Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "brutal-cop"

1. Dirty Harry (1971)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

Directors: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni

Votes: 168,294 | Gross: $35.90M

2. RoboCop 2 (1990)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Dan O'Herlihy

Votes: 93,165 | Gross: $45.68M

3. Only God Forgives (2013)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown

Votes: 118,108 | Gross: $0.78M

4. Above the Law (1988)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, Henry Silva, Ron Dean

Votes: 34,609 | Gross: $18.87M

5. Sudden Impact (1983)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 48,642 | Gross: $67.64M

6. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed

Votes: 9,959

7. Gang Related (1997)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.

Director: Jim Kouf | Stars: Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Lela Rochon, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 10,014 | Gross: $5.79M

8. RoboCop: Prime Directives (2001)

R | 375 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Thirteen years after the first Robocop, Delta City, once considered the safest place on Earth, has become a futuristic city owned and operated by OCP, and RoboCop is starting to feel his age.

Stars: Page Fletcher, Maurice Dean Wint, Maria del Mar, Anthony Lemke

Votes: 2,832

9. On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper

Votes: 8,066

10. The Fall of Minneapolis (2023)

102 min | Documentary, Crime

A multi-part documentary featuring: body worn camera video of George Floyd's arrest; interviews with officers who served during the riots; key evidence from the autopsy and Derek Chauvin's trial; and the aftermath that followed.

Director: JC Chaix | Stars: Derek Chauvin, Scott Creighton, Tom Haney, Tim Hanks

Votes: 957

11. The Big Racket (1976)

Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer, Orso Maria Guerrini

Votes: 1,599

12. High Crime (1973)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A righteous police inspector matches wits with a powerful Italian drug ring, all while key suspects and those closest to him begin to die in more-or-less equal measure.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, Fernando Rey, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo

Votes: 1,113

13. The Heroin Busters (1977)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring, and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned to the same task.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati

Votes: 942

14. Light Blast (1985)

R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A crazed physician invents a death ray and threatens to destroy San Francisco unless he is paid $10 million.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Erik Estrada, Ennio Girolami, Michael Pritchard, Peggy Rowe

Votes: 483

15. Out for Blood (1992)

R | 90 min | Action

An attorney is forced to fight back after his family is brutally murdered by vicious drug dealers, leading to an astounding martial arts showdown.

Director: Richard W. Munchkin | Stars: Don Wilson, Shari Shattuck, Michael DeLano, Ron Steelman

Votes: 487

16. The Tough Ones (1976)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.

Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy, Giampiero Albertini, Ivan Rassimov

Votes: 1,707

17. Violent Rome (1975)

89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of... See full summary »

Director: Marino Girolami | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Richard Conte, Silvano Tranquilli, Ray Lovelock

Votes: 692

18. Wanted! Bruce Li, Dead or Alive (1978)

90 min | Action, Drama

The new police chief (Bruce Li) arrives in a small provincial town. He's been charged with bringing a dangerous gang to justice. But within seconds, the chief provokes a showdown with his ... See full summary »

Director: Fei-Lung Huang | Stars: Bruce Li, Sing Chen, Li Chu, David Wei Tang

Votes: 155

19. Redemption (2002 Video)

R | 86 min | Action

Tough LA cop John Sato is fired from his elite SWAT team after the accidental death of a fellow officer. When he turns to a life of crime to support both himself and his young son, the choices he makes may lead to deadly consequences.

Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Don Wilson, Chris Penn, James Russo, Cynthia Rothrock

Votes: 383

20. The Circuit 2 (2002 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Prisoners are dying at the Ogden Correctional Institution, a prison where a corrupt Warden has taken justice and business into his own hands.

Director: Jalal Merhi | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Jalal Merhi, Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Blanks

Votes: 264

21. Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (2003 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A first person shooter set in Mega-City One where Dredd must face mad doctor Icarus who seeks immortality, citizens turned vampires and zombies by his virus and his archenemies - the four Dark Judges who see life itself as a crime.

Stars: Toby Longworth, Teresa Gallagher, Nicholas Briggs, Jez Fielder

Votes: 161

22. Dead Aim (1987)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a crime ridden city, a tough police detective seeks justice for 4 ODed/murdered strippers.

Director: William VanDerKloot | Stars: Ed Marinaro, Darrell Larson, Cassandra Gava, Isaac Hayes

Votes: 193

23. Judge Dredd 'halls of Justice' (Video Game)

Action | Completed

The future United States is a dystopic wasteland.On the east coast lies Mega-City One, a violent metropolis with 800 million residents and 17,000 crimes reported daily.

Director: Kevin Connor

24. Dirty Harry (1990 Video Game)

Not Rated | Action, Crime, Thriller

In this side-scrolling 2D action adventure platformer for NES based on the Dirty Harry movie franchise, Harry must navigate the gang-infested San Francisco streets, sewers and the Alcatraz to take down the crime lord named Anaconda.

Votes: 45

25. Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967)
Episode: Seven Miles of Bad Road (1963)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A hitchhiker runs into trouble in a small town.

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Neville Brand, James Anderson

Votes: 20

26. Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode: The Day the Island Almost Sank (1961)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The NYPD is shorthanded,overworked and sleep deprived due to various conventions being held at the same time in Manhattan. When a visiting conventioneer is found brutally murdered Lt. ... See full summary »

Director: William Conrad | Stars: Paul Burke, Horace McMahon, Harry Bellaver, Nancy Malone

Votes: 62

27. Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode: Tough Cop (1951)

30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Rookie cop Eddie Stone takes out his anger on suspects after Ruth, his fiancé, tells him she's fallen for another man. For two years he seethes, just hoping for the day the "other man" is ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Barry Nelson, Katharine Bard, Alan Stevenson, Robert Emhardt

Votes: 42

28. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: A Fist of Five (1962)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mike Brannon is a tough cop but his two blocks of Chicago are among the safest there are. He has a tendency to be rough with hoodlums and when he beats up one of Tony Lamberto's boys he ... See full summary »

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Robert Stack, Lee Marvin, Frank DeKova, Phyllis Coates

Votes: 65