Movies like Let's Be Cops
If Let's Be Cops's mix of robbery, corruption and police stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Let's Be Cops's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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21 Jump Street
2012 · Directed by Phil Lord · 109 min6.9
Why you'll like itWith Rob Riggle · Shares: investigation, male friendship, buddy cop · From the same decade (2010s)
When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students.
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Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · Directed by Martin Brest · 105 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: buddy cop, absurd, hilarious
Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
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11:14
2004 · Directed by Greg Marcks · 86 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: robbery, police, absurd
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines…
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48 Hrs.
1982 · Directed by Walter Hill · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: buddy cop, absurd, amused
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
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Bad Boys II
2003 · Directed by Michael Bay · 146 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, male friendship, buddy cop
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami.
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The Heat
2013 · Directed by Paul Feig · 117 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: police, buddy cop, playful · From the same decade (2010s)
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance.
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Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Directed by Tony Scott · 103 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: police, investigation, buddy cop
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sgt. Taggart and Det.
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Directed by Frank Darabont · 142 min8.7
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, admiring, amused
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden.
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Hot Fuzz
2007 · Directed by Edgar Wright · 121 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: police, buddy cop
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning…
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Bad Boys
1995 · Directed by Michael Bay · 119 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: male friendship, buddy cop
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose.
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22 Jump Street
2014 · Directed by Phil Lord · 112 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: male friendship, buddy cop · From the same decade (2010s)
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.
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Tango & Cash
1989 · Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky · 104 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: buddy cop, playful
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.