If you loved Police Academy, try Burglar
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Burglar has roughly 28.1× fewer votes than Police Academy — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Hugh Wilson, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Crime territory. If that's the register that drew you to Police Academy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Burglar is
This one wants to be a zany caper so badly. A bookstore-owning burglar finds a corpse during a routine heist. Now she has to solve the murder to avoid charges for that and the initial crime. It’s mostly a very late entry in a specific '80s filmography.
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