
Movies that feel like22 Jump Street (2014)
If you loved 22 Jump Street, the closest films we have are The Other Guys (2010), Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) and Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997). All three share 22 Jump Street's gritty and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Flickering Lights (2000).
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If 22 Jump Street hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: 21 Jump Street (2012)

Buddy-cop absurdity from comic pros willing to look genuinely ridiculous
The difference: Desk-jockey satire replaces the frat-and-classroom undercover premise

Two partners bantering their way through a case that keeps spiraling
The difference: Slicker, higher-stakes Miami action, less interested in mocking itself

The same mix in both: grit, then wit
The difference: Leans harder into drama than 22 Jump Street does

Playful where it counts, warm underneath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than 22 Jump Street does

Mismatched partners whose clashing styles become the film's engine
The difference: A female-led odd-couple pairing without the sequel-mocking meta jokes

Undercover cops whose cover job nearly upstages the actual investigation
The difference: Korean restaurant-set caper, no jabs at Hollywood sequel culture

A loud, likable partnership powering through big action set pieces
The difference: Globe-trotting martial-arts spectacle over campus-set undercover comedy

A mismatched pair whose loyalty survives their own stupidity
The difference: Broad slapstick with none of the cop-movie action or self-parody

Miami-set crime comedy that turns real bad decisions into dark laughs
The difference: True-crime satire with a much darker, crueler streak than Jump Street

Both keep coming back to the same thing: male friendship
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A hapless agent bumbling through a plot too big for him
The difference: Spy-spoof slapstick, not a buddy-cop story built on partnership

The same preoccupation in both: male friendship
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