Corrupt cop movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant corrupt cop movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, neo noir, detective, realistic, suspense and serious films and TV shows about / with corrupt cop, police, police officer, police corruption, murder, death, gun, violence, gangster and chase plots mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as corrupt cop: Internal Affairs (1990), Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Black and Blue (2019), Training Day (2001), Triple 9 (2016), The Shield (2002), 21 Bridges (2019), Blackway (2015), Too Old to Die Young (2019), Priest of Evil (2010).
Best films
New films
| Havoc (2025) | 5.6 | |
| Code 8: Part II (2024) | 5.7 | |
| Caught Stealing (2025) | 6.9 | |
| Ace (2025) | 6.5 | |
| Nobody 2 (2025) | 6.3 |
List of corrupt cop movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style:
neo noir, clever, detective, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, investigation, corruption, police officer, police investigation, abusive husband, sociopath, betrayal, murder, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, neo noir, hood ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, corrupt cop, police detective, corruption, rookie, undercover, organized crime, nypd, dirty cop, guilt, robbery ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2010, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to ...
Style:
suspense, tense, hood, bleak, slang ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghetto, corrupt cop, drug lord, african american, police corruption, rookie, chase, racial discrimination, organized crime, criminal gang, danger, black ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, detroit, usa
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512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense ...
Plot:
heist, police corruption, betrayal, bank robbery, dirty cop, mafia, corruption, corrupt cop, masked man, police detective, strip club, violent ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel, boston, los angeles
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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, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A disgraced NYPD detective after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption.
Style:
neo noir, detective, bleak, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nypd, police officer killed, murder investigation, corrupt cop, police, black, manhunt, dirty cop, conspiracy, fbi agent, brooklyn bridge, cocaine ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s
Place:
new york, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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11K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operates with impunity in this small community on the edge of the wilderness. Forsaken by the local ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, sincere ...
Plot:
stalker, revenge, loss of daughter, corrupt cop, murder, intruder, female protagonist, meth lab, single woman, threat, hometown, on the road ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
TV show
Story:
The numb existences of Martin Jones, a police officer with secrets to hide, and Jesus, a traumatized avenging son, collide in a ghostly Los Angeles where several ruthless criminal gangs fight for their turf and dictate who lives and who dies.
Style:
neo noir, art house, bloody, suspense, artsy ...
Plot:
vigilantism, gang war, social satire, police brutality, sex with a minor, criminal underworld, shooting, mother son relationship, criminal, mexican immigrant, double life, serial killer ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Detective Sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit is an honest and conscientious cop;one of the city's very best;who loses his daughter in tragic circumstances. Despite the support he receives;Timo is unable to recover ...
Style:
twist ending, psychotronic, ambiguous ending, surprise ending, twisted ...
Plot:
police, serial killer, police corruption, chase, revenge, marital problem, death of child, dysfunctional marriage, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, death of daughter, corrupt cop ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, surprise ending, crime drama, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police, hospital, police station, prostitute, corrupt cop, hostage, police brutality, cop killer, guilt, police captain, puerto rican ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, san francisco ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style:
neo noir, touching, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, murder, loneliness, organized crime, redemption, sniper, loner, life philosophy, dark hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, france, paris france, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.
Style:
psychological, tense, stylized, suspense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
violence, police officer, robbery, gangster, corrupt cop, mafia, police corruption, police investigation, organized crime, twists and turns, dirty cop, caper ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, independent film, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gambling, redemption, corruption, rape, drug addiction, baseball, masturbation, violence, police lieutenant, nun, drug dealer, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new jersey
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122K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style:
suspenseful, detective, road movie, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
chase, delivery, organized crime, bicycle, cyclist, on the run, cycling, race against time, corrupt cop, police corruption, voice over narration, money ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, china, seattle ...
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21K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of the six-and-a-half story narrative search for the anti-drug police is to find the great glass dealer in the capital.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, intense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
iranian, drug overdose, prison, drug, drug addict, propaganda, lawyer, police station, death sentence, torture, capitalism, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tehran iran, persia, iran, middle east
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any ...
Style:
clever, tense, suspense, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cons and scams, con artists, mastermind, con men, caper, hustler, organized crime, justice, heroin, crime gone awry, police corruption, deception ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the outskirts and back-alleys of Kuala Lumpur, several individuals with money problems struggle to get their lives straight, find their paths unexpectedly intersecting - with fatal results.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
corrupt cop, police corruption, money, corruption, needing money, handgun, police partner, police, money problems, police officer, urban, class conflict ...
Place:
malaysia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, atmospheric, epic, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, revenge, crime family, betrayal, mob boss, wedding, greed, pride and honor, cosa nostra, violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place:
italy, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, sicily ...
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153K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, black comedy, visually stunning, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, money, mafia, robbery, violence, betrayal, organized crime, twists and turns, greed, anti hero, prostitute ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a fictional modern-day Sao Paulo, where marijuana has been legalized, this series follows 29-year-old Biriba, a drug dealer who decides to give up his criminal life and enter the legal drug sales industry. Unfortunately for Biriba, going ...
Style:
hood, crime drama, psychological, captivating, tense
Plot:
cannabis, criminal underworld, drug dealer, male nudity, sex, crime boss, favela, mobster, corrupt cop, mafia, weed, fatherhood ...
Place:
brazil, sao paulo brazil, latin america, uruguay, south america
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42K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A desperate father, alongside a tenacious cop, battles his own demons on the streets of 1980s New York as he searches for his missing nine-year-old son.
Style:
detective, dark
Plot:
male homosexuality, puppet, son, puppeteer, corrupt cop, racism, alcoholism, corruption, nightclub, father son relationship, aids, homelessness ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Detective Axel Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter Jane’s life is threatened, she and Foley team up with a new partner and old pals Billy Rosewood and John Taggart to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.
Style:
detective, dark comedy, buddy comedy, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, police officer, investigation, police, corrupt cop, rescue, female lawyer, shootout, conspiracy, intimidation, father daughter estrangement, tough guy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, detroit, north america
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single handedly takes on ruthless developers determined to evict Clydie - a widow with two young children. Nobody knows who Sam is.
Style:
exciting, political, cult classic, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teens
Plot:
martial arts, widow, hand to hand combat, bank robber, sex scene, vigilante, on the run, farm, manhunt, showdown, arson, one against many ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
montana, california, hawaii, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Aftab has been brought up his mother, Mariam, and has no knowledge as to the identity and whereabouts of his biological father. When Mariam gets news that Ramakant Pandit is dying, she asks...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
terrorist, brother brother relationship, male bonding, on the run, death of father, desert, illegitimate son, absent father, traitor, corrupt cop, yuppie, framed for murder ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
motel, criminal, hidden money, corrupt cop, prostitute, death of wife, bag of money, prostitution, blonde, hostage, disability, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who ...
Style:
sexy, rough, detective, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
human trafficking, kidnapping, missing child, sexual abuse, child molestation, sex slavery, slavery, child rape, rescue, child molester, forced prostitution, humiliation ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, mexico city, poland, texas, el paso texas ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style:
bloody, neo noir, bleak, witty, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, violence, police corruption, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, vigilante, crime boss, corrupt cop, criminal, vigilantism, hitman ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
japan, east asia, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the ...
Style:
exciting, witty, suspenseful, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, police inspector, corrupt cop, buddy cop, police corruption, corruption, disorder, buddies, misfit partners, odd couple, law enforcement, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style:
suspense, serious, retro, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gangster, buddy cop, revenge, car chase, police corruption, vengeance, reluctant partners, murder of an innocent person, telepathy, native american reservation, cold blooded murder, showdown ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
philadelphia, canada, san francisco
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