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Movies that feel likeStarsky & Hutch (2004)

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.

If you loved Starsky & Hutch, the closest films we have are Hot Fuzz (2007), Save the Green Planet! (2003) and War Dogs (2016). All three share Starsky & Hutch's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Donnie Brasco (1997).

🍅 63% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Todd Phillipswittyplayfulgrittyparanoid
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Hot Fuzz
2007 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 91%★ 7.8crime · action · comedyPeacock

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Save the Green Planet!
2003 · dir. Jang Joon-hwan
🍅 89%★ 7.1comedy · science fiction · crime

Gritty where it counts, paranoid underneath

The difference: Sits closer to science fiction than Starsky & Hutch does

A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.

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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: Takes it somewhere less paranoid than Starsky & Hutch does

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

Both are built on the same subject: buddy cop

The difference: Leans harder into action than Starsky & Hutch does

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

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

Common ground in both: undercover and informant

The difference: Trades the wit of Starsky & Hutch for an angle of its own

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: undercover

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

Witty comedy in both cases

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 · comedyStarz

Playful crime, and it commits to that

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

Both lean on grit more than on comedy

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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Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · dir. Dean Parisot
🍅 30%★ 6.2comedy · crime

Crime with a pulse of wit, in both cases

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it – but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

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The Little Things
2021 · dir. John Lee Hancock
🍅 44%★ 6.3drama · crime · thrillerRent or buy

One thread runs through both: cop

Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

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White Chicks
2004 · dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans
🍅 15%★ 6comedy · crimeNetflix

Comedy built on play, twice over

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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