20 best movies like Police Squad! (1982)

List of the best movies like Police Squad! (1982): Small Apartments, Focus, Girl Walks Into a Bar, Miss Nobody, Killing Diaz, Flower, Going in Style, How to Deter a Robber, L.A. Slasher, Get the Girl.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Argentina
Duration02:24

Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky for a loop at a time when he cannot afford to be off his game.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

A sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one evening throughout Los Angeles.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA

Five friends plot to murder an upstairs neighbor simply to avoid an awkward conversation.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA

In a desolate town in Northern Wisconsin, a stubborn young woman and her naïve boyfriend face off against a pair of amateur burglars.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genrehorror, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:53

Incensed by the tabloid culture which celebrates it, the L.A. Slasher publicly abducts a series of reality TV stars, while the media and general public in turn begin to question if society is better off without them. A biting, social satire about reality TV and the glorification of people who are famous for simply being famous, "L.A. Slasher" explores why it has become acceptable and even admirable for people to become influential and wealthy based on no merit or talent - purely through notoriety achieved through shameful behavior.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:02

When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Australia

After suffering a heart attack, Bill (Bill Oberst) takes his doctor's advice literally to eliminate the stresses from his life. The plan is working until his killings attract the attention of a psychotic cop (Armand Assante) who isn't sure whether he wants to arrest or join him. Complications deepen when it becomes apparent to Bill that the biggest cause of stress in his life might be his wife.

Markimdb: 6
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:43

After attending a gathering on a billionaire's yacht during a European vacation, a New York cop and his wife become prime suspects when he's murdered.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, China, France, Canada, Russia
Duration01:56

Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Former Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, one side of his face scarred by acid, goes on a crime spree based on the number '2'. All of his actions are decided by the flip of a defaced, two-headed silver dollar.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:50

    A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:10

    A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:34

    After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he's owed.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genreaction, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    While transporting a dying man to the hospital, two paramedics find a million dollars in cash sewn into his clothing. When the man dies, they decide to keep it, setting them on a path for a hellish night of violence and mayhem.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:19

    A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Set in New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck - and in the middle of a gang war.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrecomedy, family, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A sheltered young princess is sent to live with relatives in America, where she befriends a pony held captive by a shady carnival owner.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif. He soon faces competition from Leo, a former military man who likes the same woman that Duke is interested in. When Diver's past suddenly catches up with him, he must put aside his differences and reluctantly team up with Leo to stop whoever is trying to kill him.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Waitresses Angela and Jessie dream of leaving their low-rent diner and heading to Galveston, Texas. They soon find themselves on the streets of Dallas, trying to come up with increasingly wild schemes to raise some much-needed cash.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

      Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, they abduct rich businessman Victor Kershaw and convince him to sign over all his assets to them. But when Kershaw makes it out alive, authorities are reluctant to believe his story.




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