Top 10 Buddy Cop Movies of All Time

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People need buddies, and movies, apparently, need cops. Pair those two truths together, and we've got one of the greatest film tropes that ever was. Which brings us to our picks for the 10 best buddy cop movies of all time.
To figure out the components to create the coolest cop buddies, we've got to sift through everything that makes a buddy cop movie work. It's not just two police officers who get the bad guys. It's a two-person team, two halves that make a perfect hole, a yin and a yang. We're going to inspect and dissect exactly what traits are needed to make the perfect duo, and finally settle on what the greatest buddy cop movie of all time is.
The Picks:
10 - Lethal Weapon (1987) dir. Richard Donner
9 - Freebie and the Bean (1974) dir. Richard Rush
8 - Memories of Murder (2003) dir. Bong Joon-ho
7 - Last Action Hero (1993) dir. John McTiernan
6 - 48 Hrs. (1982) dir. Walter Hill
5 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) dir. Robert Zemeckis
4 - Turner & Hooch (1989) dir. Roger Spottiswoode
3 - Hot Fuzz (2007) dir. Edgar Wright
2 - Pure Luck (1991) dir. Nadia Tass
1 - Bad Boys (1995) dir. Michael Bay
This movie list was written by Evan Gaustad and edited by Justin Donaldson.
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  • @mgs2014
    @mgs2014Ай бұрын

    This video was just 28 minutes commercial for bad boys4.😂😂

  • @Hawkschamp2010
    @Hawkschamp2010Ай бұрын

    If bad boys is #1 with a movie coming out soon, it must be paid promotion

  • @macrobertson25
    @macrobertson25Ай бұрын

    No Men in Black or Rush Hour on this list is a crime

  • @zackerycooper7602

    @zackerycooper7602

    Ай бұрын

    It's on the list, it just wasn't chosen for the top 10.

  • @TheJoeBossShow

    @TheJoeBossShow

    Ай бұрын

    No bad boys men in black Beverly Hills cops or 21 jump street placement in top 10. Oh nahhhhh, this ain’t the one

  • @CapN_Crump

    @CapN_Crump

    Ай бұрын

    @@TheJoeBossShow bad boys was literally number 1, what do you mean lol

  • @macrobertson25

    @macrobertson25

    Ай бұрын

    @@TheJoeBossShow You should finish the list...

  • @charliebrown9489

    @charliebrown9489

    Ай бұрын

    They showed it smh God you ppl are dumb! 😂

  • @perk_at_play
    @perk_at_playАй бұрын

    I was so sure #2 was ramping up to The Nice Guys.

  • @CapN_Crump

    @CapN_Crump

    Ай бұрын

    You and me both!

  • @erakfishfishfish

    @erakfishfishfish

    Ай бұрын

    Same. Not even a brief mention either.

  • @needamuffin

    @needamuffin

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@erakfishfishfish It was on screen when he said "I'm sure I missed some absolutely iconic movies"

  • @Noah-pq8rv

    @Noah-pq8rv

    Ай бұрын

    The Nice Guys is my 2nd favorite film of all time

  • @Saintsdevotee

    @Saintsdevotee

    Ай бұрын

    Not mentioning this film is a travesty

  • @waynechapman9823
    @waynechapman9823Ай бұрын

    A few others worth mentioning: John Woo’s “The Killer,” Shane Black’s “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” and Amir Shervan’s “Samurai Cop.”

  • @byronofrothdale

    @byronofrothdale

    Ай бұрын

    They didn't mention "The Killer" by name but the two guns slow motion scene at the end is clearly a reference.

  • @Stryver103
    @Stryver103Ай бұрын

    bad boys being #1 is probably the lousiest attempt at an undisclosed ad I've ever seen, the really weird tonal shift, the fact that a new movie JUST came out... yeah right dude go off

  • @santos8468

    @santos8468

    Ай бұрын

    I was afraid of that.

  • @chrisgetchell6337

    @chrisgetchell6337

    Ай бұрын

    It really sucks the commercialist downturn this channel has taken since IGN bought them

  • @logannagel4392

    @logannagel4392

    Ай бұрын

    I’m glad they shifted back to a more original style with the top 10s…but it’s disheartening to see a corporate owner forcing cinefix to compromise their art into a a top 9 + ad rather than a top 10.

  • @robertdingle1129

    @robertdingle1129

    Ай бұрын

    That was my first thought when I clicked the video, but I was hoping I was wrong. When I saw Bad Boys hadn't even been mentioned 7 entries in, I knew. Same reason Will Smith was on Hot Ones. Extreme PR moves and IGN is a cheap pro.

  • @roel.vinckens

    @roel.vinckens

    Ай бұрын

    A real bitchy stage slap.

  • @mcgarnagle6102
    @mcgarnagle6102Ай бұрын

    Dude, we get it, you really love Police Academy 3.

  • @iamgrey1989
    @iamgrey1989Ай бұрын

    Kiss kiss bang bang and nice guys not even getting a mention is criminal kind sir!

  • @Zed-fq3lj

    @Zed-fq3lj

    Ай бұрын

    and L.A. Confidential and Cop Land...something bad is happening with CineFix 🤔

  • @folarinosibodu
    @folarinosiboduАй бұрын

    I knew what movie would be #1 when they did not show any clips of their movies

  • @ErikWoodsCinSoundRadio
    @ErikWoodsCinSoundRadioАй бұрын

    Lethal Weapon #10 and Bad Boys #1... plus no Se7en? Yikes!

  • @Zed-fq3lj

    @Zed-fq3lj

    Ай бұрын

    something bad is happening with CineFix 🤔

  • @olivercation1820
    @olivercation1820Ай бұрын

    Came to the comments to say IGN had deatroyed the good name of Cinefix by doing obviously ad placements like this but beaten to it. Glad everyone is thinking the same. Slip Bad Boys in at like 5 and it will still be a good reminder. Put an actual ad spot in the video. But to drop it at number one is so on the nose.

  • @CapN_Crump
    @CapN_CrumpАй бұрын

    I love that Roger Rabbit made it on the list! Time for a rewatch

  • @carmillachoate
    @carmillachoateАй бұрын

    It wouldn't be a Clint list without Kurosawa featuring prominently

  • @Advent3546
    @Advent3546Ай бұрын

    Hot Fuzz made the list! You guys are off the fucking chain!

  • @BoyNamedSue4
    @BoyNamedSue4Ай бұрын

    Lethal Weapon is number one. Everyone else is fighting for second place.

  • @sportbikejesus6297

    @sportbikejesus6297

    Ай бұрын

    Agreed. Lethal Weapon is the perfect example of this really stupid genre. In fact simply having cops who are buddies doesn’t mean it’s a buddy cop movie. It has to be super cheesy and awful like lethal weapon. Like End of Watch and Seven are actually good movies so they’re not buddy cop movies

  • @ReverendMeat51

    @ReverendMeat51

    Ай бұрын

    @@sportbikejesus6297 Booo

  • @arnecruz

    @arnecruz

    2 сағат бұрын

    Yes. Lethal Weapon 1-4 is far better than Bad Boys 1-4.

  • @NickolasNameolas
    @NickolasNameolasАй бұрын

    Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State is Harry Call from the Conversation operating under an assumed name, so I guess that means he’s a surveillance expert.

  • @motherplayer

    @motherplayer

    Ай бұрын

    Caul, but I won't be that kind of person and knock you for it, because I only learned it later.

  • @NickolasNameolas

    @NickolasNameolas

    Ай бұрын

    @@motherplayerit is a little on the nose to have the most private person person alive have the last name “Call”

  • @FloraWest

    @FloraWest

    Ай бұрын

    I remember when I saw Enemy of the State and not being able to believe that no one really seemed to be talking about how it was the same character. I probably just didn't find the right articles or whatever but I felt like I was going a little crazy.

  • @1400IntruderVS
    @1400IntruderVSАй бұрын

    Running Scared. With Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines

  • @duanevp

    @duanevp

    Ай бұрын

    One of my personal top10 unquestionably.

  • @CinHotlanta

    @CinHotlanta

    Ай бұрын

    Seriously underrated

  • @Geronimo_Jehoshaphat

    @Geronimo_Jehoshaphat

    Ай бұрын

    Peter Hyams is way too underrated.

  • @maggieclickdraggy3453

    @maggieclickdraggy3453

    Ай бұрын

    This is my favorite buddy cop movie EVER, hands down. And not even a nod to it! 🙄 Ugh!!😖

  • @jctai100
    @jctai100Ай бұрын

    No L.A. Confidential??? Buddies at the end!

  • @Zed-fq3lj

    @Zed-fq3lj

    Ай бұрын

    Not mentioning L.A. Confidential and Cop Land in buddy cop category is one of CineFix greatest letdowns, oversights or even disgraces.

  • @Shoelessjoe78

    @Shoelessjoe78

    Ай бұрын

    It's a thinly veiled add. New Bad Boys movie coming out... Magically #1.

  • @Stingwray11
    @Stingwray11Ай бұрын

    Lethal Weapon, and Rush Hour.

  • @believethehype3992
    @believethehype3992Ай бұрын

    no End of watch on the list is a crime.

  • @DigDug500

    @DigDug500

    Ай бұрын

    Whats crazy is that its even been in a seperate video

  • @sportbikejesus6297

    @sportbikejesus6297

    Ай бұрын

    End of Watch is too good to be considered a buddy cop movie.

  • @dylnDOT
    @dylnDOTАй бұрын

    Yoooo OG style CineFix Video!!!!

  • @Soopology
    @SoopologyАй бұрын

    Lol I love CineFix but sometimes they get a bit too "lets be fake eclectic & not put the list in the order it should be! Mwahahaha" - there's no way in hell Freebie & the Bean is in front of Lethal Weapon.

  • @toplookingdown971

    @toplookingdown971

    Ай бұрын

    I say the same thing.

  • @cameronbobsmith

    @cameronbobsmith

    Ай бұрын

    I tend to find that with Cinefix, other than the #1 spot, the order is usually thematic/chronological/some other ideological concept, rather than a traditional Top 10 anyway.

  • @AskAScreenwriter
    @AskAScreenwriterАй бұрын

    Running Scared should have deserved at least a clip! And F/X would have made an interesting choice, too. The 'buddies' don't meet, or even realize they're working together, until nearly the end of the movie.

  • @derdoktor5202
    @derdoktor5202Ай бұрын

    I'm a little bit disapointed that you didn't mention 'the other guys'. For me the perfect fit for #5.

  • @erakfishfishfish

    @erakfishfishfish

    Ай бұрын

    It did get a brief clip at the beginning of the video, but even then, it was of The Rock and Jackson and not the actual main actors.

  • @Owens777
    @Owens777Ай бұрын

    Almost every list you make makes me want to block my calendar for a few days and binge every movie mentioned 🤩

  • @DanArnets1492
    @DanArnets1492Ай бұрын

    The real #1 (without the blatant advertisement) should be Hot Fuzz · They're clear opposites · They learn from each other in natural ways · Real bromance · Great at investigating together · Insanely good movie

  • @milohargadine1601

    @milohargadine1601

    Ай бұрын

    Counter argument: Hollywood Homicide, it has a classic element of the genre that Hot Fuzz is missing, Harrison Ford is supposed to retire in that movie, so it adds tension between him and Josh Hartnet, and it adds tension for the audience because the movie could kill the retiring cop, because that happens all the time

  • @santos8468

    @santos8468

    Ай бұрын

    @@milohargadine1601 That's not a particularly well-liked movie.

  • @Mos41f
    @Mos41fАй бұрын

    Both 'The Other Guys', 'The Nice Guys' at least deserve an honorable mention.

  • @feedthesnake3394
    @feedthesnake3394Ай бұрын

    danny glover is a national treasure

  • @voxangelaemortis
    @voxangelaemortisАй бұрын

    Just seeing Tom Hanks in the vet hospital scene still makes me tear up. LOVE that movie.

  • @stevenmackay8053

    @stevenmackay8053

    Ай бұрын

    Same.

  • @CF0RD
    @CF0RDАй бұрын

    Im really reconsidering my trust in this channel's recommendations after watching this list

  • @bjornlangneff2294
    @bjornlangneff2294Ай бұрын

    My favorite still is Last Boy Scout

  • @Omgitm10
    @Omgitm10Ай бұрын

    Lethal weapon on #10?!?!?!?! I'm not sure i can continue this video..

  • @ProudPapaJD

    @ProudPapaJD

    Ай бұрын

    And you shouldn’t, it’s all downhill from there.

  • @jonathanbarr9764
    @jonathanbarr9764Ай бұрын

    Why does it keep showing Beverly Hills Cop II in the titles when it's showing clips from the first movie?

  • @ProudPapaJD

    @ProudPapaJD

    Ай бұрын

    Why are half the choices not buddy cop movies? The list is bunk. 😂

  • @jonathanbarr9764

    @jonathanbarr9764

    Ай бұрын

    @@ProudPapaJD I'm also curious as to why the honourable mentions are missing The Heat a 2013 buddy cop movie starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy.

  • @Filthyism
    @FilthyismАй бұрын

    I’m happy “last action hero” made it on the list. Such a classic

  • @Zed-fq3lj

    @Zed-fq3lj

    Ай бұрын

    same here 🤩

  • @lydia1634
    @lydia1634Ай бұрын

    That Hot Fuzz conversation paid off!!

  • @SadThrash
    @SadThrashАй бұрын

    I see Last Action Hero, I hit like. So glad this movie's gotten a reevaluation recently.

  • @gabrielrodriguez6425
    @gabrielrodriguez6425Ай бұрын

    Lethal weapon is #1

  • @amppma7302
    @amppma7302Ай бұрын

    the thing I love about your top lists is that there are always a few movies I have never seen. your synopsis ends up piquing my interest and then I go watch them (well not all of them, at least one from each of these videos). thanks for posting consistently good, well made content.

  • @_MC529
    @_MC52928 күн бұрын

    Not even an honourable mention for "Maschinenblut" (2023)? It's the incarnation of buddy cop drama.

  • @TimofejNenarokov
    @TimofejNenarokovАй бұрын

    You forgot to mention that Pure luck is a remake of French movie La Chevre

  • @vernonmeidlinger870

    @vernonmeidlinger870

    Ай бұрын

    came here to say this. La Chevre was one of my favorite movies as a kid!

  • @rodrigueilboudo7102

    @rodrigueilboudo7102

    Ай бұрын

    Merci pour la mention. Pierre Richard et Gérard Depardieu sont irrésistibles dans La chèvre.

  • @TimofejNenarokov

    @TimofejNenarokov

    Ай бұрын

    @@rodrigueilboudo7102 you are welcome. A lot of people on post soviet countries grew up with French comedies.

  • @joystewart5193
    @joystewart5193Ай бұрын

    What a fun list! Very disappointed, though, that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Heat, and Bon Cop Bad Cop didn’t get mentions.

  • @WhiskyCanuck

    @WhiskyCanuck

    Ай бұрын

    Did anyone outside of Canada see Bon Cop, Bad Cop?

  • @jts6016
    @jts6016Ай бұрын

    Can't believe Long Kiss Goodnight isn't on here - like not even a mention of it.

  • @ReverendMeat51

    @ReverendMeat51

    Ай бұрын

    Great movie, but neither of the buddies are cops. Die Hard could fit too and it didn't get a mention either

  • @popculturewatch8689

    @popculturewatch8689

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@ReverendMeat51as it was mentioned a bunch of times in the video, the team do not need to be cops. Its about their dynamic.

  • @Geronimo_Jehoshaphat
    @Geronimo_JehoshaphatАй бұрын

    01. Lethal Weapon 02. Die Hard with a Vengeance 03. Beverly Hills Cop 04. Bad Boys 05. The Hard Way 06. 48 Hours 07. Running Scared 08. Red Heat 09. Rush Hour 10. Tango & Cash

  • @waynechapman9823
    @waynechapman9823Ай бұрын

    Just thought of another one: Jack Sholder’s “The Hidden” (1987) with Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri. Very much a buddy cop film with some sci-fi thrown in for good measure.

  • @jonathanbarr9764
    @jonathanbarr9764Ай бұрын

    Here's a kinda funny story about Bad Boys II from the premiere of Hot Fuzz according to the commentary which I think you can still listen to on KZread for free but there's no footage of the actual movie just the commentary. Directors Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright have been friends for years so at one of the premieres for Hot Fuzz (I'm not sure if it was the US release or the UK release) they set up a table to give out free copies of two the movies you mentioned here. The honourable mention of Point Break which as the narrator said almost made the list and Bad Boys II, despite being free they couldn't give away a single copy of Bad Boys II, while I have no problem with it (it's a dumb movie but still enjoyable) it surprised me that no one wanted a free movie that was a big hit when it came out.

  • @khcstewie
    @khcstewieАй бұрын

    so good to have a proper cinefix video again

  • @cade8986
    @cade8986Ай бұрын

    I know it’s not a movie, but True Detective, Season 1 is easily on par with the best of these

  • @seandpizzle
    @seandpizzleАй бұрын

    I was literally planning my comment about leaving Bad Boys off the list. Well played, sir

  • @ser132
    @ser132Ай бұрын

    kinda disappointed Bon Cop, Bad Cop didn't even get a mention; not greatly surprised, though.

  • @Swishyhead

    @Swishyhead

    Ай бұрын

    Eyyy, I was hoping someone would have mentioned it in the comments! 🤩

  • @BasketballJones48021
    @BasketballJones48021Ай бұрын

    Lethal Weapon is the GOAT

  • @richardlehoux
    @richardlehouxАй бұрын

    The original french movie Pure Luck was based upon was so funny with famous actors in it.

  • @rodrigueilboudo7102

    @rodrigueilboudo7102

    Ай бұрын

    Merci pour la mention

  • @judewakefield7213
    @judewakefield7213Ай бұрын

    Men in Black

  • @EsteQueso19
    @EsteQueso19Ай бұрын

    Hooray, a new movie list! Welcome back to the classic!

  • @pong86r
    @pong86r28 күн бұрын

    'Last Action Hero' is probably one of my all time favorites!

  • @AerialAssault87
    @AerialAssault87Ай бұрын

    So happy to see Pure Luck finally get the respect it deserves!

  • @joejohnson4926
    @joejohnson492621 күн бұрын

    "The other guys" has become a annual watch for me and should have had at least a mention.

  • @gjamdz
    @gjamdzАй бұрын

    Great video! A title which can be an honourable mention is "Tiempo de Valientes" or "On Probation", a 2005 Argentinian film about a hard cop and his psycologist. It's really amazing. Congrats on another great top 10 movie list.

  • @MrGMovieReviews
    @MrGMovieReviewsАй бұрын

    Running scared and the other guys and the 21 jump street films need to be on here

  • @ReverendMeat51

    @ReverendMeat51

    Ай бұрын

    Which Running Scared?

  • @MrGMovieReviews

    @MrGMovieReviews

    Ай бұрын

    @@ReverendMeat51 the one that’s a buddy cop movie and not the one with Paul walker(which is great and not a buddy cop movie)

  • @FloraWest

    @FloraWest

    Ай бұрын

    21 Jump Street at least got a mention-I always think that kind of counts with only 10 slots available.

  • @Z-Mikes00
    @Z-Mikes00Ай бұрын

    love how i just saw bad boys ride or die when this uploaded

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepyproАй бұрын

    yet another great list full of great recommendations!

  • @dalevintage
    @dalevintageАй бұрын

    Huh. I can't wait to see James Caan in what looks like a comedic action performance! Thanks!

  • @PlatyNews
    @PlatyNewsАй бұрын

    i laughed at police academy aproaching at every instance

  • @hunterwyeth
    @hunterwyethАй бұрын

    Lots of movies here I need to watch again. Straight up shocked that there’s no mention of End of Watch though

  • @tomconneely1361
    @tomconneely1361Ай бұрын

    Very pleased to see Freebie and the Bean. It was the first film I thought of when I saw the title of this vid. No mention of Alien Nation (unless I missed it) was disappointing though. Perhaps two James Caan movies was a bit much to hope for ;)

  • @GingerBeardMan27
    @GingerBeardMan27Ай бұрын

    Speaking of jumping in the air and firing two guns at the same time, I’m surprised Hard Boiled didn’t at least get an honorable mention.

  • @dalevintage
    @dalevintageАй бұрын

    I LOVE Last Action Hero! Stoked you enjoy it too! ❤️🎬

  • @JoshuaMeyers4574
    @JoshuaMeyers4574Ай бұрын

    I always thought both buddies had to be cops to make the dynamic work

  • @andymc96

    @andymc96

    Ай бұрын

    They don't even have to be cops, look at kiss kiss bang bang and the nice guys.

  • @RatedRKO269
    @RatedRKO269Ай бұрын

    I agree with most of the choices on this list, especially the number 1 choice. Major props for showing love to Last Action Hero! As always with your lists I learn about a few films I had never seen. Will have to check out Pure Luck and Freebie and the Bean as I’ve never even heard of them.

  • @kavalden
    @kavaldenАй бұрын

    What about Running Scared 1986 with Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines, and Jimmy Smits

  • @FloraWest

    @FloraWest

    Ай бұрын

    "I'm on the El!"

  • @natalyamartirosyan
    @natalyamartirosyanАй бұрын

    As a millennial I love a good buddy cop movie. Lethal weapon, 48 hrs, Rush hour, K9, Midnight run -- the almost all of it. But you won't sell me a Bad boys movie in a million years. It doesn't belong nowhere near this list.

  • @Swishyhead
    @SwishyheadАй бұрын

    The optimist in me kept hoping for at least a sighting of Bon Cop, Bad Cop. 🇨🇦⚜️

  • @thecornerkid402
    @thecornerkid402Ай бұрын

    #2 shocked me. My family and I were honestly wondering if we were the only ones who’d ever seen it. I do agree. Highly underrated comedy.

  • @matthewthompson9471
    @matthewthompson9471Ай бұрын

    Off topic, my 14 year old son said this to me yesterday,"why is Clint Eastwood famous?". Please do a video on this legend of a man.

  • @scottishzombie
    @scottishzombieАй бұрын

    Only a passing mention of Running Scared? FOR SHAME.

  • @CinHotlanta

    @CinHotlanta

    Ай бұрын

    To this day I think of Running Scared when I hear the words "buddy cop movie"

  • @zunaidparker
    @zunaidparkerАй бұрын

    Ah yes, perfectly timed between Bad Boys 4 and Beverly Hills Cop 4!

  • @kifacorea
    @kifacoreaАй бұрын

    Memories of murder. Nice call. 👍 FYI, they caught the serial killer decades later in the 2010s.

  • @skunkrat01
    @skunkrat01Ай бұрын

    I hope the Aussie film "Bad Eggs" at least gets a mention. The opening sequence had the entire cinema crying with laughter, but its still a good story that ramps up in seriousness.

  • @zachb.4429
    @zachb.4429Ай бұрын

    List Idea: top ten set up’s and payoffs. And I’d like to suggest the car horn from china town.

  • @TravisCrawfordTCMI
    @TravisCrawfordTCMIАй бұрын

    I'm a little bummed out there wasn't even a mention of Running Scared in this at all. It's still my favorite of the Buddy Cop genre, especially the 80s era

  • @AmandaRamey22
    @AmandaRamey22Ай бұрын

    MORE OF THESE COUNTDOWN RANKING LIST PLEASE ❤️

  • @movielover86
    @movielover86Ай бұрын

    Wish I could have seen Loaded Weapon 1 in one of the quick cuts. Hell, there was plenty of Police Academy.

  • @bspoynter
    @bspoynterАй бұрын

    Leathal Weapon is the benchmark for buddy action films in my opinion.

  • @madykarla
    @madykarlaАй бұрын

    Yesssssss bring back those videos, Clint!

  • @Drkknit
    @DrkknitАй бұрын

    Where the fuck is To Live and Die in L.A.!?

  • @duanevp

    @duanevp

    Ай бұрын

    Another one on my personal top 10.

  • @stoogefest16

    @stoogefest16

    Ай бұрын

    It’s sorta an inverted buddy cop film. For one, they’re Secret Service agents, and the partnership in the movie is mainly predicated on coercion and enablement, and not so much witty banter and personality contrasts. Besides that, the films chief focus is on how the cops ruthless and expedient methods mirror that of the criminal he’s pursuing, almost as if he’s an even bigger sociopath than his quarry. It tries, and succeeds, at establishing a symmetry between cop and criminal in ways similar to the Miami Vice tv series and most of Michael Manns feature films. It’s a bracing crime thriller with a superb sense of style and a dim outlook on law enforcement, but it’s not exactly a buddy picture.

  • @LuisMedina1
    @LuisMedina1Ай бұрын

    If this list is ever repeated, I feel like historical buddy cops is a fun sub genre. Shanghai Noon, Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, The Nice Guys. Even Wild WIld West, technically. Django Unchained works very much like a buddy cop movie too.

  • @lazix
    @lazixАй бұрын

    I'm so ready for buddy cop movies to make a come back

  • @Rugras.
    @Rugras.Ай бұрын

    Disney need to make a buddy cop jedi show. I'd watch it.

  • @LouFlow
    @LouFlowАй бұрын

    Honorable Mention to “The Nice Guys.” We need a sequel!

  • @tholmes2661
    @tholmes266126 күн бұрын

    Last Boy Scout needed more love

  • @taco4242
    @taco4242Ай бұрын

    I had two i wanted. Turner and Hooch, and 48 hours. And I was happy. Haha. Good picks.

  • @kniferaffe
    @kniferaffeАй бұрын

    Police Academy 3 did some heavy lifting in the clip department here.

  • @nameskaz
    @nameskazАй бұрын

    I would love a "Hot. Sweet. Action." shirt.

  • @fudgemudget
    @fudgemudgetАй бұрын

    I won't quibble with the list, but no mention of Billy Crystal and the late great Gregory Hines in Running Scared is just criminal.

  • @christophermerlot3366
    @christophermerlot3366Ай бұрын

    As a Canadian I'm utterly offended that you left out Bon Cop, Bad Cop.

  • @motherplayer
    @motherplayerАй бұрын

    Much appreciated for the nod to "Zootopia" as I don't think it's often brought up how it does fit the mold of Neo-Noir and Buddy-Cop because it's a product tailored to families, and Nick and Judy have an underrated sense of interplay that allows both of them to regularly surprise one another with what they know. That is some out of the box thinking right there. Also, tsk tsk on no mentions of "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", "The Nice Guys" or "Dragged Across Concrete" in some manner.

  • @paradisecity0406able
    @paradisecity0406ableАй бұрын

    I'd be surprised if 'Zootopia' doesn't *HOP* its way to the list

  • @CapN_Crump

    @CapN_Crump

    Ай бұрын

    Surprise!

  • @PedPaul
    @PedPaulАй бұрын

    I love Lethal Weapon. I just wanted to type that out loud.

  • @StuffTorinLikes
    @StuffTorinLikesАй бұрын

    While I usually love these videos, even when I don't agree with the selections (especially how they separate the 10 movies by categories), I can't believe that John Woo's Hard Boiled wasn't on the list and didn't even get an audio or video mention.

  • @chrisguzman4633
    @chrisguzman4633Ай бұрын

    Lethal Weapon set the standard. Should be no.1. Period

  • @esotericVideos
    @esotericVideos4 күн бұрын

    4:40 Sounds like he says "We play pokemon".

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