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Plot Summary:
A by the book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Best tv shows and movies like Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988):
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A Question of Honor (1982)
Plot Summary:
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: tension, suspense
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Dead Badge (1995)
Plot Summary:
Policeman Dan Sampson happens to have the same badge # as deceased policeman Manny Torres, who died while on duty. The circumstances surrounding Torres' death, officially ruled a drug overdose, become Sampson's obsession. After Sampson begins investigating Torres' file and visiting Torres' widow, various parties begin making attempts on Sampson's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
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Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
Plot Summary:
This movie tells the story of a group of right-wing cops have begun carrying out vigilante justice on drug dealers and other crime figures who might otherwise avoid punishment for their misdeeds. Police inspector Grindel (Delon) understands the feelings which motivate these deeds, but does not approve. However, he is not highly motivated to put an end to the group's activities until it begins to appear that they are now attacking fellow cops for reasons which are unclear.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Lee Rock (1991)
Plot Summary:
The film chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 846
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama
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Pale Blue Balloons (2008)
Plot Summary:
Dave is a bad cop fighting a deadly heroin addiction while working a case deep inside the mafia. After killing numerous drug dealers and even undercover police officers for the mob, he is kept from his money for trivial reasons. As his drug problem gets worse, and Dave sinks deeper into a murderous lifestyle, he runs from the city to live with an old friend. But Dave can't hide for long, and he is soon lured back to town in a dangerous war to get his money back from the men that wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Vinashak (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jailor Lankeshwar houses some of his hit-men as prisoners and uses them to commit criminal activities only to return and be safe in his jail. This gets notice by ACP Amar Agnihotri; who with his recommendation Arjun Singh a police inspector is made to act as a prisoner in Lankeshwar's jail. Arjun's duty is to monitor if at all there are any criminal activities going on in the jail; soon Arjun will find himself trapped as no one are who they claim they are.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags:
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Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980)
Plot Summary:
14 year police veteran, looking to make it to retirement, experiences the highs and lows of police work as a police woman in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Devlin (1992)
Plot Summary:
A troubled cop is framed in the murder of his brother-in-law, whose father is a political boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir
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Silk (1986)
Plot Summary:
Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Jai Gangaajal (2016)
Plot Summary:
The film features SP Abha Mathur who is appointed the first female SP of Bankipur district, Bihar. She then goes against the Local MLA of Bankipur and henchmen of Lakhisarai district.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, contemplative
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American Rampage (1989)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, gay cinema, cult film
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The Son of No One (2011)
Plot Summary:
A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. These letters bring back bad memories and old secrets that begin to threaten his career and break up his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, serious, rough, realistic, surprise ending, disturbing, suspenseful, twisted, independent film
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Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Plot Summary:
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, grim, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Most Wanted (1976)
Plot Summary:
Most Wanted is an American crime drama series shown on ABC from October 16, 1976 until August 20, 1977. It stars Robert Stack, Jo Ann Harris, Shelly Novack, and Hari Rhodes. This program marks the reunion of series star Stack with noted producer Quinn Martin, as the two had worked together previously on the legendary hit crime series The Untouchables. This is one of only three series from QM Productions not to have an announcer reading out or accompanying the opening credits.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective
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Saamy (2003)
Plot Summary:
A policeman accepts bribes from corrupt politicians and local thugs to help them in their illegal work. However, he decides to correct his mistakes after he falls in love with a woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, cult film
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Temper (2015)
Plot Summary:
Daya, a corrupt police officer, is transferred to Vizag and becomes involved with Walter Vasu, a local crook. When Walter kidnaps Daya's girlfriend, Daya goes to war with Water's criminal empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, twist ending
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The Last of the Finest (1990)
Plot Summary:
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Narx (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, independent film
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No Code of Conduct (1998)
Plot Summary:
A cop (Charlie Sheen), his partner (Dacascos), and his father (Martin Sheen) uncover a plot by city elders to smuggle drugs from Mexico into Phoenix, Arizona.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Officer Down (2013)
Plot Summary:
When a cop's crooked past comes back to get him, can he do the right thing, or will he succumb to the threats of his dangerous connections?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, neo noir, surprise ending, freeze frame
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Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)
Plot Summary:
A car crash sparks a war between local police and an international terrorist organization.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 904
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China, Myanmar
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Pitbull: Tough Women (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two new female police officers struggle to survive a force filled with corrupt superiors and the brutal world of the criminal mafia.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Collar (2015)
Plot Summary:
Timothy James 'TJ' Williams (David Wilson) is a streetwise detective whose checkered career, family life and long standing friendship with the would-be mayor, police chief Hamilton Markham (Tom Sizemore), spins out of control and teeters on the brink of catastrophe as a result of a bust gone bad. While his life begins to crumble, his fast fading future is bartered for political gain by his former best friend and boss, a mayor with her eye on a Senate seat (Rebecca De Mornay) and an ambitious, activist 'man-of-the-cloth,' the Rev. Alonso Sparks (Richard Roundtree). The political machinery, geared to grind up Williams as a bad cop, has a wrench tossed into the works by the detective, who with the help of his partner, Angel Santangelo (Jaime Santana), gets back on the job to reclaim his reputation and his dignity in spite of their worst efforts.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Violent Cop (1989)
Plot Summary:
Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bloody, detective, bleak, crime drama, ironic, witty, controversial, hood, suspense thriller
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Police Woman (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective, retro, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Plot Summary:
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: detective, bleak, realistic, grim, hood, crime drama, perverse, rough, serious, captivating
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Framed (1975)
Plot Summary:
Director Phil Karlson harks back to the no-nonsense, no-thrills directness of his 1950s "B" pictures in Framed. Joe Don Baker plays Ron, a high-rolling gambler that always seems to loose his big scores. Framed by the film's villains after a big win gambling with high rollers-- Ron is carted off to prison. Upon his release, he embarks upon a carefully calculated campaign of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Gangaajal (2003)
Plot Summary:
An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu Yadav is the one who benefits the most out of it. Amit arrests Sunder Yadav.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, inspirational, entertaining, political thriller, suspense thriller, realistic
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Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
Plot Summary:
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspense, neo noir, hood, depressing, stylized, detective, bleak, rough
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Chaos (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, tense, action adventure, talky