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1. Se7en (1995)
R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker
Votes: 1,805,165 | Gross: $100.13M
2. Bad Boys for Life (2020)
R | 124 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett must face off against a mother-and-son pair of drug lords who wreak vengeful havoc on their city.
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig
Votes: 175,952 | Gross: $206.31M
3. 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: 287,531 | Gross: $65.81M
4. The Invisible Man (I) (2020)
R | 124 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Director: Leigh Whannell | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge
Votes: 256,709 | Gross: $70.41M
5. 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: 267,999 | Gross: $138.61M
6. 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: 292,061 | Gross: $49.28M
7. Lethal Weapon (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 277,088 | Gross: $65.21M
8. King of New York (1990)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Votes: 42,294 | Gross: $2.55M
9. 21 Bridges (2019)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Director: Brian Kirk | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Stephan James
Votes: 74,775 | Gross: $28.54M
10. Freeway (1996)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri
Votes: 31,876 | Gross: $0.30M
11. 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: 42,216
12. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh pursue a former LAPD officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
Votes: 178,899 | Gross: $144.73M
13. 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: 172,528 | Gross: $130.44M
14. L.A.'s Finest (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The spinoff series of Bad Boys films focuses on drug enforcement agent Sydney Burnett, now working for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Stars: Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Union, Duane Martin, Zach Gilford
Votes: 8,409
15. Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
R | 93 min | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
NYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: David Carradine, Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 9,504
16. Rising Sun (1993)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When an escort girl is found dead in the offices of a Japanese company in Los Angeles, detectives Web Smith and John Connor act as liaison between the company's executives and the investigating cop Tom Graham.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Votes: 48,344 | Gross: $63.10M
17. Action Jackson (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone
Votes: 12,642 | Gross: $20.26M
18. Angie Tribeca (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.
Stars: Rashida Jones, Jere Burns, Andree Vermeulen, Deon Cole
Votes: 9,632
19. The Ambulance (1990)
R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Red Buttons
Votes: 4,209
20. Night Killer (1990)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A surviving amnesiac victim of a serial killer is terrorized while the police works with a psychiatrist to bring him to justice and stop the crime wave.
Directors: Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei | Stars: Peter Hooten, Tara Buckman, Richard Foster, Mel Davis
Votes: 1,124
21. White Boy (2017)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."
Director: Shawn Rech | Stars: Richard Wershe Jr., Scott M. Burnstein, Dana Hathaway, Joe Swickard
Votes: 2,267
22. Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary, Crime, Music
The inside story behind the Biggie and Tupac murder investigations is laid bare using police case files, taped confessions never before shown on film, and interviews with lead detective Greg Kading and other witnesses.
Director: Mike Dorsey | Stars: Imari Williams, Greg Kading, Frank Alexander, Xavien T. Bailey
Votes: 934
23. The Super Ninja (1984)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John is a NYPD maverick who's also a ninja and has black partner Spencer. He soon unravels an international conspiracy that revolves around his girlfriend Nancy and her scientist father, who's created a secret formula.
Director: Kuo-Ren Wu | Stars: Alexander Rei Lo, Eugene Thomas, Mei Lo, Il-do Jang
Votes: 568
24. Dawn (II) (2018)
119 min | Drama
A reserved woman executive begins having vivid dreams about a young girl she hardly knows being brutally murdered. As the dreams intensify, she calls the police and two skeptical detectives... See full summary »
Director: Cynthia A L Cherry | Stars: Erin Nordseth, Patrick Vann, Michael Sigler, Raian Stanley
Votes: 108
25. Badge of the Assassin (1985 TV Movie)
R | 120 min | Drama
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police detective on the trail of the killers that ... See full summary »
Director: Mel Damski | Stars: James Woods, Yaphet Kotto, Alex Rocco, David Harris
Votes: 365
26. Bad Henry (2018)
85 min | Crime
Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide detective Garry McFadden hosts the story of Henry Louis Wallace, an American serial killer who was known as "The Taco Bell Strangler." "Bad Henry" was convicted of killing ten women between 1990 and 1994.
Director: Gregory Palmer | Stars: Garry McFadden, Glenn Counts, Christopher A. Dias, David Discenza
Votes: 55
27.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Pilot
(2016)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to maintain a low stress level in his life.
Director: McG | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 1,751
28.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Surf n Turf
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh respond to a noise complaint at a party at heavyweight boxer Ronald Dawson's Hollywood hills home. When gunshots go off, they are drawn into a major case involving ... See full summary »
Director: McG | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 1,326
29.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Best Buds
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh follow a violent case involving a drug cartel, theft, two killings and, unfortunately, Murtaugh's old T.O., Ned Brower. As the case unfolds, it turns out that Ned is more... See full summary »
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 1,163
30.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
There Goes the Neighborhood
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A string of burglaries hits close to home for Murtaugh when one occurs in his own neighborhood, and it gets just as personal for Riggs when another break-in ends in a casualty. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Ensler | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 1,091
31.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Spilt Milk
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Murtaugh and Riggs target a former Navy SEAL. Murtaugh sees a parallel between the suspect and Riggs. Murtaugh sees Riggs connection to the suspect threatens to interfere with the case.
Director: Larry Teng | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 1,096
32.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Ties That Bind
(2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When Riggs and Murtaugh investigate a high-profile case surrounding the murder of a young model, they uncover a vicious secret behind the locked mansion gates of one of LA's wealthiest ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Negret | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 984
33.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Jingle Bell Glock
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Holiday celebrations are cut short when the precinct is called to examine a homicide linked to the deranged nephew of the drug lord who has ties to Riggs; and Murtaugh has a problem with his neighbor's excessive holiday decorations.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm
Votes: 963
34.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Fashion Police
(2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As Riggs and Murtaugh examine the murder of one of L.A.'s fashion expeditors, they follow a trail of evidence that leads them to an ongoing and exceptionally dangerous underground ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Seidenglanz | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 989
35.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Can I Get a Witness?
(2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a million dollar casino heist takes a deadly turn, Riggs befriends the only credible witness, an eight-year-old boy, and takes him into his care. On the flip side, Murtaugh pulls some ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Ensler | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 971
36.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Homebodies
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh end up in the middle of a turf war as they investigate the murder of a millennial "designer drug" dealer.
Director: Michael Fields | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 915
37.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Brotherly Love
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Roger and Trish find themselves pitted against each other when a stolen car full of cocaine is traced to a ring of car thieves.
Director: Uta Briesewitz | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 841
38.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Lawmen
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Murtaugh and Riggs suspect misuse of power in the LA Sheriff's department when they investigate the killing of a Texas Ranger.
Director: Sylvain White | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm
Votes: 862
39.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
The Seal Is Broken
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh investigate a series of violent crimes with one thing in common - the victims are all members of the same church. While investigating the case, Riggs faces a moral ... See full summary »
Director: Nathan Hope | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 826
40.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
The Murtaugh File
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Murtaugh and Riggs discover that Cahill is being targeted by a murderous stalker after a violent car accident; Riggs begins to obsess over Murtaugh's past after finding his file in Cahill's... See full summary »
Director: Matt Barber | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 866
41.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
As Good as It Getz
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh are forced to work with DEA agent Karen Palmer again, to protect Leo Getz, an ambulance-chasing attorney who was linked to the Cartel. As the three delve further into the... See full summary »
Director: Nick Copus | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm
Votes: 872
42.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Unnecessary Roughness
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A murder involving a high school football phenomenon draws Riggs and Murtaugh into the lucrative - and corrupt - world of college recruiting. Meanwhile, Murtaugh considers a big change in ... See full summary »
Director: Bethany Rooney | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 762
43.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Commencement
(2017)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs makes a shocking discovery about Miranda's death that leads him back to the cartel in a frantic search for answers. His wild desperation leaves Murtaugh torn between his commitment to his partner and his commitment to his family.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm
Votes: 1,169
44.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
A Problem Like Maria
(2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh team up again with DEA Agent Karen Palmer, and together they gain inside knowledge of dangerous new cartel operations. As Riggs' attachment to Palmer deepens, so do his ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 837
45.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
El Gringo Loco
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs plans to finish off Tito Flores in Mexico where Murtaugh follows him.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 891
46.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Dancing in September
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh uncover a drug ring at a wellness clinic while investigating a plastic surgeon's death.
Director: Rob Bailey | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 758
47.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Born to Run
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs and Murtaugh investigate the death of a famous singer's bodyguard.
Director: Nathan Hope | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Keesha Sharp, Chandler Kinney
Votes: 745
48.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Flight Risk
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Murtaugh and Riggs search for an unreliable father who committed a robbery 20,000 feet in the air with his daughter as the main witness.
Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Kevin Rahm
Votes: 722
49.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Gold Rush
(2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Riggs is reunited with childhood friends and comes to realize they might be mixed up in the robbery-homicide case he and Murtaugh are investigating. Meanwhile, Murtaugh finds a joint ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 672
50.
Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Episode:
Let It Ride
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Murtaugh and Riggs investigate a death that occurs moments before the victim's bet wins a horse race. Leo Getz insists it's a homicide and aids in the investigation. Meanwhile, Murtaugh ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Damon Wayans, Clayne Crawford, Jordana Brewster, Keesha Sharp
Votes: 681