48 Hrs.

48 Hrs. (1982) is a crime action-comedy you can watch online, the film that more or less invented the mismatched-buddy cop formula. Walter Hill directs with grit, while the script lets the jokes land between gunfights.

Hard-edged detective Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) is chasing an escaped killer and loses his service revolver in a shootout. His only lead is Reggie Hammond, a smooth-talking convict he springs from prison for exactly two days. Cates wants revenge; Reggie wants his hidden cash and a good time. In his screen debut, Eddie Murphy steals every scene he's in.

The two men can barely stand each other, trading insults as the clock runs down. The bar sequence, where Reggie bluffs a room using a borrowed badge, is still quoted decades later. Stream 48 Hrs. (1982) online on iFILM.