Top 10 Buddy Cop Movies of All Time
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Published 2024-06-11
To figure out the components to create the coolest cop buddies, we've got to sift through everything that makes a buddy cop movie work. It's not just two police officers who get the bad guys. It's a two-person team, two halves that make a perfect hole, a yin and a yang. We're going to inspect and dissect exactly what traits are needed to make the perfect duo, and finally settle on what the greatest buddy cop movie of all time is.
The Picks:
10 - Lethal Weapon (1987) dir. Richard Donner
9 - Freebie and the Bean (1974) dir. Richard Rush
8 - Memories of Murder (2003) dir. Bong Joon-ho
7 - Last Action Hero (1993) dir. John McTiernan
6 - 48 Hrs. (1982) dir. Walter Hill
5 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) dir. Robert Zemeckis
4 - Turner & Hooch (1989) dir. Roger Spottiswoode
3 - Hot Fuzz (2007) dir. Edgar Wright
2 - Pure Luck (1991) dir. Nadia Tass
1 - Bad Boys (1995) dir. Michael Bay
This movie list was written by Evan Gaustad and edited by Justin Donaldson.
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All Comments (21)
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This video was just 28 minutes commercial for bad boys4.😂😂
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If bad boys is #1 with a movie coming out soon, it must be paid promotion
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I was so sure #2 was ramping up to The Nice Guys.
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No Men in Black or Rush Hour on this list is a crime
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A few others worth mentioning: John Woo’s “The Killer,” Shane Black’s “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” and Amir Shervan’s “Samurai Cop.”
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Dude, we get it, you really love Police Academy 3.
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bad boys being #1 is probably the lousiest attempt at an undisclosed ad I've ever seen, the really weird tonal shift, the fact that a new movie JUST came out... yeah right dude go off
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Kiss kiss bang bang and nice guys not even getting a mention is criminal kind sir!
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Lethal Weapon #10 and Bad Boys #1... plus no Se7en? Yikes!
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I knew what movie would be #1 when they did not show any clips of their movies
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Hot Fuzz made the list! You guys are off the fucking chain!
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Came to the comments to say IGN had deatroyed the good name of Cinefix by doing obviously ad placements like this but beaten to it. Glad everyone is thinking the same. Slip Bad Boys in at like 5 and it will still be a good reminder. Put an actual ad spot in the video. But to drop it at number one is so on the nose.
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It wouldn't be a Clint list without Kurosawa featuring prominently
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I love that Roger Rabbit made it on the list! Time for a rewatch
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Lethal Weapon is number one. Everyone else is fighting for second place.
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Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State is Harry Call from the Conversation operating under an assumed name, so I guess that means he’s a surveillance expert.
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Yoooo OG style CineFix Video!!!!
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Running Scared. With Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines
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no End of watch on the list is a crime.
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No L.A. Confidential??? Buddies at the end!
