American Police Movies

List of the best American movies about police selected by visitors to our site: The Quarry, 2 Guns, First Kill, Heat, Bad Boys for Life, Body Cam, Coffee & Kareem, Force of Nature, The Bounty Hunter, Lethal Weapon.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA

A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

Markimdb: 5
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
Duration02:18

A police chief tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:51

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 the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, Mexico

Marcus and Mike are forced to confront new threats, career changes, and midlife crises as they join the newly created elite team AMMO of the Miami police department to take down the ruthless Armando Armas, the vicious leader of a Miami drug cartel.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA

Cops involved with covering up a murder by getting rid of their body cam video footage find themselves haunted by an evil spirit.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genreaction, comedy, crime
CountryUSA

A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most ruthless criminal.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genreaction, crime
CountryUSA

A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a disgraced cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

    Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:10

    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 keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
    Duration02:34

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

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:39

      Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:02

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, history
      CountryUSA, Hong Kong
      Duration02:46

      An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA

      A stressed-out police officer struggles not to give in to the paranoia that grips his small mountain town as bodies turn up after each full moon.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada, Japan

      Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog tells the story of the world’s speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik and his plans for world domination.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, action, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa, USA, India
      Duration01:35

      In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members, including tough Deke Kay and single mom Chris Sanchez. The team's first big assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems routine, but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can break him free, criminals of various stripes step up for the prize.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:40

      Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
      CountrySpain
      Duration01:55

      The crew of a medical helicopter suffers an accident when helping a joint force of USA and United Nations troops under Spanish command division in Afghanistan. The Spanish army has only one night to organize the rescue of the crew and injured, but what seems routine turns into hell once they receive the order to rescue the helicopter as well. Things only get worse when during the night a huge a concentration of Talibans begin surround them.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

        An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:35

        After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Mexico, Hong Kong
        Duration02:25

        A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:04

        After a heist goes awry, a bank robber spends a night trying to free his brother from Riker's Island prison.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, short, crime
        CountryUSA, Sweden
        Duration31:02

        During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantastic, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:18

        In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, drama, western
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        Aging sidekick Lefty Brown has ridden with Eddie Johnson his entire life. But when a rustler kills Eddie, Lefty is forced from his partner’s shadow and must confront the ugly realities of frontier justice.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryFrance, Belgium, China, USA
        Duration02:21

        A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

        An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrethriller, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:22

        A mother (in her Minivan) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:07

        A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:29

          With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

          Markimdb: 3.2
          Genrethriller, crime
          CountryUSA

          As Shannon - a woman who wants to put her father's ashes away in the woods - witnesses a corrupt cop dealing drugs with a junkie, she has to try and run away after she gets rampaged by two discreditable cops after they see her taking secret photographs of their crime maneuver. They then do a cat-and-mouse game around the woods as Shannon teams up with a retired sheriff along the way for more reinforcement. It's just a diversion of survival and egalitarianism.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA

          The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, action, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:57

          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 RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:45

          Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:14

          After the accidental death of her rapist, an art student becomes an unlikely vigilante, set out to avenge college girls whose rapists were not charged.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genredrama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:31

          When Addison investigates the murder of his friend Kevin with the help of Phoebe, they discover that the truth is darker than they had ever imagined.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
          Duration02:39

          New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genrefamily, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:52

          While her mother is away on business, a young girl home alone with her older brother witnesses her neighbor's kidnapping. But no one believes her--not her brother, not the cops. So she takes matters into her own hands putting her life at risk to save her neighbor.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:38

            Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountryCanada, USA
            Duration02:03

            An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.




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