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Boss X File (2002)
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Original name: 보스 상륙 작전
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Story:
In order to bust a money laundering ring, the cops must work undercover at a hostess bar. Zaniness ensues as we witness policewomen masquerading as hostesses, detectives masquerading as waiters, and other similarly awkward role-reversals.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, slapstick, tension, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, satire, money, undercover, police officer, undercover agent, mission, working undercover, police investigation, police detective, secret mission, undercover police officer, money laundering, switching roles, disguise, sting operation, female protagonist, male protagonist, covert operation, masquerade, buddy cop, investigation, corruption, social commentary, nightlife ...
Place:
seoul
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, semi serious, entertaining and satirical films with plots about satire, urban, police, investigation, corruption, police officer and police investigation mostly in Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Boss X File: City of Damnation (2009), Undercover Duet (2015), Abu Shanab (2016), Undercover Standup (2021), Walter (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Jang Choon-dong is a traffic officer who aspires to become a homicide detective. He is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate a gangster network. Meanwhile, Lee Joong-dae, a member of Kwang-seob's gang, goes undercover himself by joining the ...
Style:
semi serious, detective, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, ambition, satire, police, undercover, problem, bandit, police detective, criminal, working undercover, undercover agent, gang ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Roger Li, the son of the richest man in town, is involved in a car accident which has soon become the talk of the town. The only witness James, nervous and terrified, denies witnessing the accident and seems to withhold the truth. Veteran undercover ...
Style:
satirical, exciting, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
investigation, police officer, impersonating a police officer, police investigation, criminal, police, escapades, police detective, working undercover, fight, undercover police officer, mission ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Esmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a female police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.
Style:
detective, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
teamwork, satire, police, female protagonist, female police officer, workplace situations, partners against crime, coworker, female detective, police detective, career, police station ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cairo egypt
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Since childhood, Svetka Artyukhova was teased for being overweight, and she chose the best way to take revenge - she became a cop. Now no one dares to laugh at her. And the opera Artyukhova herself jokes only to scare the detainees. But on the ...
Style:
funny, feel good, light, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
female protagonist, working undercover, undercover, stand up comedy, fighting crime, workplace situations, police, criminal, mission, organized crime, stand up comedian, police officer ...
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Crime Investigation Department is assigned to protect a princess-consort coming from the Republic of Puerto Risi. They arrange a fantastic trip to introduce the princess-consort to Hong Kong, but a big crisis looms on the horizon.
Style:
satirical, humorous, feel good, entertaining, suspense ...
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret mission, fighting crime, criminal, investigation, crime investigation, police, undercover agent, police investigation, mission, special agent, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
DI Walter Gambon is a self-styled “Yoda of the force”, whose workload suddenly increases when he’s handed the cases of an officer who committed suicide by throwing himself under a Tube train. Or was he pushed? Gambon must work out whether his ...
Style:
detective, crime thriller, satirical, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, corruption, police procedural, murder mystery, uncover truth, police detective, police, money, murder investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, satire ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
63%
477
Genre: Comedy
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sino and Mo are detectives use unorthodox methods to solve crimes.
Style:
detective, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, drug smuggling, crime investigation, homicide detective, police investigation, police detective, satire, crime solving, smuggler, smuggling, uncover truth, drug smuggler ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A few years after they infiltrated a therapy program for fathers and sons, Marc Laroche is having some issues with his girlfriend Alice and Jacques is experiencing intense denial towards the fact that he is growing older. An incredible opportunity ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, satirical, feel good ...
Plot:
couples therapy, parent child relationship, undercover agent, mafia, father son relationship, police, therapy, police officer, family relations, partners against crime, adolescence vs adulthood, working undercover ...
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two police stations from neighboring precincts are in constant fierce competition with each other, including for the Officer of the Year award. But then a high-profile case forces them to work together.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, crime thriller, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teamwork, police inspector, police, police procedural, police officer, police investigation, police station, fighting crime, chief of police, partners against crime, police partner, police detective ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mahsun constantly has to cope with police raids since he runs an illegal casino. Because he wants to continue to run this casino, Mahsun decides to establish a fake political party as a disguise. His aim is to keep the casino able to continue ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, police, illegal gambling, casino, problem, escapades, casino owner, deception, scheme, organized crime, black market, fraud ...
Place:
turkey
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Due to the fairness in disabilities act the Van Nuys PD is forced to hire four handicapped undercover detectives and their training officer happens to be the worst cop in L.A.
Style:
semi serious, funny, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
satire, disability, training, police, detective inspector, teamwork, workplace situations, handicapped, sleuth, police detective, police officer, uncover truth ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
One December day around Christmastime I am in the city of Las Vegas talking to Harry the Horse about this and that, when I hear this yarn about a citizen by the name of Murray Crown (Tom Arnold), who runs a clip joint which he prefers to call a ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, casino, satire, love affair, love interest, christmas spirit, love story, christmas season, money, money problems, hitman, gambling ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Cantonese pop star Ronald Cheng stars as spoiled rich kid Dragon Lung, who spends his days idly loafing with his fellow teenaged trust-fund brats, Sue-hei (Sam Lee) and Gold (Tat-ming Cheung). When the trio's frustrated fathers force their sons ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
inheritance, satire, police inspector, police academy, wealthy family, friendship, police, money, rich man, police officer, friends, fish out of water ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong, china
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pathetic minor league Soccer Goalkeeper was given a task - to spend 1 Billion in thirty days, if successful he will get 30 Billion. However, he's not allowed to tell anyone about the task and he must not own any valuables by end of it.
Style:
feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Plot:
wealth, money, inheritance, mission, misfit, social relations, football player, uncle, escapades, rich man, underdog, deadline ...
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A comedy movie revolves around a thief who steals street dogs and sell them, oddly he learned this profession from a female dog, who breastfed him when he was a baby, which led him to acquire a supernatural powers.
Style:
detective, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dog, satire, detective inspector, crime investigation, crime solving, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, theft, abandonment, police operation, urban ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Mrs. KWON has spent lifetime building a small home-made soup business into an empire with her bare hands. Now a retiring millionaire, she’s distributed most of her wealth among her children and is enjoying her life as an independent, tech-savvy ...
Style:
captivating, satirical, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ransom, kidnapping, female protagonist, satire, asian, grandmother, criminal gang, business, family business, criminal, bandit, ransom demand ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
korea, seoul
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
The “sports teacher” Julián seeks to obtain as much evidence as possible to arrest the father of a student, who is a criminal. However, the story will take an important turn when Julián falls in love with Miss Sofia.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
investigation, cop, mafia, informant, undercover, double life, police officer, police detective, working undercover, crime investigation, police investigation, police ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In a top secret mission to bring down a dangerous drug lord, the police recruit Hazaloum to impersonate his right hand man Adham after he is killed.
Style:
crime drama, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
police, arab, covert operation, secret mission, danger, undercover, workplace situations, police detective, detective inspector, homicide detective, police officer, workplace ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A stringent cop tries all the possible ways to nab a dreaded don who poses a big threat to the society.
Style:
spoof, parody, funny, satirical, captivating ...
Plot:
satire, police, forensics, crime solving, police detective, police officer, fighting crime, workplace situations, workplace, murder investigation, uncover truth, homicide detective ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Top Coppers follows the adventures of cops John Mahogany and Mitch Rust, as they attempt to rid the fictional world of Justice City from its deranged criminal underworld. The universe and its characters are derived from the conventions of American ...
Style:
spoof, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, police, buddy cop, police detective, workplace, crime investigation, investigation, police investigation, teamwork, partners against crime, sleuth, police station ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Srikanth and his friends Sekhar and Ravi head to the city in pursuit of some izzat. Once there, they realise that maybe they were better off back home in Jogipet.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, psychological, entertaining, situational comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, changing lives, lifestyle change, lifestyle, society, ex convict, male friendship, urban, bromance, fish out of water, heartwarming, escapism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Saru is a talented young locksmith who unlocks any kind of lock. He is, however, a complete fool when it comes to women. One day a girl Mayumi asks him to open a safe full of stolen money. Knowing nothing about it, Saru takes the money briefcase ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
heist gone wrong, escape, police, locksmith, social satire, robbery, escapades, satire, criminal, escape attempt, heist, safecracking ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Indonesia, South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A celebrity policeman, always followed by cameras due to his reality show, is paired with a conman to arrest a drug kingpin who escaped from prison.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, fast paced, suspense ...
Plot:
drug, cop, satire, police officer, police, drug lord, fighting crime, problem, drug dealer, fight, police investigation, prison escape ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Kang Dae-Oh is a Chinese food deliveryman. He delivers food daily to to students at a women’s dormitory at a nearby university. Kang Dae-Oh then falls in love at first sight with a student named Seo Ye-Rin, an activist in the student movement. To ...
Style:
satirical, romantic comedy, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, love, student, romantic relationship, love story, in love, deception, con trick, love interest, fall in love, love and romance, political satire ...
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A female police officer goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant to protect a key witness.
Style:
captivating, semi serious
Plot:
asian, police investigation, undercover police officer, undercover agent, policewoman, working undercover, secret mission, police officer, agent, model, female detective, crime solving ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gualtiero Cecchin, the son of an entrepreneur must find a new way to make money after squandering his huge family fortune. With an idea and a good dose of recklessness Gualtiero must find a way to fund his new business while navigating the shady ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
luxury, satire, family relations, money, money problems, business, mafia, organized crime, mobster, family conflict, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Place:
naples italy, venice
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Bulut and Müjde, who are forced to work together to get rid of a murder crime they did not commit, and find themselves in the middle of an adventure they never expected.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, twist ending
Plot:
nightclub, cover up, false accusation, murder mystery, secrets, scandal, male protagonist, betrayal, dark humor, danger, odd couple, nightlife ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Gaetano is a divorced traffic cop in a relationship with a beautiful and exuberant woman, for whom he happily provides standards of living well above his means. He plans to propose to her, but she is thinking to run away with his handsome superior. ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lottery, luck, gambling debt, gambler, money, lifestyle, money problems, satire, social problems, escapades, police officer, debt ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Story:
The story follows Malayali Bhuvana Chandran, an unsuccessful entrepreneur in a lot of debt, who gets involved in a land conflict between two powerful landlords in Tamil Nadu: Pandi Durai and Karuppayya Swami.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, suspense ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, business, land dispute, money, landowner, money problems, escapades, corruption, scheming, small town life, class conflict, social commentary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
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