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Movies that feel like Starsky & Hutch (2004)

If you loved Starsky & Hutch, the closest films we have are Miss Congeniality (2000), Big Momma's House (2000) and War Dogs (2016). All three share Starsky & Hutch's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 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.

Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

🍅 63% Rotten Tomatoes6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Todd Phillipswittyplayfulgrittyparanoid

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Miss Congeniality
2000 · dir. Donald Petrie
🍅 42%6.4comedy · crime · action

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Sits closer to action than Starsky & Hutch does

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

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Big Momma's House
2000 · dir. Raja Gosnell
🍅 31%5.3crime · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: undercover

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate a crass Southern granny known as Big Momma in order to remain incognito.

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War Dogs
2016 · dir. Todd Phillips
🍅 62%7.1comedy · crime · drama

The same hand behind both of them: Todd Phillips

The difference: Not nearly as paranoid as Starsky & Hutch

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

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Donnie Brasco
1997 · dir. Mike Newell
🍅 88%7.7crime · drama · thriller

Common ground in both: 1970s and informant

The difference: None of the wit Starsky & Hutch is built on

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · dir. Jay Roach
🍅 52%6.3comedy · crime

One thread runs through both: undercover

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 · dir. Peter Segal
🍅 66%6.5comedy · crime

Gritty comedy, and it commits to that

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.

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White Chicks
2004 · dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
🍅 15%5.9comedy · crime

Witty crime in both cases

Two FBI agent brothers, Marcus and Kevin Copeland, accidentally foil a drug bust. To avoid being fired they accept a mission escorting a pair of socialites to the Hamptons--but when the girls are disfigured in a car accident, they refuse to go. Left without options, Marcus and Kevin decide to pose as the sisters, transforming themselves from black men into rich white women.

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Hot Fuzz
2007 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 91%7.8crime · action · comedy

Both lean on paranoia more than on comedy

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 oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

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🍅 72%7comedy · crime

Crime built on play, twice over

As a swinging fashion photographer by day and a groovy British superagent by night, Austin Powers is the '60s' most shagadelic spy. But can he stop megalomaniac Dr. Evil after the bald villain freezes himself and unthaws in the '90s? With the help of sexy sidekick Vanessa Kensington, he just might.

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Rush Hour 3
2007 · dir. Brett Ratner
🍅 17%6.3action · comedy · crime

Both are working the same pair: cop, buddy cop

After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?

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The Nice Guys
2016 · dir. Shane Black
🍅 91%7.4comedy · crime · action

Both are built on the same subject: 1970s

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

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The Legend of Zorro
2005 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 27%6action · adventure · western

Both keep coming back to the same thing: california

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.

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