Movies like Another 48 Hrs.

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Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
 5.9
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Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.
Style: detective, black comedy, neo noir, action comedy, suspense, light, buddy comedy, exciting, rough, humorous ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: buddy cop, prison, buddy, motorcycle, biker, bar fight, revenge, investigation, drug lord, corrupt cop, ex convict, police, reluctant partners, gunfight, fight, psychopath, police officer, hitman, desert, hostage, murder, conspiracy, african american, blood, cop killer ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco, usa, california, los angeles
Keyword: gangsters, buddy movie, partners, jug, movie theatre

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Most similar movies to Another 48 Hrs.

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, exciting, suspenseful and fast films with plots about gangster, shootout, gunfight, partner, police, pistol and law enforcement mostly in Action, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Another 48 Hrs.: Rush Hour (1998), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Lethal Weapon (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.9
 85K
48 Hrs. (1982)
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, detective, funny, neo noir, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, adult
Plot: prison, buddy cop, reluctant partners, cop, tough cop, violence, revenge, buddy, police investigation, law enforcement, tough guy, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place: san francisco, usa, bay area
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100%
 7.0
 292K
Rush Hour (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the ...
Style: humorous, funny, buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, police, kung fu, reluctant partners, fight scenes, buddy cop, two man army, buddy, chase, african american, triad, fbi ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, china, california, hong kong, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
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, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, car chase, fish out of water, buddy cop, buddy, reluctant partners, undercover, investigation, death of friend, law enforcement, damsel in distress, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, detroit, beverly hills, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 275K
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style: suspense, exciting, humorous, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police, gunfight, reluctant partners, chase, buddy, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, police partner, police officer, cop, partners against crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, action comedy, funny, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: stripper, buddy, american football, football, reluctant partners, private detective, murder, corruption, buddy cop, strip club, conspiracy, ex law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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: humorous, cult classic, entertaining, suspense, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, buddy cop, gunfight, police investigation, investigation, arms smuggling, heist, car chase, cop, partners against crime, friends, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa
⇓ 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%
 6.7
 178K
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the ...
Style: entertaining, suspense, action packed, action comedy, saga ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, police, buddy, vigilante, reluctant partners, gangster, gunfight, cop, car chase, explosions, partner, law enforcement ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.7
 2K
Hollow Point (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and DEA agent Max are trying to stop them.
Style: exciting, humorous, entertaining, light, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, espionage, reluctant partners, hitman, fbi, undercover, rivalry, danger, race against time, law enforcement, special agent, buddy cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 113K
Tango & Cash (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught ...
Style: intense, action comedy, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: buddies, police detective, reluctant partners, prison, prison escape, prisoner, buddy, buddy cop, police, law enforcement, organized crime, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 284K
Bad Boys (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: two man army, drug lord, buddy, buddy cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, police, police corruption, police investigation, murder, african american, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 29K
Metro (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Style: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: chase, hostage, revenge, sniper, violence, negotiation, hostage negotiator, car chase, police officer, swat team, murder, police investigation ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, tahiti, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
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: action comedy, detective, suspense, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: police, amusement park, revenge, secret service, gunfight, investigation, cop, black, vengeance, vigilante, die hard, car chase ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa, michigan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 43K
Money Train (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
Style: melancholic, suspense, intense, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, train robbery, subway, buddy cop, perfect crime, new year's eve, arson, bank robbery, happy ending, robbery, caper, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
 6.2
 31K
Money Talks (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Money Talks is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Brett Ratner. Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
Style: humorous, light, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, murder, journalism, frame up, media, mexican standoff, partner, protagonist as suspect, chases and races, buddies, law enforcement, buddy ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 29K
The Rookie (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a ...
Style: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: chase, police investigation, buddy cop, violence, rescue, buddy, car chase, pitbull, brutality, car, reluctant partners, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Glimmer Man (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. ...
Style: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, reluctant partners, police investigation, aikido, murder, buddy cop, buddy, justice, conspiracy, hitman, violence, brutality ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.5
 15K
Running Scared (1986)
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
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, cop, chase, police investigation, violence, police officer, partner, undercover, lawyer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, florida, key west florida, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 266K
Bad Boys II (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of ...
Style: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: buddy cop, police, drug lord, car chase, gunfight, chase, partner, gangster, law enforcement, friendship between men, foul language, buddy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: miami, florida, iran, usa, puerto rico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 188K
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style: entertaining, action packed, suspense, action comedy, saga ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, buddies, buddy, police, chase, car chase, revenge, gunfight, cop, partner, home invasion, vigilante ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, south africa, africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 172K
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from ...
Style: entertaining, hilarious, action comedy, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy, buddy cop, police, car chase, gangster, fight scenes, partner, police investigation, vigilante, die hard, secret service, cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 76K
Red Heat (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Style: detective, exciting, humorous, black comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: cold war, buddy cop, culture clash, drug dealer, police brutality, buddy, police, gunfight, brutality, manhunt, russian abroad, drug lord ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: chicago, moscow russia, soviet union, ussr, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 6.3
 49K
The Dead Pool (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, detective, neo noir ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, car chase, police, justice, murder, vigilante, corruption, reporter, prison, mafia, gangster, against the rules ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 37K
Exit Wounds (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style: stylized, suspense, black comedy, detective, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, chase, police, aikido, martial arts, kidnapping, police investigation, corrupt cop, conspiracy, secret service, justice, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 32K
Hard to Kill (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style: suspense, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hospital, martial arts, revenge, vigilante, one man army, coma, murder, violence, hitman, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1990, 90s
Place: los angeles, chicago, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 59K
Black Rain (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, ...
Style: neo noir, detective, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, organized crime, police, culture clash, gunfight, chase, gang war, motorcycle, fish out of water, police investigation, japanese mafia, buddy cop ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: japan, new york, osaka japan, los angeles, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his new partner K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: reluctant partners, chase, partners against crime, hollywood, murder, buddy, hip hop, man dressed as a woman, police investigation, police, gunfight, buddy cop ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 49K
A Man Apart (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when ...
Style: suspense, harsh, emotional, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, vigilantism, drug cartel, vigilante, drug, lone hero, justice, gang, gangster, violence, corruption, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: mexico, los angeles, usa, california, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro (Don Johnson), learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, humorous, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: motorcycle, chase, biker, hitman, armored car, gunfight, reluctant partners, partner, swimming pool, bike, friends, drug dealing ...
Time: future, year 1991, near future, year 1996, 90s
Place: las vegas, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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