Best Cop movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Bridget Moynahan, Will Smith, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk,
Directors : Alex Proyas,

In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.

Actors : Mark Strong, Don Cheadle, Brendan Gleeson, Ronan Collins,
Directors : John Michael McDonagh,

An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.

Actors : Brit Marling, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Richard Gere,
Directors : Nicholas Jarecki,

A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

Actors : Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

Two best friends set out on an adventure but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the American police as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed!

Actors : Jonathan Tucker, Tommy Lee Jones, Jason Patric, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Paul Haggis,

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Actors : Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

Actors : Dennis Hopper, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton,
Directors : Jan de Bont,

A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.

Actors : Linda Fiorentino, Will Smith, Vincent D'Onofrio, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Barry Sonnenfeld,

A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : David Lynch,

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : John McTiernan,

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Actors : Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Actors : Fred Ward, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg,
Directors : Robert Altman,

A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Actors : Adrien Brody, Bob Hoskins, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck,
Directors : Allen Coulter,

A detective examines the mysterious death of George Reeves, the star of the television series Adventures of Superman (1952).

Actors : Naveen Andrews, Jodie Foster, Nicky Katt, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Neil Jordan,

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Pam Grier,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" murder investigation.

Actors : Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Steve McQueen, Don Gordon, Robert Vaughn,
Directors : Peter Yates,

An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.

Actors : Mitchell Ryan, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Actors : Johannes Krisch, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss, Irina Potapenko,
Directors : Götz Spielmann,

Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.