Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "honest-cop"

1. Gotham (2014–2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.

Stars: Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Camren Bicondova

Votes: 240,711

2. Pride and Glory (2008)

R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich, Jon Voight

Votes: 63,269 | Gross: $15.71M

3. Street Kings (2008)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An undercover cop, disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself.

Director: David Ayer | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans

Votes: 120,794 | Gross: $26.42M

4. Black Rain (1989)

R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

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

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Kate Capshaw

Votes: 59,686 | Gross: $46.21M

5. Outland (1981)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James Sikking

Votes: 32,365 | Gross: $17.37M

6. Law of Tehran (2019)

131 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The police are after a drug lord named Naser Khakzad, but when they finally manage to catch him, he tries whatever he can think of to escape and save his family.

Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Farhad Aslani

Votes: 18,509

7. Batman: Year One (2011 Video)

PG-13 | 64 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A wealthy playboy and a Chicago cop both return to Gotham City where their lives will intersect in unexpected ways.

Directors: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku, Jon Polito

Votes: 38,094

8. Raees (2017)

Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.

Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny Leone, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Arora

Votes: 50,676 | Gross: $3.26M

9. The Last Narc (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime

Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.

Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Jorge Godoy, Ramón Lira

Votes: 2,868

10. Mitchell (1975)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life.

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans

Votes: 4,918

11. Parinda (1989)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man's friend, a police officer, is assassinated by gangsters in broad daylight. He discovers that his elder brother works in the same gang and decides to avenge his friend's death by infiltrating the gang.

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit

Votes: 3,738

12. Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama

A young boy falls in love with a handsome policeman who is investigating his family's criminal activities.

Director: Auraeus Solito | Stars: Nathan Lopez, Soliman Cruz, JR Valentin, Neil Ryan Sese

Votes: 1,631

13. Tridev (1989)

173 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When an exiled police officer, a bandit and the son of a police commissioner are framed by a smuggler, they join forces to teach him a lesson and prove their innocence.

Director: Rajiv Rai | Stars: Sunny Deol, Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit

Votes: 2,289

14. Shahenshah (1988)

175 min | Action, Adventure

Vijay who is a corrupt officer by day, turns a vigilante by night in order to make the city crime free.

Director: Tinnu Anand | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Aruna Irani, Rohini Hattangadi

Votes: 2,417

15. Loha (1997)

Not Rated | 160 min | Action

Compelled to take the law into his own hands; Arjun from the Indian army is court-marshal and jailed. Years later; after his release from jail, he takes to alcohol in a big way and comes ... See full summary »

Director: Kanti Shah | Stars: Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Govinda, Manisha Koirala

Votes: 603

16. Roadblock (1951)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Honest LA insurance detective Joe Peters becomes corrupt after falling in love with sensual gold-digger model Diane.

Director: Harold Daniels | Stars: Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Louis Jean Heydt

Votes: 1,567

17. Overheard 2 (2011)

121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A stockbroker working with a crime syndicate is hurt in a car accident while attempting to evade a surveillance operative.

Directors: Felix Chong, Alan Mak | Stars: Louis Koo, Ching Wan Lau, Daniel Wu, Michelle Ye

Votes: 1,949

18. To Kill a Stranger (1984)

88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The wife of an American journalist on an assignment in an unnamed South American country run by a military junta is sexually assaulted by a stranger there. However, she manages to fight back, which leads to unexpected consequences.

Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Angélica María, Dean Stockwell, Donald Pleasence, Aldo Ray

Votes: 161

19. Rango de Honor (2023)

Crime, Drama

The crusade of a honest agent against a powerful drug lord.

Director: Carlos Salcedo | Stars: Jalsen Santana, Vladimir Acevedo, Irvin Alberti, Anthony Alvarez

20. Lakshmi Narasimha (2004)

Not Rated | 171 min | Action, Drama

A story about good-gone-bad cop.

Director: Jayant Paranji | Stars: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Asin Thottumkal, Prakash Raj, K. Viswanath

Votes: 645

21. Eli & Ben (2008)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Family

The life of the Yassif family becomes almost impossible when the father who is the city architect, is charged with taking bribes.

Director: Ori Ravid | Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Yuval Shevach, Yael Hadar, Nissan Nativ

Votes: 137

22. Mujhay Mardo

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Thriller | Announced

An honest and tough police officer working in Islamabad, is been dispatched to Karachi, where a psychopathic serial killer is on a lose who has been targeting police officers one by one by giving them a gruesome death.

Director: Arsslan Khan | Stars: Humayun Saeed, Sarwat Gilani

23. White Lies (1934)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama

John Mitchell is a powerful and ruthless newspaper publisher, who doesn't care who gets hurt if a good story can run in his paper. Caught speeding, by honest cop Terry Condon, his first ... See full summary »

Director: Leo Bulgakov | Stars: Victor Jory, Walter Connolly, Fay Wray, Leslie Fenton

Votes: 19

24. Jin pai shuang long (1990)

89 min | Adventure, Crime

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Director: Stanley Wing Siu | Stars: Alex Man, Eddy Ko, Bobby Canavarro, Tat-Kwong Chan

25. No Strings (I) (2012)

6 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A gangster tries to make a not-on-the-take detective give-up the location of a key witness.

Director: Corey Logsdon | Stars: Joe Hammerstone, Guy Stephens, Daniel Irwin, Alan Sciranko

26. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Leavings (1991)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Two beat cops tell their boss about the strange occurrences in the city they've recently witnessed such as normal people being turned into surgically reassembled freaks. He offers them the truth, but it comes with a price.

Director: John Tillinger | Stars: Clifton James, John Christopher Jones, Tony Shalhoub, Ken Costigan

Votes: 75

27. Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode: Black Run: Part 1 (2005)

TV-14 | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The team revisits the murder conviction for a dirty cop obtained eight years earlier by Boyd when he discovers the inmate is dying of cancer.

Director: Ben Bolt | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Wil Johnson, Esther Hall

Votes: 141

28. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Born Again (1994)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An 8-year-old girl is the prime suspect in a series of bizarre, seemingly unrelated deaths.

Director: Jerrold Freedman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Brian Markinson, Mimi Lieber

Votes: 5,057

29. Gotham (2014–2019)
Episode: A Dark Knight: Hog Day Afternoon (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gordon and Bullock pursue a serial killer who's assassinating cops and dressing them in pig heads.

Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, David Mazouz, Morena Baccarin

Votes: 1,968