Incompetent police movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant incompetent police movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, suspenseful, not serious, exciting and serious films and TV shows about / with incompetent police, police, police officer, law enforcement, murder, disorder, investigation, nude, police investigation and farce plots mostly in Crime, Comedy and Drama genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as incompetent police: The Serpent (2021), The Dukes of Hazzard (2005), The Simpsons (1989), Taxi (1998), Backyard (2009), The Troops of St. Tropez (1964), Taxi 3 (2003), Taxi 2 (2000), Reno 911! (2003), Reno 911!: Miami (2007).
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List of incompetent police movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, psychological, independent film, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, tourist, private investigation, danger, murder investigation, incompetent police, police investigation, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, incompetent official, criminal, medicine ...
Time:
70s
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand, india, nepal, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Cousins, Bo and Luke Duke, with the help of their eye-catching cousin, Daisy and moonshine-running Uncle Jesse, try and save the family farm from being destroyed by Hazzard County's corrupt commissioner, Boss Hogg. Their efforts constantly find ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, entertaining, hilarious, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
friends, car chase, misfit, chases and races, redneck, buddies, racing, disorder, heroes, countryside, incompetent police, woman in short shorts ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia
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465K
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, adult animation, adult cartoon, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, chick flick, toddlers, kids ...
Plot:
dark humor, goofy hero, satire, social satire, beer, suburbs, bully, siblings relations, family relations, werewolf, eccentric family, adult humor ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
usa, nova scotia
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96K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, chases and races, unlikely friendships, taxi driver, heist, buddy, french president, incompetent police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, europe, provence, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An astonishing fictional account of the unending series of murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, which began in 1996. Most of the victims are low-paid laborers who have been drawn to the town by the possibility of work at American-owned ...
Style:
serious, rough, psychological, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police investigation, woman in danger, police corruption, rape victim, fighting crime, incompetent police, injustice, law enforcement, danger, dishonesty ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The ambitious police officer Cruchot (Louis de Funès) is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling ...
Style:
funny, humorous, realistic, satirical, light ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
gendarme, father daughter relationship, beach, yacht, seaside, stolen painting, gendarmerie, nun, police, hitchhiker, gas station, investigation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
france, french riviera, saint tropez, cote d'azur, mediterranean sea ...
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48K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, exciting, light, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
car chase, car, taxi driver, skiing, buddies, unlikely partners, disguise, pregnancy, mentor, betrayal, fight scenes, friends ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, marseille, paris france
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63K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Style:
humorous, exciting, hilarious, not serious, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
chase, car chase, yakuza, taxi, kidnapping, police investigation, gang, buddy, stereotypes, creativity, hostage, taxi driver ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
france, marseille, paris france, europe, san francisco ...
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25K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Reno 911! is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that ran from 2003 to 2009. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically COPS, with comic actors playing the police officers. Most of the ...
Style:
humorous, parody, sitcom, mockumentary, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, law enforcement, police officer, improv, workplace, police station, incompetent police, escapades, disorder, policewoman, squad, workplace situations ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, usa, reno nevada
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, mockumentary, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police, police investigation, satire, writers, justice, fighting crime, law enforcement, incompetent police, buddies, save the day, disorder, masturbation ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami beach, miami, usa, reno nevada
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, crime thriller, factual, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
bank robber, bank robbery, mafia, gunfight, criminal, robbery, group of criminals, heist, criminal heroes, great depression, gang, manhunt ...
Time:
1930s, year 1933, year 2009, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, tucson arizona, illinois, arizona ...
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5K
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the morning of April 5, 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, mindfuck, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police officer killed, robbery, confined, incompetent police, master criminal, thief, money, heist, nordic, hunting, ghetto, gangster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst police ...
Style:
humorous, light, slapstick, melancholic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
pink panther, law enforcement, lone hero, danger, goofy hero, incompetent police, riddles and clues, police, farce, murder mystery, bank robber, investigation ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, new york, usa, europe ...
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14K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Mask aka The Mask: Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the film of the same name. The show ran for two seasons, from August 12, 1995 to March 8, 1997, on CBS, and spawned its own short-run comic book series, ...
Style:
humorous, retro, light, anime, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
superhero, hidden identity, nothing goes right, disorder, incompetent police, troublemaker, fighting crime, masked man, weirdo, childhood, urban, pets ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1997, year 1996
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story of Peppino Impastato, a political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. One hundred steps was the number of steps it took to get from the Impastato house to the house of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti.
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, rough, political ...
Plot:
assassination, radio, gangster, rebelliousness, fighting the system, political activist, idealism, rebellion, society, dishonesty, media, incompetent police ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
italy, sicily, corsica, europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A reporter teams up with the sister of a murdered model in order to bring her case justice.
Style:
realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
courtroom, courtroom drama, murder, cover up, investigation, uncover truth, fighting the system, model, dishonesty, legal, law enforcement, loss of sibling ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 20th century
Place:
delhi, india, asia, new delhi
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the small town of Shuckton, Ontario, which has just placed a bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, its mayor, Larry Bowman, is found murdered. As the authorities investigate, other townsfolk with a personal history to the deceased mayor conduct ...
Style:
witty, humorous, not serious, clever, detective ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, mayor, small town, murder investigation, investigation, social relations, dark humor, crumbling relationship, small town life, incompetent police, journalism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
canada
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20K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The narration spans the period since the seventh election of Andreotti as Prime Minister of Italy in 1992, until the trial in which he was accused of collusion with the Mafia.
Style:
political, disturbing, philosophical, cerebral, enigmatic ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, italian history, corruption, assassination, terrorist, prime minister, murder, state affairs, idealism, blackmail, head of state ...
Time:
70s, year 2008, year 1993, year 1991, year 1992 ...
Place:
europe, italy, sicily, moscow russia, soviet union ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran for two series on the BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was written by Ben Elton.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, detective, not serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police station, police, sergeant, goofy hero, partners against crime, nothing goes right, workplace, incompetent police, working undercover, sarcasm, cop, acid ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, britain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
suspense, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, vigilante, violence, vigilante justice, murder, gang, revenge, investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, violent ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, family friendly, toddlers ...
Plot:
dog, investigation, young heroes, escapades, chases and races, journalism, friends, incompetent police, pets, danger, riddles and clues, courage ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, belgium
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, crime drama ...
Plot:
rape, revenge, rape and revenge, violent, rape victim, incompetent police, violence against women, sexual abuse, violence, vengeance, social problems, trauma ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
The young "Commisario" detective Salve Montalbano, based in a village, solves mysterious crimes in Sicilia.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating, witty ...
Plot:
mafia, police investigation, crime solving, incompetent police, partner, outsmarting, up and down relationship, police detective, crime investigation, mind game, murder, law enforcement ...
Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, slapstick, detective, funny, witty ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
diamond, jewel thief, pink panther, master criminal, princess, law enforcement, robbery, winter, chase, hotel, car chase, farce ...
Time:
year 1963, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
switzerland, europe, los angeles, france, paris france ...
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166K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, serious, exciting, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
bounty hunter, friendship, jazz, fighting crime, unlikely partners, chases and races, space travel, spaceship, escapades, outer space, buddies, machismo ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
space western
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Survival Skills is a lost police training video from 1988, which tells the story of Jim, a rookie cop who gets in over his head when he tries to resolve a domestic violence case outside the law.
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, stylized
Plot:
domestic violence, police, social relations, police officer, chief of police, crime investigation, goofy hero, courage, law enforcement, incompetent police, fish out of water, investigation ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, psychological thriller
Plot:
vigilantism, fight for justice, revenge, lawlessness, black, father son relationship, hostage, lynching, injustice, price of justice, justice, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 176 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story that shocked a nation in the summer of 1988 and revealed the scandalizing amount of errors committed by the media and the police in a half-baked attempt to rescue hostages.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bank robbery, media frenzy, incompetent police, fugitives, police, life & death, graphic violence, partners in crime, chases and races, hostage, media circus, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A commissar seeks the help of a psychiatrist when he suffers from amnesia amidst a case.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, psychological, tense, suspense
Plot:
police, kidnapping, amnesia, danger, false accusation, crime scene, serial killer, investigation, law enforcement, scapegoat, mastermind, murder mystery ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve in the fictitious town of El Camino, NV.
Style:
suspenseful, bloody, humorous, fairy tale, neo western ...
Plot:
christmas, hostage, christmas eve, holiday horror, profanity, police officer, incompetent police, search for father, hostage situation, police, police brutality, blood ...
Place:
usa
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