Reluctant partners movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant reluctant partners movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting and suspense films and TV shows about / with reluctant partners, partner, chase, police investigation, police, vengeance, dialogue, murder, mentor and revenge plots mostly in Crime, Action and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as reluctant partners: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Castle (2009), Tango & Cash (1989), Wild Wild West (1999), Hollywood Homicide (2003), Now You See Me (2013), The Fugitives (1986), Keen Eddie (2003), Anger Management (2003), Broadchurch (2013).
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List of reluctant partners movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are ...
Style:
stylized, witty, humorous, action comedy, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, secret service, reluctant partners, culture clash, cia, cia agent, undercover, chase, secret agent, mission ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 2015, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
italy, germany, london, rome italy, east germany ...
Is relevant?
185K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
Style:
witty, realistic, thrilling, entertaining, detective ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
writers, investigation, female detective, romancing partners, homicide detective, crime investigation, police investigation, police detective, riddles and clues, law enforcement, who done it, murder ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
120K
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:
action comedy, intense, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police detective, reluctant partners, prison, buddy, buddy cop, prisoner, law enforcement, prison escape, police, organized crime, gunfight, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart ...
Style:
entertaining, buddy comedy, semi serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
steampunk, reluctant partners, partners against crime, old west, disorder, escapades, heroes, buddy cop, rivalry, spy spoof, inventor, buddy ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 1860s, year 1999, 1870s ...
Place:
utah, west virginia, usa, washington d.c., new orleans ...
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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, partners against crime, chase, murder, hollywood, man dressed as a woman, hip hop, police investigation, police, gunfight, buddy cop, odd couple ...
Time:
20th century, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, entertaining, twist ending, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, teamwork, fbi, outsmarting, scheme, perfect crime, twists and turns, con artists, stage magic, bank robbery, cons and scams, magician ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new orleans, new york, paris france, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
Style:
feel good, exciting, witty, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
chase, comedy of errors, reluctant partners, fugitives, bank robbery, goofy hero, odd couple, chases and races, nothing goes right, disorder, unlikely criminals, nobody believes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard. The ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, offbeat, detective
Plot:
police detective, reluctant partners, law enforcement, fish out of water, police investigation, partner, fighting crime, roommate, police, murder, crime investigation, partners against crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, scotland yard, europe, britain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, neurotic, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot:
reluctant partners, bullying, therapist, twists and turns, life philosophy, anger, rage, doctors and patients, trauma, prostitution, sexual attraction, airplane ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, boston, bronx new york city ...
Is relevant?
140K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police investigation, police detective, twists and turns, police, murderer, legal, grief, multiple suspects, small town, pedophile ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner ...
Style:
detective, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, reluctant partners, heroin, police investigation, buddy cop, killing spree, evil alien, humanoid alien, tough cop, investigation, good versus evil, space and aliens ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
houston texas, austin texas, texas
Is relevant?
92K
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, funny, neo noir, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, adult
Plot:
buddy cop, prison, tough cop, revenge, reluctant partners, cop, partner, villain, tough guy, police investigation, police officer killed, buddy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, north america, los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A store clerk and an ice cream truck driver are thrown together when a dying scientist entrusts them with a deadly chemical kept in ice. This chemical will kill every living thing once it melts. They have to take the chemical codenamed ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
reluctant partners, terrorist, lone hero, save the day, race against time, police investigation, danger, chases and races, undercover, misfit partners, chase, island ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
montana, usa, cuba
Is relevant?
294K
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:
detective, entertaining, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, gunfight, reluctant partners, buddy, buddy cop, christmas, chase, badass, police partner, police officer, car chase, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, satirical, not serious, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, secret agent, spy, mad scientist, reluctant partners, secret service, nothing goes right, kung fu, mistaken identity, espionage, sniper, spy spoof ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, hong kong
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, murder, brutality, twists and turns, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, cons and scams, witnessing a crime, police officer, prostitute, police investigation, cop ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The governor of a Mexican state is assassinated. Soon after, junior executive Daryl Chase's life turns upside down: after he flags a huge transfer of funds from a Mexican account as probably illegal, he's attacked in his apartment, rescued ...
Style:
intense, humorous, semi serious, action packed, action comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, on the run, fbi, chase, rogue agent, african american, mistaken identity, disorder, cons and scams, fish out of water, frame up, hidden identity ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
texas, new york, florida, latin america, usa ...
Is relevant?
67K
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, hilarious, melancholic, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
chase, reluctant partners, police dog, buddy, buddy cop, justice, law enforcement, police, fish out of water, satire, gangster, police shootout ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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, aikido, police investigation, murder, brutality, violence, hitman, buddy cop, justice, buddy, conspiracy ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
2.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, psychology, mind game, police investigation, police, police detective, sin, maniac, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, usa, persia, iran, america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When diabolical genius, Dr. Evil travels back in time to steal superspy Austin Powers's ‘mojo’, Austin must return to the swingin' '60s himself – with the help of American agent, Felicity Shagwell – to stop the dastardly plan. ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, teen sex comedy, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, time travel, reluctant partners, cloning, james bond spoof, time machine, spy spoof, female spy, secret agent, sexual joke, satire, save the world ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1969 ...
Place:
seattle, big ben london, washington d.c., london
Is relevant?
138K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, harsh, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
gunfight, conspiracy, police corruption, redemption, race against time, reluctant partners, nypd, chase, hostage, witness, secret service, on the run ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new york, iran, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Vampire hunter Edgar Frog is destitute and nearly friendless, when the beautiful vampire-romance novelist Gwen Lieber offers him a small fortune to go on the vampire hunt of a lifetime and save her brother from an army of newborn vampires who use a ...
Style:
black comedy, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
vampire, rave, missing person, reluctant partners, supernatural, human sacrifice, amateur detective, profanity, captive, island, brother brother relationship, rescue mission ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dog, investigation, german shepherd, private detective, police dog, reluctant partners, police detective, destiny, buddy cop, owner dog relationship, police investigation, partners against crime ...
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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:
neo noir, action comedy, funny, intense, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
buddy, private detective, stripper, american football, football, reluctant partners, assassin, murder, corruption, strip club, police detective, buddy cop ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
reluctant partners, heist, gangster, dishonesty, crime gone awry, disorder, mind game, criminal heroes, rivalry, odd couple, cons and scams, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, reluctant partners, terrorist, chase, hostage, daring rescue, save the day, police investigation, master criminal, unlikely partners, tough law enforcer, danger ...
Place:
san francisco, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of ...
Style:
light, intense, humorous, hood, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
reluctant partners, credit card, cons and scams, twists and turns, dishonesty, love and romance, urban, criminal heroes, investigation, black, chase, hip hop ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
chicago
Is relevant?
254K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. ...
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, sweet, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
afterlife, love story, love, ghost, love and romance, death, impossible love, supernatural romance, psychic, psychic power, loss of loved one, reluctant partners ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, persia, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
Style:
detective, tense, neo noir, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
army investigation, conspiracy, rape, murder, gang rape, strangulation, military, reluctant partners, corruption, rape victim, military training, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
georgia, west point
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