Best Cop Movies List

The Departed (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 270 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $132.37M

Lead Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Aggregate Rating: 261 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $2.81M

Lead Role: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, | Director: Quentin Tarantino,

After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Fargo (1996)

Aggregate Rating: 260 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $25.88M

Lead Role: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, | Director:

Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Aggregate Rating: 235 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $23.27M

Lead Role: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, | Director: Bryan Singer,

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.

L.A. Confidential (1997)

Aggregate Rating: 225 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 90 | Earnings: $64.60M

Lead Role: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, | Director: Curtis Hanson,

As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 217 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $23.62M

Lead Role: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, | Director: Edgar Wright,

A skilled London police officer is transferred to a small town that's harbouring a dark secret.

Zootopia (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 205 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $341.26M

Lead Role: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, | Director:

In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.

Prisoners (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 205 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $60.96M

Lead Role: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, | Director: Denis Villeneuve,

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

The Lives of Others (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 204 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 89 | Earnings: $11.28M

Lead Role: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, | Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck,

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Heat (1995)

Aggregate Rating: 199 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $67.44M

Lead Role: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, | Director: Michael Mann,

A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist, while both sides attempt to find balance between their personal and their professional lives.

Men in Black (1997)

Aggregate Rating: 195 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 71 | Earnings: $250.15M

Lead Role: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, | Director: Barry Sonnenfeld,

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

Serpico (1973)

Aggregate Rating: 194 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 87 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, | Director: 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.

Minority Report (2002)

Aggregate Rating: 193 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 80 | Earnings: $132.01M

Lead Role: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

Le cercle rouge (1970)

Aggregate Rating: 192 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 91 | Earnings: $0.37M

Lead Role: Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè, Yves Montand, | Director: Jean-Pierre Melville,

After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.

I, Robot (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 188 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 59 | Earnings: $144.80M

Lead Role: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk, | Director: 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.

Inside Man (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 182 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $88.50M

Lead Role: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, | Director: Spike Lee,

A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Aggregate Rating: 181 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 67 | Earnings: $65.21M

Lead Role: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, | Director: 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.

RoboCop (1987)

Aggregate Rating: 179 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 67 | Earnings: $53.42M

Lead Role: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, | Director: 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.

In Cold Blood (1967)

Aggregate Rating: 178 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 89 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, | Director: Richard Brooks,

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

Shi mian mai fu (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 178 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 89 | Earnings: $11.04M

Lead Role: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Dandan Song, | Director: Yimou Zhang,

A romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.