| Millennium (1996) | 8.0 | |
| Speed (1994) | 7.3 | |
| Person of Interest (2011) | 8.5 | |
| Monk (2002) | 8.1 | |
| Ronin (1998) | 7.2 |
Ex law enforcer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ex law enforcer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, realistic, serious, exciting, detective and rough films and TV shows about / with ex law enforcer, storytelling, police, murder, dialogue, police officer, chase, violence, corruption and runaway plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ex law enforcer: The Glades (2010), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), The Blacklist (2013), Homefront (2013), U.S. Marshals (1998), Meet the Fockers (2004), Haunted (2002), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Safe (2012), Man on a Ledge (2012).
Best films
New films
| Safe (2012) | 6.5 | |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) | 7.0 | |
| King & Maxwell (2013) | 7.1 | |
| Hanna (2011) | 6.7 | |
| Reverie (2018) | 6.6 |
List of ex law enforcer movies
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This Crime series follows Matt Passmore as Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affair with his wife. After receiving his payout, Jim decides to moves to a small ...
Style:
detective, cliffhanger, stylized, exciting, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, multiple suspects, outsmarting, outside help, murder, team, murder investigation, police investigation, coworker, ex husband, starting over ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, usa, everglades, miami
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- ...
Style:
funny, not serious, humorous, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
couples, follow your dream, hidden identity, farce, taxi, superhero, starting over, culture clash, superhuman, uninhibited rivalry, hopes, understanding ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, israel, middle east, usa, lebanon ...
Is relevant?
298K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style:
tense, exciting, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, terrorism, mind game, outsmarting, murder investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, washington d.c.
Is relevant?
141K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter,Maddy. He decides to ...
Style:
serious, breathtaking, tense, rough, noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, protector, ex law enforcer, chase, single father, single parent, tough heroes, secret service, retiring, drug, undercover cop, one against many ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, new jersey
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120K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night
Plot:
manhunt, on the run, cia, agent, conspiracy, escaped prisoner, escape, frame up, traitor, swamp, airplane accident, car chase ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, chicago, kentucky, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of ...
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
parents and children, meet the parents, family relations, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, wedding, father in law son in law relationship, farce, ex cia agent, parenthood, sarcasm, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa, chicago
Is relevant?
699
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Haunted is an American television program first aired in September 2002 on UPN. The program, which was filmed in Vancouver, was canceled in November 2002 due to low ratings. As a result, only seven of the completed episodes were aired. However, all ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
private detective, supernatural, ghost, uncover truth, psychic power, investigation, supernatural ability, afterlife, ex law enforcer, police protagonist, supernatural power, conspiracy ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going ...
Style:
neo noir, action comedy, funny, intense, rough ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
buddy, private detective, stripper, american football, football, reluctant partners, assassin, murder, corruption, strip club, police detective, buddy cop ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, cleveland ohio
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
chase, gunfight, protector, lone hero, on the run, triad, child in peril, martial arts, bodyguard, tough heroes, outsmarting, ex military ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, new york, brooklyn new york city, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
heist, twists and turns, robbery, caper, police, happy ending, perfect crime, mind game, conspiracy, investigation, nypd, negotiator ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased ...
Style:
suspense, intense, psychological, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, murder, police investigation, ex law enforcer, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, ex cop, loss of mother, hitman, cash, virus, epidemic ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
taxi driver, vigilante, law enforcement, ex law enforcer, taxi, driver, crooked cop, chinese mafia, revenge, triad, nypd, dirty cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Las Vegas is an American television series broadcast by NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. The show focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, gambling, hot and sexy, businessman, friends, boss and employee, gambler, cons and scams, team, parents and children, ex law enforcer, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, private detective, conspiracy, twists and turns, betrayal, politics, infidelity, mayor, political corruption, corruption, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, realistic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
espionage, outsmarting, spy, private investigator, investigation, starting over, uncover truth, secret agent, peril, ex law enforcer, new job, lifestyle change ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
florida, miami, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, Germany
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Transporter: The Series is an English-language French-Canadian action-adventure television series, spun off from the Transporter film series created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the ...
Style:
exciting, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car, driving, car chase, chase, martial arts, one man army, tough heroes, danger, chases and races, heroes, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, italy, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: ...
Style:
stylized, brutal, exciting, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
vigilante, comic book, vengeance, one man army, tough guy, avenger, revenge, dark hero, vigilantism, brutality, gory, superhero ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
336K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Turkey, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, action packed, action thriller, saga ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, family outing, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, vigilante, one man army, kidnapped, hostage, brutality, lone hero, chase, retribution, secret service, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, europe, los angeles, balkan ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
207K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of ...
Style:
clever, suspenseful, neo noir, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, car chase, cia, mafia, mercenary, covert operation, shootout, car, escapades, undercover, caper, ira ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, france, europe, nice france, french riviera
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, spy action ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, computer genius, privacy invasion, mysterious character, computer, fighting crime, law enforcer, hacker ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
818K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: Singapore
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A veteran cop forms an agency dedicated to solving cold cases, including those related to the team members' own painful and mysterious pasts.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
detective agency, private investigation, crime investigation, private detective, fighting crime, partners against crime, ex cop, forensics, homicide detective, investigation, fight, sleuth ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Da Vinci's City Hall is a Canadian dramatic television series, which premiered on CBC Television on 25 October 2005. The series was a spin-off of the long-running Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest. The creator, writer and executive ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
mayor, coroner, politician, murder, father daughter relationship, social issues, urban, legal, mysterious death, forensic, fighting crime, crime investigation ...
Place:
vancouver
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions ...
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, feel good, absurd ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
nothing goes right, in-laws, marriage, family relations, family disapproval, eccentric family, parents and children, youth, suburbs, comedy of errors, family gatherings, disorder ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, miami
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Forgotten is a television series which premiered on September 22, 2009 on ABC. On November 9, 2009, ABC ordered five additional episodes of the series, bringing the first season's total to eighteen episodes. The final two episodes of The ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
investigation, amateur detective, missing person, murder, murder investigation, race against time, chases and races, unsolved crime, female detective, victim, police, ex law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Style:
bloody, emotional, bleak, art house, lyrical ...
Plot:
police, yakuza, gangster, character study, dying, death, samurai, loss, loss of partner, loss of loved one, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, mount fuji, india
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a ...
Style:
tech noir, cult classic, futuristic, serious, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, dystopia, police brutality, violence, conspiracy, kick-butt women, bodyguard, corruption, haunted by the past, uncover truth, violent ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1995, near future, year 1999 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to ...
Style:
sexy, depressing, realistic, erotic, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, sex scene, interracial romance, electric chair, death penalty, prison, interracial sex, prison guard, dysfunctional family, death row, sex, interracial relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, southern usa, georgia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
Style:
talky, clever, serious, political thriller, contemplative ...
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, secret service, double agent, book, investigation, betrayal, kgb, mole, spy thriller, british intelligence ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france ...
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