Dirty cop movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dirty cop movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, realistic, detective, tense, serious and suspense films and TV shows about / with dirty cop, corrupt cop, police, murder, law enforcement, police corruption, police officer, cop, violence and gang 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 dirty cop: Training Day (2017), Dirty (2005), Street Kings (2008), Cop Land (1997), Triple 9 (2016), The Shield (2002), Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Training Day (2001), Filth (2013), Sicario (2015).

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 6.1
 4K
Training Day (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Fifteen years after the events of the feature film, Kyle Craig is assigned to go undercover in an elite squad of the LAPD as Detective Frank Rourke’s trainee to spy on him and report on his off-book methods. As Frank starts teaching his principled ...
Style: exciting, tense, psychological, suspenseful, detective
Plot: dirty cop, police, lapd, gunfight, dishonesty, corruption, swat team, danger, adaptation, couples, society, mentor ...
Time: 2000s
Place: usa
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 5.5
 6K
Dirty (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, dirty cop, street gang, drug dealing, internal affairs, guilt, investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, murder, working undercover, cop ...
Time: year 2005
Place: los angeles, latin america, cuba
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 6.8
 120K
Street Kings (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, detective, hood, harsh ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, twists and turns, gangster, cop, vigilantism ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 7.0
 106K
Cop Land (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And ...
Style: suspenseful, neo noir, talky, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: corruption, nypd, dirty cop, mafia, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, corrupt cop, investigation, small town ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
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: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
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 8.7
 87K
The Shield (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 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, exciting, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, police detective, law enforcement, corrupt cop, dirty cop, cop, police brutality, dishonesty, cruelty, murder, tough law enforcer, peril ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
Genre: Action, 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, realistic, suspense, neo noir, hood ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: corrupt cop, police corruption, police, corruption, organized crime, rookie, nypd, dirty cop, betrayal, swat team, robbery, murder ...
Time: year 2010, year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 7.7
 470K
Training Day (2001)
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, realistic, tense, harsh, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: police corruption, gang, corrupt cop, ghetto, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, dirty cop, drug ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.0
 115K
Filth (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style: dark comedy, surreal, cynical, black comedy, sexual ...
Plot: addiction, insanity, dark humor, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, losing-it hero, corrupt cop, hallucination, murder, self destructing, cocaine, drug ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: scotland, hamburg germany, britain, edinburgh scotland
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 7.7
 470K
Sicario (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: cia, hitman, drug cartel, revenge, swat team, fbi, black ops, fbi agent, drug smuggling, crime boss, organized crime, cia agent ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, texas, el paso texas, tucson arizona ...
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 6.4
 10K
Gang Related (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an undercover DEA ...
Style: hood, detective, neo noir, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hip hop, gangster, police corruption, dirty cop, drug, violence, urban, black, brutality, murder, lawyer, corruption ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.1
 18K
36th Precinct (2004)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years ...
Style: rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: vengeance, rivalry, organized crime, police corruption, investigation, violence, dirty cop, twists and turns, police investigation, police, nudity, workplace intrigue ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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 6.7
 1K
Alex (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, UK
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Ruthless and corrupt police officer Alex has decided to come to terms with his dubious past and become clean. But the dark forces he has collaborated with earlier refuses to let him off the hook, putting both Alex and his family's lives at ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: police corruption, dirty cop, organized crime, police protagonist, corrupt cop, crime investigation, antisocial behavior, double life, father son relationship, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, right and wrong ...
Place: eastern europe
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Walking the Halls (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: High school senior Casey finds herself seduced into the fast lifestyle of a call girl ring run by a campus police officer and must pull herself out before she loses all self-control. made for TV
Style: disturbing, realistic, serious, touching, exciting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: prostitute, marital strife, youth, self control, parents and children, corrupt officer, chance, lifestyle, social relations, high school life, teenage life, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.5
 118K
Premium Rush (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, 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: exciting, suspenseful, action packed, road movie, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: chase, delivery, organized crime, race against time, cycling, bicycle, police corruption, corrupt cop, on the run, chinese immigrant, justice, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, china
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The Untouchables (1987)
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: suspense, suspenseful, stylized, clever, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: mafia, gangster, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, mentor, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: chicago, usa, america
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 5.7
 149
Would Be Kings (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Best friends Patrick (Currie Graham) and Jamie (Ben Bass) are also cousins and cops determined to keep the streets safe and provide for their families. Their relationship suffers when they become entangled in a dangerous mix of mobsters, corruption, ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, rough
Plot: police corruption, dirty cop, best friend, law enforcement, life is a bitch, betrayal, drug dealing, gang, dishonesty, drug abuse, drug bust, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
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 4.8
 4K
Wild Horses (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a 15-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott’s estranged son unexpectedly returns ...
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, neo western ...
Plot: horse, horse riding, wild horse, texas ranger, missing person, cowboy, ranch, dirty cop, gay, father son relationship, murder mystery, investigation ...
Place: usa
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Spike of Love (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: An innocent businessman gets in over his head during a night of lust in this horror-comedy from director Steve DiMarco.
Style: dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspenseful ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, dominatrix, sibling rivalry, violent sex, caught having sex, dirty cop, dumb criminal, rough sex, bare breasts, love triangle, police officer killed, woman on top ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
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 7.1
 730
Fair Trade (2021)
Genre: Crime
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Walter Wilson (Kevin Janssens) and Robin De Rover (Ella-June Henrard) once started their careers in the police force with great dedication and noble ideals, but too often saw months of intensive and dangerous detective work lost due to what they ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot: police, dirty cop, friendship, rivalry, chase, gangster, who done it, uncover truth, partners against crime, escapades, law enforcement, dea ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium
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 8.1
 1K
Manayek (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused to be corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.
Style: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot: friendship, investigation, dirty cop, corruption, israeli, police officer, friends, partner, chase, escapades, murder, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, ukraine
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 5.4
 4K
Torrente 5 (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Crooked cop Torrente gets out of jail in the year 2018 to find a different Spain from the one he knew.
Style: not serious, parody, humorous, realistic, light ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: casino, misfit, heroes, crime gone awry, dirty cop, gang, robbery, silly humor, goofy hero, rivalry, disorder, gambling ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain
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 7.4
 7K
Temper (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Daya, a corrupt police officer, is transferred to Vizag and becomes involved with Walter Vasu, a local crook. When Walter kidnaps Daya's girlfriend, Daya goes to war with Water's criminal empire.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, twist ending
Plot: corruption, dirty cop, corrupt official, bullying, gangster, mistaken identity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder, corrupt cop, chase, twists and turns, entertainment ...
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 4.6
 3K
The Hoarder (2015)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ella discovers a terrifying secret when she becomes trapped in an underground storage facility. To survive she must join forces with a group of strangers, each with something to hide.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological, psychotronic, bleak ...
Plot: murder, dirty cop, chase, police, drug addict, serial killer, bad guy, supernatural, feral man, bad guys win, survival, monster ...
Place: new york
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Internal Affairs (1990)
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: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, police investigation, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, abusive husband, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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American Gangster (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, mob boss, heroin, drug lord, mobster, police, violence, crime boss, drug traffic, gang ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, new jersey, vietnam, china, cuba ...
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Léon: The Professional (1994)
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, rough, suspenseful, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, loneliness, organized crime, murder, sniper, redemption, loner, life philosophy, killings ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, france, paris france, iran ...
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Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
Style: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot: femme fatale, female assassin, police corruption, police, mob boss, female killer, sexy woman, love story, secrets, woman on top, female nudity, bare butt ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: new york, usa, phoenix arizona, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style: neo noir, tense, noir, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corruption, police corruption, murder, murder mystery, police, police detective, organized crime, fighting the system, call girl, dangerous attraction, police brutality, twists and turns ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, persia, arizona
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 6.3
 4K
Phoenix (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Style: neo noir, detective, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gambling, addiction, redemption, dirty cop, police corruption, betrayal, heist, crime gone awry, casino, cop, police officer, death of protagonist ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
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