Movies like The Blues Brothers

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The Blues Brothers (1980)
 7.9
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their old band together and they're on their way, while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.
Style: funny, road movie, hilarious, surreal, action comedy, humorous, retro, philosophical, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: music, chase, blues, road trip, buddy, rock and roll, car chase, police chase, on the road, carsploitation, prison, race against time, twists and turns, mission from god, car, lack of money, rock, nothing goes right, obsessive quest, criminal heroes, driving, pig, on the run, reckless driving, musician ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: chicago, illinois, arizona, usa, seattle, united states of america
Keyword: buddy movie, oldies, americana, canadian, poster, challenge, music video

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Most similar movies to The Blues Brothers

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, funny and hilarious films with plots about disorder, police, buddies, chase, partner, police officer and car chase mostly in Comedy, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like The Blues Brothers: Dragnet (1987), Midnight Run (1988), Pineapple Express (2008), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Smokey and the Bandit (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style: humorous, feel good, cult classic, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: blues, car chase, chase, music, dancing, buddy, prison, on the road, starting over, rivalry, orphan, buddies ...
Time: 90s
Place: louisiana, usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
 6.0
 37K
Dragnet (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the ...
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, absurd, detective ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: buddy cop, buddy, police, investigation, stupidity, partner, justice, farce, goofy hero, danger, working undercover, satire ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 94K
Midnight Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style: road movie, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: road trip, on the road, buddy, organized crime, hitman, gangster, chase, bounty hunter, train, car chase, race against time, police surveillance ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, arizona, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pineapple Express (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Style: humorous, funny, hilarious, offbeat, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: stoner, marijuana, friendship, weed, drug, buddies, buddy, cannabis, chase, drug trip, witnessing a crime, immature ...
Time: year 2008, 1930s, year 1937, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's ...
Style: road movie, funny, dark comedy, slapstick comedy, surreal ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: prison escape, blues, on the run, treasure hunt, small town, music, great depression, obsessive quest, country music, on the road, runaway, dark humor ...
Time: 1930s, year 2000, 20th century, y2k, 2000s ...
Place: mississippi, ancient greece, america, greece, persia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Style: road movie, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: road trip, car chase, on the road, trucker, truck, carsploitation, police chase, sheriff, car, convoy, truck driver, trucking ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Nothing to Lose (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed ...
Style: funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot: on the road, revenge, friendship, robbery, husband wife relationship, desert, mistaken identity, culture clash, reckless driving, advertising executive, profanity, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place: arizona, los angeles, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.4
 53K
Spies Like Us (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Style: humorous, parody, funny, light, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, kgb, chase, mistaken identity, race against time, buddy, farce, secret service, nuclear war, nuclear threat ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: afghanistan, soviet union, middle east, asia, pakistan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Detroit Rock City (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's ...
Style: feel good, road movie, funny, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: rock and roll, virginity, heavy metal, coming of age, youth, friendship, teenager, high school, road trip, music, stoner, stereotypes ...
Time: 70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: michigan, ohio, detroit, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style: mockumentary, parody, spoof, funny, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heavy metal, music, musician, rock and roll, satire, singer, rock, music band, pianist, found footage, rock music, fame ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place: seattle, middle east, austin texas, memphis, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Style: road movie, spectacular, action comedy, fast, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: truck, car chase, sheriff, trucker, chase, elephant, racing, road trip, desert, on the road, carsploitation, beer ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 7.0
 170K
Wayne's World (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, spoof, slapstick ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, date night
Plot: buddy, rock and roll, heavy metal, music, rock, stoner, musician, basement, hard rock, dumb, satire, stupidity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, seattle, wisconsin, milwaukee wisconsin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 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 ⇓
32%
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Style: dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gunfight, assassin, suburbs, hitman, secretary, high school reunion, small town, radio dj, psychiatrist, therapy, sniper, killer ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 80s, 90s
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.8
 22K
The Chase (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car ...
Style: suspense, exciting, road movie, humorous, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, hostage, on the run, chase, gunfight, pursuit, kidnapping, car, on the road, escapades, unlikely couple, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: mexico, california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.5
 90K
Cop Out (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
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: humorous, buddy comedy, funny, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, law enforcement, buddy, police investigation, buddy cop, gangster, chase, justice, money laundering, police officer, robbery, rescue ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family on a quest to Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: road trip, on the road, vacation, youth, cross country, plan gone awry, small town, dog, couple relations, family holiday, relatives, summer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, colorado, arizona, illinois, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.9
 41K
Up in Smoke (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony ...
Style: funny, grindhouse, cult classic, laugh out loud, psychedelic ...
Plot: stoner, marijuana, weed, drug, rock and roll, buddy, road trip, satire, hippie, exploitation, chase, buddies ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place: los angeles, california, mexico, latin america, vietnam ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The Enos duo convince Cletus, aka The Bandit, to come out of hiding and help them promote their new restaurant. With a little coaxing, he agrees, producing an almost-creaky Trigger as his mode of transport. But his nemesis, Sheriff Buford T. ...
Style: road movie, action comedy, fast, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chase, sheriff, road trip, retirement, fish, hallucination, car chase, on the road, ku klux klan, carsploitation, trucker, truck ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: texas, usa, miami, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.2
 136K
Twins (1988)
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, entertaining, road movie, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, date night
Plot: twins, road trip, buddy, fish out of water, family relations, on the road, partner, brothers, buddies, culture clash, brother brother relationship, siblings ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: usa, los angeles, arizona, austin texas, santa fe new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot: spy, satire, farce, virus, espionage, betrayal, stupidity, culture clash, brutality, secret service, secret agent, love ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, south africa, uganda, santiago chile ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Vanishing Point (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, car, on the road, hitchhiker, hippie, driver, desert, road trip, chase, radio station, on the run, truck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: san francisco, utah, california, colorado, nevada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.3
 88K
Blue Streak (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to ...
Style: funny, exciting, detective, humorous, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, robbery, african american, law enforcement, farce, police station, police officer, safecracker, impersonating a police officer, police, chase, bank robbery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, latin america, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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 ⇓
31%
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: private detective, violence, showbiz, heavy metal, law enforcement, rock star, partner, goofy hero, boss and employee, investigation, conspiracy, death ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.5
 123K
Rat Race (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for ...
Style: funny, road movie, humorous, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, date night
Plot: treasure hunt, road trip, on the road, chase, bet, mother daughter reunion, escapades, casino, gambling, rivalry, chases and races, race ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, new mexico, cuba, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.2
 595K
21 Jump Street (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style: parody, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, undercover cop, buddy, drug, police, partners against crime, youth, buddy cop, working undercover, high school student, friendship, popularity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Hangover Part III (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
Style: funny, buddy comedy, hilarious, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: road trip, buddy, friendship between men, drinking, drinking alcohol, friendship, hung over, drug, party, dark humor, dentist, disorder ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, seattle, usa, nevada ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, absurd, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot: partners against crime, buddies, buddy, police, law enforcement, cocaine, buddy cop, mad scientist, satire, police investigation, gunfight, chase ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.0
 89K
Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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