Best Cop movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Nate Parker, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver, Danny Glover,
Directors : Gina Prince-Bythewood,

The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.

Actors : Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Casey Affleck,
Directors : David Lowery,

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

Actors : Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Terence Alexander, Edward Fox,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

Actors : Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Michael Rooker, John Goodman,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Actors : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Robert Towne,

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.

Actors : Steve Zahn, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.

Actors : Eero Milonoff, Ann Petrén, Jörgen Thorsson, Eva Melander,
Directors : Ali Abbasi,

A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson,
Directors : Rian Johnson,

Famed Southern detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for his latest case.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Peter Weller,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Toby Kebbell,
Directors : Karyn Kusama,

A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.

Actors : Daniel Stern, Roy Scheider, Candy Clark, Warren Oates,
Directors : John Badham,

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.

Actors : Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Warren Oates,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.

Actors : Graham Greene, Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.