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Stakeout
1987Stakeout shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Action, Buddy, Buddy Cop genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
69%
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Shoot to Kill
1988Shoot to Kill shares both genre DNA and cast connections with Running Scared, giving the two films a strong natural relationship.
✓ They share Action, Buddy Cop, Crime genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Also stars Robert Lesser
Match
62%
03
Bad Boys
1995Bad Boys shares both genre DNA and cast connections with Running Scared, giving the two films a strong natural relationship.
✓ They share Action, Buddy, Buddy Cop genres✓ Both explore identity✓ Also stars Joe Pantoliano✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
61%
04
Dragnet
1987Dragnet shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Crime, Comedy, Buddy Cop genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
60%
05
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Comedy, Buddy, Crime genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
60%
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989See No Evil, Hear No Evil shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Crime, Buddy, Comedy genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
60%
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Beverly Hills Cop II
1987Beverly Hills Cop II shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Action, Buddy Cop, Comedy genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
60%
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K-9
1989K-9 shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Action, Comedy, Buddy Cop genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
60%
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Any Which Way You Can
1980Any Which Way You Can shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Action, Buddy, Comedy genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
60%
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Lethal Weapon
1987Lethal Weapon shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Crime, Action, Buddy genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both have a comic tone✓ Very similar runtime
Match
59%
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Beverly Hills Cop
1984Beverly Hills Cop shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Action, Buddy, Buddy Cop genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both have a comic tone✓ Very similar runtime
Match
59%
12
The Protector
1985The Protector shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Action, Buddy Cop, Comedy genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
58%
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Turner & Hooch
1989Turner & Hooch shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Comedy, Buddy Cop, Action genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a comic tone
Match
58%
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Murphy's Law
1986Murphy's Law shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Crime, Action, Buddy Cop genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Very similar runtime
Match
57%
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Colors
1988Colors shares key genre characteristics with Running Scared and comes from a similar filmmaking era.
✓ They share Buddy, Crime, Action genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Very similar runtime
Match
57%
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