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1. 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: 452,820 | Gross: $130.16M
2. Scream 4 (2011)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale
Votes: 171,312 | Gross: $38.18M
3. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 135,808 | Gross: $15.63M
4. We Own the Night (2007)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian Mafia hitmen.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Danny Hoch
Votes: 93,036 | Gross: $28.56M
5. The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia
Votes: 48,507 | Gross: $35.92M
6. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
PG | 84 min | Comedy, Crime
Those bumbling cadets take to the streets when three inept goons successfully orchestrate a metropolitan crime wave.
Director: Peter Bonerz | Stars: Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook
Votes: 33,203 | Gross: $11.57M
7. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats
Votes: 12,213
8. Code of Silence (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese
Votes: 9,406 | Gross: $20.35M
9. Robot & Frank (2012)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.
Director: Jake Schreier | Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler
Votes: 65,786 | Gross: $3.33M
10. Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka
Votes: 1,281
11. The Third Key (1956)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.
Director: Charles Frend | Stars: Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke
Votes: 1,378
12. Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this sequel to "A Family of Cops", the family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off the case.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Charles Bronson, Angela Featherstone, Barbara Williams, Sebastian Spence
Votes: 804
13. Christmas Catch (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A small-town policewoman falls for a suspected diamond thief at Christmas time.
Director: Justin G. Dyck | Stars: Emily Alatalo, Andrew Bushell, Franco Lo Presti, Genelle Williams
Votes: 1,808
14. International Khiladi (1999)
Not Rated | 175 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime boss is accused by a reporter of murdering her brother and raping her. He investigates the frame-up.
Director: Umesh Mehra | Stars: Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Rajat Bedi, Vivek Shauq
Votes: 2,405
15. High Wall (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick
Votes: 1,933
16. The Killer Is Loose (1956)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr.
Votes: 2,487
17. Paris Pigalle (2018)
118 min | Comedy
Two cops infiltrate the porn scene in the early 80's .
Director: Cédric Anger | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Michel Fau, Camille Razat
Votes: 741
18. The Glitter Dome (1984 TV Movie)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In this seedy neo-noire tale, two Hollywood homicide cops investigating a movie mogul's murder stumble upon a child-pornography ring.
Director: Stuart Margolin | Stars: James Garner, Margot Kidder, John Lithgow, John Marley
Votes: 365
19. Inkaar (1977)
135 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective helps a wealthy shoe company owner search for the young son of the owner's chaufeur whom was kidnapped by a disgruntled ex-employee and his gang for a large ransom.
Director: Raj N. Sippy | Stars: Vinod Khanna, Vidya Sinha, Shreeram Lagoo, Sadhu Meher
Votes: 256
20. Look in Any Window (1961)
87 min | Drama
A teenager's parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.
Director: William Alland | Stars: Paul Anka, Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 307
21. Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed, Philip Dorn, Phil Brown
Votes: 470
22. Future X-Cops (2010)
99 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A cop travels back in time to take on a corporation that's out to eliminate a doctor who has created a new technology which can break up the monopoly on a energy resources.
Director: Jing Wong | Stars: Andy Lau, Barbie Hsu, Bingbing Fan, Jiao Xu
Votes: 978
23. Triple Trouble (1918)
Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short
Foreign agents try to steal a wireless explosive from an inventor. Only the clueless Little Tramp and the Keystone Cops can stop them.
Directors: Charles Chaplin, Leo White | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Billy Armstrong, Albert Austin
Votes: 1,201
24. Footsteps in the Sand (1939)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder case sparks a sensationalist press frenzy as it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Joan Marion, Raymond Massey, Elliott Mason, Walter Hudd
Votes: 56
25. Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur (1976)
74 min | Comedy, Crime
Superintendent Pichard investigates the death of a toilet attendant.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Coluche, Jean Rochefort, Roland Dubillard, Danièle Evenou
Votes: 534
26. Sinners of Paris (1958)
80 min | Crime, Drama
Le Fondu, a famous gangster, escapes from the hospital where he was detained, killing an inspector in the process. The colleague of the deceased inspector, Paul Vardier, vows to avenge him.... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi, Danik Patisson, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 151
27. Broadway's Finest (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Broadway's Finest is a diverting story about three struggling men who impersonate New York City under cover cops and chase down a notorious drug dealer in order to create their own cutting ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Marro | Stars: Adam Storke, John Lavelle, Nick Cornish, Larry Pine
Votes: 183
28. Future Schlock (1984)
85 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a future time when middle-class, Stepford-type suburbanites have triumphed over individualists and non-conformists and made them prisoner, two vanquished but not defeated non-conformists carry on the fight as best they can.
Directors: Chris Kiely, Barry Peak | Stars: Mary-Anne Fahey, Mike Bishop, Tracey Callander, Tiriel Mora
Votes: 50
29. Moving Vanities (1939)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Errol moves out of his apartment when the landlord raises the rent, but encounters the usual headaches and difficulties in finding a new place.
Director: Lou Brock | Stars: Leon Errol, Barbara Jo Allen, Eddie Gribbon, Bud Jamison
Votes: 12
30.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Slow Boy
(1973)
96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough cop in charge of a special felony squad goes after the vicious son of a Mafia chief who is pulling a string of strong-arm robberies.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Vic Morrow, Edward Asner, Diane Baker, Ina Balin
Votes: 131
31.
Becker (1998–2004)
Episode:
Let's Talk About Sex
(2002)
TV-PG | Comedy
Becker's intended talk to children about nutrition abruptly becomes a discussion about sex. Two police officers conduct a stakeout at the diner.
Director: Darryl Bates | Stars: Ted Danson, Terry Farrell, Hattie Winston, Shawnee Smith
Votes: 114
32.
C-16: FBI (1997–1998)
Episode:
The Sandman
(1997)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Agents Rooney and DiRado hunt for an international assassin known as the Sandman. Reardon and DiRado bicker. Olansky tries to get Nick out of deep cover after he beats up a cop. Stoddard scores a date. Rooney deals with being a single mom.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Eric Roberts, D.B. Sweeney, Christine Tucci, Angie Harmon
Votes: 28
33.
Cannon (1971–1976)
Episode:
Murder by Moonlight
(1972)
Not Rated | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Convicted felon Mike Carr attends college under a prison rehab program. The incarcerated crime boss John Flatow forces Carr to ferry information to and from his outside people. Cannon agrees to help Carr break free of Flatow's control.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: William Conrad, Burr DeBenning, Julie Gregg, Lin McCarthy
Votes: 104
34.
Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode:
A Question of Answers
(1975)
TV-PG | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When local and federal officers want to catch a loan shark, Kojak persuades a boyhood friend to go undercover as part of a deal to dismiss a case pending against him. Pressure mounts as the... See full summary »
Director: Jerry London | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas
Votes: 169
35.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Tale of the Goat
(1985)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs escort a coffin containing a criminal to his final Miami resting place ... until its learned that he has risen from the dead and has a similar zombie fate scheduled for Tubbs.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 493
36.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Amen... Send Money
(1987)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The wife of a televangelist is arrested on drug charges by Tubbs who finds himself the target of preacher's vengeance. However, a rival televangelist makes his play.
Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 359
37.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Baseballs of Death
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs are investigating the murders of prostitutes which appears to be the work of a sadist. They discover that the killer is a Chilean police official. They try to arrest him ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 336
38.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Blood & Roses
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gina becomes a little too close to mobster Frank Mosca in an attempt to take him down.
Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 316
39.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
By Hooker by Crook
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A call girl witnesses two henchmen take her client and ultimately murder him, causing her to go into hiding, confiding and staying with a friend, a woman Crockett falls for big time. Unknown to him, there is far more to her than he knows.
Director: Don Johnson | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 399
40.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Calderone's Return: Part 1 - The Hit List
(1984)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team moves to protect Crockett and his family from an assassin, hired by Calderone to re-empty the void he left behind.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 922
41.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Child's Play
(1987)
TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tormented by his shooting a 13-year-old kid, Crockett tries to reconnect with his estranged son while attempting to take down a gun runner.
Director: Vern Gillum | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 358
42.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Cool Runnin'
(1984)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs must enlist the help of an unreliable petty thief to bust a drug operation run by a trio of homicidal Jamaicans.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 800
43.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Down for the Count: Part II
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shaken and angered by Zito's death, Switek and the squad pull out all the stops to take Guzman down.
Director: Richard Compton | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 418
44.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
El Viejo
(1986)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs have their hands full with an impatient old-timer (Willie Nelson) anxious to make a deal with a deadly Bolivian cocaine importer.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 502
45.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Forgive Us Our Debts
(1986)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
New evidence leads Crockett to fight against the execution of Frank Hackman, put on Death Row for murdering Crockett's old partner.
Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 485
46.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Give a Little, Take a Little
(1984)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In court, Crockett refuses to identify an informant and spends more time in jail than the drug dealer he is trying to bust. Gina and Trudy infiltrate a prostitution ring. Gina is placed in ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 685
47.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
God's Work
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The good son of a crime boss returns to Miami for some reason. Castillo fears he's there to take over the business but the tragic truth surprises him. A caring priest related to the criminal and Castillo's close friend is soon murdered.
Director: Jan Eliasberg | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 328
48.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Hell Hath No Fury
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Trudy's friend hires an assassin to kill the man who raped her, became a poster child for rehabilitation in prison to get paroled, and is now continuing to torture her psychologically by using the media to paint her as the villain.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 291
49.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Heroes of the Revolution
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The team is working on a Cuban named Pedroza. They discover another man keeping tabs on him. They learn that he's a Communist agent. He goes to see Gina and tells her that he knew her ... See full summary »
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 357
50.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Lend Me an Ear
(1987)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Crockett and Tubbs' investigation of a paranoid dealer is complicated by a surveillance expert who decides to play both sides against one another.
Director: James Quinn | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 417