Buddy Cop
by Skavation | created - 5 months ago | updated - 5 months ago | PublicA buddy cop film is a film involving two people, usually with conflicting personalities, typically having one person having a wilder personality and the other having a more even-tempered one, being forced to work together in order to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals. Other frequent elements of these films include placing one of the partners in an unfamiliar setting or role and including a "good cop/bad cop" motif.
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1. Almost Human (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.
Stars: Karl Urban, Michael Ealy, Minka Kelly, Mackenzie Crook
Votes: 52,076
2. Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A slightly unhinged cop is partnered with a veteran detective trying to maintain a low stress level in his life.
Stars: Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm, Michelle Mitchenor
Votes: 40,442
3. Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston.
Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges, Bruce McGill
Votes: 38,030
4. Dogs of Berlin (2018– )
TV-MA | 542 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
Stars: Felix Kramer, Fahri Yardim, Katharina Schüttler, Anna Maria Mühe
Votes: 14,231
5. Scott & Bailey (2011–2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detectives Janet Scott & Rachel Bailey investigate murders with Manchester Police's Major Incident Team.
Stars: Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Tony Mooney, David Prosho
Votes: 11,039
6. Deadloch (2023– )
60 min | Comedy, Crime
A feminist noir comedy set against a bucolic backdrop with a rising body count.
Stars: Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Alicia Gardiner, Nina Oyama
Votes: 11,927
7. Battle Creek (2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two detectives with different views on the world team up and using cynicism, guile and deception, they clean up the streets of Battle Creek.
Stars: Josh Duhamel, Dean Winters, Aubrey Dollar, Edward Fordham Jr.
Votes: 8,999
8. L.A.'s Finest (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The spinoff series of Bad Boys films focuses on drug enforcement agent Sydney Burnett, now working for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Stars: Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Union, Duane Martin, Zach Gilford
Votes: 8,387
9. The Good Guys (2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Comedy
Jack is a by-the-book detective whose habit of undermining himself has resulted in a dead-end position with the Police Dept. His partner Dan, a drunken, lecherous veteran hangs onto his job only because of one heroic act years ago.
Stars: Bradley Whitford, Colin Hanks, Jenny Wade, Diana Maria Riva
Votes: 7,573
10. McDonald & Dodds (2020– )
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath.
Stars: Jason Watkins, Tala Gouveia, Lily Sacofsky, Jack Riddiford
Votes: 7,272
11. Common Law (2012)
43 min | Comedy, Crime
Centers on cops Wes Mitchell and Travis Marks, who have a problem -- each other -- so their captain sends them to couples therapy.
Stars: Michael Ealy, Warren Kole, Sonya Walger, Jack McGee
Votes: 6,414
12. Take Two (II) (2018)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A private investigator in Los Angeles reluctantly teams up with a former star of a hit cop show.
Stars: Rachel Bilson, Eddie Cibrian, Xavi de Guzman, Alice Lee
Votes: 6,073
13. Hard Sun (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two detectives with opposing viewpoints are forced to work together in a pre-apocalyptic criminal world.
Stars: Jim Sturgess, Agyness Deyn, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Derek Riddell
Votes: 5,282
14. Rush Hour (2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
TV show based on the action-comedy 'Rush Hour' films about an L.A. cop who teams up with a detective from Hong Kong.
Stars: Justin Hires, Jon Foo, Aimee Garcia, Page Kennedy
Votes: 3,916
15. Year of the Rabbit (2019)
30 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Detective Inspector Rabbit, a dedicated, tough, thick, and oft-inebriated Victorian copper, sleuths his way across London with his two young partners: a doofy rookie and a brilliant Black policewoman no one ever believes.
Stars: Matt Berry, Freddie Fox, Susan Wokoma, Alun Armstrong
Votes: 3,991
16. Vexed (2010–2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Two Detectives Jack and Georgina who share chemistry but have complicated personal lives.
Stars: Toby Stephens, Ronny Jhutti, Roger Griffiths, Miranda Raison
Votes: 3,833
17. Bulletproof (2018–2021)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Action drama following Aaron Bishop and Ronnie Pike; two NCA agents taking down hardened criminals in London.
Stars: Noel Clarke, Ashley Walters, Jason Maza, Lindsey Coulson
Votes: 3,705
18. Training Day (2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
TV follow-up to the 2001 film 'Training Day' about a rookie cop partnered with a corrupt officer.
Stars: Bill Paxton, Justin Cornwell, Katrina Law, Drew Van Acker
Votes: 3,610
19. Dalziel and Pascoe (1996–2007)
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Superintendent Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murder, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly different personalities.
Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle, Jennifer James
Votes: 3,305
20. 100 Code (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Thriller
New York, USA. Stockholm, Sweden. Over the past twelve months young, blonde, blue-eyed women have been found dead in a meadow where Asphodel flowers grow.
Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Dominic Monaghan, Cecilia Häll, Patrick Brennan
Votes: 3,095
21. The Mallorca Files (2019– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama
A British and German detective clashing over how to police the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Stars: Elen Rhys, Julian Looman, María Fernández Ache, Tábata Cerezo
Votes: 2,891
22. Pretty Hard Cases (2021–2023)
TV-14 | Comedy, Crime, Drama
"Pretty Hard Cases" follows Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Drug Squad detective Kelly. By day, they are heroes in their particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and entertaining, fighting to do good in a broken system.
Stars: Meredith MacNeill, Adrienne C. Moore, Al Mukadam, Daren A. Herbert
Votes: 2,593
23. Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Sitcom featuring the zany hijinks of New York's finest.
Stars: Joe E. Ross, Fred Gwynne, Paul Reed, Al Lewis
Votes: 1,877
24. Carter (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.
Stars: Jerry O'Connell, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Kristian Bruun, Chris Farquhar
Votes: 2,031
25. 19-2 (2011–2015)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Constable Nick Beroff isn't happy about being stuck with Ben Chartier, newly transferred from the OPP, as his partner, but he'll have to accept the fact that together they're now Station 19's second patrol.
Stars: Claude Legault, Réal Bossé, Véronique Beaudet, Fred-Eric Salvail
Votes: 1,717
26. Force (2014–2020)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A boisterous homicide detective is partnered with a neurotic narc to fight organized crime in the Dutch city of Tilburg.
Stars: Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Dennis van de Ven, Kiki van Deursen, Daan van Dijsseldonk
Votes: 1,632
27. The Good Detective (2020– )
60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up.
Stars: Son Hyeon-ju, Jang Seung-jo, Lee Elijah, Ji Seung-hyun
Votes: 1,408
28. Garireo (2007– )
Drama, Mystery
Yukawa Manabu, also known as Detective Galileo, is a genius physicist and university professor who solves unusual mysteries. His partner, Utsumi Kaoru, is a rookie cop.
Stars: Masaharu Fukuyama, Ikkei Watanabe, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kô Shibasaki
Votes: 1,067
29. Santo (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Santo is a drug dealer whose face has never been revealed. Two policemen who go after him, Millán and Cardona, radically opposed, will have to learn to collaborate to solve the case and keep their lives safe.
Stars: Raúl Arévalo, Bruno Gagliasso, Victoria Guerra, Greta Fernández
Votes: 1,089
30. Tschugger (2021– )
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Tschugger, a dialect word for "policeman" in the Swiss canton of Wallis, tells the story of a local police precinct in the canton of Wallis. But instead of investigating missing sheep, an attempted murder keeps them on their toes.
Stars: David Constantin, Dragan Vujic, Anna-Lena Miano, Arséne Junior Page
Votes: 1,090
31. Shrikant Bashir (2020– )
33 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two ideologically and ethnically different individuals partner up to solve crimes of national and international threat.
Stars: Ashmita Jaggi, Gashmeer Mahajani, Mantra Mugdh, Kunal Pant
Votes: 861
32. Hundred (2020)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
An unapologetic and frustrated ACP teams up with an honest civil worker who teams up to accomplish their personal objectives.
Stars: Aaditya Sharma, Aishwarya Arora, Lara Dutta, Rinku Rajguru
Votes: 861
33. Panhandle (2022)
TV-MA | 49 min | Comedy, Romance
Since personal tragedy struck five years ago, loquacious, eccentric Bell Prescott hasn't left the rambling property on the Apalachicola River that he shares with his mother.
Stars: Luke Kirby, Tiana Okoye, Lorenza Izzo, Forrest Goodluck
Votes: 917
34. Hubert ohne Staller (2011– )
43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A show about two police officers from Wolfsrathausen who sometimes work a bit differently.
Stars: Christian Tramitz, Michael Brandner, Paul Sedlmeir, Hannes Ringlstetter
Votes: 893
35. Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In a world where Hollywood actors can partner up with real cops to solve crimes on their shows, a no-nonsense cop is forced to team up with an air-headed actor, Ryan Hansen, for his new YouTube Premium crime reality show/meta sitcom.
Stars: Ryan Hansen, Aly Michalka, Samira Wiley, Noelle E Parker
Votes: 724
36. Murder City (2004–2006)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
British police drama that revolves around two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases.
Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kris Marshall, Connor McIntyre, Laura Main
Votes: 724
37. MIU404 (2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A new detective in the Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who does not trust other people works with an inexperienced detective and attempts to solve cases within 24 hours.
Stars: Gô Ayano, Koshi Mizukami, Philip Hersh, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 695
38. Police Call 110 (1971– )
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Borgelt, Jürgen Frohriep, Wolfgang Winkler, Jaecki Schwarz
Votes: 571
39. Catch the Ghost (2019)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
When a rookie detective Yoo Ryung's autistic twin sister goes missing, Yoo Ryung joins the subway police team to try and find her.
Stars: Moon Geun-young, Kim Seon-ho, Jeong Eu-gene, Ki Do-Hoon
Votes: 572
40. Captain Sharif (2013–2019)
52 min | Crime
The adventures and misadventures of the always-smiling Kader Cherif, Captain of Lyons' Criminal Brigade with an eccentric way to solve the cases, and his by-the-book new partner, Adeline Briard.
Stars: Abdelhafid Metalsi, Greg Germain, François Bureloup, Vincent Primault
Votes: 499
41. Tribal (I) (2020–2022)
44 min | Crime, Drama
The Justice Department forms a task force to uncover the truth behind the tomb of indigenous bodies discovered under the city, while the divide between the Tribal and Metro Police departments escalates.
Stars: Jessica Matten, Brian Markinson, Garry Chalk, Ryan Northcott
Votes: 447
42. Zakon! (2009)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two bumbling police detectives operate (often very miserably) in a wacky village called Svetkovina.
Stars: Stojan Matavulj, Robert Ugrina, Nenad Cvetko, Sven Sestak
Votes: 396
43. Mann & Machine (1992)
60 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In the near future, cop Bobby Mann is teamed with a voluptuous robot partner, Sgt. Eve Edison. He's a brash, wise-cracking maverick; she's serious, naive, by-the-book and tends to take ... See full summary »
Stars: David Andrews, Yancy Butler, S. Epatha Merkerson, Christine Belford
Votes: 342
44. Tôkyô Dogs (2009)
Action, Comedy, Crime
Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is ... See full summary »
Stars: Shun Oguri, Hiro Mizushima, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Ryô Katsuji
Votes: 261
45. Hardball (1989–1990)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Charlie Battles is a veteran cop who was about to be assigned a desk job. When he is teamed with a hotshot, Kaz Kaczierowski. Together, they team up, constantly being at odds over how to handle criminals.
Stars: John Ashton, Richard Tyson, John Pappas, Barney McFadden
Votes: 241
46. Friesland (2014– )
90 min | Crime
The humorously created crime films play in Ostfriesland and surroundings.
Stars: Felix Vörtler, Sophie Dal, Theresa Underberg, Holger Stockhaus
Votes: 197
47. Ein starkes Team (1994– )
90 min | Crime
It's almost 20 years since our illustrious Trio set off to solve some of Berlin's more bizarre murder mysteries. The success of the show's longevity hinges around the humor of former DDR ... See full summary »
Stars: Florian Martens, Arnfried Lerche, Jaecki Schwarz, Maja Maranow
Votes: 175
48. Mongeville (2013–2021)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Antoine Mongeville, a former investigating judge in Bordeaux, meets a Criminal Police detective who he will have to work with. Despite their tense relationship and their opposed characters, they will realize that they are not so different.
Stars: Francis Perrin, Pierre Aussedat, Jean-Philippe Lachaud, Gaëlle Bona
Votes: 152
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