Black cop movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant black cop movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, detective, serious, suspenseful, suspense and rough films and TV shows about / with black cop, police, murder, police detective, chase, african american, law enforcement, police officer, violence and police investigation plots mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, France, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as black cop: ...tick... tick... tick... (1970), Sleepless (2017), Black and Blue (2019), BlacKkKlansman (2018), Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019), Alex Cross (2012), Inside Man (2006), Training Day (2001), Dirty (2005), Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020).

List of black cop movies

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...tick... tick... tick... (1970)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, stylized, black cinema
Plot: racism, blaxploitation, black cop, hidden treasure, black, racial prejudice, racial tension, gangster, small town, hit and run, discrimination, office ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: southern usa, mississippi
Is relevant ?
 5.6
 34K
Sleepless (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: organized crime, undercover cop, kidnapping, police corruption, tough cop, female warrior, rescue, father son relationship, brutality, race against time, police detective, car chase ...
Time: year 2017
Place: las vegas
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 6.4
 26K
Black and Blue (2019)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to ...
Style: suspense, tense, hood, bleak, slang ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corrupt cop, ghetto, police, corruption, african american, betrayal, rookie, drug lord, organized crime, danger, police corruption, black ...
Time: 2010s
Place: new orleans, louisiana, detroit
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 289K
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.
Style: informative, political, dark comedy, social, inspirational ...
Plot: racism, white supremacy, ku klux klan, african american, undercover cop, racial slur, racist cop, black, biopic, black lives matter, black cop, black american ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, 20th century, year 2017, year 1972
Place: usa, africa, colorado
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Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour seige at the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: heist, robbery, bank robbery, police officer, black cop, spy, gang, hostage situation, power, twists and turns, revenge, fight ...
Time: 2010s
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
Is relevant ?
 5.2
 35K
Alex Cross (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, entertaining, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, vengeance, revenge, murder, police investigation, mastermind, twists and turns, chase, assassin, brutality, danger ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: detroit, washington d.c., michigan, usa, indonesia
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 7.6
 395K
Inside Man (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style: clever, detective, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, hostage, bank, bank robbery, robbery, twists and turns, perfect crime, manipulation, police detective, police, criminal, master criminal ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 470K
Training Day (2001)
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, realistic, tense, harsh, suspense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: police corruption, gang, corrupt cop, ghetto, gunfight, drug dealer, police, african american, rookie, mentor, dirty cop, drug ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant ?
 5.5
 6K
Dirty (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, hood ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, dirty cop, street gang, drug dealing, internal affairs, guilt, investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, murder, working undercover, cop ...
Time: year 2005
Place: los angeles, latin america, cuba
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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused ...
Style: detective, captivating, disturbing, bleak, scary ...
Plot: police, supernatural, manipulative woman, murder investigation, pretending to be someone else, corrupt cop, mysticism, ritual murder, confession, murder, curses spells and rituals, uncover truth ...
Time: year 1938, pre world war two
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 3.7
 696
Bulletproof 2 (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Special Agent Jack Carter reluctantly assumes the identity of criminal Archie Moses to take down a powerful South African crime family. But when the real Moses is put in danger, he and Carter must work together to foil the scheme for good.
Style: funny, buddy comedy, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: police, dumb, undercover cop, police investigation, partner, adaptation, justice, friendship, police detective, machismo, odd couple, undercover ...
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 38K
Copshop (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: jail cell, hitman, police, assassin, black cop, female warrior, gunfight, arrest, prison, murder, rookie, small town ...
Time: future
Place: nevada
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 8.1
 8K
Day Break (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Today Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Alberto Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then, he will wake up and start the day over again.
Style: serious, detective, surreal, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: changing the past or future, time loop, african american, who done it, protagonist as suspect, unsolved mystery, family in danger, interrogation, witnessing a crime, trapped, law enforcement, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 180K
A Time to Kill (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style: sincere, suspense, serious, thought provoking, political ...
Audience: date night
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, court, justice, lawyer, courtroom, murder, trial, small town, rape, injustice, revenge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, america, southern usa
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
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, black comedy, dark comedy, buddy comedy
Plot: black cop, buddy cop, daughter, city, african american, black, investigation, weapons, police officer, buddy, victim, black man ...
Place: beverly hills
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The Glass Shield (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the ...
Style: tense, harsh, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: racism, police corruption, murder, police investigation, racial issues, gangster, hip hop, crime gone awry, brutality, fbi, justice, false accusation ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant ?
 5.5
 3K
Linewatch (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. is a Border Patrol Officer in the New Mexico desert with a secret past that is about to catch up with him. When his old gang leader tracks him down and forces him to smuggle drugs across the border, he must ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, surprise ending
Audience: boys' night
Plot: u.s. mexico border, law enforcement, gang, gangster, drug dealing, starting over, husband wife relationship, police shootout, black cop, national security, nypd, black ...
Place: usa, mexico, new mexico, los angeles, latin america ...
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Disco Godfather (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco ...
Style: independent film, black comedy, retro, surreal, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disco, blaxploitation, nightclub, martial arts, vice squad, exploitation, drug, black, african, drug abuse, black cop, african american ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
Style: neo noir, detective, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot: blaxploitation, black, prostitute, political corruption, mysticism, exploitation, police investigation, murder, self defense, murder of a prostitute, preacher, murder investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa
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In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Style: detective, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: racism, small town, prejudice, police, murder, racial tension, african american, civil rights, racial slur, deep south, murder mystery, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, north carolina
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L.A.'s Finest (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, humorous, suspense, light ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: partners against crime, police investigation, female police officer, black cop, policewoman, betrayal, violence, police, sex, police detective, homicide detective, female police detective ...
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 4.5
 865
Crackerjack (1994)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
Style: political thriller, cliffhanger, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: female assassin, stasi, mountain, heist, ski resort, die hard, terrorist plot, hostile takeover, hostage, resort, terrorism, good versus evil ...
Time: 90s
Place: east germany, chicago
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 14K
21 Jump Street (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of ...
Style: captivating, detective, sitcom, light, enigmatic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: youth, police, teenage life, hidden identity, undercover agent, undercover, teenager, police officer, team, chase, society, undercover cop ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa
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Midnight Ride (1990)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
Style: grindhouse, independent film, slasher, fast, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cannon, killer, truck, terror, trucker, automobile, immigrant, psychopath, hostage, murder, stalking ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: california, moscow russia
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Hero and the Terror (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has ...
Style: suspenseful, cult classic, slasher, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, martial arts, cannon, police investigation, brutality, violence, chase, death, hospital, investigation, psychopath ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 106K
Cop Land (1997)
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, talky, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: corruption, nypd, dirty cop, mafia, police, police corruption, internal affairs, sheriff, organized crime, corrupt cop, investigation, small town ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 16K
The Chamber (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style: suspense, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, legal, courtroom, murder, prison, ku klux klan, death sentence, haunted by the past, anti semitism, lawyer, politics ...
Time: 90s, year 1967, 60s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: mississippi, usa
Is relevant ?
 5.1
 220
Final Mission (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When his family are murdered Vietnam War veteran, Vince Deacon, tracks down the man responsible for the murders and to get his revenge.
Style: cult classic, independent film, fast, exciting, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, vietnam veteran, revenge, police station, murder, jungle, vigilantism, one man army, vengeance, heroes, crooked sheriff, battles ...
Time: year 1972
Place: vietnam, laos, los angeles
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 458
Kojak (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A bald police detective with a righteous attitude battles crime on his hometurf.
Style: serious, stylized, rough, detective, suspense ...
Plot: police detective, serial killer, police investigation, hotshot hero, fighting crime, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, cop witness relations, nypd, gang, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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In the Heat of the Night (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel of the same name starring Carroll O'Connor as the white police chief William Gillespie, and Howard Rollins as the African-American police detective ...
Style: detective, retro, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: police, police detective, legal, team, deep south, african american, terrorism, mafia, social justice, american culture, police officer, black history ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mississippi, usa, southern usa
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