20 best movies like 21 Jump Street (2012)


List of the best movies like 21 Jump Street (2012): Underclassman, So Undercover, Cop Out, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, 2 Guns, The Nice Guys, Heathers, Debt Collectors, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Never Been Kissed.

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Markimdb: 4.3
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

A young detective goes undercover at an elite private school to destroy an international stolen car ring.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

When the FBI hires her to go undercover at a college sorority, Molly Morris (Miley Cyrus) must transform herself from a tough, streetwise private investigator to a refined, sophisticated university girl to help protect the daughter of a one-time Mobster. With several suspects on her list, Molly unexpectedly discovers that not everyone is who they appear to be, including herself.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

Detectives Jimmy and Paul, despite nine years as partners, can still sometimes seem like polar opposites – especially when Paul's unpredictable antics get them suspended without pay. Already strapped for cash and trying to pay for his daughter's wedding, Jimmy decides to sell a rare baseball card that's worth tens of thousands. Unfortunately, when the collector's shop is robbed and the card vanishes with the crook, Paul and Jimmy end up going rogue, tracking down the card and the drug ring behind its theft, all on their own time, and without any backup – except for each other.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:24

An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. A "Lethal Weapon" style cop team tries to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the "Wilderness Girls" cookie drive.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:32

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

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    A pair of debt collectors are thrust into an explosively dangerous situation, chasing down various lowlifes while also evading a vengeful kingpin.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something they'll remember forever. Together with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical reflecting their hopes and fears about the future and their unforgettable experiences growing up together. But with graduation approaching and college plans in question, what will become of the dreams, romances, and friendships of East High's senior Wildcats?

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:51

    The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by the same gang that shot Billy's boss.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    When nerdy high schooler Dani finally attracts the interest of her longtime crush, she lands in the cross hairs of his ex, a social media celebrity.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, melodrama, western, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

    Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico, has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime, detective, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryFrance, Japan
    Duration01:34

    Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, China, Canada
    Duration02:02

    In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

    When an ordinary boy Davis, suddenly becomes famous at school as people start to believe he's actually a vampire, vampire expert Cameron helps him act like a real vampire.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

    Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his new partner K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration01:33

    Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, family, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Two inept, small-town Sheriff's Deputies catch an escaped prisoner that they believe was wrongly convicted.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China, Japan
    Duration01:43

    After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully, not realising he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:43

    FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:31

    As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:11

    The series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland in the LAPD's Olympic Division. With two cop killers on the loose and hunting for more targets, Mandel and Holland must contend with a city about to boil over, as well as Jack VanZandt, an unhinged rogue cop out for payback running wild in their patrol zone.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    A 16-year-old international assassin yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as a senior in a suburban high school. She quickly learns that being popular can be more painful than getting water-boarded.

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