Bad cop movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant bad cop movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, rough and neo noir films and TV shows about / with bad cop, police officer, violence, cop, police, corrupt cop, murder, law enforcement, police investigation and gun plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, France, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bad cop: First Blood (1982), Training Day (2001), Amos & Andrew (1993), Cop Land (1997), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Big Bang (2010), Boss (2013), Unit 7 (2012), Shakedown (1988), Mankatha (2011).
Best films
New films
| Unit 7 (2012) | 6.5 | |
| Freaky Tales (2024) | 6.2 | |
| 75 (2017) | 6.6 | |
| American Son (2019) | 5.9 | |
| Collar (2015) | 6.2 |
List of bad cop movies
299K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, perverse, action adventure ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, one man army, manhunt, police brutality, tough guy, vietnam war, soldier, survival, revenge, lone hero, danger, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982, post world war two ...
Place:
vietnam, washington state, usa, north america, arizona ...
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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: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Andrew Sterling (Samuel L. Jackson), a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver (Dabney Coleman) realizes ...
Style:
clever, funny, light, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
island, bad cop, brutality, mistaken identity, police investigation, racism, interracial relations, resort, social differences, criminal heroes, buddies, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new england
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114K
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, sexy, intense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, corruption, nypd, dirty cop, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, justice, investigation, corrupt cop ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
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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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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper but the job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. From the mean streets of Los Angeles to the desolate desert of New Mexico, Cruz must contend with a brutal Russian Boxer, ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
private detective, missing person, sex scene, woman on top, female nudity, striptease, strip club, nudity, male nudity, coitus, desert, tattoo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa, los angeles
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13K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Disowned by his father as a boy, Surya is taken in by a crime boss. When his brother Shiv is wrongly imprisoned, his father pleads for Surya's help.
Style:
sexy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, stylized ...
Plot:
cheerleader, corrupt cop, father son reunion, bully, police brutality, father figure, bad cop, corrupt politician, showdown, criminal's revenge, one man army, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
india, asia, delhi
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Angel, a young intelligent and kind, aims to be a police inspector. Rafael instead is an expeditious, forceful and arrogant policeman. Meanwhile, Miguel and Mateo are part of Group 7, a group of rogue cops ready to do anything to achieve their ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, social ...
Plot:
fighting crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, bad cop, police brutality, fall in love, drug dealer, police officer, manhood, cop, biopic, european ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
andalusia, europe, spain
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
lawyer, police corruption, drug dealer, legal action, police investigation, bad cop, reluctant partners, dishonesty, buddies, partners against crime, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Vinayak and his 4 team members rob a booty of 500 crores INR. Trouble starts when two of the team betrays them.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heist, gambling, betrayal, faked death, anti hero, law enforcement, bookies, dishonesty, tough law enforcer, gang, chases and races, bad cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
An eager young rookie joins the ragtag small-town police force led by his dad as they bumble, squabble and snort their way through a big drug case.
Style:
adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, cynical, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dark humor, police investigation, social satire, goofy hero, cop, disorder, bad cop, small town, stupidity, absurd humor, satire, dumb ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, harsh ...
Plot:
racism, interracial relations, interracial couple, neighbor, family in danger, home invasion, interracial love, harassment, racist cop, lapd, interracial romance, obsession ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
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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, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
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126K
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:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A saga centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. ...
Style:
intense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police, police corruption, police investigation, corruption, organized crime, murder, investigation, conspiracy, cop, moral dilemma, american football, nypd ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop ...
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, tense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, police corruption, police, police detective, serial killer, female nudity, murder of a nude woman, visceral, violent, brutality, police investigation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hospital, revenge, vigilante, martial arts, vengeance, violence, hitman, one man army, coma, conspiracy, mixed martial arts, police corruption ...
Time:
year 1990, year 1983, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
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Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Port City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. ...
Style:
brutal, disturbing, tense, realistic, independent film
Plot:
domestic terrorism, invasion, drifter, post traumatic stress disorder, bad cop, violence, small town, pride and honor, death, social relations, morality, state affairs ...
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Everyone believes Sébastien, 13, has shot his father in the back and killed him. With the help of his trusted friends, he uses every stratagem to stay hidden while proving his innocence. But the adult world has other ideas, and under abusive ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
child, friendship between boys, boy in peril, coming of age, murder, teenage boy, girl, death, boy, forced confession, jail, false accusation ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Timothy James 'TJ' Williams (David Wilson) is a streetwise detective whose checkered career, family life and long standing friendship with the would-be mayor, police chief Hamilton Markham (Tom Sizemore), spins out of control and teeters ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
police, corrupt cop, drug, bad cop, urban setting, racial issues, prostitution, corruption, african american, internal affairs, society, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
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: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, police, assassination, violence, undercover cop, police brutality, attempted murder, murder investigation, chase, police operation, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
south of france, europe, france, nice france, cote d'azur ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, neo noir, breathtaking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, heroin, drug smuggling, chase, car chase, violence, gangster, drug dealer, smuggling, drug lord, organized crime, police detective ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
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354K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, undercover, organized crime, mobster, mentor, fbi, working undercover, italian mafia, fbi agent, undercover agent, law enforcement, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, florida, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
siege, police station, police corruption, shootout, unlikely partners, criminal's revenge, survival, sniper, attempted murder, danger, machine gun, swat team ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
1.5M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, clever, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, police, undercover cop, twists and turns, mole, organized crime, working undercover, mobster, espionage, plot twist, undercover, irish mob ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, america, persia, usa ...
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118K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Argentina
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Style:
disturbing, intense, serious, realistic, social ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug traffic, favela, squad, drug lord, leader, slum, police, fighting crime, police brutality, law enforcement, torture ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, south america, latin america, berlin germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Terrence McDonagh, a New Orleans Police sergeant, who starts out as a good cop, receiving a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. During his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and later becomes addicted to ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, character study, drug lord, organized crime, drug abuse, corruption, drug, brutality, redemption, hot and sexy, dark humor, hallucination ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa, texas
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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
Is relevant?
290K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
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