Good Cop/Bad Cop Movies

BlacKkKlansman BlacKkKlansman
BlacKkKlansman
IMDb: 7.5
136

Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and become the head of the local chapter.

Blade Runner 2049 Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049
IMDb: 8
2h 44min

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

Sicario Sicario
Sicario
IMDb: 7.7
122

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

RoboCop RoboCop
RoboCop
IMDb: 6.1
118

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a…

The Place Beyond the Pines The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines
IMDb: 7.3
140

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

End of Watch End of Watch
End of Watch
IMDb: 7.6
109

Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.

The Raid Redemption The Raid Redemption
The Raid Redemption
IMDb: 7.6
101

Deep in the heart of Jakarta’s slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world’s most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building’s lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on…

Shutter Island Shutter Island
Shutter Island
IMDb: 8.2
138

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

American Gangster American Gangster
American Gangster
IMDb: 7.8
157

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.

Hot Fuzz Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz
IMDb: 7.8
121

Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired…

The Departed The Departed
The Departed
IMDb: 8.5
151

To take down South Boston’s Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop…

Sin City Sin City
Sin City
IMDb: 8
124

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops,…

Mystic River Mystic River
Mystic River
IMDb: 7.9
138

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.

Infernal Affairs Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs
IMDb: 8
101

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.

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Minority Report Minority Report
Minority Report
IMDb: 7.6
145

John Anderton is a top ’Precrime’ cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they’re committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

Insomnia Insomnia
Insomnia
IMDb: 7.2
118

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn’t set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Training Day Training Day
Training Day
IMDb: 7.7
122

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears.

Traffic Traffic
Traffic
IMDb: 7.6
147

An exploration of the United States of America’s war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin’s sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband’s ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

L A Confidential L A Confidential
L A Confidential
IMDb: 8.2
138

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night…

Men In Black Men In Black
Men In Black
IMDb: 7.3
98

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on…

Face/Off Face/Off
Face/Off
IMDb: 7.3
138

An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent’s family.

Fargo Fargo
Fargo
IMDb: 8.1
98

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt… but he’s got a plan. He’s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a…

Heat Heat
Heat
IMDb: 8.3
170

Obsessive master thief, Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective, Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects…

se7en se7en
se7en
IMDb: 8.6
127

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the ”seven deadly sins” in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers…

BadBoys BadBoys
BadBoys
IMDb: 6.8
119

Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies’ man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station’s nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

Speed Speed
Speed
IMDb: 7.3
116

Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who’s after major ransom money. First it’s a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it’s a rigged bus–if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that’s still not the end.

The Fugitive The Fugitive
The Fugitive
IMDb: 7.8
131

Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until Richard is captured. As Richard leads the team through a series of intricate chases, he discovers the secrets behind his wife’s death and struggles to expose the killer before it is too late.

Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs
IMDb: 8.3
99

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors — veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange,…

Basic Instinct Basic Instinct
Basic Instinct
IMDb: 7
128

A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

The Silence Of The Lambs The Silence Of The Lambs
The Silence Of The Lambs
IMDb: 8.6
119

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI’s training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving…

The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad
The Naked Gun From the Files of Police Squad
IMDb: 7.6
86

When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.

Die Hard Die Hard
Die Hard
IMDb: 8.2
2h 12min

NYPD cop, John McClane’s plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken…

The Untouchables The Untouchables
The Untouchables
IMDb: 7.8
119

Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it’s not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

Lethal Weapon Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
IMDb: 7.6
110

Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who — distraught after his wife’s death — has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.

Beverly Hills Cop Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop
IMDb: 7.4
105

Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend’s murder. But soon, he realizes he’s stumbled onto…

Blade Runner Blade Runner
Blade Runner
IMDb: 8.1
118

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their…

Chinatown Chinatown
Chinatown
IMDb: 8.1
130

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair, Gittes…

Dirty Harry Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry
IMDb: 7.7
102

When a madman dubbed ’Scorpio’ terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.

The French Connection The French Connection
The French Connection
IMDb: 7.7
104

Tough narcotics detective ’Popeye’ Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

Vertigo Vertigo
Vertigo
IMDb: 8.3
129

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.