Best cop movies
It's a collection of my favourite cop movies. They are all popcorn classics.
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- DirectorSteve CarrStarsKevin JamesKeir O'DonnellJayma MaysWhen a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKevin JamesRaini RodriguezEduardo VerásteguiAfter six years of keeping our malls safe, Paul Blart has earned a well-deserved vacation. He heads to Las Vegas with his teenage daughter before she heads off to college. But safety never takes a holiday and when duty calls, Blart answers.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsEddie MurphyJon TenneyJoey TravoltaAxel Foley, while investigating a car theft ring, comes across something much bigger than that: the same men who killed his boss are running a counterfeit money ring out of a theme park in Los Angeles.In my opinion Beverly Hills Cop III is far the best movie in the franchise. It has a more mature plot, and all the jokes were just fine.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsTom AtkinsBruce CampbellLaurene LandonA killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsRobert DaviClaudia ChristianMichael LernerA supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsRobert DaviRobert Z'DarCaitlin DulanyA priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and comes back from the dead to do his bidding.
- DirectorAmir ShervanStarsRobert Z'DarMathew KaredasJanis FarleyJoe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsPeter WellerNancy AllenDan O'HerlihyIn a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsPeter WellerNancy AllenBelinda BauerRoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
- DirectorFred DekkerStarsRobert John BurkeNancy AllenMario MachadoRobocop saves the day once more. This time the half man/half robot takes on ruthless developers who want to evict some people on "their" land.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsJoel KinnamanGary OldmanMichael KeatonIn 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammeMia SaraRon SilverMax Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsNicolas CageEva MendesRussell M. HaeuserTerence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
- DirectorJames B. HarrisStarsJames WoodsLesley Ann WarrenCharles DurningAn obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
- DirectorSteve BoyumStarsJason Scott LeeThomas Ian GriffithMary Page KellerA Time Enforcement Commission police officer (Jason Scott Lee) travels back in time to prevent a criminal mastermind from gaining control of the future.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoMaiko KawakamiMakoto AshikawaA violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
- DirectorWallace PottsStarsRobert R. ShaferJeff QuallePalmer Lee ToddSix college students on their weekend vacation are humiliated and killed one by one by a psycho cop.
- DirectorAdam RifkinStarsRobert R. ShaferBarbara NivenRod SweitzerPsychopath cop decides to kill everyone who he thinks has broken the law.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsDavid BradleyJohn Rhys-DaviesTodd JensenEx-D.E.A. Agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsDavid BradleyMorgan HunterJill PierceA fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group". When the Cyborg "Spartacus" wakes up accidentally, he kills the scientists and their guests, then goes to set things up for a Cyborg Empire. Only Jack and a few friends know how to stop him.
- DirectorYossi WeinStarsFrank ZagarinoBryan GenesseJenny McShaneA cop tries to stop a scientist's experiments to turn students into cyborg-mercenaries. Contains violence and strong language.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsStephen BaldwinChris PennGina GershonA detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.
- DirectorPaul KyriaziStarsRonald L. MarchiniAdam WestMeg ThayerIn the future, a cop goes after a gang of slave traders.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerPenelope Ann MillerPamela ReedA tough cop must pose as a kindergarten teacher in order to locate a dangerous criminal's ex-wife, who may hold the key to putting him behind bars.
- DirectorJay BaumanMike StoklasaStarsRich EvansMike StoklasaJocelyn RidgelySpace Cop is the story of a cop from the future of space who travels back in time to the present and is teamed up with a cop from the past who is unfrozen in the present. Together, they must defeat evil aliens with a sinister plan.
- DirectorAlan RobertsStarsRonald L. MarchiniCarrie ChambersMichael E. BristowJohn Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas.
- DirectorDonald FarmerStarsEd CannonMelissa MooreMal ArnoldA cop, who's actually a vampire, teams up with a hot investigative journalist to stop a posh crime boss.
- DirectorJ.R. BookwalterStarsMichael KemperKen JaroszJames BlackDuring a drug raid, a narcotics officer confronts a strange Voodoo priest named Dr. Death, who is chanting. The officer and the priest shoot it out and they both wind up dead. Later, the two rise from their graves and return to the land of the living as zombies. Dr. Death is resurrected with a new mission in mind, to take over the world. The "zombie" cop enlists the aid of his old police buddies to stop the mad priest.
- DirectorRocco KaregaHal MilesStarsCameron MitchellRocco KaregaTheresa FenneauxA former probationary officer who is a patient at a mental asylum escapes and prowls the city, looking for victims whose blood may cure the blood disease he has that has turned him into a werewolf-type monster.
- DirectorRobert MalenfantStarsEdward AlbertLewis ArquetteSondra CurrieDetermined to follow in the footsteps of his late father, eleven-year-old Peter is obsessed with becoming a policeman and he's not willing to allow the fact that he's just a little boy to stand in his way. His usual cases involve petty crimes but things go awry when he and his fellow child partner, Lisa, find themselves on the trail of two thieves after the mayor's office is robbed. With his mother and the town chief determined to put an end to his crime fighting, can he find the robbers before they make off with the loot?
- DirectorAmir ShervanStarsJames MitchumCameron MitchellDavid GossA detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.
- DirectorSteve BarnettStarsDaniel QuinnPatrick KilpatrickKhrystyne HajeA demonic 'scanner' terrorizes Los Angeles and the only person who can stop him may not have the neurons for the job.
- DirectorPierre DavidStarsDaniel QuinnDarlanne FluegelRichard GroveSam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.
- DirectorLowell DeanStarsLeo FafardAmy MatysioSarah LindAs a series of strange and violent events begin to occur, an alcoholic policeman realizes that he has been turned into a werewolf as part of a larger plan.
- DirectorPat KerbyStarsSandy HackettRick SavageJoan ChamberlainPete Danberg is a good cop with a drinking problem. When the new Sheriff fires him in an effort to clean up the image of the department, Danberg refuses to give up his search until the "Las Vegas Slasher" is behind bars. But the slasher is paroled within a year & then sets out to make up for lost time. Hunting like a crazed animal, he uses Danberg's daughter Tess as bait to lure her father from hiding.