Police chief movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant police chief movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, detective, suspenseful, serious, captivating and tense films and TV shows about / with chief of police, police, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, murder, police officer, police investigation, police station and partner plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as police chief: New World (2013), Crossing Lines (2013), I Saw the Devil (2010), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Major Crimes (2012), Moonlight (2007), Blue Bloods (2010), The Gates (2010), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), The Closer (2005).

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 7.5
 26K
New World (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story: An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, gang war, mole, gang leader, moral dilemma, criminal gang, mafia, organized crime, undercover cop, police, betrayal, mind game ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia, east asia, seoul
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 7.3
 14K
Crossing Lines (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our ...
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, dramatic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, police, fighting crime, partners against crime, investigator, forensics, law enforcement, organized crime, partner, chief of police, suspicion, hunt down ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: europe
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 7.8
 145K
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, dark, tense ...
Audience: date night, manly, adult
Plot: serial killer, revenge, vengeance, murder, psychopath, violence, macabre, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, brutality, torture ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia, east asia
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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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 7.8
 16K
Major Crimes (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, detective, tense
Plot: female detective, female protagonist, homicide detective, policewoman, police detective, law enforcement, murder investigation, lapd, murder, fighting crime, investigator, interrogation ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.6
 25K
Moonlight (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.
Style: light, suspenseful, witty, serious, gothic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, investigation, fall in love, dangerous attraction, reporter, immortality, vampire human love, supernatural ability, impossible love, supernatural romance, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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 7.7
 47K
Blue Bloods (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs ...
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, exciting, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: police commissioner, police detective, family tradition, law enforcement, investigation, family life, police procedural, price of justice, chief of police, police, nypd, female detective ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.1
 8K
The Gates (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Like most families that settle inside The Gates, the Monahans are unmoored from a complicated life they abandoned in Chicago. There's something very different about this place, almost... haunting. Named the new police chief of The Gates, Nick ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, vampire, werewolf, youth, witch, lifestyle, female werewolf, danger, imaginary, supernatural power, suburban life, vampirism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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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
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 7.8
 29K
The Closer (2005)
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: captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police, crime investigation, police investigation, murder, female detective, workplace romance, homicide detective, couples, twists and turns, strong female character, police detective ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Midsomer Murders (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Style: atmospheric, detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, police detective, murder investigation, investigation, who done it, whodunit, detective inspector, multiple suspects, human nature, twists and turns, police investigation, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place: england, europe
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 8.6
 76K
The Bridge (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: serial killer, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, police detective, cop, twists and turns, mind game, partners against crime, murderer, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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 7.2
 9K
Shaitan (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug abuse, kidnapping, police corruption, ransom, chief of police, bribery, buddies, on the run, law enforcement, life is a bitch, fake kidnapping, group of friends ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india
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 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
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Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: amnesia, murder, chief of police, memory loss, investigation, manipulation, psychopath, drug abuse, terminal illness, alcohol abuse, mind game, protagonist as suspect ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: massachusetts
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 6.7
 222K
Gangster Squad (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style: rough, exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, manly, teens
Plot: mob boss, organized crime, mafia, gangster, partners against crime, law enforcement, corruption, revenge, police brutality, squad, power struggle, love triangle ...
Time: 1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place: los angeles, california, israel, usa
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 6.1
 15K
Stockholm (2018)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages ...
Style: dark comedy, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: stockholm syndrome, hostage, bank, bank robber, hostage situation, criminal as protagonist, negotiation, criminal, ransom, american abroad, husband wife relationship, chief of police ...
Time: 90s, 70s, year 1973
Place: stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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 6.3
 4K
Gun City (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Barcelona, ​​Spain, 1921. A tough cop from Madrid arrives in the city to locate, under the suspicious scrutiny of corrupt local police officers, a significant amount of military weaponry stolen from a train, allegedly by revolutionary anarchists.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: prostitution, police corruption, corrupt cop, corruption, bribery, violence, assassination, chief of police, anarchism, working class, secret service, blue collar ...
Time: 1920s
Place: barcelona, spain
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 7.4
 8K
Mob City (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of a decades-long conflict between the Los Angeles Police Department, under the determined leadership of Police Chief William Parker, and ruthless criminal elements led by Mickey Cohen, a one-time boxer who rose to the top of ...
Style: neo noir, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mobster, gangster, power struggle, police, mob boss, tough law enforcer, fighting crime, mafia, actress, chief of police, law enforcement ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.9
 3K
Wild Bill (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot: protective father, british police, father daughter relationship, police station, american abroad, police protagonist, culture clash, police investigation, chief of police, teenage daughter, russophobia, interrogation ...
Place: england
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 5.1
 54K
Hot Pursuit (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.
Style: humorous, not serious, exciting, funny, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: chase, police, odd couple, on the run, friendship, shooting, policewoman, organized crime, corruption, danger, cop, witness protection ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, san antonio texas, texas
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 229 min.
Story: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style: epic, ambiguous ending, melancholic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, gunfight, betrayal, childhood friend, corruption, criminal heroes, mobster ...
Time: 1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, usa, america, israel, china ...
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 6.5
 4K
Madigan (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes ...
Style: neo noir, detective, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: manhunt, police, police detective, police commissioner, psychopath, anti hero, police procedural, partner, law enforcement, investigation, hierarchy, police partner ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa, new york
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Inspector George Gently (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, crime drama, clever ...
Plot: murder investigation, police investigation, police, whodunit, law enforcement, police detective, partner, chief of police, partners against crime, murder, police procedural, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, future
Place: england, europe
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 6.6
 1K
K-Ville (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: K-Ville is an American television drama created and executive produced by Jonathan Lisco, centering on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Deran Sarafian directed the pilot. On May 15, 2008, the series was officially canceled.
Style: serious, rough, sincere, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: partner, unlikely partners, police investigation, law enforcement, demolished city, chief of police, partners against crime, against the rules, political corruption, police detective, fighting crime, murder investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new orleans, louisiana
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 6.9
 12K
A Cat in Paris (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids, preschool
Plot: cat, cat burglar, mute girl, chase, introspection, kidnapping, chief of police, gangster, youth, young heroes, organized crime, pursuit ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Chicago Code (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose political corruption within the city.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, tough law enforcer, corruption, politician, female police officer, police, law enforcement, fighting crime, political corruption, chief of police, partner, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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 7.5
 3K
Memphis Beat (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Memphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, detective, humorous ...
Plot: police detective, police investigation, policewoman, police station, blues, workplace, law enforcement, family relations, parents and children, chief of police, boss and employee, victim ...
Time: 21st century
Place: memphis, southern usa, usa, tennessee
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 8.2
 199K
The Mentalist (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Style: exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, investigation, partners against crime, fighting crime, police, murder, police investigation, law enforcement, danger, talented, justice, outsmarting ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Fairy Tale Police Department (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Who do you call when in fairy tale land there's a crime being committed? The F.T.P.D.. Two crack detectives named Kris Anderson & Johnny Legend solve all the cases involving our beloved & favorite characters from the well known fairy ...
Style: fairy tale, entertaining, captivating, light, spoof ...
Plot: magic, criminal, police, transformation, chief of police, witch, magic wand, prince, princess, villain arrested, fairy, little mermaid ...
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