| Osiris (2011) | 7.9 | |
| Cowboy Bebop (1998) | 8.9 | |
| The Blacklist (2013) | 7.9 | |
| Afterlife (2005) | 7.9 | |
| Breaking Bad (2008) | 9.5 |
Unlikely partners movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant unlikely partners movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, entertaining, realistic, exciting, clever and funny films and TV shows about / with unlikely partners, partner, storytelling, chase, mentor, police investigation, catastrophe, dialogue, runaway and police plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as unlikely partners: The Blacklist (2013), Castle (2009), Get Smart (2008), White Collar (2009), Speed (1994), Ruby & Quentin (2003), Maverick (1994), Kinky Boots (2005), R.I.P.D. (2013), French Kiss (1995).
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298K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, terrorism, mind game, outsmarting, murder investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, washington d.c.
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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?
237K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the ...
Style:
humorous, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids, teens ...
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret service, spy spoof, unlikely partners, goofy hero, secret agent, save the day, chases and races, treason, government agency, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, chechnya, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
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152K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Neal Caffrey, a con man, forger and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI. With only months left serving a four-year sentence, he escapes to look for Kate, his girlfriend. Peter Burke, the FBI agent who initially ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, light, serious, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
fbi, investigation, law enforcement, art thief, mastermind, unlikely partners, friendship, fbi agent, criminal, expert, talented, cons and scams ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, hilarious, tricky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
escape, unlikely partners, prison escape, prison, escaped prisoner, buddies, bank robbery, stupidity, buddy, dumb, odd couple, mental institution ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003
Place:
france, europe, paris france, poland, argentina
Is relevant?
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and ...
Style:
surprise ending, humorous, exciting, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, gambler, twists and turns, unlikely partners, outlaw, bank robbery, card playing, con men, robbery, strong female character ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s, 60s
Place:
oregon, persia, america, mississippi, usa ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The Hidden Dungeon is a place of legend where rare treasures and items are hidden. Nor, the third son of an impoverished noble family who's lost the one job offer he had, was lucky enough to hear about this dungeon. He then acquires a skill ...
Style:
anime, ecchi, captivating, romantic, feel good ...
Plot:
harem, magic, opportunist, obsessive quest, friends, love and romance, monster, romanticism, unlikely partners, fantasy world, friendship, teamwork ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only ...
Style:
touching, humorous, feel good, laugh out loud, satirical ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
transvestism, drag queen, cabaret, gay interest, small town, gay slur, fashion, society, fashion show, transvestite, gay, gay bashing ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
milan italy, europe, england, italy, london
Is relevant?
151K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Style:
buddy comedy, stylized, not serious, exciting, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
afterlife, supernatural, unlikely partners, investigation, law enforcement, obsessive quest, uncover truth, escapades, police detective, ghost, rivalry, undead ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, new england, massachusetts, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
French Kiss is director Kasdan’s best film since the Bodyguard. The plot involves a couple in love and one woman’s attempt to fly to Paris to get her lover back from a business trip and marry him. On the way she unknowingly smuggles something of ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, humorous, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
fall in love, unlikely couple, couple relations, unlikely partners, love and romance, smuggling, wine, destiny, vineyard, breakup, escapades, true love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, riviera, south of france ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Style:
talky, humorous, fairy tale, cerebral, adult animation ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot:
stop motion, anthropomorphic animal, unlikely partners, heroic mission, dishonesty, danger, talking animal, furry, fox, anthropomorphism, animal life, relatives ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
Style:
humorous, 3d animation, computer animated, witty, saga ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
animal life, iceberg, unlikely partners, danger, hopes, parents and children, friendship, natural disaster, talking animal, fantasy world, pirate, children ...
Time:
prehistoric times, year 2012, 20th century, 2010s, prehistory
Place:
north america
Is relevant?
166K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, serious, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
bounty hunter, friendship, jazz, fighting crime, unlikely partners, chases and races, space travel, spaceship, escapades, outer space, buddies, machismo ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Style:
witty, realistic, detective, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
police detective, detective inspector, whodunit, sleuth, partners against crime, small town life, unlikely partners, murder investigation, homicide detective, riddles and clues, under the surface, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, police station, police corruption, shootout, unlikely partners, criminal's revenge, survival, sniper, attempted murder, danger, machine gun, swat team ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
34-year-old virgin loser is kicked out of his home by his family and realized that his life is completely over. As he regrets wasting his life, a truck runs him over and he died. When he wakes up... He’s in a world of sword and sorcery! Reborn as ...
Style:
anime, captivating, ecchi, intense, tense ...
Plot:
reincarnation, new life, starting over, magical, magic, peril, second chance, isekai, impersonation, obsessive quest, harem, unlikely partners ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Jonathan Creek follows the story of Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist. Like most journalists, she sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted, but this is what makes her such a great journalist! While writing a piece about the death ...
Style:
clever, sitcom, anthology, realistic, black comedy ...
Plot:
murder, amateur detective, riddles and clues, prodigy, partners against crime, unlikely partners, investigation, illusion, british police, journalist, magician's assistant, stage magician ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, future
Place:
england, europe
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113K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are ...
Style:
funny, animated comedy, entertaining, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
disorder, friends, friendship, hunting, animal life, wilderness, unlikely partners, justice, rescue, buddies, danger, adaptation ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, north america
Is relevant?
2.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
y2k, year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
Is relevant?
48K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, light, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
car chase, car, taxi driver, skiing, buddies, unlikely partners, disguise, pregnancy, mentor, betrayal, fight scenes, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, marseille, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King ...
Style:
romantic, light, period piece, costume drama, melancholic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
gardener, love story, royal court, garden, female protagonist, aristocracy, jealousy, infidelity, intrigue, voyeurism, adultery, extramarital affair ...
Time:
18th century, 17th century, victorian era, 60s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, paris france, versailles, europe, england ...
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, suspense, lovecraft, psychological horror ...
Plot:
airplane, time travel, fear of flying, tentacle, storm, supernatural, supernatural power, unlikely partners, against the odds, creature, creature feature, giant monster ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough cop's (Sylvester Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Estelle Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually, ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, light, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chase, overprotective mother, embarrassment, buddy cop, criminal, unlikely partners, fighting crime, parents and children, police investigation, shootout, tough cop, police officer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Paris,1910. Emile, a shy movie projectionist, and Raoul, a colorful inventor, find themselves embarked on the hunt for a monster terrorizing citizens. They join forces with Lucille, the big-hearted star of the Bird of Paradise cabaret, an eccentric ...
Style:
feel good, thought provoking, fairy tale, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
transformation, music, obsessive quest, love and romance, friendship, buddies, heroes, unlikely partners, social misfits, heroic mission, monster, vandalism ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 1910s, 2010s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, retro, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
twists and turns, violence, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, visceral, revenge, vigilantism, small town, father son relationship, intruder ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, midwest, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes. Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, ...
Style:
detective, feel good, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
private detective, opposites attract, unlikely couple, female detective, workplace romance, screwball, snobbism, unlikely partners, workplace situations, verbal byplay, partner, jazz ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series originally aired on UPN and ABC from October 2000 to January 2001 as part of Disney's One ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night, teens
Plot:
imaginary, unlikely partners, toy story, partner, emperor, good versus evil, space travel, master villain, danger, alien encounter, space and aliens, toys ...
Is relevant?
560K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
With the impending ice age almost upon them, a mismatched trio of prehistoric critters – Manny the woolly mammoth, Diego the saber-toothed tiger and Sid the giant sloth – find an orphaned infant and decide to return it to its human parents. ...
Style:
touching, feel good, road movie, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
unlikely friendships, ice age, friendship, odd couple, heroes, heroic mission, good versus evil, friends, escapades, bonding, talking animal, journey ...
Time:
prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
antarctic
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.
Style:
humorous, funny, exciting, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
taxi, car chase, race, driver, car, police investigation, racing, unlikely partners, goofy hero, partners against crime, heist, gang ...
Place:
france, marseille, paris france, algeria, north africa
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