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1. Castle (2009–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas
Votes: 174,525
2. The Little Things (2021)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer
Votes: 126,699
3. Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss.
Stars: Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger, Rick Gonzalez
Votes: 10,107
4. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.
Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown
Votes: 30,258
5. Bad Boys (1995)
R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Lisa Boyle, Michael Taliferro
Votes: 286,790 | Gross: $65.81M
6. American Gangster (2007)
R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin
Votes: 452,931 | Gross: $130.16M
7. The Other Guys (2010)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Derek Jeter, Eva Mendes
Votes: 288,631 | Gross: $119.22M
8. I, Robot (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 576,000 | Gross: $144.80M
9. Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A slightly unhinged cop is partnered with a veteran detective trying to maintain a low stress level in his life.
Stars: Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm, Michelle Mitchenor
Votes: 40,471
10. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 291,449 | Gross: $49.28M
11. Bad Boys II (2003)
R | 147 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 267,496 | Gross: $138.61M
12. S.W.A.T. (2003)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody, and only the L.A.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J
Votes: 154,020 | Gross: $116.93M
13. Candyman (1992)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 100,260 | Gross: $25.79M
14. Nash Bridges (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.
Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jeff Perry
Votes: 8,109
15. The Informer (2019)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Votes: 42,140
16. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
R | 127 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
Votes: 172,342 | Gross: $130.44M
17. HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021– )
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Morgane has a 160 IQ but it never really helped her in her everyday life. The police decide to bring her on board to help them track down and catch highly intelligent criminals.
Stars: Audrey Fleurot, Mehdi Nebbou, Bruno Sanches, Marie Denarnaud
Votes: 1,622
18. 24 Hours in Police Custody (2014– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
Cameras follow Bedfordshire Police over a 24 hour period as they respond to emergencies, investigate crimes, arrest suspects and battle against the clock.
Stars: Zawe Ashton, Royce Pierreson, Attiq Malik, Brett Jones
Votes: 949
19. The Night of the 12th (2022)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet
Votes: 9,609
20. The Locksmith (I) (2023)
92 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.
Director: Nicolas Harvard | Stars: Kate Bosworth, Ryan Phillippe, Charlie Weber, Jeffrey Nordling
Votes: 2,356
21. Holding (I) (2022)
60 min | Drama
Follows PJ Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work.
Stars: Conleth Hill, Pauline McLynn, Demi Isaac Oviawe, Charlene McKenna
Votes: 2,041
22. La piovra (1984–2001)
TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer
Votes: 3,963
23. Betrayed (1988)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair
Votes: 7,018 | Gross: $25.82M
24. Antibodies (2005)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte
Votes: 9,045
25. Polisse (2011)
Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama
A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.
Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Karin Viard, JoeyStarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Votes: 15,335 | Gross: $0.17M
26. Wild Horses (2015)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective opens up a fifteen-year-old missing persons case, and begins to suspect that the missing boy was murdered, and that a local rancher was involved.
Director: Robert Duvall | Stars: Robert Duvall, James Franco, Darien Willardson, Angie Cepeda
Votes: 3,930
27. The Seven Five (2014)
R | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of 80s Brooklyn.
Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Mike Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chickie
Votes: 6,281 | Gross: $0.01M
28. Vice Academy (1989)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Students at the police vice academy go out on the streets of L.A. and accumulate graduation points by trying to make small arrests.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Ginger Lynn, Karen Russell, Jayne Hamil
Votes: 950
29. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Charismatic detective wise-cracks his way through murder mysteries.
Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys
Votes: 572
30. Follow Me Quietly (1949)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 1,745
31. Police (1985)
113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard
Votes: 3,011
32. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama
In a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora
Votes: 1,751
33. The Young Americans (1993)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama
Experienced NYPD detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of killings organized by a new player in town, an American gangster. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Terence Rigby
Votes: 2,772
34. Großstadtrevier (1986– )
50 min | Crime, Comedy, Drama
The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.
Stars: Maria Ketikidou, Jan Fedder, Till Demtrøder, Saskia Fischer
Votes: 373
35. The Devil You Know (2019– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
A journalist races to learn the truth when human remains are found in the home of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu.
Stars: Chad Nance, Nate Anderson, Jenna Woodring, Matt Flowers
Votes: 912
36. World's Wildest Police Videos (1998–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Reality-TV
Host John Bunnell takes viewers on a constant thrill ride with real police videos captured from around the world. including high speed chases.
Stars: John Bunnell, C.W. Jensen, Andy DiPalma, Bill Young
Votes: 269
37. Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark
Votes: 1,460
38. Ang probinsyano (1996)
118 min | Action, Drama
Ador (Fernando Poe Jr.) is killed in a drug bust operation after he was betrayed by his fellow cop. His superior devices a plan for his twin brother, Kardo, a provincial cop, to assume his ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Dindi Gallardo, Amanda Page, Melisse Santiago
Votes: 78
39. Blind Justice (2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery
NYPD Detective Jim Dunbar returns to work after being blinded in the line of duty.
Stars: Ron Eldard, Marisol Nichols, Reno Wilson, Frank Grillo
Votes: 470
40. Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Murder and trouble hit Veum when he meets up with classmates in the rock-band Camp, when he resumes contact with a former flame Rebecca, now the wife of his buddy. A Varg Veum mystery by best-selling crime novelist Gunnar Staalesen.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Per Kjerstad, Bjørn Floberg, Pia Tjelta
Votes: 2,410
41. Posutoman burûsu (1997)
110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police.
Director: Sabu | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Ôsugi, Kyôko Tôyama
Votes: 1,893
42. Emma's Shadow (1988)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven-year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her ... See full summary »
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Line Kruse, Börje Ahlstedt, Erik Wedersøe, Søren Østergaard
Votes: 340
43. Squala (1998)
Action
Hudlo (Joko Diaz) is a good-natured young man - polite, compassionate, and honest. But one day, his father is killed and all his uprightness is abandoned.
Director: Jose 'Kaka' Balagtas | Stars: Joko Diaz, John Regala, Rufa Mae Quinto, Aya Medel
Votes: 11
44. Small Town Secrets (2022– )
History
Connersville, Indiana is haunted by the disappearance of Denise Pflum, and the rumors of what really happened to her. Now, an investigator is trying to solve the case Once and for all.
Stars: Gianna Toboni, Stacy Reese, Chad Blaes, Craig Pennington
Votes: 41
45. Highway Cops (2012– )
Reality-TV
Follows the officers of the New Zealand Police Highway Patrol who aim to keep motorists safe on 11,000 kilometres of spectacular and unforgiving roads in New Zealand.
Star: John Leigh
Votes: 15
46. Pagbabalik ng probinsyano (1998)
123 min | Action, Drama
Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Anjanette Abayari, Paquito Diaz, Daniel Fernando
Votes: 26
47. The Lady in the Morgue (1938)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.
Director: Otis Garrett | Stars: Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Thomas E. Jackson
Votes: 173
48. The Miscellaneous Brigade on the Watch (1971)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In 1971 three inept petty Romanian criminals are released from prison but find themselves at the core of two money laundering and burglary cases.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu, Sebastian Papaiani, Puiu Calinescu
Votes: 1,978
49. Red Team (1999)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two FBI agents join a special team of operatives called Red Team that hunts serial killers. One of the suspects is soon found dead. The follow up investigation reveals that someone may be executing suspected serial killers.
Director: Jeremy Haft | Stars: Patrick Muldoon, Cathy Moriarty, Tim Thomerson, Fred Ward
Votes: 595
50. Live PD: Women on Patrol (2018– )
30 min | Reality-TV
Spin-off series from Live PD shines a spotlight on the female police officers in the line of duty all across the US.
Stars: Gretchen Carlson, Megan O'Bryan, Nan Twigg, Allyson Roy
Votes: 57