| Fargo (2014) | 8.8 | |
| Insomnia (2002) | 7.2 | |
| Mindhunter (2017) | 8.6 | |
| Seven (1995) | 8.6 | |
| Unforgotten (2015) | 8.4 |
Police investigation movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
List of police investigation movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
'Unforgotten' follows modern police team DCI Cassie Stuart and DI Sunny Khan, who gradually unravel long-forgotten secrets which have a dramatic impact on their investigation and the four potential suspects. The slow revelation of the ...
Style:
crime drama, serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, murder, investigation, cold case, missing person, female police detective, who done it, father daughter relationship, uncover truth, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, realistic, detective, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, small town, murder mystery, homicide detective, police investigation, small town life, missing child, social relations, investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
TV show
Story:
A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, emotional, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, female detective, police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, police station, murder, obsession, investigation, murder investigation, british police, uncover truth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A murdered body on a bridge between El Paso and Juarez bring together El Paso detective Sonya Cross and Chihuahua State Police detective Marco Ruiz.
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, police detective, twists and turns, police investigation, u.s. mexico border, policewoman, drug cartel, murder, social problems, corruption, partner, victim ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
mexico, usa, south america
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45K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly ...
Style:
bleak, cynical, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, drug addiction, dark humor, police investigation, working undercover, police brutality, drug, addiction, drug addict, brutality, violence, foul language ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
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17K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins ...
Style:
suspense, tense, neo noir, cerebral, bleak ...
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, murder mystery, insomnia, murder, serial killer, male nudity, manipulation, small town, sleeping, police officer killed, loss of partner ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
british police, policewoman, police protagonist, police investigation, investigator, kidnapping, sister sister relationship, law enforcement, businessman, rapist, grandmother grandson relationship, ex convict ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass ...
Style:
philosophical, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
small town, drug dealing, police investigation, fbi, police corruption, buddy cop, buddy, blackmail, drug smuggling, justice, gangster, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, peru, europe, boston
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10K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom is a man with no filter. After a five-year exile to the traffic division for offensive behavior, he has returned from disgrace to lead Portland's newly minted S.C.U. Tasked with navigating the city's ...
Style:
cynical, realistic, captivating, humorous, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, workplace situations, law enforcement, workplace, investigation, gay friend, mind game, forensics, team, lgbtqi, forensic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1994 two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues points in the direction of a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, dark, gloomy ...
Plot:
cold case, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, nordic, attorney, female nudity, bare breasts, father son relationship, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
When a former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles, she uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political and national security issues that converge with enforcing the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological, intellectual ...
Plot:
mastermind, police investigation, chief of police, legal, female protagonist, investigation, society, crime scene, murder, danger, adaptation, talented ...
Place:
los angeles
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425K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style:
clever, tense, detective, cynical, dramatic ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, police detective, working undercover, urban ghetto life, gang, drug dealing, police, fighting crime, police investigation, urban decay, shooting ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, memory, police detective, vengeance, justice, police investigation, race against time, false accusation, conspiracy theory, danger, haunted by the past, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in Los Angeles with two converging plot lines – The first involves an uneasy relationship between a psychologically unstable landlady and her enigmatic lodger – The second is about a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, mental patient, mysterious character, haunted by the past, psychopath, murder investigation, hallucination, husband wife relationship, false accusation, eccentricity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, santa monica california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A New York detective teams investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London, and recruits the help of Scandinavian journalist when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, psycho killer, ex husband ex wife relationship, maniac, brutality, homicide detective, murder, police investigation, investigation, coroner, honeymoon ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
stockholm sweden, munich germany, amsterdam, madrid, london ...
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171K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, jack the ripper, freemason, conspiracy, graphic violence, a vision, police investigation, murder of a prostitute, violent, prostitution, who done it, life is a bitch ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, year 2001, 1800s ...
Place:
england, london, britain, ireland, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Style:
clever, crime drama, rough, witty, dark ...
Plot:
police detective, british police, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal psychologist, police officer, murder mystery, nypd ...
Time:
20th century, future, 90s
Place:
england, manchester, northern england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A family’s lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
Style:
suspense, detective, serious, captivating, social ...
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, police investigation, false accusation of murder, husband wife relationship, bullying, mysterious villain, suspect, parents and children, uncover truth, father son relationship, boy ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
massachusetts
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forced him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs, an intuitive young officer who has a gift for ...
Style:
serious, realistic, detective, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, serial killer, law enforcement, partners against crime, forensics, evidence, investigation, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, police, nypd ...
Place:
new york
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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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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Charly Matteï has turned his back on his life as an outlaw. For the last three years, he's led a peaceful life devoting himself to his wife and two children. Then, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the parking garage in ...
Style:
tense, unusual plot structure, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, mafia, criminal's revenge, vengeance, police investigation, murder, hospital, revenge plot, shooting, violence, organized crime, gangster ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille, provence, europe
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Luxembourg, UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research - where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can be bought but ...
Style:
enigmatic, neo noir, adult animation, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police investigation, medical research, dystopia, cyberpunk, monopoly, disappearance, adaptation, secrets, corporation, investigation, rescue, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, year 2006
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of 'Fatal Beauty' begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike ...
Style:
detective, crying, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
police investigation, violence, undercover, tough girl, undercover cop, female police officer, female protagonist, drug dealer, one woman army, good versus evil, murder, reluctant partners ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles so effective. Jane, the only female cop in Boston's homicide division, is tough, relentless and rarely lets ...
Style:
tense, detective, captivating, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
female detective, partners against crime, friends, forensics, police investigation, murder investigation, coworker, homicide detective, investigation, policewoman, female protagonist, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, boston
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 69 min.
TV show
Story:
The film is the first known dramatisation of one of the most notorious killing sprees in British history and was made to mark the fortieth anniversary of Hindley and Brady's trial. It was made with the full backing of the victims' ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, murder, investigation, death of child, rivalry, true crime, murder investigation, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship, killer, violence spree ...
Time:
60s, year 1964, year 1966, year 1963, year 1965
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, manchester
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
A pair of girls seeking adventure beyond the their Western Washington trailer park encounter the area's most ruthless serial killer. Based on Sheriff David Reichert's book, "Chasing the Devil: My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
serial killer, manhunt, strangulation, psychopath, danger, law enforcement, notoriety, bodies, killer, murder, teenage girl, missing person ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the city of Amsterdam, Piet Van der Valk and his team investigate a series of high-profile cases immersed in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and the fashion industry.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, tense, detective ...
Plot:
murder mystery, police investigation, private detective, riddles and clues, investigation, mind game, crime scene, prodigy, mastermind, twists and turns, eccentricity, friendship ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
amsterdam, netherlands, europe, holland
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Psychiatrist Dr. Lila Colleti is divorcing her husband and is devastated when he wins custody of their two little girls, whom he gets largely because Lila's job, being a psychiatrist for the criminally insane at the local prison, is a ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, neo noir ...
Plot:
police investigation, obsession, murder, false accusation, ex husband ex wife relationship, prison, woman in danger, police detective, family problems, custody, dangerous attraction, custody battle ...
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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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