Police captain movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant police captain movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, suspense, detective, entertaining and captivating films and TV shows about / with police captain, police officer, police, police investigation, investigation, murder, violence, police station, chase and law enforcement plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as police captain: The Sugarland Express (1974), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Fort Apache the Bronx (1981), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), Nobody Else But You (2011), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Police Academy (1984), Coogan's Bluff (1968), Murder In Aveyron (2014), Murders in the Vercors (2019).
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List of police captain movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking ...
Style:
road movie, black comedy, sexy, cult classic, retro ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
car chase, chase, lovers on the run, small town, prison escape, on the road, kidnapping, pursuit, prison, on the run, police captain, vigilante ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, mexico ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, detective, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, fish out of water, children, kindergarten, small town, elementary school, school, witness protection, bullying, working undercover, drug dealer, police ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
astoria oregon, california, oregon, los angeles, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, surprise ending, crime drama, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, police, hospital, police station, prostitute, corrupt cop, hostage, police brutality, cop killer, guilt, police captain, puerto rican ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 70s
Place:
bronx new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, san francisco ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, not serious, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
workplace, police station, law enforcement, cop, coworker, satire, lgbtq, workplace situations, investigation, arrest, workplace humor, boss ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The ambiguous suicide of a local beauty, weathergirl, cheese model, and Marilyn Monroe look-a-like finds an eager sleuth in David Rousseau, best-selling crime novelist. When Rousseau visits a remote Alps village for the reading of his friend's ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, semi serious, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot:
mysterious death, investigation, small town, psychiatrist, misogyny, sex, model, voyeurism, public nudity, dead body, nudity, wife beater ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2005, year 2001, year 1999, year 1990 ...
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, detective, tech noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, dark future, technology, robot, flying car, bounty hunter, violence, police detective, memory ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, distant future, year 2017 ...
Place:
california, nevada, space western, san diego california, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami, Florida for their academy's commanding officer, Lassard, to receive a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement, which takes a turn involving a group of jewel thieves after their stolen loot ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, funny, slapstick, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, stupidity, hostage, prank, beach, hotel, police officer, police captain, diamond, abduction, airplane, police ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
miami, miami beach, usa, florida
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but ...
Style:
funny, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick, relaxing ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
police academy, public nudity, misfit, prank, police station, urban decay, destruction of property, police partner, criminal gang, undercover police officer, police officer, police captain ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, spoof, humorous, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
police academy, stupidity, prank, misfit, biplane, police captain, police officer, skateboarder, sidekick, police raid, fugitive, police station ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, parody ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
police academy, police, farce, officers and cadets, chase, dumb, cadet, misfit, recruit, justice, bully, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 1950s
Place:
usa, israel, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women wearing blue..
Style:
slapstick comedy, humorous, slapstick, absurd, relaxing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
car chase, mayor, investigation, prank, police academy, mysterious villain, female police officer, tough girl, fistfight, tough guy, conspiracy, police captain ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Coogan (Clint Eastwood) an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport he escapes and Coogan heads into the City to recapture him.
Style:
black comedy, light, exciting, cult classic, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
fish out of water, tough cop, investigation, one against many, love interest, desert, motorcycle chase, maverick cop, chase, lovers on the run, police, gunfight ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
arizona, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In this series, the LAPD thinks it's a good idea to form a task force partnering actors with homicide detectives. A super meta half hour comedy, the show within a show within a show is as much about Hollywood as it is an action-comedy ...
Style:
parody, captivating, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, police captain, lapd, buddy cop, police investigation, film industry, policewoman, cop, actor, crime investigation, self referential humor, celebrity culture ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man is murdered in Laguiole, Aveyron, Aubrac country. The young Elisabeth Richard, deputy prosecutor of Rodez, is handling the case. She has to deal with the hostility of a police officer, promoted on his own strength and not keen on the idea of ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
love affair, father son relationship, family secret, death of wife, police captain, murder, murder investigation, liberation, crime investigation, old love, mental institution, twists and turns ...
Place:
france, south of france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A shepherd is murdered in mountain pastures and most of the villagers suspect the former schoolteacher.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, boarding school, police captain, gendarmerie, shepherd, school teacher, father son relationship, crime investigation, murder investigation, corpse, weirdo, partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Captain Eloïse Gentil, of Caen police, hasn't been on speaking terms with her father Robert, an expert on WWII, for twenty years. But the two are brought together to investigate the death of James Crawley, a 91 year-old former GI, found tied ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, detective, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
murder, police inspector, police captain, crime investigation, mayor, world war two, historian, police officer, death, witness, gendarmerie, suspect ...
Place:
france, normandy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama ...
Plot:
serial killer, game of death, homicide detective, police detective, revenge, psycho killer, police partner, police protagonist, clue, violence, forensics, police investigation ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Librarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main suspect. Determined to find ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot:
murder mystery, murder investigation, police captain, murder, reporter, misunderstanding, winter, marriage proposal, police investigation, questioned by police, police officer killed, airplane ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
Style:
buddy comedy, psychological, captivating, thrilling, semi serious ...
Plot:
police detective, buddy cop, black cop, police officer, two man army, police captain, police, corrupt official, investigation, suspicion, criminal, framed for a crime ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
miami, florida
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story:
Police Captain opens his eyes on the hospital bed and finds out that the wound he received on the job put him in a coma - for 20 years. Since 1995, the world has changed.
Style:
funny, captivating, crime drama, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, police, partners against crime, homicide detective, police captain, police investigation, police officer, fighting crime, police detective, law enforcement, police procedural, traditional versus modern ...
Place:
moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story:
The story of two siblings who witness the murder of their parents in the hands of one of the drug cartels in Mexico, after which Alejandro Ferrer's younger sister is kidnapped. 25 years later, Alejandro is now the captain of the Federal Police ...
Style:
thought provoking, exciting, captivating, crime drama, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
brother sister relationship, disappearance, brother, murder, revenge, organized crime, kidnapping, family drama, criminal underworld, law enforcement, fighting crime, police captain ...
Place:
mexico, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Battery Park is an American comedy television series starring Elizabeth Perkins and Justin Louis. The series premiered Thursday March 23, 2000 at 9:30 p.m Eastern time on NBC. The show was cancelled after four episodes.
The series was about a ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, sitcom, lighthearted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police station, satire, police, police officer, political intrigue, captain, politics, workplace situations, political unrest, workplace, police captain, ambition ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Detective Axel Foley is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter Jane’s life is threatened, she and Foley team up with a new partner and old pals Billy Rosewood and John Taggart to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy.
Style:
detective, dark comedy, buddy comedy, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, police officer, investigation, police, corrupt cop, rescue, female lawyer, shootout, conspiracy, intimidation, father daughter estrangement, tough guy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, detroit, north america
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While setting up an exhibition of "The Mummies of St. Michael" an archeologist discovers a real skeleton in a red robe.
Style:
contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
french police, murder investigation, corpse, death of mother, attempted murder, rich man, murder, professor, car accident, murder mystery, police officer, investigator ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, controversial, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
chinese mafia, gangster, triad, organized crime, culture clash, vigilante, racism, murder, pig, chinawoman, gang war, tough cop ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
new york, china, southeast asia, thailand, bangkok thailand ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is ...
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, psychopath, murder investigation, murder mystery, dangerous attraction, fatal attraction, tough girl, female agent, strong female character, police investigation, strong female lead ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada, montreal, pennsylvania
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on ...
Style:
detective, entertaining, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
police, gunfight, reluctant partners, buddy, buddy cop, christmas, chase, badass, police partner, police officer, car chase, police investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation. When he plants a bomb under ...
Style:
saga, breathtaking, entertaining, action packed, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
buddy cop, police, buddies, revenge, police officer, home invasion, buddy, car chase, vigilante, partner, interracial friendship, profanity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, california, africa, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, neo noir, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, private detective, twists and turns, investigation, conspiracy, violence, moral dilemma, police investigation, death, murder mystery, moral ambiguity, missing child ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he discovers a group of detectives ...
Style:
stylized, black comedy, detective, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
aikido, police corruption, chase, undercover, bodyguard, martial arts, conspiracy, hand to hand combat, police investigation, violent, secret service, justice ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s
Place:
detroit, usa
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