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1987 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf Lethal Weapon is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Lethal Weapon, ranked
1. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
The same mismatched LAPD duo returns for another high-stakes investigation where personal stakes and explosive action sequences prove that their chemistry only gets sharper after a decade of partnership.
2. S.W.A.T. (2003)
An elite tactical unit faces escalating threats from organized crime while navigating the same explosive chemistry between hardened veterans and driven newcomers that fuels their high-stakes missions.
3. WEAPONiZED (2016)
Weaponized pairs a burned-out cop with an unstable civilian driven by vengeance, forcing them to navigate moral ambiguity while racing against a ticking clock to stop a catastrophic threat.
4. Street War - In the Line of Duty (1992)
Riggs and Murtaugh's volatile partnership dynamic finds its mirror in this film's exploration of how grief and rage reshape a detective's methods when institutional justice fails.
5. Bad Boys (1995)
The buddy-cop dynamic of mismatched detectives navigating high-stakes drug cases with explosive action and sharp banter delivers the same adrenaline-fueled chemistry that made the original so iconic.
6. Bad Boys for Life (2020)
The chemistry between two mismatched cops—one explosive, one measured—drives both the comedy and carnage as they dismantle a drug operation through witty banter and improvised teamwork.
7. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Riggs and Murtaugh's combustible chemistry finds its match in Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's decades-long partnership, as both films mine comedy gold from mismatched cops forced to trust each other while dismantling criminal conspiracies that threaten everything they've built.
8. War (2007)
An FBI agent's obsessive pursuit of a lethal adversary mirrors the cat-and-mouse intensity of mismatched partners hunting killers, delivering the same relentless action and moral ambiguity wrapped in explosive set pieces.
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