| Twin Peaks (1990) | 8.7 | |
| Line of Duty (2012) | 8.7 | |
| Blood Ties (2013) | 6.5 | |
| The Untouchables (1987) | 7.8 | |
| The Shield (2002) | 8.7 |
Honest law enforcer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant honest law enforcer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, detective, tense and rough films and TV shows about / with honest law enforcer, police, law enforcement, police officer, fighting crime, police detective, investigation, police investigation, police station and criminal plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as honest law enforcer: Line of Duty (2012), Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Motive (2013), King (2011), Rookie Blue (2010), The Shield (2002), Gangaajal (2003), On the Job (2013), Axe Cop (2012), Walking Tall (1973).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Steve Arnott is a young officer who’s fallen foul of his superiors for refusing to help in the cover-up of an operation that ended in the shooting of an innocent father. He seems ideal to join AC-12, an anti-corruption police unit, just as it ...
Style:
serious, tense, crime drama, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police, police corruption, honest law enforcer, british police, police detective, twists and turns, female police detective, corruption, dirty cop, policewoman, secret, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
Style:
exciting, detective, realistic, cliffhanger, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
partners against crime, police protagonist, fighting crime, investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement, police, hotshot, honest law enforcer, policewoman, teamwork, suspicion ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, "Motive" centers on Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. The series, filmed in Vancouver, is an ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
murder investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, honest law enforcer, investigation, fighting crime, police investigation, unsolved crime, sergeant, law enforcement, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, vancouver
Is relevant?
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
law enforcement, police detective, policewoman, female detective, female police detective, police investigation, honest law enforcer, who done it, fighting crime, investigation, leadership, task force ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, sentimental, detective ...
Plot:
rookie, policewoman, workplace romance, lesbian, female police officer, cop, workplace situations, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, shooting, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
Style:
tense, rough, crime drama, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, law enforcement, police detective, cruelty, cop, dirty cop, police brutality, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, police protagonist, murder, corrupt cop ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
police station, law enforcement, fighting crime, police brutality, criminal's revenge, rivalry, bribery, honest law enforcer, vigilantism, police corruption, confession, police ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On The Job is about the ambitions and passions of four men trying to make a living, for themselves and their families. It shows the parallels between two prison inmates who are contract killers, and the two agents of the law investigating the ...
Style:
realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassination, politics, gangster, corruption, danger, honest law enforcer, corrupt law enforcer, dishonesty, criminal heroes, asian, prison ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Axe Cop is an animated series based on the webcomic of the same name. It premiered on Fox on July 21, 2013, as a part of the channel's Animation Domination HD programming block. The series aired 6 11-minute episodes in its first season, which ...
Style:
adult animation, humorous, not serious, surreal, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
good versus evil, heroes, fighting crime, heroic mission, disorder, tough heroes, tough law enforcer, super weapon, machismo, allies, rivalry, honest law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Buford Pusser's a wrestler, whose wife wants him to settle down, so they go to his home town in Tennessee, where he plans to get into business with his father. But he is shocked to discover all sorts of graft and corruption going on. And when ...
Style:
tense, realistic, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilante, revenge, vigilantism, redneck, small town, vengeance, danger, criminal syndicate, corruption, police corruption, sheriff, fighting crime ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
tennessee, usa, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, action adventure ...
Plot:
fighting crime, honest law enforcer, mayor, price of justice, workplace situations, boss and employee, police, police officer, police station, black cop, justice, president ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style ...
Style:
suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
police commissioner, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, family relations, honest law enforcer, couple relations, workplace, police officer, friends, murder, danger, friendship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
London's police force is in need of a public image revamp. And Chief Constable Richard Miller has found just the woman to do it...American visionary from the world of new media Liz Garvey, sets out to revolutionise the force's PR ...
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, captivating, serious, detective ...
Plot:
workplace, law enforcement, workplace situations, fighting crime, police station, public relations, honest law enforcer, society, police procedural, sniper, incompetent police, kurd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
NYC 22 is an American police procedural drama which ran on CBS from April 15 to August 11, 2012. The series was a mid-season replacement for CSI: Miami. On May 13, 2012, both series were canceled by CBS.
Style:
realistic, serious, detective, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
rookie, police, fighting crime, state trooper, partner, law enforcement, police officer, streetwise, partners against crime, supportive coworker, ex athlete, honest law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
Style:
tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stock exchange, hitman, bank clerk, crime investigation, human nature, disorder, danger, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, honest law enforcer, financial ruin, financial problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Antonio, a policeman (carabiniere), has an order to take two children (Rosetta and her brother Luciano) from Milan to Sicily to an orphanage. Their mother has been arrested for forcing Rosetta (11 years old) to work as a prostitute. First the ...
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, touching, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
child abuse, kids in trouble, coming of age, orphanage, social differences, life is a bitch, family problems, gain trust, on the road, self discovery, society, honest law enforcer ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
italy, sicily, switzerland, europe
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
police, who done it, investigation, danger, fighting crime, police investigation, rivalry, law enforcement, honest law enforcer, murder investigation, police detective, cop ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
Picking up the storyline from where Singam ended, Duraisingam (Suriya) has gone undercover after meeting the Home Minister and is working as an NCC officer in a school in Thoothukudi. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, love triangle, social relations, heroes, rivalry, fighting crime, good versus evil, working undercover, covert operation, smuggling, undercover cop, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Style:
tense, serious, stylized, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
family relations, family problems, criminal heroes, betrayal, dishonesty, family reunited, police detective, rivalry, honest law enforcer, gang, mobster, shaolin ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Style:
intense, realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, justice, home invasion, lone hero, small town, ex military, revenge, one against many, brutality, heroes, organized crime, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
police investigation, law enforcement, secret movement, police detective, dishonesty, honest law enforcer, secret agenda, robbery, boarding school, nordic, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, flanders
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Kevin Corcoran is a rugged young Irish immigrant policeman trying to keep the peace in the historical Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City while searching for information on the disappearance of his wife and death of his daughter.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective, serious ...
Plot:
law enforcement, fighting crime, gunfight, ex military, american civil war, power struggle, priest, black american, african american, racial slur, honest law enforcer, corruption ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
clever, suspenseful, period piece, inspirational, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, prohibition era, mentor, shootout, smuggling, prohibition, police, tax evasion, gunfight ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
chicago, america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story revolves around three members of a police surveillance squad conducting an investigation into a financial investment group involved in criminal fraud. The focus of the plot, however, is actually on the three officers themselves who stumble ...
Style:
realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, corporate crime, partner, undercover, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, economics, mafia, big business, big brother, chinese mafia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A tough but honest cop must clear his name after a corrupt colleague implicates him in a murder in this French thriller. Ferrot is a hard-as-nails police detective who is attracted to a beautiful woman named Sylvia. Sylvia, however, is having an ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, lonely man, police corruption, murder, frame up, honest law enforcer, who done it, righting the wronged, tough law enforcer, race against time, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network until May ...
Style:
detective, exciting, realistic, serious, witty ...
Plot:
police, police officer, investigation, car chase, female warrior, rookie, pretty girl, agent, die hard, intelligence agency, woman with a gun, police investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
legal, courtroom, legal action, workplace, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, jury, cop witness relations, lawyer, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, rough, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, old west, wilderness, social decay, social misfits, violence spree, tough law enforcer, wild west, cowboy, one against many, husband wife relationship, dark hero ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1880s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new mexico
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Between the Lines was a television police drama series created by J. C. Wilsher and produced by World Productions for the BBC. It was first shown on BBC1 between 1992 and 1994, running for three series.
The show centred on the eventful life of ...
Style:
detective, tense, dark, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
police, corruption, internal affairs, investigation, police corruption, conspiracy, lesbian, ethics, racism, bureaucracy, morality, sexual harassment ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Style:
detective, captivating, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
village, constable, medical, partners against crime, parents, working class, farm, rural area, juvenile delinquency, honest law enforcer, village life, motorcycle chase ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, northern england, yorkshire, europe, united kingdom
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