The Top 100 Police Detective Films of All Time

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The Top 100 Police Detective Films of All Time
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Ranking
Movie Title Release
Year
Director MPAA
Rating
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Ranking
16 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa NR -
19 The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Jonathan Demme R -
23 Se7en 1995 David Fincher R -
28 M 1931 Fritz Lang NR -
64 Touch of Evil 1958 Orson Welles NR -
144 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho NR -
210 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin R -
251 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma R -
256 Heat 1995 Michael Mann R -
273 Le Cercle Rouge 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville R -
274 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson R -
317 In the Heat of the Night 1967 Norman Jewison NR -
356 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent R -
373 The Big Heat 1953 Fritz Lang NR -
394 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel R -
415 Stray Dog 1949 Akira Kurosawa NR -
476 Prisoners 2013 Denis Villeneuve R -
524 Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo R -
531 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner R -
590 Bullitt 1968 Peter Yates NR -
632 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy R -
797 The Batman 2022 Matt Reeves PG13 -
849 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher R -
910 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse 1933 Fritz Lang NR -
1025 To Live and Die in L.A. 1985 William Friedkin R -
1058 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood R -
1079 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh R -
1126 Police Story 1985 Jackie Chan PG13 -
1204 Magnum Force 1973 Ted Post R -
1249 48 Hrs. 1982 Walter Hill R -
1270 The Naked City 1948 Jules Dassin NR -
1380 Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler 1922 Fritz Lang NR -
1535 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Richard Donner R -
1653 The Hidden 1987 Jack Sholder R -
2084 The Enforcer 1976 James Fargo R -
2273 Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965 Otto Preminger NR -
2371 The Narrow Margin 1952 Richard Fleischer NR -
2400 Green for Danger 1946 Sidney Gilliat NR -
2530 The Exorcist III 1990 William Peter Blatty R -
2582 Sudden Impact 1983 Clint Eastwood R -
2608 Narc 2002 Joe Carnahan R -
2694 One False Move 1991 Carl Franklin R -
2788 Insomnia 2002 Christopher Nolan R -
2791 Police Story 2 1988 Jackie Chan PG13 -
2821 French Connection II 1975 John Frankenheimer R -
2857 Supercop 1992 Stanley Tong R -
2906 The Big Combo 1955 Joseph H. Lewis NR -
2999 Cure 1997 Kiyoshi Kurosawa NR -
3015 On Dangerous Ground 1952 Nicholas Ray NR -
3024 The Gauntlet 1977 Clint Eastwood R -
3074 The Negotiator 1998 F. Gary Gray R -
3085 Cruising 1980 William Friedkin R -
3257 The Dead Pool 1988 Buddy Van Horn R -
3303 The Big Easy 1986 Jim McBride R -
3328 Across 110th Street 1972 Barry Shear R -
3413 Lethal Weapon 3 1992 Richard Donner R -
3467 Running Scared 1986 Peter Hyams R -
3496 Miami Blues 1990 George Armitage R -
3500 Alien Nation 1988 Graham Baker NR -
3518 A Lizard in a Woman's Skin 1971 Lucio Fulci R -
3673 Rush Hour 2 2001 Brett Ratner PG13 -
3720 Revenge of the Pink Panther 1978 Blake Edwards PG -
3744 Basic Instinct 1992 Paul Verhoeven R -
3746 The Pledge 2001 Sean Penn R -
3766 Experiment in Terror 1962 Blake Edwards NR -
3842 Maniac Cop 1988 William Lustig R -
3944 2 Days in the Valley 1996 John Herzfeld R -
3947 Citizen X 1995 Chris Gerolmo NR -
4028 Lantana 2001 Ray Lawrence R -
4061 Wolfen 1981 Michael Wadleigh R -
4094 Batman: Year One 2011 Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery PG13 -
4206 Cobra 1986 George P. Cosmatos R -
4208 From Hell 2001 Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes R -
4239 Dirty Money 1972 Jean-Pierre Melville PG -
4243 Copycat 1995 Jon Amiel R -
4254 Tightrope 1984 Richard Tuggle R -
4292 Lethal Weapon 4 1998 Richard Donner R -
4352 The Seven-Ups 1973 Philip D'Antoni PG -
4382 In the Valley of Elah 2007 Paul Haggis R -
4453 Insomnia 1997 Erik Skjoldbjærg NR -
4535 Blue Thunder 1983 John Badham R -
4774 Kiss the Girls 1997 Gary Fleder R -
4848 Gorky Park 1983 Michael Apted R -
4883 Dragged Across Concrete 2018 S. Craig Zahler R -
4940 Red Heat 1988 Walter Hill R -
5186 Coogan's Bluff 1968 Don Siegel R -
5224 Year of the Dragon 1985 Michael Cimino R -
5246 Blown Away 1994 Stephen Hopkins R -
5349 Mr. Brooks 2007 Bruce A. Evans R -
5513 The Bone Collector 1999 Phillip Noyce R -
5536 Out of Time 2003 Carl Franklin PG13 -
5602 Freebie and the Bean 1974 Richard Rush R -
5605 Above the Law 1988 Andrew Davis R -
5776 Raw Meat 1972 Gary Sherman R -
5880 The Rookie 1990 Clint Eastwood R -
6003 The Presidio 1988 Peter Hyams R -
6021 The Interview 1998 Craig Monahan NR -
6168 Hard to Kill 1990 Bruce Malmuth R -
6199 Along Came a Spider 2001 Lee Tamahori R -
6202 Edge of Darkness 2010 Martin Campbell R -

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