10 Great Movies Starring The Brooklyn Nine-Nine Cast

The best big screen efforts from our favourite comedy coppers.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Universal Pictures

As Brooklyn Nine-Nine gears up for its eighth and final season, it’s fair to say the cop comedy has cemented its place as one of the finest sitcoms of its era. The show was a slow burner, but is now established as a beloved audience pleaser thanks to its great gags, zippy plots, and most importantly its fantastic cast.

With a combination of established comedy stars, up and comers and cult favourites, and dramatic actors making the seamless transition to comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine used its deep bench of performers as well as any recent sitcom. Factoring in its deep bench of recurring guest stars only bolsters the ranks even further.

Some of the stars’ big screen efforts are well known; others have CVs peppered with hidden gems, cult classics, and smaller scale movies well worthy of rediscovery. Some have been plying their cinematic trade long before the show; others have parlayed their small screen success into cinemas and streaming services.

If you’re going to miss the Nine-Nine precinct after their final run, here are 10 great films to check out that ought to keep you going.

10. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Universal Pictures

Andy Samberg made his name on Saturday Night Live, but more specifically as a part of The Lonely Island, his group which, alongside Jorma Taccome and Akiva Schaffer, made some of the venerable sketch show’s most enduring skits in modern times. Their 2016 mock doc Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping stands among their finest achievements.

The premise is a simple one, charting the rise and fall of Samberg’s Conner Friel, a Justin Bieber/Timberlake style child pop star turned teen heartthrob, but while the premise is less than massively original, the Lonely Island gang’s observational comedy goes so much deeper than that of their contemporaries.

One of the few comedies with its finger genuinely on the pulse, Popstar is a fantastic send up of both the music biz and modern reality TV, spoofing the output of TMZ et al, as well as the likes of Mackelmore (the spoof of “Same Love” is a highlight), and the film’s sole aim is to provide laughs, which is so rarely the case these days.

With a great supporting cast of comedians including Tim Meadows and Maya Rudolph (as well as a Chelsea Peretti cameo), this was a commercial flop but instant cult hit.

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