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Movies like 48 Hrs. 1982
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About 48 Hrs.
Movies closest to 48 Hrs.
Silver Streak 1976Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
The Last Boy Scout 1991Also classical in form, unpretentious and resolved
Lethal Weapon 1987Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
Bad Boys 1995Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
Running Scared 1986Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
The Young Master 1980Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
Hooper 1978Also classical in form, unpretentious and effortless
City Heat 1984Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
The Legend of Drunken Master 1994Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
Shadow of the Thin Man 1941Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
The Password Is Courage 1962Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
Nobody 2 2025Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
The same feel, in other forms
Albums
- Halfway to Sanity 1987Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
- Mondo Bizarro 1992Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
- Let There Be Rock 1977Also classical in form, resolved and relentless
Games
Die Hard Arcade 1996Also resolved, classical in form and unpretentious
Zombie Estate 2 2013Also classical in form, relentless and resolved
Tesla vs Lovecraft 2018Also relentless, unpretentious and resolved
Books
The Cuckoo Tree (Wolves #6) 1971Also classical in form, resolved and relentless
Her Royal Spyness 2007Also classical in form, resolved and effortless
The Seven Dials Mystery 1920Also classical in form and resolved
Series
City Hunter 1987Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
Minder 1979Also classical in form and effortless
The WONDERfools 2026Also resolved, classical in form and effortless
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