| 3:10 to Yuma (2007) | 7.6 | |
| Unforgiven (1992) | 8.2 | |
| Eyewitness (2016) | 7.6 | |
| Lone Star (1996) | 7.4 | |
| Deputy (2020) | 6.5 |
Sheriff movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sheriff movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic and weird films and TV shows about / with sheriff, murder, small town, violence, blood, gun, chase, brutality, death and dialogue plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Action genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sheriff: Longmire (2012), The Last Stand (2013), Banshee (2013), Deputy (2020), Deadwood (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), Cop Car (2015), The Vanished (2020), Lone Star (1996), Stan Against Evil (2016).
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List of sheriff movies
43K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
sheriff, cowboy, policewoman, small town, police investigation, police, small town sheriff, small town life, police officer, social relations, peril, election ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton Junction ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, stylized, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
sheriff, small town, car chase, violent, hostage, drug lord, gangster, prisoner, drug cartel, cartel, fighting crime, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, arizona, las vegas, california, mexico
Is relevant?
144K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ex convict, sheriff, tough heroes, shooting, female nudity, organized crime, cop, gory, hidden identity, law enforcement, hacker, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman, more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea of politics, who won’t ...
Style:
bleak, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
old west, sheriff, cowboy, law and order, deputy, die hard, fighting crime, police station, politician, wife, workplace, police detective ...
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127K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an ...
Style:
tense, serious, atmospheric, clever, period piece ...
Plot:
sheriff, old west, violence, power struggle, shooting, society, gold rush, gunfight, prostitute, dishonesty, lifestyle, profanity ...
Time:
1870s, 19th century, y2k, year 2004, victorian era ...
Place:
south dakota, usa, hawaii
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
hitman, psychopath, shooting, serial killer, peril, desert, human nature, brutality, death, sheriff, cruelty, bounty hunter ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico, america, austin texas ...
Is relevant?
37K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Style:
road movie, suspense, bloody, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
child, murder, stealing a car, child in peril, boy, car, car chase, sheriff, coming of age, crime gone awry, highway, stupidity ...
Place:
colorado, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A family vacation takes a terrifying turn when parents Paul and Wendy discover their young daughter has vanished without a trace. Stopping at nothing to find her, the search for the truth leads to a shocking revelation.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
missing child, sheriff, camping, accidental killing, missing daughter, investigation, twists and turns, disappearance, husband wife relationship, camping trip, danger, swearing ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, witty, tense, touching ...
Plot:
twists and turns, father son relationship, sheriff, police investigation, murder, investigation, small town, family history, greed, police corruption, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1996
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, usa, southern usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly joins an alliance with new sheriff, Evie Barret to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, demonic, creepy ...
Plot:
good versus evil, sheriff, supernatural power, demon, supernatural, witch hunt, small town, murder, curse, evil, black magic, save the world ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new hampshire, new england
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On the cusp of New Year's Eve, seven friends and a mysterious backpacker converge at a desolate ski lodge in the mountains when they are systematically hunted down by ruthless masked men with a cryptic agenda.
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
sheriff, new year's eve, mountain cabin, forest ranger, maniac, stalking, missing person, new year, masked killer, murder, violence, survival ...
Is relevant?
465K
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, cult classic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
old west, revenge, cowboy, redemption, vengeance, small town, sheriff, hitman, wild west, gunfight, shootout, gunslinger ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1800s, year 1992, 90s ...
Place:
wyoming, kansas, america, usa, north america ...
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8K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor ...
Style:
serious, stylized, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sheriff, organized crime, corruption, greed, police investigation, mafia, power struggle, rivalry, father son relationship, cowboy, mobster, rancher ...
Time:
year 1960, 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place:
las vegas, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Algeria, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
sheriff, starting over, haunted by the past, going straight, society, small town, friendship, redemption, parole, arrest, mexican american border, convict ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in his slowly disintegrating mentally.
Style:
psychological, rough, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, sheriff, snow, small town life, alcoholism, dysfunctional family, insanity, abusive father, domestic violence, addiction, character study, drinking ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa, canada
Is relevant?
137K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Style:
scary, suspense, creepy, splatter, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
infected, insanity, chaos and mayhem, plague, deadly virus, epidemic, gory, survival, quarantine, survival horror, transformation, virus ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s
Place:
usa, iowa, kansas
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He ...
Style:
suspense, road movie, perverse, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
u.s. mexico border, murder, desert, mafia, drug cartel, boy, life is a bitch, sheriff, border, old man, border patrol, ranch ...
Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, mexico, columbus ohio, arizona ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A giant alligator goes head to head with a giant Anaconda. The town sheriff must find a way to destroy the two monsters before they kill the whole town.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, natural horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
snake, animal attack, crocodile, giant snake, killer animal, lake, monster, reptile, creature feature, sheriff, monster versus monster, eaten alive ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.
Style:
road movie, funny, cult classic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
road trip, car chase, trucker, truck, on the road, police chase, carsploitation, sheriff, convoy, truck driver, driving, car ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, alabama, mississippi, austin texas, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A sheriff and his son who are tracking down a group of bank robbers on their way to Mexico, only to discover that they are being stalked by a far more deadly enemy — The Reeker.
Style:
scary, tense, slasher, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, psychopath, death, burned alive, supernatural, murder, fugitives, good versus evil, supernatural ability, survival, ghost, danger ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
138K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the ...
Style:
brutal, dark, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
brutality, wilderness, cannibalism, violent, native american, blood, rescue, murder, violence, cannibal, scalping, macabre ...
Time:
year 2015, 19th century, year 2016, 2010s, 1890s ...
Place:
america, north america, california
Is relevant?
68K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Style:
suspense, stylized, harsh, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, native american attack, cowboy, wild west, gunfight, friendship, sheriff, modern western, justice, murder, trust, law enforcement ...
Time:
19th century, year 2008, 1800s, 1880s
Place:
texas, new mexico, iowa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be ...
Style:
tense, mind bending, serious, captivating, mysterious ...
Plot:
small town, small town life, apocalypse, investigation, danger, society, missing person, cryogenics, post-apocalyptic future, beast, sheriff, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, idaho
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Four friends set out by boat for an idyllic vacation on a private, remote island. But unknown to them, a weaponized shark has escaped from a top secret military lab nearby, a shark that was genetically engineered with hate in its blood, and ...
Style:
mockbuster, natural horror, spoof, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
shark, shark attack, animal attack, killer shark, sheriff, giant animal, giant monster, water, killer animal, sea creature, professor, lecture ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Mari and Phyllis go to the "big city" to see their favorite band BloodLust. Along the way they meet up with newly escaped convict Krug and his gang.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, bleak, creepy, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rape, gory, revenge, psychopath, rape and revenge, youth, vigilante, violent, sex, exploitation, psycho killer, payback ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, connecticut
Is relevant?
311K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, snow, fbi, rape, native american reservation, murder investigation, winter, violence, fbi agent, forest, native american ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, demonic, suspense ...
Plot:
stephen king, small town, sheriff, curses spells and rituals, survival, mine, murder, supernatural, mysterious character, danger, family in danger, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, salt lake city utah, vietnam, nevada
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from ...
Style:
touching, computer animated, feel good, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, toys, childhood, rescue, toy comes to life, toy story, rivalry, wilhelm scream, birthday, loyalty, buddy, birthday present ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america, ohio
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
Style:
captivating, talky, bloody, stylized, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
bounty hunter, winter, stagecoach, prisoner, gang, cold weather, old west, murder, snow, dark humor, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
19th century, year 2015, 2010s, victorian era, year 2016
Place:
wyoming, usa
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: France, Japan, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have ...
Style:
sexy, scary, suspense, not serious, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
piranha, animal attack, killer animal, underwater, blood, dangerous animal, boat, killer fish, nudity, death, gory, spring break ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
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