20 Best Buddy Cop Movie

When it comes to  buddy cop movie, you're gonna think of a lot of movies. Like Midnight Run, Stir Crazy and Toy Story and so on. In recent years, this type of film has been so popular, it's probably because every one of them has a sense of heroism, and when people seeing the buddy cop movie, they are satisfying. In addition, there's a lot of burning brain and exciting action scenes which make the audience feel interseted. Naturally, the audience liked it more.

we've picked out the 20 best buddy cop films of all time. Take a look below to see what made our final list of 20, and what topped it, 


Release Date
2012-09-21
  • Rate : 7.6
  • Production Companies : EFO Films, Exclusive Media
  • Director : David Ayer
  • Stars : Jake Gyllenhaal , Michael Peña , Natalie Martinez
  • Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Release Date
2010-08-06
  • Rate : 6.6
  • Production Companies : Columbia Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions
  • Director : William M. Connor, Conrad E. Palmisano, Adam McKay
  • Stars : Will Ferrell , Mark Wahlberg , Eva Mendes
  • Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Release Date
2006-07-28
  • Rate : 6.1
  • Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Forward Pass
  • Director : Pamela Alch, Kathryn Waters, Jayne-Ann Tenggren
  • Stars : Jamie Foxx , Colin Farrell , Gong Li
  • A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.
Release Date
2013-06-28
  • Rate : 6.6
  • Production Companies : Ingenious Film Partners, Ingenious Media
  • Director : Matt Rebenkoff, Jeffrey Lee Gibson, Deirdre Horgan
  • Stars : Sandra Bullock , Melissa McCarthy , Demián Bichir
  • Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies.
Release Date
2001-10-05
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment
  • Director : Antoine Fuqua, Nicole Cummins, Kenny Bates
  • Stars : Ethan Hawke , Denzel Washington , Scott Glenn
  • On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Release Date
1996-06-07
  • Rate : 7.4
  • Production Companies : Hollywood Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
  • Director : Michael Bay, Karen Golden, Jeanne Byrd
  • Stars : Sean Connery , Nicolas Cage , Ed Harris
  • When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the stills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Release Date
1992-07-25
  • Rate : 6.9
  • Production Companies : Orange Sky Golden Harvest, Golden Way Films Ltd.
  • Director : Stanley Tong, File Ip Kwok-Wing, Stanley Tong
  • Stars : Jackie Chan , Michelle Yeoh , Maggie Cheung
  • A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Release Date
1991-12-13
  • Rate : 7
  • Production Companies : Geffen Pictures, Silver Pictures
  • Director : Tony Scott, P.R. Tooke, James W. Skotchdopole
  • Stars : Bruce Willis , Damon Wayans , Chelsea Field
  • When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.
Release Date
2011-07-29
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : UK Film Council, Crescendo Productions
  • Director : John Michael McDonagh, Kathleen Weir
  • Stars : Brendan Gleeson , Don Cheadle , Liam Cunningham
  • When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
Release Date
2012-03-16
  • Rate : 7.2
  • Production Companies : Columbia Pictures, Original Film
  • Director : Ryan Craig, Jonathan Watson, G. A. Aguilar
  • Stars : Jonah Hill , Channing Tatum , Brie Larson
  • When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go under cover as high-school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.
Release Date
1992-04-16
  • Rate : 7.7
  • Production Companies : Golden Princess Film Production Limited, Milestone Productions
  • Director : John Woo, Patrick Leung Pak-Kin, Sylvia Liu
  • Stars : Chow Yun-fat , Tony Leung Chiu-wai , Anthony Wong
  • A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Release Date
1989-03-24
  • Rate : 7.8
  • Production Companies : Film Workshop, Golden Princess Film Production Limited
  • Director : John Woo
  • Stars : Chow Yun-fat , Danny Lee Sau-Yin , Sally Yeh
  • Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
Release Date
1984-12-05
  • Rate : 7.4
  • Production Companies : Paramount, Eddie Murphy Productions
  • Director : Martin Brest, Betty Goldberg, Thomas J. Wright
  • Stars : Eddie Murphy , Judge Reinhold , John Ashton
  • Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.
Release Date
1967-08-02
  • Rate : 7.9
  • Production Companies : United Artists, Mirisch Corporation, The
  • Director : Norman Jewison, Terry Morse, Jr., Newt Arnold
  • Stars : Sidney Poitier , Rod Steiger , Warren Oates
  • African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Release Date
2005-10-21
  • Rate : 7.5
  • Production Companies : Silver Pictures, Warner Bros.
  • Director : Marco Black, Ty Arnold, Jay Mason
  • Stars : Robert Downey Jr. , Val Kilmer , Michelle Monaghan
  • A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Release Date
2007-04-20
  • Rate : 7.8
  • Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Big Talk Studios
  • Director : Edgar Wright, Julie Brown, Jeremy Lovering
  • Stars : Simon Pegg , Nick Frost , Jim Broadbent
  • 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.
Release Date
1987-03-06
  • Rate : 7.6
  • Production Companies : Silver Pictures, Warner Bros.
  • Director : Richard Donner, Terry Miller, Marion Tumen
  • Stars : Mel Gibson , Danny Glover , Gary Busey
  • Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Release Date
1982-12-07
  • Rate : 6.9
  • Production Companies : Paramount
  • Director : Walter Hill
  • Stars : Nick Nolte , Eddie Murphy , Annette O'Toole
  • A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Release Date
1985-11-01
  • Rate : 7.3
  • Production Companies : United Artists, SLM Production Group
  • Director : William Friedkin, Jackie Saunders, Bud S. Smith
  • Stars : William Petersen , Willem Dafoe , John Pankow
  • A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
Release Date
1995-09-22
  • Rate : 8.6
  • Production Companies : New Line Cinema, Juno Pix
  • Director : David Fincher, Cori Glazer, Nilo Otero
  • Stars : Morgan Freeman , Brad Pitt , Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.