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The Best Buddy Cop Movies

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List of the best buddy cop movies. On this page, you will find the rankings of the greatest buddy movies about cops that have ever graced the silver screen. What are two of the best genres for a film? Boom! Cop movies and buddy movies. That is why some of the funniest or most dramatic movies in the history of cinema are buddy cop films.

On the comedy side, people have 21 Jump Street as well as 22 Jump Street, with the unlikely pair of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as police officers. Just like that film, many of these movies ranked here feature undercover detectives because they can make for hilarious or brutally intense storylines. Just ask the Wayans Brothers, also known as the White Chicks. But are you looking to watch an intense movie about friendship and crime-fighting? Then stay away from Rush Hour and turn on Die Hard or Training Day for some great buddy cop drama.

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Lethal Weapon
Mel Gibson, Gary Busey
Released: 1987
Directed by: Richard Donner
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Rush Hour
Jackie Chan, Roselyn Sánchez
Released: 1998
Directed by: Brett Ratner
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Beverly Hills Cop
Eddie Murphy, Damon Wayans
Released: 1984
Directed by: Martin Brest
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Men in Black
Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones
Released: 1997
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Bad Boys
Will Smith, Téa Leoni
Released: 1995
Directed by: Michael Bay
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21 Jump Street
Johnny Depp, Channing Tatum
Released: 2012
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48 Hrs.
Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte
Released: 1982
Directed by: Walter Hill
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Hot Fuzz
Cate Blanchett, Martin Freeman
Released: 2007
Directed by: Edgar Wright
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Lethal Weapon 2
Mel Gibson, Joe Pesci
Released: 1989
Directed by: Richard Donner
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Point Break
Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey
Released: 1991
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
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Seven
Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow
Released: 1995
Directed by: David Fincher
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The Other Guys
Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson
Released: 2010
Directed by: Adam McKay
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Tango & Cash
Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher
Released: 1989
Directed by: Andrei Konchalovsky, Albert Magnoli
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Training Day
Eva Mendes, Snoop Dogg
Released: 2001
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Sherlock Holmes
Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
Released: 2009
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Turner & Hooch
Tom Hanks, Craig T. Nelson
Released: 1989
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Rush Hour 2
Maggie Q, Jackie Chan
Released: 2001
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd
Released: 1988
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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The Nice Guys
Matt Bomer, Ryan Gosling
Released: 2016
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Running Scared
Paul Walker, Elizabeth Mitchell
Released: 2006
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
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Stuber
Kumail Nanjiani, Dave Bautista
Released: 2019
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Shanghai Noon
Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan
Released: 2000
Directed by: Tom Dey
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Starsky & Hutch
Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra
Released: 2004
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Stakeout
Madeleine Stowe, Richard Dreyfuss
Released: 1987
Directed by: John Badham
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Anna Kendrick, Jake Gyllenhaal
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