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- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ is the standalone sequel to ‘Knives Out’ (2019) and is directed by Rian Johnson.
- L.A. Confidential (1997) Directed by Curtis Hanson, ‘L.A. Confidential’ is an Oscar-winning movie starring Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, James Cromwell and Danny DeVito.
- The Pale Blue Eye (2022) Directed by Scott Cooper, ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ follows detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), who is brought in by the United States Military Academy in 1830s West Point, New York, to look into a couple of murders where the victims have their hearts taken out of their bodies.
- A Wednesday (2008) Directed by Neeraj Pandey, this powerful Bollywood thriller shows what happens after the Mumbai police receive a call from an anonymous “stupid, common man” who claims to have planted five bombs across the city of Mumbai.
Jul 5, 2024 · Hollywood’s fascination with law enforcement knows no bounds. Whether it’s a Wild West sheriff, a hardboiled detective on the trail of a serial killer, or a space cop stalking robotic criminals, the cop movie format lends itself to pretty much any genre or tone.
Aug 18, 2022 · Whether a film is a run-of-the-mill buddy cop meant for laughs like "Beverly Hills Cop" or a serious examination of a horrific crime like "Manhunter," there's a cop movie for everyone. Not...
- Ride Along
- Miss Congeniality
- Gone Baby Gone
- Luther: The Fallen Sun
- The Untouchables
- 21 Jump Street
- Rush Hour Franchise
- Bad Boys Franchise
- Police Story Franchise
- Reservoir Dogs
This Tim Story directorial is an action comedy starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart as a veteran cop, James, and a security guard/aspiring police officer, Ben, respectively. As Ben tries to prove to James that he is worthy of James’ sister Angela and even gets selected into the academy, James decides to put his worth to the test by taking him along on ...
Considered a classic, ‘Miss Congeniality’ is an action comedy directed by Donald Petrie. The story centers on F.B.I. Agent Gracie Hart is given the assignment to infiltrate the Miss United States beauty pageant as a contestant to foil a bombing at the event. The only problem is that she is too tomboyish to be a part of such a contest, and this can ...
‘Gone Baby Gone’ is a neo-noir thriller directed by Ben Affleck and stars Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Amy Ryan, Morgan Freeman, and Michelle Monaghan. Based on Dennis Lehane’s 1998 novel of the same name, it tells the story of two private detectives who are hired by a kidnapped 4-year-old girl’s aunt after the police show no effective interest in the...
A standalone sequel to the ‘Luther’ series, this film follows Idris Elba as Detective Chief Inspector John Luther, who finds himself behind bars, courtesy of the serial killer David Robey, played by Andy Serkis. To stop Robey from wreaking further havoc, Luther has to get himself out of prison, which is tough because Robey sent him there after find...
Directed by Brian De Palma, ‘The Untouchables’ has a massive ensemble that includes Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy García, and Robert De Niro. The movie is based on the 1957 memoir of the same name by Oscar Fraley and tells the story of crime boss Al Capone of Chicago (during the Prohibition era) and how Treasury Agent Eliot Ness teams up with v...
Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, ‘21 Jump Street’ is an action comedy that stars Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, who feature as high school batch mates Schmidt and Jenko, who go on to become police officers. They are then transferred to 21 Jump Street to be a part of a revived undercover police program. Their job turns out to be to return to ...
Another popular buddy cop action comedy franchise that is easily at par with the ‘Bad Boys’ franchise, the ‘Rush Hour’ movies stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as Hong Kong Chief Inspector Lee and Los Angeles Police Detective James Carter, respectively. Throughout the three movies, we see the duo maneuvering their careers through crime and crimina...
‘The Bad Boys’ is considered one of the best buddy-cop movie franchises of all time. The first two movies have been directed by Michael Bay while the third movie has been directed by Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi. In all three action-comedy movies, Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are partners/detectives in the Miami P...
Before Jackie Chan did ‘Rush Hour,’ he did ‘Police Story.’ Created by Chan, the action comedy crime series stars himself as Sergeant “Kevin” Chan Ka-Kui of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force. The movies show him and his team taking on drug lords and crime syndicates to bring an end to their illegal and criminal activities. As is with any action movie...
From director Quentin Tarantino comes this cult classic neo-noir crime drama starring Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Steve Buscemi. When six robbers are hired by a crime boss to carry out a heist, they are given pseudonyms so that they do not establish any kind of connection with each other that goes beyond the crime they are going to...
Jan 29, 2021 · In many ways, The Little Things almost shamelessly revels in the stuff of many gloomy cop flicks before it. Is that necessarily a bad thing?
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Dec 18, 2023 · Over on film social media site Letterboxd, the sophomore flick has its fair share of fans who find the movie to be a chaotic romp that's worth watching.
These, as per my personal views, are the 25 most gritty, hard-boiled and exciting cop action films from Hollywood in the last 50 years. Some of them are more of dramas and some fall under the buddy-cop/action/comedy genre.
