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Bayside Shakedown (1998)
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Original name: 踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down. A corpse is found in the river, then the Police Commissioner is kidnapped, leading to the Metropolitian Police Department to take over the investigation which is led by Murai. Will he be true to his pact with Aoshima and co-operate with the local police? In the meantime, the murder investigation leads to a morbid web page and a deadly chat room in cyberspace...
Style:
detective
Plot:
thief, psychopath, police officer, police, investigation, violence, kidnapping, murder, internet, undercover agent, theft, helicopter, crime investigation, police station, satire, police inspector, coworker, raid, traffic policeman, teddy bear, coworker relationship, bureaucrat, website, stealing, live action ...
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Bayside Shakedown
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, detective, suspense and semi serious films with plots about investigation, murder, police, police officer, police investigation, uncover truth and satire mostly in Crime, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Bayside Shakedown: The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005), Father and Guns (2009), Madamada Abunai Deka (2005), Inspector Zenigata (2017), Almost Cops (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
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Style:
crime thriller, captivating, satirical, semi serious, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder mystery, murder, police station, police procedural, satire, crime investigation, uncover truth, investigation, crime solving, teamwork, murder investigation, police investigation ...
Place:
tokyo
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95%
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
police investigation, society, evidence, mysterious man, interrogation, youth, rivalry, murder investigation, buddy cop, partner, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As undercover cop Reiji takes on a new mission to takedown the Chinese mafia, elite police officer Shinya moves to arrest Reiji.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, police, workplace, police officer, undercover agent, police investigation, investigation, fight, protector, working undercover, uncover truth, battles ...
Place:
japan, hong kong
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki ...
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, grim, noir
Plot:
murder, suspect, corruption, investigation, cover up, lawyer, political intrigue, miscarriage of justice, justice, conspiracy, suspicion, power struggle ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
To save the life of fellow cop kidnapped by a biker gang, a father and a son who cannot stand the sight of each other infiltrate an outdoor adventure group-therapy for fathers and sons. Their biggest challenge is to survive the therapy without ...
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, captivating, action comedy
Plot:
undercover agent, father son conflict, kidnapping, parent child relationship, father son relationship, police officer, police, biker gang, working undercover, crime investigation, police partner, partners against crime ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Style:
detective, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
police, investigation, undercover, working undercover, partners against crime, coworker, police partner, job, fighting crime, crime investigation, government coverup, police officer ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
busan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a series of murders occur in Kanghwa Island, Detective K and his partner are once again called upon to solve the case. Along the way, he teams up with a beautiful woman with amnesia and together they discover Vampire bite marks on all the ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, contemplative, humorous ...
Plot:
partner, police detective, murder investigation, suspicion, heroes, murder mystery, investigator, chase, police investigation, police officer, rivalry, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
The Tokyo police receives a bomb threat from what appears to be Lupin III. This proves to be a distraction and a priceless painting was stolen from the nearby Tokyo Empire Museum, leaving a guard dead. Enter Inspector Zenigata who is convinced this ...
Style:
detective, captivating, satirical, semi serious, anime
Plot:
investigation, crime fighter, police detective, murder mystery, who done it, crime solving, sleuth, homicide detective, crime investigation, satire, forensics, intrigue ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the ...
Style:
action comedy, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, undercover agent, infiltration, gang, fighting crime, undercover, police officer, mission, working undercover, escapades, secret mission ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
A holiday-hating detective is forced to solve a murder — and save Christmas — with help from famous trainees who must improv their way through the case.
Style:
detective, satirical, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
christmas, investigation, holiday, crime solving, satire, santa claus, murder, whodunit, improv, uncover truth, irony, who done it ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an overeager community officer and a reckless ex-detective are forced to team up, plenty of chaos ensues on the streets of Rotterdam.
Style:
buddy comedy, action comedy, fast paced, slapstick, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
buddy cop, investigation, urban, friendship, police procedural, chaos, cat and mouse, gunfight, dark humor, irreverent, whodunit, teenager ...
Place:
rotterdam netherlands, netherlands
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, bomb threat, police procedural, female detective, bus, murder investigation, crime investigation, detective inspector, abduction, cold case, murder, duty ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Reiji's final mission is to prevent the smuggling of 600 billion yen of drugs. For his mission, he gets on luxury passenger ship and he faces his strongest enemy to date.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, action comedy, fast paced, absurd
Audience:
adult
Plot:
yakuza, undercover cop, satire, drug smuggling, police, police officer, undercover police officer, working undercover, criminal, japanese man, police detective, bandit ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his death.
Style:
action comedy, detective, shounen
Plot:
police, handgun, villain, one man army, car, fight, tunnel, city, violence, helicopter, secret, partner ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.
Style:
poliziottesco
Plot:
police, italian police, police officer, spy, swing, undercover agent, undercover police officer, pickpocket, undercover cop, master criminal, evil, soccer ...
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China, Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective
Plot:
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Place:
china
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.
Style:
suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, revenge, abuse, psychopath, police, parent child relationship, victim, investigation, police officer, kidnapper, kidnapping ...
Time:
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Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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:
buddy comedy, humorous, entertaining, funny, melancholic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two crazy Dominican cops and a disciplined FBI agent join forces to investigate an international criminal network.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, satirical, captivating
Plot:
buddy cop, organized crime, police investigation, crime investigation, fighting crime, partner, sleuth, police, investigation, satire, forensics, police detective ...
Place:
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Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
private detective, murder, murder mystery, strong female lead, justice, strong female character, female detective, father daughter relationship, happy ending, investigation, who done it, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, year 1991
Place:
chicago, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
Lookwell was a television pilot written and produced by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel, the latter of which becoming a primary creative voice for O'Brien's late night show. It starred Adam West. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July ...
Style:
parody, detective, hilarious
Plot:
police chase, amateur detective, shakespeare, auto racing, crime investigation, satire, stealing a car, egocentrism, movie actor, vigilante, actor, deception ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Akira is the legendary killer known as The Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and ...
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
hitman, criminal, battles, murderer, workplace, murder, satire, fight, investigation, one man army, one against many, asian ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to ...
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, crime gone awry, disorder, heroes, rivalry, danger, heist, cons and scams, obsession, stockholm syndrome, heist gone wrong, criminal ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional—and even the supernatural.
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, detective, twisted ...
Plot:
psychic, chief of police, rivalry, murder, flash forward, organized crime, family business, old love, a vision, violence, scam, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Istanbul Police Department homicide detectives encounter a murder nothing like they’ve seen before.Commissioners Emin, Salih, Asuman and deputy Alaattin begin investigating.But strange murders keep happening. They don’t have any evidence or any ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, feel good, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot:
serial killer, police, police department, murder, fight, death, chase, partner, silly humor, who done it, victim, police detective ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
police investigation, unsolved crime, kidnapped girl, police, kidnapping, police department, japanese police, murder mystery, crime solving, murder investigation, investigation, forensics ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, unsolved crime, deduction, undercover, police procedural, uncover truth, puzzle, crime solving, problem, police investigation, secret, crime investigation ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Ueda employes Yamada to go a mysterious island in search of a girl (played by Maki Horikita) that disappeared 10 years ago. They discover the island is run by Kobako Sachiko, who can appear and disappear via boxes, among other strange powers.
Style:
humorous, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, deception, mysterious disappearance, murder mystery, crime investigation, uncover truth, tragic past, paranormal investigation, murder, crime solving, confronting the past, forensics ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
One night in the hottest summer in 20 years, Leandro De La Torre, famous punk singer, shoots out of a window and hits the roof of a car. It is the day of his 27th birthday. Paula, a young fan of twenty-one years old, records everything with her cell ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, humorous, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, murder investigation, conspiracy, violence, urban legend, death, rock star, sarcasm, who done it, murder, law enforcement, uncover truth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
20%
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, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
serial killer, buddy cop, police, movie star, fish out of water, police investigation, murder, actor, buddies, law enforcement, amateur detective, research ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
20%
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