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51. Airheads (1994)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head D.J. refuses to play them.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley
Votes: 56,459 | Gross: $5.37M
52. White Girl (2016)
TV-MA | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
Director: Elizabeth Wood | Stars: Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc, Justin Bartha, Adrian Martinez
Votes: 11,754 | Gross: $0.20M
53. Detroit (2017)
R | 143 min | Crime, Drama, History
Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore
Votes: 56,014 | Gross: $16.79M
54. Stone Cold (1991)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough Alabama cop is blackmailed by the FBI into going undercover in a violent Mississippi biker gang.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe, Arabella Holzbog
Votes: 10,062 | Gross: $9.29M
55. Running Scared (1986)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer, Darlanne Fluegel
Votes: 15,061 | Gross: $38.50M
56. Night Shift (1982)
R | 106 min | Comedy
A mild-mannered morgue attendant is assigned to the night shift, and his new coworker, along with his prostitute neighbor, convince him of running a prostitution ring out of the morgue.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, Gina Hecht
Votes: 17,987 | Gross: $23.60M
57. Dark Angel (1990)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A Renegade Cop is forced to work with an FBI Agent in order to bring down a group of Drug Dealers with sinister plans.
Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues
Votes: 13,917 | Gross: $4.35M
58. Police Story (1985)
PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A virtuous Hong Kong Police Officer must clear his good name when the drug lord he is after frames him for the murder of a dirty cop.
Directors: Jackie Chan, Chi-Hwa Chen | Stars: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Yuen Chor
Votes: 41,993 | Gross: $0.11M
59. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two streetwise cops bust criminals in their red-and-white Ford Gran Torino, with the help of police snitch, Huggy Bear.
Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 10,677
60. Taxi (I) (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
To work off his tarnished driving record, a hip taxi driver must chauffeur a loser police inspector on the trail of German bank robbers.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary
Votes: 89,550 | Gross: $0.27M
61. New Jack City (1991)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock
Votes: 38,896 | Gross: $47.62M
62. Police Woman (1974–1978)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Follows Sergeant "Pepper" Anderson, LAPD's top undercover cop. A member of the Criminal Conspiracy Unit, Pepper works the wild side of the street, where she poses as everything from a gangster's moll to a streetwalker to a prison inmate.
Stars: Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bernard
Votes: 2,344
63. Drishyam 2 (2022)
Not Rated | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A gripping tale of an investigation and a family which is threatened by it. Will Vijay Salgaonkar be able to protect his family this time?
Director: Abhishek Pathak | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Tabu, Shriya Saran
Votes: 44,610 | Gross: $3.00M
64. Insider (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A story of two brothers torn from each other. Now on the opposite sides of the law, brothers Sarp and Mert are put against each other, unaware of their fraternity.
Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Aras Bulut Iynemli, Çetin Tekindor, Nihal G. Koldas
Votes: 20,613
65. Let's Be Cops (2014)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev
Votes: 140,058 | Gross: $82.39M
66. Hard to Kill (1990)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Targeted by the mob and its political supporters, hired assassins leave LAPD Detective Mason Storm for dead. Seven years later, he recovers from a deep coma, demanding justice and the opportunity to get even.
Director: Bruce Malmuth | Stars: Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler, Frederick Coffin
Votes: 32,414 | Gross: $47.41M
67. Exit to Eden (1994)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Elliot heads for the sexual fantasy island, Eden. He takes some photos of diamond smugglers. They and undercover cops want the photos and follow him to Eden.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Dana Delany, Dan Aykroyd, Rosie O'Donnell, Paul Mercurio
Votes: 7,347 | Gross: $6.84M
68. Narc (2002)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman, an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Dan Leis
Votes: 43,122 | Gross: $10.46M
69. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A trio of reformed juvenile delinquents work as undercover cops.
Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews
Votes: 2,360
70. Mute Witness (1995)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there, she witnesses a brutal murder, and must escape capture.
Director: Anthony Waller | Stars: Marina Zudina, Fay Ripley, Evan Richards, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 6,751 | Gross: $1.20M
71. Year of the Dragon (1985)
R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Leonard Termo
Votes: 17,777 | Gross: $18.70M
72. The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada
Votes: 40,966 | Gross: $2.41M
73. Exit Wounds (2001)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Orin Boyd, a tough cop in an inner-city precinct discovers a web of dirty cops and corruption.
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Steven Seagal, DMX, Isaiah Washington, Anthony Anderson
Votes: 36,965 | Gross: $51.76M
74. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron
Votes: 21,774 | Gross: $11.11M
75. Pathaan (2023)
Not Rated | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An Indian agent races against a doomsday clock as a ruthless mercenary, with a bitter vendetta, mounts an apocalyptic attack against the country.
Director: Siddharth Anand | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia
Votes: 156,571
76. The Stronghold (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Votes: 13,367
77. Ride Along 2 (2016)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter, Benjamin Bratt
Votes: 63,160 | Gross: $91.22M
78. Tomcats (2001)
R | 95 min | Comedy
At the wedding of a friend, the remaining bachelors bet on staying single. Seven years later, one of the two remaining loses $51,000 in Vegas. He must get the other guy married to cash in and pay his debt or die. A cute woman helps him.
Director: Gregory Poirier | Stars: Shannon Elizabeth, Jerry O'Connell, Jake Busey, Horatio Sanz
Votes: 19,677 | Gross: $13.56M
79. Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes
Votes: 66,468 | Gross: $27.15M
80. Death Race 4: Beyond Anarchy (2018 Video)
R | 111 min | Action, Adventure
With the U.S. down on its knees, suffering from complete societal collapse and rampant anarchy, the nefarious Weyland Corporation has created a vast and impenetrable prison-city called "the... See full summary »
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Lucy Aarden, Nicholas Aaron, Jasette Amos, Victoria Ananieva
Votes: 5,181
81. Eye for an Eye (1996)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Olivia Burnette
Votes: 18,959 | Gross: $26.79M
82. Hard Boiled (1992)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan
Votes: 54,093
83. Bulletproof (1996)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two criminals, Keats and Moses, end their friendship, when Keats turns out to be an undercover cop. Many years later, the two are forced to work together when Keats is assigned to protect Moses as a witness.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan, Jeep Swenson
Votes: 40,140 | Gross: $21.16M
84. Dark Blue (2002)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele
Votes: 24,131 | Gross: $9.06M
85. Innocent Blood (1992)
R | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, David Proval
Votes: 11,017 | Gross: $4.97M
86. City Homicide (2006–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On the Homicide floor of a police headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, detectives work to bring justice for the deceased.
Stars: Shane Bourne, Nadine Garner, Aaron Pedersen, Damien Richardson
Votes: 1,717
87. Hell Behind the Bars (1984)
82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A woman murders her boyfriend and steals some diamonds he has smuggled. She gets found out though, and locked in a prison with an evil, sadistic bisexual warden. She sets about planning her escape with some of her fellow inmates.
Director: Gianni Siragusa | Stars: Ajita Wilson, Rita Silva, Linda Jones, Alessandro Freyberger
Votes: 374
88. Rush (1991)
R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two small-town Texas cops go undercover to catch a major drug dealer and are sucked into the drug culture, compromising their assignment.
Director: Lili Fini Zanuck | Stars: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich
Votes: 9,901 | Gross: $7.24M
89. Undercover Brother (2002)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Comedy
When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Eddie Griffin, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Chris Kattan
Votes: 36,302 | Gross: $38.23M
90. Death Warrant (1990)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.
Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson
Votes: 20,828 | Gross: $16.85M
91. Nighthawks (1981)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
Directors: Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, Lindsay Wagner
Votes: 21,774 | Gross: $14.91M
92. Superfast! (2015)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A spoof on The Fast and the Furious (2001) and the following F&F movies. An undercover cop joins a gang of criminal street racers to get close to the LA crime kingpin.
Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Alex Ashbaugh, Dale Pavinski, Lili Mirojnick, Andrea Navedo
Votes: 10,842
93. District B13 (2004)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and an ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario, Bibi Naceri
Votes: 73,963 | Gross: $1.20M
94. Aquarius (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his cult.
Stars: David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony, Emma Dumont
Votes: 13,342
95. New World (2013)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An undercover cop finds it difficult to play both a cop and a goon.
Director: Park Hoon-jung | Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min, Park Sung-woong
Votes: 26,411 | Gross: $0.46M
96. Beyond the Law (1993)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop joins a murderous, arms-dealing biker gang to try to put them behind bars.
Director: Larry Ferguson | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 7,773
97. Brick Mansions (2014)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous neighborhood that's surrounded by a containment wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the entire city.
Director: Camille Delamarre | Stars: Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA, Goûchy Boy
Votes: 44,135 | Gross: $20.40M
98. Deep Cover (1992)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa
Votes: 14,101 | Gross: $16.64M
99. Super Troopers 2 (2018)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishing a Highway Patrol station in the disputed area.
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter
Votes: 28,405 | Gross: $30.62M
100. Destroyer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 31,831 | Gross: $1.53M