After his childhood buddy is murdered while visiting Detroit, rebellious cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) follows the leads to Beverly Hills, Calif., under the auspices of a vacation.
He checks in with old friend Jenny Summers (Lisa Eilbacher) and starts to believe her boss, art dealer Victor Maitland (Steven Berkoff), might somehow be involved in the murder. However, Lt. Bogomil (Ronny Cox) of the Beverly Hills Police Department does not trust Foley, and hinders his search for evidence.
List of Movies Like Beverly Hills Cop
1. Bad Boys
Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) blow a fuse when $100 million worth of heroin they recently confiscated is heisted from station headquarters.
Suspecting it was an inside job, Internal Affairs gives them five days to track down the drugs before they shut down the narcotics division. Action meets farce when Marcus is compelled to masquerade as his partner in order to gain the trust of a call girl (Tea Leoni), a key witness in their investigation.
2. Batman
Batman ventures into Gotham City’s underworld when a sadistic killer leaves behind a trail of cryptic clues.
As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator’s plans become clear, he must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has long plagued the metropolis.
3. Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan. It stars Bruce Willis as New York City police detective John McClane, who becomes embroiled in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife, Holly (played by Bonnie Bedelia).
The terrorists, led by the charismatic villain Hans Gruber (portrayed by Alan Rickman), seize the Nakatomi Plaza during a Christmas party. Their goal? To rob a corporate vault containing a staggering $640 million in bearer bonds
4. Con Air
Con Air is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West. It stars Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe, a highly decorated Army Ranger who finds himself trapped on a prisoner-transport plane.
After serving time for involuntary manslaughter, Cameron Poe is paroled and boards a flight on the Jailbird, a converted JPATS prison transport plane. Accompanying him is his diabetic cellmate and best friend, Mike “Baby-O” O’Dell.
Most of the inmates on the flight are high-risk convicts being transferred to a supermax prison. Among them are mass murderer William “Billy Bedlam” Bedford, serial rapist John “Johnny 23” Baca, former Black Guerrilla general Nathan “Diamond Dog” Jones, and professional criminal Cyrus “The Virus” Grissom.
However, things take a deadly turn when Grissom and Diamond Dog seize control of the plane. Their plan? To land at Carson Airport, pick up more prisoners, and escape to a non-extradition country. U.S. Marshal Vince Larkin tries to regain control, but chaos ensues.
5. First Blood
First Blood (1982) is an American action film directed by Ted Kotcheff and co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo.
Rambo, a troubled and misunderstood veteran, arrives in the small town of Hope, Washington. Sheriff Will Teasle arrests him on charges of vagrancy, resisting arrest, and possessing a concealed knife. Rambo’s mistreatment triggers flashbacks of his torture during the Vietnam War.
As events escalate, Rambo must rely on his combat and survival skills to survive a massive manhunt by police and government troops.
6. Speed
Speed is a high-octane action thriller released in 1994, directed by Jan de Bont and starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, and Dennis Hopper. The film primarily unfolds on a Los Angeles bus rigged with a bomb. LAPD SWAT officer Jack Traven and his partner, Harry Temple, thwart an attempt to bomb an elevator filled with people for a $3 million ransom by an extortionist bomber.
As they corner the bomber, he takes Harry hostage. Jack shoots Harry in the leg, forcing the bomber to release him. The bomber flees and detonates the bomb, seemingly killing himself. The next morning, a mass transit bus explodes from another bomb planted by the same bomber.
Contacting Jack, the bomber explains that a third bomb is rigged on a different bus, which will arm once it reaches 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) and detonate if it drops below that speed. The bomber demands an updated ransom of $3.7 million and threatens to remotely detonate the explosive if any passengers are offloaded. Jack races through freeway traffic, boards the bus, but the bomb is already armed.
A felon on board accidentally wounds the bus driver, Sam Silver, and passenger Annie Porter takes over as the driver. Jack reveals the bomb to the passengers, and the film follows their intense efforts to keep the bus moving and prevent disaster.
Speed became critically and commercially successful, grossing $350.4 million on a $30–37 million budget.
7. Predator
Predator (1987) is an American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan. Vietnam War veteran Major Alan “Dutch” Schaefer and his elite military rescue team (Mac, Poncho, Blain, Billy, and Hawkins) are sent to rescue a foreign cabinet minister and his aide from communist insurgents in a South American rainforest.
However, they discover that their mission was a ruse. The real objective is to stop a Soviet-backed invasion. As they navigate the jungle, they encounter the deadly extraterrestrial creature known as the Predator, which hunts them down with advanced technology.
8. The Lost Boy
“Lost Boy” is a Lifetime movie that follows the story of a family whose six-year-old son mysteriously disappears, leading to the parents’ divorce. Eleven years later, a 17-year-old boy claiming to be their lost son reappears. However, things take a dark turn as suspicions arise about the returned kid.
Thankfully, this movie is not based on a true story. If you’re interested in another movie with a similar theme, check out “The Family,” an upcoming ABC series about a family dealing with their youngest child’s disappearance and the unexpected return of a young man claiming to be their son.
9. Superman
“Superman” (also marketed as “Superman: The Movie”) is a 1978 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Superman. An alien orphan named Kal-El is sent from his dying planet, Krypton, to Earth.
Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers. He moves to Metropolis, where he adopts the mild-mannered persona of reporter Clark Kent and develops a romance with Lois Lane.
10. Robo Cop
“RoboCop” is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit in the near future, the movie centers on police officer Alex Murphy (played by Peter Weller) who is brutally murdered by a gang of criminals.
His remains are then revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products as the cyborg law enforcer known as RoboCop. Unaware of his former life, RoboCop embarks on a campaign against crime while grappling with the lingering fragments of his humanity.
