| The Fighter (2010) | 7.8 | |
| S.W.A.T. (2017) | 7.2 | |
| Happy Valley (2014) | 8.5 | |
| The Raid (2022) | 6.5 | |
| End of Watch (2012) | 7.6 |
Police sergeant movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant police sergeant movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, tense, detective, suspenseful, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with police sergeant, police, police officer, murder, police investigation, death, violence, police station, chase and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as police sergeant: The Wicker Man (1973), End of Watch (2012), Dexter (2006), Happy Valley (2014), WPC 56 (2013), Murder with Mirrors (1985), Holding (2022), Renegaded Archangel (2020), The Raid (2022), Vasiliki (1997).
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List of police sergeant movies
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Style:
creepy, dark, cult horror, twist ending, psychotronic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
folk horror, religion, paganism, occult, disappearance, ritual, human sacrifice, female nudity, temptation, sacrifice, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
scotland, fictional island, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands
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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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912K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style:
bloody, detective, captivating, stylized, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, double life, crime investigation, forensics, loner, right and wrong, hidden identity, dark humor, serial murder, dark secret, anti hero, vigilantism ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, canada
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary, a fictional police force in the West Midlands, in 1956. The show focuses on WPC Gina Dawson's struggle to gain acceptance in the male-dominated ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, detective, historical drama ...
Plot:
gender, police station, female police officer, police investigation, british police, law enforcement, police detective, workplace, workplace situations, policewoman, murder, police sergeant ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s, year 1956
Place:
england
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marple has been summoned to the lavish country estate of her old friend Carrie Louise Serrocold (Bette Davis). Carrie's stepson has been killed, and she fears that his won't be the last corpse to befoul the estate. She's right, and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, tense, detective
Plot:
private detective, police sergeant, mysticism, investigation, murder mystery, poison, adult virgin, riddles and clues, who done it, murder, law enforcement, partners against crime ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Local police officer Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle man who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. He is one of life's outsiders, lovable, but lonely and a bit rubbish at his job. When the body of ...
Style:
humorous, thrilling, captivating, satirical, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police officer, forensic, police sergeant, police, small town, job, lifestyle, satire, workplace, workplace situations, social issues, whodunit ...
Place:
ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Mikhael is a sergeant in charge of BOPE, always on dangerous missions in Rio de Janeiro. But after getting involved in a controversial operation that culminated to a slaughter, he is transferred to a police unit at the state countryside.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot:
gay, favela, police, male protagonist, murder, flashback, choice, demotion, police sergeant, special agent, wartime life, ex military ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil
Is relevant?
473
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events, the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau, who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an armed raid through his Ruatoki community, on a school day.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
moral dilemma, community, forgiveness, police, police officer, fight, problem, assault, invasion, police sergeant, police brutality, loyalty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new zealand
Is relevant?
214
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
It is based on a true story, where a young soldier and the wife of a revolutionary guy falls in love while in the background we witness political turmoils of Greece at that time.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, period piece, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
greek civil war, soldier, forbidden romance, post war, danger, tragic love, betrayal, resistance movement, repression, police sergeant, moral ambiguity, loss of innocence ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
greece
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A detective investigates her father's dying words; the name of a girl who has been missing for 9 years.
Style:
suspense, detective, scary, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
occult, small town, missing girl, police protagonist, death of father, female protagonist, punishment, unhappy ending, police investigation, evil cult, violence, investigation ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The bungling inspector Cruchot (Funès) finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people, besides their constant thirst for oil-products, is that ...
Style:
slapstick, exciting, not serious, humorous, fun
Plot:
gendarme, alien, evil alien, police, gendarmerie, beach, bicycle, imitation, car chase, oil, sun, transformation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
saint tropez, cote d'azur, french riviera, france, riviera ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, winter, investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, manhunt, kidnapping, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous ...
Style:
exciting, tense, disturbing, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, racism, small town, boy, friendship, suspicion, child abuse, first love, suicide, disappearance, curfew, teenage boy ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia
Is relevant?
159K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss ...
Style:
serious, exciting, realistic, action packed, saga ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot:
swat, squad, swat team, police, basic training, law enforcement, sniper, police brutality, tough law enforcer, criminal, corrupt cop, hostage ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police, crime investigation, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, female detective, police detective, law enforcement, workplace romance, twists and turns, strong female character, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tough cop's (Sylvester Stallone) seemingly frail mother (Estelle Getty) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life. She buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol and starts poking around in his police cases. Eventually, ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, light, action comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
chase, overprotective mother, embarrassment, buddy cop, criminal, unlikely partners, fighting crime, parents and children, police investigation, shootout, tough cop, police officer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the ...
Style:
scary, satanic, demonic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
police station, psychopath, police, mysterious stranger, stranger, police brutality, murder, serial killer, female police officer, chaos, danger, violence spree ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, scotland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant who is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, detective ...
Plot:
swat team, gunfight, twists and turns, friendship, fight scenes, heroes, die hard, dialogue, danger, criminal, police officer, propaganda ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A police sergant is about to retire. Therefore he only wants to let the time pass by without getting in trouble or even becoming hurt. But this is not so easy as he receives as partner an enthusiastic young, female agent who provokes all kinds of ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, independent film, suspense, surprise ending
Plot:
female warrior, karate, buddy cop, female martial artist, computer cracker, partner, hostile takeover, kung fu, police lieutenant, retirement, department store, chase ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Style:
scary, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological, creepy ...
Plot:
urban legend, hallucination, warning, psychic, death of wife, twists and turns, nightmare, supernatural power, telephone call, fantasy world, destiny, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., pittsburgh, ecuador, virginia ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Arizona youth enjoy sun, surf and music in Malibu, Calif.
Style:
period piece, retro, lighthearted, psychotronic, teen comedy
Plot:
beach, surfing, coming of age, teenager, youth culture, beach party, friends, deception, reputation, brother sister relationship, rock and roll, surf ...
Time:
60s
Place:
california, malibu california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford' and Kristin Scott Thomas find each others keys in each others loved ones posessions and realize that they were having an affair and must figure out all the ...
Style:
romantic, serious, sentimental, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
death of wife, infidelity, death of husband, politician, police detective, adultery, politics, love affair, dishonesty, starting over, state affairs, investigation ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Place:
australia, persia, washington d.c., usa, miami ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl is granted a magical stone by an angel to become the superheroine Darna to combat evil and would later battle Valentina, her future nemesis.
Plot:
superhero, wonder woman, female protagonist, alter ego, dual identity, save the day, superheroine, flying superhero, police sergeant, photographer, reporter, secret identity ...
Time:
90s, year 1975
Place:
europe, the philippines
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Style:
psychological thriller, creepy, psychotronic, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
woman strangled to death, serial killer, strangler, strangulation, nurse, killing spree, killer, amusement park, homicidal maniac, voyeur, misogynist, police detective ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI ...
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, cult classic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, violence, car chase, buddy cop, fbi, mind control, chase, twists and turns, revenge, space and aliens, alien invasion, robbery ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ralphie is now all grown up and must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it…as a dad.
Style:
christmas special, entertaining, captivating, humorous, light ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, snow, new year, friends, family relations, children, parents and children, childhood, friendship, friend, christmas eve ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s
Place:
india, hungary, mexico, turkey, chicago
Is relevant?
109K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspense, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heist, girl gang, politics, female criminal, harlot, premarital sex, female nudity, murder, widow, grief, black, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chicago, xian
Is relevant?
59K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie mogul that was moonlighting by making child porno pictures. Willie is one of several suspects with motive, opportunity and the evil means to carry out ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir
Plot:
alcoholic, dream, police, hollywood, latino gang, husband wife relationship, porn, punk rocker, roller skater, police partner, suicidal thoughts, recurring nightmare ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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