The Top 50 Police Dramas of All Time

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The Departed

2006    Martin Scorsese    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

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Serpico

1973    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

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Assault on Precinct 13

1976    John Carpenter    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Drama

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Infernal Affairs

2002    Wai-keung Lau    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Memories of Murder

2003    Joon-ho Bong    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Training Day

2001    Antoine Fuqua    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

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Traffic

2000    Steven Soderbergh    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Based-on-Television    Crime

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End of Watch

2012    David Ayer    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

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Bad Lieutenant

1992    Abel Ferrara    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Cop Land

1997    James Mangold    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

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Colors

1988    Dennis Hopper    Rated R

Action    Buddy Film    Crime

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Strike

1925    Sergei M. Eisenstein    Not Rated

Drama    Epic    Foreign Language Film

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14

Internal Affairs

1990    Mike Figgis    Rated R

Crime    Thriller    Police Drama

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15

Prince of the City

1981    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Drama    Police Drama    Urban Drama

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Elite Squad

2007    José Padilha    Rated R

Action    Crime    Crime Drama

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950    Otto Preminger    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

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Rush

1991    Lili Fini Zanuck    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Docudrama    Drama

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Homicide

1991    David Mamet    Rated R

Crime Drama    Drama    Police Drama

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Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981    Daniel Petrie    Rated R

Drama    Police Drama    Docudrama

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21

Detective Story

1951    William Wyler    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Crime    Crime Drama

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Harsh Times

2005    David Ayer    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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23

Dark Blue

2003    Ron Shelton    Rated R

Crime    Police Drama    Crime Drama

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Assault on Precinct 13

2005    Jean-François Richet    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Drama

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Pride and Glory

2008    Gavin O'Connor    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Stander

2004    Bronwen Hughes    Rated R

Action    Crime    Period Film

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27

G Men

1935    William Keighley    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Gangster Film

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Street Kings

2008    David Ayer    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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The Onion Field

1979    Harold Becker    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Crime Drama

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30

The Mighty Quinn

1989    Carl Schenkel    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Thriller    Police Drama

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The Offence

1972    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

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City by the Sea

2002    Michael Caton-Jones    Rated R

Drama    Crime    Family Drama

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Electra Glide in Blue

1973    James William Guercio    Rated PG

Biker Film    Crime    Crime Drama

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Crime Story

1993    Kirk Wong    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Infernal Affairs II

2003    Wai-keung Lau    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

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Night Falls on Manhattan

1997    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Drama    Police Drama    Courtroom Drama

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The Racket

1951    John Cromwell    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Lakeview Terrace

2008    Neil LaBute    Rated PG13

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

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The Black Dahlia

2006    Brian De Palma    Rated R

Crime    Period Film    Post-Noir

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New Police Story

2004    Benny Chan    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

2009    Werner Herzog    Not Rated

Drama    Foreign Language Film    Horror

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42

The FBI Story

1959    Mervyn LeRoy    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

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43

Angel Eyes

2001    Luis Mandoki    Rated R

Drama    Police Drama    Romance

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Brooklyn's Finest

2009    Antoine Fuqua    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Q & A

1990    Sidney Lumet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!

1970    Gordon Douglas    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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The Choirboys

1977    Robert Aldrich    Rated R

Drama    Police Drama    Buddy Film

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One Good Cop

1991    Heywood Gould    Rated R

Crime    Drama    Police Drama

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Rogue Cop

1954    Roy Rowland    Not Rated

Crime    Drama    Film Noir

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Fuzz

1972    Richard A. Colla    Rated PG

Action    Action Comedy    Buddy Film

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