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Movies that feel like Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

If you loved Beverly Hills Cop II, the closest films we have are Police Story (1985), The Heat (2013) and Twin Dragons (1992). All three share Beverly Hills Cop II's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

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. Rosewood, they soon uncover that the shooting is associated with a series of "alphabet" robberies masterminded by a heartless weapons kingpin—and the chase is on.

🍅 48% Rotten Tomatoes6.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tony Scottkineticwittyplayfulgritty
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Police Story
1985 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 90%7.5action · crime · comedy

One thread runs through both: undercover

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

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The Heat
2013 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 66%6.6action · comedy · crime

Both keep coming back to the same thing: police

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 2010s show

Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.

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Twin Dragons
1992 · dir. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
🍅 43%6.4action · comedy · crime

Kinetic where it counts, witty underneath

Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.

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Extreme Job
2019 · dir. Lee Byeong-heon
🍅 83%7.1action · comedy · crime

Both are built on the same subject: detective

A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.

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I Went Down
1997 · dir. Paddy Breathnach
🍅 84%6.7action · comedy · crime

The same mix in both: play, then grit

Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?

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Den of Thieves
2018 · dir. Christian Gudegast
🍅 42%7crime · thriller · action

Los Angeles shapes both of them

The difference: None of the wit Beverly Hills Cop II is built on

A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

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Project A - Part II
1987 · dir. Jackie Chan
🍅 73%7action · comedy

Common ground: police

The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Beverly Hills Cop II

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

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Mr. Nice Guy
1997 · dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
🍅 45%6.2crime · action · comedy

Action built on momentum, twice over

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

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Rush Hour
1998 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 62%7action · comedy · crime

Witty comedy in both cases

When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

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My Lucky Stars
1985 · dir. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
6.3action · comedy

Playful crime, and it commits to that

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.

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Police Story 4: First Strike
1996 · dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
🍅 52%6.6action · adventure · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: gunfight

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Beverly Hills Cop II does

Hong Kong cop Chan Ka-Kui returns, working with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Chan later realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon finds himself to be a pawn of an organization posing as Russian intelligence.

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Taxi 3
2003 · dir. Gérard Krawczyk
5.8action · comedy · crime

Both lean on grit more than on action

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 relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

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