10 Best Buddy Cop Movies Of All Time
8. 21 Jump Street
No matter how different the pairing, at least one cop knows their stuff. Unfortunately, that’s not the case in 21 Jump Street. Starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as possibly the two most under-qualified police officers ever, Jump Street sees them return to high school to crack a drug ring. But they somehow end up trying to rectify past mistakes instead of focussing on the case.
With Phil Lord and Christopher Miller directing, 21 Jump Street is somewhere between wonderfully funny and woefully cringey. Tatum and Hill are so comfortable working together that this film which really shouldn't have been able to work somehow ended up taking the box-office by storm.
Their combined talent actually made it possible for them to better themselves in the sequel, and opened up the possibility of a crossover with Men In Black. Like The Other Guys and Hot Fuzz, 21 Jump Street is plenty silly but combined with some actual police work to get by.