Kuffs is a 1992 American action comedy film directed by Bruce A. Evans and produced by Raynold Gideon. The film stars Christian Slater and Tony Goldwyn, as well as Milla Jovovich and Ashley Judd in her film debut. The plot follows an officer of the San Francisco Patrol Special Police (SFPSP), a private for-hire auxiliary police force separate from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), that has officers assign themselves specific areas and work on a for-hire basis.

George Kuffs, an irresponsible 21-year-old high school dropout from San Francisco, has walked out on his pregnant girlfriend Maya. Having lost his job and with no other prospects, George visits his brother, Brad, to ask for money. Brad serves as an officer in the SFPSP. Brad, unwilling to loan George any money, suggests George join him as a Patrol Special in the district he owns and work under him. Before George can decide on accepting the offer, Brad is shot by a man named Kane, whom George sees holding the gun; Kane drops the gun and nonchalantly walks away from the scene, while Brad is rushed to the hospital.

George is brought in for a lineup where he identifies Kane as the shooter, but the SFPD is forced to release him because George did not actually see Kane, who had worn gloves to prevent fingerprints, fire the gun. Shortly after, George is told by Captain Morino, a friend of Brad's, that Brad died from his injuries and that George has been bequeathed Brad's district. Local businessman Sam Jones tries to purchase the district so he can control it, but George decides to keep it and train to be a police officer. Seen as unskilled and rude, George draws the ire of his fellow Patrol Specials and Officer Ted Bukowsky, an SFPD liaison who has been assigned to work with the SFPSP as punishment for having an affair with the police chief's wife. George spikes Ted's coffee with sleeping pills while on duty, resulting in Ted getting suspended.

After George is shot and wounded by a suicidal writer, his life begins to improve. He cracks a criminal enterprise run out of a Chinese dry cleaner (run by Jones), gaining respect and admiration from his fellow officers; he also reconnects with Maya. George avenges Brad's murder by killing Kane in self-defense after a failed ambush in George's apartment. His joy is short lived, however, after Jones gives George's high school transcript to the SFPSP—proving George is ineligible to be a police officer because he never graduated—and declares he will take control of the district.

George continues to track Jones and seeks out the still-suspended Ted for help. They wind up in a rooftop shootout with Jones' goons and are eventually assisted by the rest of the SFPSP. George corners Jones in the lowest level of a parking garage and fatally shoots him in self-defense.

George marries Maya, who gives birth to a baby girl named Sarah. At Maya's suggestion, he takes the high school equivalency exam and passes, allowing him to continue working as an officer. He also takes out a loan to expand his brother's district.

Kuffs was written directly for the screen by Evans and Gideon, both of whom had Slater in mind for the title role. Slater said he took the role in part because he wanted to avoid doing accents or worrying about historical accuracy, as in his previous two roles. Because of his popularity as a teen idol, Slater said he was asked to do a scene in his underwear. He refused, saying that it was too gratuitous.

The film was shot in San Francisco and Los Angeles.