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1. The Guilty (2021)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Christina Vidal

Votes: 148,688

2. Ride Along (2014)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Security guard Ben must prove himself to his girlfriend's brother, top police officer James. He rides along James on a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter, John Leguizamo

Votes: 122,792 | Gross: $134.94M

3. Every Secret Thing (2014)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective looks to unravel a mystery surrounding missing children and the prime suspects: two young women who, seven years ago, were put away for an infant's death.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Diane Lane, Brynne Norquist, Eva Grace Kellner, Lily Pilblad

Votes: 9,178

4. The Guilty (2018)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.

Director: Gustav Möller | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Gotthardt Olsen

Votes: 64,424 | Gross: $0.21M

5. The Sugarland Express (1974)

PG | 110 min | Crime, Drama

A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks, William Atherton

Votes: 19,085 | Gross: $7.50M

6. The Devil Inside (2012)

R | 83 min | Horror

In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama

Votes: 37,505 | Gross: $53.26M

7. American Heist (2014)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

James owes his life to his older brother, Frankie after taking the rap for a crime they committed together. While Frankie served time, James worked to turn his life around, got a steady job and began courting his former girlfriend Emily. Now, Frankie is released and back on the streets with no money and no place to go.

Director: Sarik Andreasyan | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Earl Minor, Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 17,554

8. He Walked by Night (1948)

Approved | 79 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.

Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell

Votes: 6,702

9. Custody (2017)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.

Director: Xavier Legrand | Stars: Léa Drucker, Denis Ménochet, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux

Votes: 10,319 | Gross: $0.08M

10. The Beast of Bray Road (2005)

R | 80 min | Horror

Based on actual accounts of werewolf sightings in Walworth County, Wisconsin, the film follows a local sheriff who is finally forced to accept that a string of horrifying deaths is linked ... See full summary »

Director: Leigh Scott | Stars: Jeff Denton, Thomas Downey, Sarah Lieving, Joel Ezra Hebner

Votes: 1,437

11. The Window (1949)

Approved | 73 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart

Votes: 4,854

12. Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959)

Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Las Vegas, a group of assorted criminals plans the robbery of an armored truck hauling casino money to the bank.

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, Grant Richards

Votes: 698

13. Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 2,995

14. The Beast of the City (1932)

Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 1,420 | Gross: $0.89M

15. Operator (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Thriller

When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela (Mischa Barton), and her estranged husband Jeremy (Luke Goss), a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are ... See full summary »

Directors: Amariah Olson, Obin Olson | Stars: Ving Rhames, Luke Goss, Mischa Barton, Michael Paré

Votes: 2,269

16. City That Never Sleeps (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold

Votes: 1,618

17. Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka

Votes: 1,279

18. Homicide (1949)

Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama

Detective Landers (Robert Douglas), of the Los Angeles Homicide Bureau, suspects murder when the body of a transient ranch hand is found in a sleazy Los Angeles hotel. Unable to be assigned... See full summary »

Director: Felix Jacoves | Stars: Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Robert Alda, Monte Blue

Votes: 315

19. This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2008 Video)

102 min | Documentary, Crime

Retrospective documentary covering aspects of the Zodiac investigation, including interviews with the original investigators and surviving victims.

Director: David Prior | Stars: Pierre Bidou, Russell T. Butterbach, Les Lundblad, Richard Hoffman

Votes: 349

20. Undercover Maisie (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Streetwise but kind-hearted Maisie Ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. Trying to get to New York for a job, she ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Ann Sothern, Barry Nelson, Mark Daniels, Leon Ames

Votes: 273

21. I Promise to Pay (1937)

Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 187

22. Men of the Hour (1935)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

Dave Durkin and Andy Blane are a pair of ace newsreel cameramen with Durkin being the assistant who does all the dirty work, with Blane getting the credit and collecting the bonuses. They ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Billie Seward, Wallace Ford, Jack La Rue

23. The Iceman's Ball (1932)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes that they are real policemen and they get back the patrol car. Out on the beat, the duo chase women rather than criminals, just like real cops.

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, James Finlayson, Fred Kelsey

Votes: 35

24. I-Nasty (2007)

Short, Comedy

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Director: Peter Byck | Stars: Chris Bonno, Jesselynn Desmond, Sirena Irwin, Ken Jenkins

Votes: 10

25. Shakedown (1936)

Approved | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he can support her on his own earnings. He goes to work for her father as a messenger in the ... See full summary »

Director: David Selman | Stars: Lew Ayres, Joan Perry, Thurston Hall, Victor Kilian

Votes: 15

26. Profile in Blue (1975 Video)

19 min | Documentary, Short

The history of the Nassau County (NY) Police Department is traced.

Director: Norman Rafsol | Stars: Ralph Caso, Louis J. Frank, Jerry Scott

27. Chase H.Q. (1988 Video Game)

Action, Crime

A car chase video game in which you must run suspected criminals off the road.

Votes: 42

28. Harbor Command (1957–1958)
Episode: Clay Pigeon (1958)

30 min | Action

A recently released convict won't forget that it was Baxter that had him sent up, and now determined to exact revenge with a high powered rifle he steals from a gunsmith's shop. He taunts ... See full summary »

Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Wendell Corey, Robert Clarke, Casey Walters, Clark Howat

29. Night Visions (2001–2002)
Episode: If a Tree Falls.../The Occupant (2001)

TV-14 | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Three college friends drown in a lake and discover that they can still live as long as no one learns of their death. / Who keeps moving Mary's things and making noises in her house? Is someone invading her home, or is it all in her mind?

Directors: Joe Dante, Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Art Kitching, Jonathan Jackson, Bridget Fonda

Votes: 111

30. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: The Awakening (2007)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A police dispatcher sees the spirits of a man and two women in her home and learns from a Bible-toting paranormal investigator that the male ghost is there to feed off her fear.

Director: David Haycox | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Tamara Johnson, Malcom McCutcheon, Ed Whitacre

Votes: 56

31. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode: Jack's Maxwell Is Stolen (1956)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

Jack panics when Rochester informs him that his Maxwell automobile has been stolen from his garage and they immediately race to the opulent Beverly Hills police station where the dispatcher... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, The Sportsmen Quartet, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Votes: 39

32. S.W.A.T. (2017– )
Episode: Monster (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The members of the SWAT team are tasked with securing a former Somali warlord wanted for war crimes; Streets' foster brother asks for help with his corrupt boss; Hondo's Dad attempts to make amends with his Mom.

Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson

Votes: 363

33. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Son of Sam Part 2: I Am A Monster (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1977, the city of New York was being stalked by a seemingly faceless serial killer known as, "Son of Sam"; after his final shooting took him to Brooklyn, a twist of fate and a little luck- led to his capture.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Jeff Kamen, Casey Jordan, Patrick Breslin

Votes: 29

34. The Stand (1994)
Episode: The Plague (1994)

TV-14 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

When a deadly virus escapes from a government research facility, few prove to be immune to its effects. With symptoms similar to the flu, those who come into contact with it quickly die. ... See full summary »

Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 925

35. Paranormal Witness (2011– )
Episode: Trumbull County UFO/The Dangerous Game (2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, Horror, Mystery

First, a board game unleashes an evil spirit who wreaks havoc on the lives of an innocent family. And then the skies of a small town play host to one of the most widely-witnessed UFO events ever.

Director: Stephen Kemp | Stars: Toby Meloro, Roy Ann Rudolph, Lisa Dobrowolski, Mike Dobrowolski

Votes: 73