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1 The Wire (2002 TV series)

Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement.

9.7/10 21,152
2 Dexter (2006 TV series)

A like-able Miami police forensics expert moonlights as a serial killer of criminals who he believes have escaped justice.

9.2/10 661
3 The Wire (2002 TV series)
Episode: Time After Time
8.5/10 141
4 Reservoir Dogs (1992)

After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

8.4/10 190,870
5 Day Break (2006 TV series)

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.

"   3,386
6 Law & Order (1990 TV series)

The show follows a crime, usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points. The first half of the show concentrates on the investigation of the crime by the police, the second half follows the prosecution of the crime in court.

8.2/10 4,500
7 In the Heat of the Night (1967)

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.

8.1/10 20,840
8 A Touch of Frost (1992 TV series)
Episode: A Minority of One

While Frost is investigating a series of burglaries in a black area of Denton, one of his informants, a single mother, is murdered as Mullett worries about bad press.

"   41
9 Crash (2004)

Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters...

8.0/10 154,618
10 American Gangster (2007)

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

"   102,832
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11 Miami Vice (1984 TV series) 7.8/10 3,708
12 Boyz n the Hood (1991) "   27,836
13 NYPD Blue (1993 TV series) "   1,821
14 Serpico (1973) 7.7/10 22,657
15 Cold Case (2003 TV series) "   4,756
16 Lethal Weapon (1987) 7.6/10 50,012
17 In the Heat of the Night (1988 TV series) "   337
18 The Crow (1994) "   50,616
19 Training Day (2001) "   72,837
20 Cube (1997) 7.5/10 42,663
21 Dawn of the Dead (2004) 7.4/10 66,699
22 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 7.3/10 41,326
23 Brooklyn South (1997 TV series) "   155
24 New York Undercover (1994 TV series) 7.2/10 410
25 The Negotiator (1998) "   43,015
26 A Time to Kill (1996) 7.1/10 35,663
27 The Fugitive (2000 TV series) "   209
28 The Mod Squad (1968 TV series) 7.0/10 233
29 The Sheriff (1971 TV movie) "   28
30 Magnum Force (1973) "   12,929
31 Starsky and Hutch (1975 TV series) "   929
32 Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) "   40,287
33 The Limey (1999) "   14,433
34 Street Kings (2008) "   35,631
35 Across 110th Street (1972) 6.9/10 1,175
36 King of New York (1990) "   9,183
37 Clockers (1995) "   7,666
38 Cop Land (1997) "   32,203
39 The District (2000 TV series) "   436
40 Little Murders (1971) 6.8/10 806
41 Fright Night (1985) "   10,476
42 Killer Instinct (2005 TV series) "   267
43 Deep Cover (1992) 6.7/10 3,409
44 Missing Persons (1993 TV series) "   12
45 The Mack (1973) 6.6/10 756
46 Bad Boys (1995) "   48,391
47 Shaft (1971) 6.5/10 6,195
48 Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) "   36,199
49 Summer of Sam (1999) "   17,422
50 Out of Time (2003) "   19,298
51 Separate Lies (2005) "   2,322
52 Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) 6.4/10 519
53 Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) "   43,977
54 ...tick... tick... tick... (1970) 6.3/10 315
55 Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) "   223
56 The Laughing Policeman (1973) 6.2/10 756
57 An Innocent Man (1989) "   2,194
58 Bad Boys II (2003) "   51,603
59 How to Rob a Bank (2007) "   2,811
60 Kojak (2005 TV series) 6.1/10 148
61 Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009 video) "   3,981
62 The Organization (1971) 6.0/10 410
63 Shaft's Big Score! (1972) "   1,020
64 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) "   27,223
65 Gang Related (1997) "   2,588
66 Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) "   66,892
67 They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) 5.9/10 994
68 Detroit 9000 (1973) "   288
69 Badge of the Assassin (1985 TV movie) "   164
70 Ricochet (1991) "   5,919
71 In the Shadow of Evil (1995 TV movie) "   98
72 The Object of My Affection (1998) "   7,984
73 Shaft (2000) "   30,739
74 Deliver Us from Eva (2003) "   2,053
75 The Chamber (1996) 5.7/10 5,568
76 Five Desperate Hours (1997 TV movie) "   84
77 Dead Bang (1989) 5.6/10 1,242
78 Shaft (1973 TV series) 5.5/10 49
79 In Too Deep (1999) "   2,379
80 Dirty (2005) "   2,817
81 Light It Up (1999) 5.4/10 2,123
82 'Sheba, Baby' (1975) 5.3/10 282
83 Exit Wounds (2001) 5.2/10 13,476
84 Lady Cocoa (1975) 5.1/10 49
85 Gang in Blue (1996 TV movie) "   208
86 Crosscurrent (1971 TV movie) 5.0/10 24
87 Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) 4.9/10 19,255
88 Mercy Streets (2000) "   287
89 Never Cry Werewolf (2008 TV movie) 4.8/10 598
90 A Time to Die (1991) 4.7/10 99
91 Jawbreaker (1999) "   8,688
92 Sacrifice (2000 TV movie) 4.5/10 458
93 Atomic Train (1999 TV movie) 4.4/10 1,257
94 Far Out Man (1990) 4.3/10 408
95 Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001 TV movie) 4.1/10 731
96 The Mod Squad (1999) 3.9/10 5,198
97 Making the Boom and the Bang in 'Bad Boys' (2000 video documentary short) 3.8/10 39
98 No Alibi (2000) 2.8/10 454
99 Take My Life (1942)
100 Lethal Weapon 5 (2012)

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