Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "police-work"

1. Castle (2009–2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a psychopath commits murders based on novelist Castle's books, Detective Beckett seeks his help to solve the case. He decides to work with her and uses his experiences as research for his novels.

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 174,484

2. The Little Things (2021)

R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer

Votes: 126,614

3. Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021– )

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss.

Stars: Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, Ainsley Seiger, Rick Gonzalez

Votes: 10,092

4. Miami Vice (1984–1989)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.

Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown

Votes: 30,241

5. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,802 | Gross: $130.16M

6. Bad Boys (1995)

R | 119 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Lisa Boyle, Michael Taliferro

Votes: 286,679 | Gross: $65.81M

7. The Other Guys (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two mismatched New York City detectives seize an opportunity to step up like the city's top cops, whom they idolize, only things don't quite go as planned.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Derek Jeter, Eva Mendes

Votes: 288,562 | Gross: $119.22M

8. Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A slightly unhinged cop is partnered with a veteran detective trying to maintain a low stress level in his life.

Stars: Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm, Michelle Mitchenor

Votes: 40,463

9. Bad Boys II (2003)

R | 147 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.

Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 267,429 | Gross: $138.61M

10. I, Robot (2004)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk

Votes: 575,851 | Gross: $144.80M

11. BlacKkKlansman (2018)

R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

Votes: 291,350 | Gross: $49.28M

12. S.W.A.T. (2003)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody, and only the L.A.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.

Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J

Votes: 153,997 | Gross: $116.93M

13. Candyman (1992)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: 100,219 | Gross: $25.79M

14. The Informer (2019)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

Director: Andrea Di Stefano | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Votes: 42,124

15. Nash Bridges (1996–2001)

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

A smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.

Stars: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jeff Perry

Votes: 8,108

16. HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021– )

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Morgane has a 160 IQ but it never really helped her in her everyday life. The police decide to bring her on board to help them track down and catch highly intelligent criminals.

Stars: Audrey Fleurot, Mehdi Nebbou, Bruno Sanches, Marie Denarnaud

Votes: 1,620

17. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

R | 127 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo

Votes: 172,313 | Gross: $130.44M

18. 24 Hours in Police Custody (2014– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

Cameras follow Bedfordshire Police over a 24 hour period as they respond to emergencies, investigate crimes, arrest suspects and battle against the clock.

Stars: Zawe Ashton, Royce Pierreson, Attiq Malik, Brett Jones

Votes: 948

19. Holding (I) (2022)

60 min | Drama

Follows PJ Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work.

Stars: Conleth Hill, Pauline McLynn, Demi Isaac Oviawe, Charlene McKenna

Votes: 2,040

20. The Locksmith (I) (2023)

92 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.

Director: Nicolas Harvard | Stars: Noel Gugliemi, Kate Bosworth, Ryan Phillippe, Ving Rhames

Votes: 2,347

21. La piovra (1984–2001)

TV-14 | 360 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.

Stars: Remo Girone, Patricia Millardet, Michele Placido, François Périer

Votes: 3,962

22. Antibodies (2005)

Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.

Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte

Votes: 9,040

23. Polisse (2011)

Not Rated | 127 min | Crime, Drama

A journalist covering police assigned to a juvenile division enters into an affair with one of her subjects.

Director: Maïwenn | Stars: Karin Viard, JoeyStarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle

Votes: 15,333 | Gross: $0.17M

24. Wild Horses (2015)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective opens up a fifteen-year-old missing persons case, and begins to suspect that the missing boy was murdered, and that a local rancher was involved.

Director: Robert Duvall | Stars: Robert Duvall, James Franco, Darien Willardson, Angie Cepeda

Votes: 3,927

25. Betrayed (1988)

R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair

Votes: 7,017 | Gross: $25.82M

26. The Seven Five (2014)

R | 104 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of 80s Brooklyn.

Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Mike Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw, Chickie

Votes: 6,279 | Gross: $0.01M

27. Vice Academy (1989)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime

Students at the police vice academy go out on the streets of L.A. and accumulate graduation points by trying to make small arrests.

Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Ginger Lynn, Karen Russell, Jayne Hamil

Votes: 950

28. The Devil You Know (2019– )

TV-MA | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

A journalist races to learn the truth when human remains are found in the home of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu.

Stars: Chad Nance, Nate Anderson, Jenna Woodring, Matt Flowers

Votes: 912

29. The Gil Mayo Mysteries (2006– )

60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Charismatic detective wise-cracks his way through murder mysteries.

Stars: Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Louise Brealey, Huw Rhys

Votes: 572

30. The Young Americans (1993)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama

Experienced NYPD detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of killings organized by a new player in town, an American gangster. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Terence Rigby

Votes: 2,771

31. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)

PG | 92 min | Crime, Drama

In a city rife with corruption, a cynical police captain clashes with an idealistic district attorney as they attempt to nab an elusive Mafia boss.

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Claudio Gora

Votes: 1,751

32. Police (1985)

113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.

Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard

Votes: 3,007

33. World's Wildest Police Videos (1998–2012)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Reality-TV

Host John Bunnell takes viewers on a constant thrill ride with real police videos captured from around the world. including high speed chases.

Stars: John Bunnell, C.W. Jensen, Andy DiPalma, Bill Young

Votes: 269

34. Visit to a Small Planet (1960)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth...

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark

Votes: 1,459

35. Blind Justice (2005)

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

NYPD Detective Jim Dunbar returns to work after being blinded in the line of duty.

Stars: Ron Eldard, Marisol Nichols, Reno Wilson, Frank Grillo

Votes: 469

36. Follow Me Quietly (1949)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva

Votes: 1,744

37. Ang probinsyano (1996)

118 min | Action, Drama

Ador (Fernando Poe Jr.) is killed in a drug bust operation after he was betrayed by his fellow cop. His superior devices a plan for his twin brother, Kardo, a provincial cop, to assume his ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Dindi Gallardo, Amanda Page, Melisse Santiago

Votes: 78

38. Großstadtrevier (1986– )

50 min | Crime, Comedy, Drama

The daily lives of police officers in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.

Stars: Maria Ketikidou, Jan Fedder, Till Demtrøder, Saskia Fischer

Votes: 373

39. Emma's Shadow (1988)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven-year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her ... See full summary »

Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Line Kruse, Börje Ahlstedt, Erik Wedersøe, Søren Østergaard

Votes: 339

40. Posutoman burûsu (1997)

110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A postman is mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police.

Director: Sabu | Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Ôsugi, Kyôko Tôyama

Votes: 1,891

41. Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008)

95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Murder and trouble hit Veum when he meets up with classmates in the rock-band Camp, when he resumes contact with a former flame Rebecca, now the wife of his buddy. A Varg Veum mystery by best-selling crime novelist Gunnar Staalesen.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Per Kjerstad, Bjørn Floberg, Pia Tjelta

Votes: 2,410

42. Pagbabalik ng probinsyano (1998)

123 min | Action, Drama

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Director: Fernando Poe Jr. | Stars: Fernando Poe Jr., Anjanette Abayari, Paquito Diaz, Daniel Fernando

Votes: 26

43. Detective Skills with Hitchcock and Scully (2015)

Comedy

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Stars: Dirk Blocker, Joel McKinnon Miller

44. The Miscellaneous Brigade on the Watch (1971)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In 1971 three inept petty Romanian criminals are released from prison but find themselves at the core of two money laundering and burglary cases.

Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Toma Caragiu, Dem Radulescu, Sebastian Papaiani, Puiu Calinescu

Votes: 1,977

45. Squala (1998)

Action

Hudlo (Joko Diaz) is a good-natured young man - polite, compassionate, and honest. But one day, his father is killed and all his uprightness is abandoned.

Director: Jose 'Kaka' Balagtas | Stars: Joko Diaz, John Regala, Rufa Mae Quinto, Aya Medel

Votes: 11

46. Red Team (1999)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Two FBI agents join a special team of operatives called Red Team that hunts serial killers. One of the suspects is soon found dead. The follow up investigation reveals that someone may be executing suspected serial killers.

Director: Jeremy Haft | Stars: Patrick Muldoon, Cathy Moriarty, Tim Thomerson, Fred Ward

Votes: 595

47. Police Women of Dallas (2010– )

Reality-TV

Police Women of Dallas follows several female officers as they patrol the more dangerous streets of Dallas. They sometimes work alone and have to deal with some pretty intense situations ... See full synopsis »

Stars: Cheryl Matthews, Tracy Jones, Angela Nordyke, Yvette Gonzales

Votes: 66

48. The Crime Patrol (1936)

Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup ... See full summary »

Director: Eugene Cummings | Stars: Ray Walker, Geneva Mitchell, 'Snub' Pollard, Hooper Atchley

Votes: 65

49. The Lady in the Morgue (1938)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.

Director: Otis Garrett | Stars: Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Thomas E. Jackson

Votes: 172

50. G-Men Never Forget (1948)

Passed | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

G-Man and a female detective sergeant pursue racketeers, unaware that her police commissioner is actually a gang boss altered by plastic surgery.

Directors: Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt | Stars: Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Ramsay Ames, Gil Frye

Votes: 110