercenary, vigilante, cookie, camp, terrorist, chase, absurd humor, police, gangster, shootout, exploding car, fart joke ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.
Style: spoof, independent film, slapstick comedy
Plot: carsploitation, car chase, car, exploitation, sheriff, small town, daughter, automobile, car crash, on the run, teenager, deputy ...
Time: year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Number One Gun (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Number One Gun
Style: parody, independent film, spoof, eurospy
Plot: spy, woman, agent, gender bender, automobile, spying, villainy, weapons, soviet spy, pistol, top secret, gender disguise ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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La Classe Américaine (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 70 min.
Story: George Abitbol, "the Most Classy Man on Earth", dies sputtering his famous last words: "Crappy world!" What the heck did he mean? Reporters Steven, Peter and Dave investigate. La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken ...
Style: parody, slapstick, spoof, bizarre, scatology
Plot: love letter, mysterious death, spaceship, automobile, dynamite explosion, flirting, hypocrisy, car, toilet humor, respect, flashback, gay slur ...
Place: texas, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 6.4
 8K
Hooper (1978)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Burt Reynolds plays a legendary stunt man known as Sonny Hooper, who remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, psychotronic
Plot: stuntman, hollywood, filmmaking, car, classic car, car chase, chase, gunfight, redneck, carsploitation, horse race, filmmaker ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: usa, california, alabama, los angeles, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Runaway Car (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A nurse apprentice, who had a bad day at work, meets a computer programmer at a car garage. The man is urged to go somewhere, but his car is not ready yet, so the nurse offers him a ride. Before leaving the man, they pick up the nurse's baby ...
Style: road movie, fast, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: car, chase, car chase, on the road, on the run, chases and races, danger, programmer, automobile, helicopter, police, nurse ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 3.6
 2K
Tooken (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Spoof of the "Taken" franchise. An ex-CIA agent who is now a mall security guard discovers that things are being taken from him. He must team up with his mom, also an ex-CIA agent, to defeat his rival and save his family.
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, exciting, light ...
Plot: vegan, male nudity, daring rescue, kidnapping, vengeance, one man army, chase, tough heroes, family relations, father daughter relationship, woman in danger, satire ...
Time: year 1994, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Rock Slyde (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Between trying to get Judy Bee (Elaine Hendrix) back and tracking down a sexy client's stalker, droll Det. Rock Slyde (Patrick Warburton) has his hands full in this comedy that also stars Rena Sofer and includes cameos by Jason Alexander, Brian ...
Style: humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, slapstick ...
Plot: investigation, private detective, disorder, riddles and clues, femme fatale, dishonesty, religious cult, mind control, satire, power relations, goofy hero, profanity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Passion for Danger (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His ...
Style: neo noir, realistic, semi serious, cynical, exciting ...
Plot: private detective, bookstore, book, private investigator, arms dealing, gang, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, partners against crime, amateur detective, law enforcement, chase ...
Time: 70s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Monster of the Nudist Colony (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Detective Hammer, and his beautiful wife Mary, investigate reports of a monster sighting at the local nudist colony. On arrival, Mary loses all inhibitions while Hammer gets distracted by Lucy, the colony's manager.
Style: semi serious, satirical, detective, captivating, entertaining
Plot: nudist, private detective, monster, investigation, detective inspector, police detective, sleuth, satire, forensics, terror, wife, outdoor sex ...
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44%
Cheaper to Keep Her (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
Style: independent film, detective
Plot: divorce, alimony, secretary, private detective, female lawyer, birth control, swinger, tied feet, tape over mouth, tied to a chair, bound and gagged
Time: year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Sexina (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Teen pop sensation Sexina is also a private detective that fights evil in the music industry. When she finds out a missing scientist been forced to create a robot boy band for "The Boss" of Glitz records, all hell breaks loose!
Style: detective
Plot: robot, music industry, private detective, scientist, evil, boy, band
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S*P*Y*S (1974)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two CIA bunglers (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould) botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
Style: parody, not serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: spy, espionage, murder, cold war, on the run, conspiracy, silly humor, secret agent, partner, chase, undercover, chases and races ...
Time: 70s
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Fast and Fierce: Death Race (2020)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jack Tyson is a young man partaking in an illegal Mexico to California car race when a desperate woman, fleeing from her abusive gangster boyfriend who is financing the tournament, jumps into his car pleading for his help and who has an ...
Style: mockbuster, captivating, suspenseful, tense, exciting
Plot: race, chase, gangster, murder, female assassin, car, racecar driver, automobile, car race, carsploitation, shootout, stoner ...
Place: mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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King Kung Fu (1976)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A remote monastery in China has trained a talking gorilla, King Kung Fu, in the ancient art of kung fu. Having mastered his fighting skills, King Kung Fu is sent to America to demonstrate the power of Chinese martial arts to the West. As he is ...
Style: spoof, independent film, fast, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: amusement park, exploitation, carnival, gorilla, monkey, martial arts, ape, journalism, pets, escapades, danger, dishonesty ...
Time: 70s
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Moonrunners (1975)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Grady and Bobby Lee run moonshine for Uncle Jesse, who prides himself on his old-school moonshining methods, and refuses to buckle in to the 'big business moonshine' of Jake, who controls these parts for New York mobsters
Style: road movie
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, hillbilly, car, small town, hicksploitation, classic car, speed, automobile, redneck, racing, car race, jail ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Bad Movie Police: Case #1: Galaxy Of The Dinosaurs (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Follow the adventures of Sgt. Elke Mantooth, Lt. Drucilla Dread and The BMP Task Force as they seek out the worst "cine-terrorists" in movie history and bring their crimes to justice for your entertainment! The first BAD MOVIE POLICE case ...
Style: spoof, feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot: sergeant, satire, crime investigation, police investigation, investigation, bimbo, dinosaur, respect, high heels
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38%
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The Tail Job (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Nicholas Moore hires taxi driver Trevor to help catch his fiance cheating. With misunderstandings, and mistaken identity, these defective detectives find themselves on an adventure more dangerous than they bargained for.
Style: road movie
Plot: taxi, driver, taxi driver, cheating on husband, stalking, chase, fiance fiancee relationship, being followed, investigation, jealous boyfriend, following someone, private investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Gumshoe Kid (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A young man has to take over the ruined detective agency of his father and his uncle. There are two major difficulties to manage: His uncle and his new job.
Style: detective, independent film
Plot: private detective, detective agency, older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man, breaking the fourth wall, hitman, gypsy, love interest, private investigator, clumsiness, father son relationship, harvard ...
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35%
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Speedtrap (1977)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in a private investigator to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come and show up his men, one of the officers is a former girlfriend ...
Style: road movie, detective, independent film
Plot: car, car chase, carsploitation, speed, racing, automobile, police chase, car theft, private investigator, insurance company, thief, mafia ...
Place: phoenix arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Three Fugitives (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her ...
Style: road movie, light, humorous, sentimental, detective ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: hostage, chase, bank robbery, reluctant partners, on the run, ex convict, police, heist, outlaw, odd couple, fugitives, released from prison ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style: light, absurd, humorous, detective, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: private detective, stupidity, dog, kidnapping, pets, human animal relationship, dumb, investigation, goofy hero, amateur detective, save the day, owner dog relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 5.0
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Royce (1994)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Royce is a member of the ultra-secret service "Black Hole", working for the US Government on top-secret missions. When the senator responsible for forming Black Hole disbands the organization, Royce's fellow Black Hole members plot ...
Style: suspense
Plot: spy, chase, mission, car chase, murder, revenge, kidnapping, subway, die hard, helicopter, car, blood ...
Place: bosnia, ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Are You Lonesome Tonight (1992)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A rich, somewhat priggish society wife who is looking for her missing husband seeks help from a private eye and her husband's call girl. As she searches for answers, she realizes she's running out of people she can trust- including her ...
Style: tension, detective
Plot: murder, private detective, prostitution, extramarital affair, phone sex, seduction, betrayal, infidelity, call girl, attempted murder, aerobics, missing man ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.3
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Race Gurram (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story: Ram and Lakshman a.k.a Lucky are brothers. Ram is a sincere guy who grows up to become an honest cop. Lucky is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys life. Ram and Lucky have a tom and jerry kind of fight going on. Siva Reddy is a factionist who wants to ...
Style: exciting, humorous, semi serious, tense, light ...
Plot: rivalry, investigation, fall in love, chase, vengeance, murder, political corruption, brother brother relationship, genius, violent content, uninhibited rivalry, state affairs ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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