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1. Miami Vice (1984–1989)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.

Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown

Votes: 30,294

2. The Fast and the Furious (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to end it.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster

Votes: 420,421 | Gross: $144.53M

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: 120,975 | Gross: $26.42M

4. BlacKkKlansman (2018)

R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

Votes: 291,696 | Gross: $49.28M

5. The Stranger (II) (2022)

TV-MA | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two men who meet on a bus strike up a conversation that turns into friendship. For Henry Teague, worn down by a lifetime of physical labour and crime, this is a dream come true.

Director: Thomas M. Wright | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Jada Alberts, Cormac Wright

Votes: 26,596

6. Miami Vice (2006)

R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris

Votes: 123,897 | Gross: $63.45M

7. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers

Votes: 70,618

8. Rush (1991)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two small-town Texas cops go undercover to catch a major drug dealer and are sucked into the drug culture, compromising their assignment.

Director: Lili Fini Zanuck | Stars: Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich

Votes: 9,902 | Gross: $7.24M

9. Citizen X (1995 TV Movie)

R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.

Director: Chris Gerolmo | Stars: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn

Votes: 22,361

10. Hellhole (2022)

TV-MA | 91 min | Horror, Mystery

In 1987 Poland, a police officer investigating mysterious disappearances infiltrates a remote monastery and discovers a dark truth about its clergy.

Director: Bartosz M. Kowalski | Stars: Piotr Zurawski, Olaf Lubaszenko, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Lech Dyblik

Votes: 7,910

11. Prince of the City (1981)

R | 167 min | Crime, Drama

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett

Votes: 9,546 | Gross: $8.12M

12. How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need? (1967)

R | 70 min | Comedy

A man runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River along with his French wife and his daughter. Business is so bad that he must pay a local alcoholic to entice tourists, called "suckers", to spend some time and money there.

Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Jackie Moran, Babette Bardot, Adele Rein, Frank Bolger

Votes: 764

13. Bullets (2018)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Kosonen plays the exceptionally gifted undercover cop Mari Saari.

Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sibel Kekilli, Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen

Votes: 664

14. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Tony Curtis

Votes: 787

15. Scorchy (1976)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Seattle undercover narc Jackie Parker (Stevens) is out to bust the drug smuggling ring commanded by Philip Bianco (Danova).

Director: Howard Avedis | Stars: Connie Stevens, Cesare Danova, William Smith, Norman Burton

Votes: 353

16. Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)

Approved | 90 min | Western

In 1875 a murderous outlaw gang breaks criminals from jail, uses them to help in crimes, and then kills them for the reward, when it goes high enough.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, Colleen Miller, DeForest Kelley

Votes: 848

17. Max and the Junkmen (1971)

Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.

Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Danielle Durou, Alain Belart, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider

Votes: 3,140 | Gross: $0.03M

18. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis

Votes: 452

19. The Sleeping City (1950)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In New York, the murder of a Bellevue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Richard Conte, Coleen Gray, Richard Taber, John Alexander

Votes: 856

20. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.

Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon

Votes: 5,594

21. Deep Water (1981)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

Melanie enjoys flirting and having little affairs. Her husband Victor seems to bear her antics with utmost calm and nonchalance. This impression turns out to be wrong, very wrong indeed.

Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey

Votes: 1,081

22. Like Mother Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kimes (2001 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller

Fans of Mary Tyler Moore may be taken aback by her performance in this fact-based drama, in which she plays a character far removed from her bubbly Laura Petrie and Mary Richards personae. ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Robert Forster, Gabriel Olds, Jean Stapleton

Votes: 281

23. Undercover: Caught on Tape (2023– )

Documentary, Crime

'Undercover: Caught on Tape' by Green Leaf Productions discusses the real-life stories of dangerous undercover police work through detective interviews, video footage and audio recordings of police officers in the moment.

Stars: Greg Katerman, Scott Perala, Jay Dobyns, Carlos James

Votes: 53

24. Borderline (1950)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, José Torvay

Votes: 1,630

25. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

Unrated | 75 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past.

Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr

Votes: 805

26. Razzia (1955)

105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy ... See full summary »

Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy

Votes: 1,313

27. Blood Thirst (1971)

GP | 74 min | Horror

A sex-crimes specialist from New York travels to the Philippines to help his friend, a Manila homicide detective, solve a series of murders.

Director: Newt Arnold | Stars: Robert Winston, Katherine Henryk, Yvonne Nielson, Vic Diaz

Votes: 471

28. Pigs vs. Freaks (1982 TV Movie)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides ... See full summary »

Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Eugene Roche, Grant Goodeve, Adam Baldwin, Penny Peyser

Votes: 95

29. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)

Passed | 64 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

A mystery writer gets caught up in a real mystery when he accepts a bet to write a book at Baldpate, a remote inn.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White, Eduardo Ciannelli, Margaret Lindsay

Votes: 446

30. Undersea Girl (1957)

Approved | 74 min | Crime, Drama

A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.

Director: John Peyser | Stars: Mara Corday, Pat Conway, Florence Marly, Dan Seymour

Votes: 50

31. The Longest Journey (1999 Video Game)

M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

April Ryan is a young visual-arts student in Venice, Newport. She's been having some strange dreams lately, but little does she know about the important role she'll have in changing the future.

Directors: Didrik Tollefsen, Ragnar Tørnquist | Stars: Sarah Hamilton, Regina Lund, Louis Aguirre, Roger Raines

Votes: 1,204

32. Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)

Approved | 167 min | Drama, Western

A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missiles at the U.S. The Canadian Mounted Police dispatch agents to try to stop him.

Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: William Henry, Susan Morrow, Arthur Space, Dale Van Sickel

Votes: 156

33. Miracle on Main Street (1939)

Approved | 78 min | Drama

The discovery of an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve brings new meaning to a lonely and depressed Los Angeles dancer.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr., Jane Darwell

Votes: 198

34. Three Bullets (2009)

8 min | Short, Crime

After the brutal murder of his partner, an undercover detective must recover a book of codes. Time is of the essence as the culprits ready to leave. Armed with only three bullets, he must ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Yuan | Stars: Michael Jai White, Bokeem Woodbine, Ron Yuan, James Lew

Votes: 130

35. The Bait (1973 TV Movie)

78 min | Drama, Thriller

An undercover policewomen risks her life to trap a homicidal rapist.

Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Donna Mills, Michael Constantine, William Devane, Arlene Golonka

Votes: 157

36. Wolves of Kultur (1918)

330 min | Action, Adventure

Alice Grayson's uncle develops a wireless torpedo that can be controlled by radio. After he announces his invention to several of his colleagues, two of them murder the scientist, steal the... See full summary »

Director: Joseph A. Golden | Stars: Leah Baird, Charles Hutchison, Sheldon Lewis, Betty Howe

Votes: 43

37. Daughter of the Tong (1939)

Approved | 56 min | Crime, Thriller

A detective matches wits with the female leader of an Oriental crime ring.

Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Grant Withers, Dorothy Short, Dave O'Brien

Votes: 220

38. Le gentleman (2009– )

60 min | Crime, Thriller

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Stars: Antoine Pilon, Marianne Farley, David Boutin, Vincent Leclerc

Votes: 25

39. The Supercops (1975 TV Movie)

30 min | Crime, Drama

Two young cops, bored with their assignment as traffic cops, decide to bust criminals on their own time, much to the dismay of their fellow policemen and the management hierarchy.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Steven Keats, Alan Feinstein, Dick O'Neill, Tony Brande

Votes: 19

40. The Impostor (1975 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama

An ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination. While impersonating the builder, he discovers a conspiracy to embezzle a land-development company.

Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Paul Hecht, Nancy Kelly, Meredith Baxter, Jack Ging

Votes: 21

41. Glamour Model Detectives (2005 Video)

65 min | Adventure

The beautiful head of a private investigator agency recounts to a magazine reporter the origins of her company and describes the misadventures of some of her glamor model P.I.'s had during ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Woods | Stars: Karina Santos, Jenni Lee, Ariel Anderssen, Natasha

Votes: 21

42. Lokval in Venesië (1972)

88 min | Crime, Musical

Precios diamonds gets stolen,put on a boat.The police wants it back,A lot of obstacles in the way(beautiful women and annoying orphan girl and A murderer)How wil everything play out..........

Director: Ivan Hall | Stars: Gé Korsten, June Seymour, Diane Ridler, Maudie Adendorff

Votes: 17

43. Nancy Drew: Labyrinth of Lies (2014 Video Game)

E10+ | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates a series of thefts from a museum in Greece.

Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Julia Stockton, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Beau Prichard

Votes: 47

44. How the Hells Angels Actually Works (2023 Video)

21 min | Documentary, Short, Crime

Retired ATF agent Jay Dobyns discusses the years he worked as an undercover investigator who infiltrated the Hells Angels, an outlaw motorcycle gang, from 2001 to 2003 as part of Operation ... See full summary »

Star: Jay Dobyns

45. Timber! (1942)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Two FBI agents are sent to investigate sabotage at a lumber camp.

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Dan Dailey, Marjorie Lord

Votes: 22

46. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (2008 Video Game)

E | Adventure, Mystery

Teen detective Nancy Drew goes undercover in Venice to track down an art thief known as "The Phantom".

Director: Mike Paganini | Stars: Lani Minella, Adrienne MacIain, Jonah Von Spreecken, Gin Hammond

Votes: 67

47. By the Sun's Rays (1914)

Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Action, Drama

A company detective goes undercover to expose a gang that uses inside information to rob gold shipments.

Director: Charles Giblyn | Stars: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon

Votes: 290

48. His Darker Self (1924)

50 min | Comedy

A small town man takes a mail-order detective course. When a Black friend is murdered, he goes undercover in black-face to investigate at a notorious, knife-wielding bootlegger's roadhouse.

Director: John W. Noble | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Tom Wilson, Tom O'Malley, Lucille La Verne

Votes: 24

49. Blondes in Peril: The Narcoleptic Agent (2001 Video)

60 min | Adventure

A beautiful federal agent has the unfortunate tendency to fall asleep whenever she's about to apprehend a criminal - consequently she spends most of her working hours trying to free herself from ropes and gags.

Director: Oak O'Kork | Stars: Holly Sampson, Sabrina Love-Cox, Angelique Lei, Rocky Cliff

50. Barriers Burned Away (1925)

70 min | Drama

In 1871 Chicago an undercover detective gets a job as a porter in a somewhat disreputable saloon in order to get information on a stolen painting, which he believes will be fenced there by ... See full summary »

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Mabel Ballin, Eric Mayne, Frank Mayo, Wanda Hawley

Votes: 19