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Batman Begins
2005 film by Christopher Nolan
Sin City
2005 film directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
Crash
2004 film by Paul Haggis
The French Connection
1971 film by William Friedkin
L.A. Confidential
1997 film directed by Curtis Hanson
Training Day
2001 film directed by Antoine Fuqua
Les Misérables
2012 film directed by Tom Hooper
Witness
1985 film directed by Peter Weir
Serpico
Serpico is a 1973 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino in the title role. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book written by Peter Maas, with the assistance of its subject Frank Serpico. The story details Serpico's struggle with corruption within the New York City Police Department during his eleven years of service, and his work as a whistleblower which led to the investigation by the Knapp Commission.
Magnum Force
1973 film directed by Ted Post
La Haine
1995 film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Touch of Evil
1958 film by Orson Welles
Caché
2005 film directed by Michael Haneke
Cellular
2004 film directed by David R. Ellis
Straight Outta Compton
2015 film directed by F. Gary Gray
16 Blocks
2006 film directed by Richard Donner
Triple 9
2016 film directed by John Hillcoat
Cop Land
1997 film by James Mangold
Convoy
1978 film by Sam Peckinpah
Bright
2017 film directed by David Ayer
Safe
2012 film by Boaz Yakin
Cruising
1980 film by William Friedkin
Brooklyn's Finest
2009 film by Antoine Fuqua
Detroit
2017 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Premium Rush
2012 film directed by David Koepp
Honest Thief
2020 film directed by Mark Williams
Les Misérables
2019 film directed by Ladj Ly
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 film by Werner Herzog
21 Bridges
2019 film directed by Brian Kirk
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
1975 film by Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta
Spenser Confidential
2020 film directed by Peter Berg
Q & A
1990 film by Sidney Lumet
Rampart
2011 film directed by Oren Moverman
Super Troopers
2001 film by Broken Lizard
Lone Star
1996 film by John Sayles
Black and Blue
2019 film directed by Deon Taylor
Beauty and the Dogs
2017 film by Kaouther Ben Hania
Shield of Straw
2013 film by Takashi Miike
The Roundup: No Way Out
2023 film directed by Lee Sang-yong
Crown Vic
2019 film directed by Joel Souza
Vikram Vedha
2017 Tamil film directed by Pushkar-Gayathri
Cop
1988 film by James B. Harris
Vettiyan
Vettaiyan ( ) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by T. J. Gnanavel and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah's Lyca Productions. The film stars an ensemble cast of Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan (in his Tamil debut), Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier, Ritika Singh, Dushara Vijayan, Rohini, Rao Ramesh, Abhirami and Ramesh Thilak. The film follows a senior police officer who accidentally shoots an innocent person during an encounter killing, while investigating the murder of a teacher.
Visaranai
Visaranai () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Vetrimaaran. The film was produced by Dhanush under his banner Wunderbar Films. It is based on the novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar. The film stars Dinesh, Anandhi, Samuthirakani, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Kishore, Pradheesh Raj, and Silambarasan Rathnasamy. The film deals with the lives of two men before and after being thrown into a kafkaesque scenario in which they get tortured for confession. Vetrimaaran later told that, in the beating sequences in the film, the actors were really beaten (which was criticized
Shorta
2020 film directed by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid
Extreme Justice
1993 film by Mark L. Lester
Rust Creek
2019 film by Jen McGowan
Bhagam Bhag
2006 film by Priyadarshan
Antigone
2019 film by Sophie Deraspe
Killerman
Killerman is a 2019 American action crime film starring Liam Hemsworth, Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero, Zlatko Buric, Suraj Sharma, and Nickola Shreli. It was theatrically released in the United States on August 30, 2019.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
1996 film by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Beyond the Law
2019 film directed by James Cullen Bressack
Shakedown
1988 film by James Glickenhaus
Revenge: A Love Story
2010 film by Wong Ching-po
Newman's Law
1974 film by Richard T. Heffron
Banaz a Love Story
2012 documentary film directed by Deeyah
Psycho Cop
1989 film by Wallace Potts
I Corrupt All Cops
2009 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Jing
May You Stay Forever Young
2021 film
Tales from the Hood
1995 film directed by Rusty Cundieff