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Movies that feel likeLet's Be Cops (2014)

Best pals Ryan and Justin are stalled in their respective careers -- a fact that is painfully driven home when they go to a college reunion. Dressed as police in the mistaken belief that they were to attend a costume party, Ryan and Justin find that the uniforms earn them much respect and attention. Although Justin is uncomfortable with the idea, Ryan decides to continue with the charade, putting them both in increasingly dangerous situations. When these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

If you loved Let's Be Cops, the closest films we have are That's Life (1998), Son of Rambow (2007) and Three Men and a Leg (1997). All three share Let's Be Cops' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Elling (2001).

🍅 18% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Luke Greenfieldwittyplayfulwarm
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That's Life
1998 · dir. Massimo Venier
★ 7comedy

Common ground: male friendship

While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.

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Son of Rambow
2007 · dir. Garth Jennings
🍅 73%★ 7comedyParamount+

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

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Three Men and a Leg
1997 · dir. Massimo Venier
★ 7.7comedy

One thread runs through both: male friendship

Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.

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Clerks
1994 · dir. Kevin Smith
🍅 90%★ 7.7comedyParamount+

Warm comedy in both cases

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

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The Intern
2015 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 59%★ 7.1comedyParamount+

Comedy built on wit, twice over

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

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Elling
2001 · dir. Petter Næss
🍅 85%★ 7.4comedy · drama

Both lean on play more than on comedy

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Let's Be Cops does

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · dir. Peter Farrelly
🍅 31%★ 5.6comedy

Both work the same warmth

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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The Internship
2013 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 34%★ 6.3comedyMax

A streak of wit through both

Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.

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Grown Ups
2010 · dir. Dennis Dugan
🍅 10%★ 6comedyHuluStarz

Both keep coming back to the same thing: affectation

After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

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That Awkward Moment
2014 · dir. Tom Gormican
🍅 23%★ 6.1comedy · romancePrime Video

Both run playful where it counts

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Let's Be Cops does

Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The three young men make a pact to have fun and avoid commitment. However, when all three find themselves involved in serious relationships, they must keep their romances secret from one another.

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The Bucket List
2007 · dir. Rob Reiner
🍅 40%★ 7.3drama · comedy

Both sit in the same warm register

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

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50/50
2011 · dir. Jonathan Levine
🍅 93%★ 7.6comedy · drama

Both are comedy through and through

Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

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