American Police Movies

List of the best American movies about police selected by visitors to our site: First Kill, Dragged Across Concrete, 211, Audrey the Trainwreck, Incognito, The Breadwinner, Snowden, The Device, Iris, Donald Glover: Weirdo.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Country
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: 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: 4.3
Genreaction, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Bulgaria
Duration02:07

Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history, Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist in progress by a fearless team of highly-trained and heavily-armed men.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA

The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, meet through a matchmaking Internet service and go through the routine of falling for one another.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris, Marieke, turns out to be an arts expert Harry's clients are using to check the counterfeit picture he painted.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, family, cartoon, military
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, USA, United Kingdom, Philippines, India
Duration01:45

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan, ruled by the Taliban, disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryFrance, Germany, USA, United Kingdom
Duration02:23

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Markimdb: 3.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Abby and Rebecca Powell haven't seen each other since a traumatic event in their youth ripped them apart. Reunited for the first time in over a decade, the sisters take a trip to spread their mother's ashes at a secluded lake. As the sisters reconnect and try to heal old wounds, something waits in the nearby woods. A strange object, made not by the hands of man, beckons them to it. As they begin to try and unlock its secrets, Abby is plagued by nightmares of an alien presence that seem all too real. Little do the sisters realize that this object is actually a device, one with a purpose too horrible to comprehend. As the events of the past and the present begin to merge, new discoveries will threaten to tear apart their newly reformed family, and the inhuman creators of the device will attempt to finish a terrible experiment begun years before.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredocumentary, biography, history
CountryUSA

IRIS pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even in Iris’ dotage, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. IRIS portrays a singular woman whose enthusiasm for fashion, art and people are life’s sustenance and reminds us that dressing, and indeed life, is nothing but an experiment.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, documentary
CountryUSA

Fearlessly funny stand-up comic and sitcom star Donald Glover puts on a live show in New York, confessing his love for Cocoa Puffs and Toys "R" Us.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:51

A sheltered, intelligent college student Doug changes his life forever when he hires an underachieving driver Scott. In order to escape his oppressively loving mother, Doug agrees to go on a spontaneous road trip with Scott and his college crush Stephanie. At the height of the journey, a tragic series of events tests their bond and opens the road to self-discovery. Drugs, gambling, and romance await the three friends in this coming-of-age drama.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, documentary
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Academy Award-winning director Michael Moore returns with what may be his most provocative and hilarious film yet: Moore tells the Pentagon to "stand down" — he will do the invading for America from now on.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

The lives of four women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the narcotics fly out of control, so does her newfound and inexplicable, yet unquenchable, craving for blood.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, western, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:35

In the California apple country, nine hundred migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-on the "courage never to submit or yield."

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

    On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredocumentary, biography
    CountryUSA

    Life Itself recounts the surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert. The film details his early days as a freewheeling bachelor and Pulitzer Prize winner, his famously contentious partnership with Gene Siskel, his life-altering marriage, and his brave and transcendent battle with cancer.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    Detective Andrea Cornell is a tough, thorough Homicide Detective who leaves no stone unturned. Her unwavering dedication to her job makes her the most formidable opponent - or a highly valuable ally.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:38

      Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      After losing eight years to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's. Determined to make up for the lost 'prime' years of his career, he doggedly goes forward, and learns that not only has the business of rodeo changed during his incarceration but society as a whole has made dramatic changes as well.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      A former war journalist now writing for a paper in Northern California is drawn into conflict at home.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
      CountryUSA

      The Rangers come face-to-face with a familiar threat from the past. In the midst of a global crisis, they are called on once again to be the heroes the world needs.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the consequences are deadly.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantasy, drama, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:11

      After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:08

      Notorious hacker Drew Reynolds is captured by the CIA and given a proposition - work for them or spend the rest of his life in prison. Agreeing on the condition that he can form his own team, he puts together a group of "throwaways" - the people deemed expendable and seemingly the worst in the organization.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:01

      Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantastic, comedy, drama, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:05

      A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      Marc Maron returns to his old stomping grounds for an intimate special in which he takes stock of himself. More than ever, Maron is raw and hilariously honest as he dissects his own neuroses and self-loathing while providing outrageous anecdotes from his personal life, in which he starts to realize the hurt isn't real, it's just "Thinky Pain."

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genreadventure, western, biography
      CountryUSA

      This epic, action-packed Western tells the incredible true story of Bass Reeves, the first black marshal in the Wild West. Having escaped from slavery after the Civil War, he arrives in Arkansas seeking a job with the law. To prove himself, he must hunt down a deadly outlaw with the help of a grizzled journeyman. As he chases the criminal deeper into the Cherokee Nation, Reeves must not only dodge bullets, but severe discrimination in hopes of earning his star--and cement his place as a cowboy legend.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA

      Following the rise of rock band Daisy Jones and The Six through the 1970s Los Angeles music scene on their quest for worldwide icon status.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      John McClane is an off-duty cop gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane's smart-mouthed heroics.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genredocumentary, music, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      The authorized documentary on late Guitar/lead singer Kurt Cobain from his early days in Aberdeen Washington to his success and downfall with Grunge band Nirvana.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genredocumentary, sport
      CountryUSA

      The story of the five Russian hockey stars who helped propel the Detroit Red Wings to two Stanley Cup championships and created one of the most memorable chapters in Motor City sports history.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      Carved from a lifetime of experience that runs the gamut from incarceration to liberation, Dog Eat Dog is the story of three men who are all out of prison and now have the task of adapting themselves to civilian life.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, family, biography
      CountryUSA

      Based on the true story of a father and son who repair their fractured relationship during a forced hike of the Appalachian trail to find their beloved lost dog.

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