Police movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant police movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting and suspense films and TV shows about / with police, investigation, law enforcement, murder, police officer, cop, police detective, police investigation, violence and death plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
police
 9787
police movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as police: Balthazar (2018), Hot Fuzz (2007), Chicago P.D. (2014), Line of Duty (2019), Unforgettable (2011), Lethal Weapon (2016), Lethal Weapon (1987), RoboCop (2014), APB (2017), The Negotiator (1998).

List of police movies

Type:
Year:
Tag:
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
 7.6
 2K
Balthazar (2018)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Facing a series of complex murder cases, new police commander Hélène Bach must learn to work with the brilliant yet exasperating Raphaël, who can make the dead speak like no-one else.
Style: psychological, realistic, disturbing, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: police, murder, policewoman, investigation, police investigation, pathologist, murder investigation, workplace situations, police detective, nypd, crime scene, danger ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
Place: france
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 533K
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, dark comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: murder, police, partner, conspiracy, chase, buddy, buddy cop, cop, small town, secret society, gunfight, investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 44K
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who ...
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: police, law enforcement, cop, crime investigation, policewoman, victim, police detective, sergeant, shooting, murder, partner, abduction ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
Is relevant ?
 5.3
 9K
Line of Duty (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming ...
Style: suspense, action thriller, crime thriller, entertaining, surprise ending ...
Plot: police, police officer, investigation, friendship, heroes, kidnapping, police detective, brutality, criminal, murder, one man army, undercover cop ...
Time: 2010s
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 6.8
 21K
Unforgettable (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot: police, photographic memory, female detective, police detective, partners against crime, policewoman, prodigy, murder investigation, police investigation, fighting crime, haunted by the past, law enforcement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 40K
Lethal Weapon (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
Style: exciting, captivating, detective, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police, buddy cop, police partner, lapd, friendship, police detective, police investigation, chase, family relations, murder, investigation, private detective ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 275K
Lethal Weapon (1987)
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: suspense, exciting, humorous, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: police, gunfight, reluctant partners, chase, buddy, car chase, female nudity, police investigation, police partner, police officer, cop, partners against crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, vietnam, beverly hills
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 239K
RoboCop (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, intense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: cyborgs, police, robot, androids and robots, cyberpunk, urban, androids, haunted by the past, superhuman powers, graphic violence, technology, robocop ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 2020s ...
Place: detroit, usa, tehran iran, pentagon, china ...
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 7K
APB (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: After a billionaire engineer witnesses his best friend’s murder, he takes charge of Chicago’s troubled 13th District and reboots it as a technically innovative police force, challenging the district to rethink everything about the way they fight ...
Style: futuristic, captivating, serious, intense, tense ...
Plot: police, technology, police officer, uncover truth, police investigation, peril, twists and turns, billionaire, loss of friend, camaraderie, police shootout, justice ...
Place: chicago
Is relevant ?
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector (2020)
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: serial killer, murder, investigation, police, partners against crime, forensics, riddles and clues, police investigation, danger, evidence, law enforcement, police detective ...
Place: new york
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 154K
The Negotiator (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, intense, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, police, corruption, police corruption, false accusation, conspiracy, negotiation, frame up, swat, uncover truth, twists and turns, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
Is relevant ?
Memories of Murder (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story: 1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style: realistic, neo noir, psychological, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, police, rape, police investigation, murderer, murder, twists and turns, investigation, murder mystery, police detective, murder investigation, true crime ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, y2k, year 1986, 20th century ...
Place: south korea, east asia, asia, korea
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 6.6
 287K
The Other Guys (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: NYPD detectives Christopher Danson (Johnson) and P.K. Highsmith (Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don't get tattoos, other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit detectives Allen Gamble ...
Style: funny, hilarious, buddy comedy, humorous, parody ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot: police, stupidity, buddy, misfit partners, partners against crime, buddy cop, farce, hotshot, dumb, reluctant partners, car chase, corruption ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, las vegas, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 10K
The Treatment (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved disappearance of his younger brother, Bjorn. Plettinckx, a known ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, biting, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: police, pedophile, kidnapping, child killer, child abuse, life is a bitch, missing child, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, serial killer, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 1.4M
The Departed (2006)
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, organized crime, mole, mobster, undercover cop, twists and turns, undercover, gunfight, corruption, working undercover, gangster ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: boston, america, persia, massachusetts, usa ...
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 30K
Colors (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style: realistic, hood, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Plot: police, gangster, gang, ghetto, hip hop, buddy cop, gunfight, chase, mafia, cop, urban, gang war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california, south central los angeles
Is relevant ?
 8.6
 1.8M
Se7en (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style: detective, surprise ending, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, police, psychology, mind game, murder, insanity, police investigation, macabre, maniac ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, america, iran, persia, usa ...
Is relevant ?
The Thin Blue Line (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.
Style: tense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, police academy, investigation, partner, youth, officers and cadets, death, society, danger, friendship, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
chase movies
13045
violence movies
15772
death movies
16719
blood movies
11424
 7.7
 16K
NYPD Blue (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast. The show ...
Style: realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious, rough ...
Plot: police, police detective, murder, partners against crime, nypd, robbery, police protagonist, swat team, law enforcement, partner, human nature, tough law enforcer ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 134K
Serpico (1973)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: police corruption, corruption, fighting the system, police, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, corrupt cop, mafia, social decay, biopic, life is a bitch ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
Is relevant ?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
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, not serious, funny, detective ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: workplace, police station, cop, workplace situations, investigation, police, workplace humor, police captain, sergeant, teamwork, verbal byplay, young man ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 60K
The Alienist (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Crime reporter, John Moore, meets with psychologist, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.
Style: exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective, costume drama ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: serial killer, mental illness, police, murder mystery, murder investigation, psychologist, crime investigation, ritual, private detective, investigation, homicide detective, psychopath ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, victorian era, 2010s
Place: new york, america
Is relevant ?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows Las Vegas criminalists working for the Las Vegas Police Department as they use physical evidence to solve grisly murders in this unusually graphic drama, which has inspired a host of other cop-show "procedurals". The ...
Style: detective, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: police, police procedural, investigator, forensics, murder investigation, murder, teamwork, medical examiner, scientist, police investigation, expert, police detective ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, nevada
Is relevant ?
Related movie lists
 8.6
 33K
Endeavour (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.
Style: serious, detective, intellectual, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: police, police detective, investigator, murderer, police investigation, talented, coworker, british, oxford, murder, intelligence, bodies ...
Time: 60s, future, 20th century
Place: england
Is relevant ?
Pride and Glory (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
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: suspense, tense, intense, detective, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police, police corruption, police investigation, organized crime, murder, corruption, investigation, conspiracy, betrayal, cop, moral dilemma, family relations ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c., bronx new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 112K
Patriots Day (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Style: intense, suspense, emotional, tense, factual ...
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, police, tragedy, fbi, courage, surveillance, manhunt, violence, investigation, chase, brutality ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: massachusetts, boston, america, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 9K
7 Days (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter ...
Style: suspense, serious, tense, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: vengeance, police, revenge, rape, kidnapping, rape and revenge, child killer, torture, vigilante, anger, rape and murder, haunted by the past ...
Place: canada, quebec
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 281K
RoboCop (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, kids
Plot: cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, police, androids and robots, robocop, violence, revenge, dystopia, graphic violence, gory, superhero ...
Time: future, 80s, year 1987, near future
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 83K
Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, detective, neo noir ...
Plot: police, determination, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, police investigation, suspicion, murder, coworker, homicide detective, father daughter relationship, lapd ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
Is relevant ?
 6.3
 201K
Bright (2017)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Style: light, tense, suspense, mystic, captivating ...
Plot: buddy cop, police, interracial couple, elf, alternate world, magical, chase, police partner, two man army, magic, creature, supernatural power ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
Watch Trailers From This List to Choose a Movie
Related movie lists
suspense movies
20963
runaway movies
9443
criminal movies
5351
corruption movies
5582
revenge movies
11313
gunfight movies
6270
pistol movies
5196
arrest movies
3053
dialogue movies
9446
gangster movies
5202
corpse movies
5545