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51. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Bad Boy Blues (1996)

TV-14 | 62 min | Drama

Two boyhood friends end up on different sides of the law. How will each react when they meet up for the first time since school?

Director: Andy Wilson | Stars: Clive Owen, Maynard Eziashi, Christopher Fulford, Eve Bland

Votes: 33

52. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Das Ende einer Ermittlung (1993)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Robert Fuller , the owner of a private bank , is under menace.His chief of the security , Weisberg shows him a message in which somebody is blackmailing him, he must pay a ransom of ... See full summary »

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 20

53. The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode: Der amerikanische Onkel (1992)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Fifteen years ago Victor Lorenz went to America.Now the old and unscrupulous Victor comes back to Germany.He didn't come back to Germany for the funeral of his son.While Victor was ... See full summary »

Director: Zbynek Brynych | Stars: Rolf Schimpf, Michael Ande, Charles M. Huber, Markus Böttcher

Votes: 20

54. CHiPs (1977–1983)
Episode: Pressure Point (1979)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ponch and Jon put away their bikes and play a diplomat and his chauffeur when they go undercover to prevent a wealthy man and his beautiful granddaughter from falling victim to a violent extortion racket.

Director: Phil Bondelli | Stars: Larry Wilcox, Erik Estrada, Robert Pine, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 84

55. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Kaffee mit Beate (1978)

59 min | Crime, Drama

Beate and Helga are anxious about their trial for theatre. To calm Helga's mind, Beate gives her a cognac confection. But how had the candy become laced with poison?

Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Helga Anders

Votes: 93

56. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Kostloffs Thema (1995)

57 min | Crime, Drama

Henry Kostloff is stage manager and owner of a theater.He has come to the police station to announce that his young protege Arnold Kieler has disappeared.Henry Kostloff mentions also that ... See full summary »

Director: Dietrich Haugk | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Gerd Anthoff, Nikolaus Gröbe

Votes: 54

57. Derrick (1974–1998)
Episode: Wie kriegen wir Bodetzki? (1989)

59 min | Crime, Drama

A strange murder is done in the parking hall at the airport. When the police come, the three men who found the victim are gone. They are automatically suspected, but nothing is as it first seems.

Director: Horst Tappert | Stars: Horst Tappert, Fritz Wepper, Willy Schäfer, Hans Putz

Votes: 53

58. The Detectives (1959–1962)
Episode: Decoy (1959)

30 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When it's learned that there's a mob hit intended for a local gangster, Russo is asked to pose as the man, but he needs the co-operation of his wife.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Lee Farr

Votes: 8

59. Fawlty Towers (1975–1979)
Episode: A Touch of Class (1975)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

Basil is delighted when a member of the aristocracy chooses to stay at the Fawlty Towers, snubbing the normal guests who frequent the hotel. What Basil does not know, however, is that the ... See full summary »

Director: John Howard Davies | Stars: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth

Votes: 2,586

60. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode: Decision in the Ring (1963)

TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Richard Kimble helps a black boxer realize that he may have a brain injury that will kill him if he continues to box. Meanwhile, an undercover police Sgt. closes in on Kimble.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: David Janssen, James Edwards, Ruby Dee, James Dunn

Votes: 239

61. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode: A Death in the Family (1978)

Not Rated | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chin goes undercover to investigate a protection racket. But when he's recognized, the leader kills him and dumps his body at the Iolani Palace. Steve sets out to get the one who killed him... See full summary »

Director: Don Weis | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong, Herman Wedemeyer

Votes: 98

62. Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
Episode: Six Kilos (1969)

Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Five-O intercepts a "box man," an expert safe cracker, at the Honolulu airport. The criminal is killed by a shot from Dan Williams, who fired just before the criminal would have shot Chin ... See full summary »

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu, Kam Fong

Votes: 182

63. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998)
Episode: For Love nor Money (1998)

TV-14 | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Hetty's brother-in-law Frank asks Hetty to search for his lady friend's daughter, who has disappeared.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Patricia Routledge, Derek Benfield, Dominic Monaghan, Suzanne Maddock

Votes: 78

64. The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode: The Last Job (1980)

Adventure, Drama, Family

An ex-convict has a bright future ahead of him, if he goes straight, but is compelled to perform one last bank robbery.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: London, Alan McRae, Paul Kelman, Jack Newman

Votes: 13

65. Oz (1997–2003)
Episode: A Word to the Wise (2000)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In an effort to reduce violence, white inmates are transferred out of Em City. Said and Arif talk to Querns about the negative impact of his changes, but their efforts are in vain. Mobay gets in good with Adebisi's crew...but pays a price.

Director: Keith Samples | Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno

Votes: 1,951

66. P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode: Infiltrations (2004)

Crime, Thriller

Vincent Fournier has left the Judicial Police for the squad of research and intervention (an anti-gang unit): he is intending to infiltrate a dangerous gang of robbers of armored trucks.He ... See full summary »

Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido

Votes: 5

67. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: A Chance to Live (1978)

100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Officer Dan Shay is recruited to operate undercover for the narcotics unit at a high school.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: David Cassidy, Gloria DeHaven, Dewey Martin, Don Stark

Votes: 55

68. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: Dangerous Games (1973)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Charlie Czonka goes undercover as pimp CZ Smith to break up a prostitution ring.

Director: John Badham | Stars: James Farentino, Elizabeth Ashley, Janet Margolin, Fred Williamson

Votes: 64

69. Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode: The Ho Chi Minh Trail (1973)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Police Academy Cadet Mark Randolph is recruited, days before his graduation, by the narcotics squad to go undercover and infiltrate a drug operation.

Director: Richard Benedict | Stars: George Maharis, Clifton Davis, Herb Edelman, Raymond St. Jacques

Votes: 47

70. The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode: The Good Die Young (1972)

TV-PG | 51 min | Crime, Drama

When three women are killed by someone who writes "please" with their lipstick after killing them, two female cops are sent to live in a singles apartment, and Webster and Gillis are sent to keep an eye on them.

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson

Votes: 25

71. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Dandruff (1978)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Starsky and Hutch work undercover in a beauty salon in order to set a trap for an international jewel thief.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 225

72. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Discomania (1978)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Along with a female officer, the Detectives go undercover at Fever, a popular discotheque, in order to set a trap for a serial killer who is murdering women that refuse to dance with him.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 225

73. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Murder Ward (1977)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Starsky arranges to be committed to a mental asylum where Hutch has been planted as a male nurse. They are investigating why this particular hospital has such a high fatality rate

Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 240

74. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Ninety Pounds of Trouble (1979)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Hutch poses as a hitman and bluffs the murder of Starsky to support his identity after a kid accidentally blows his cover.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 205

75. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Quadromania (1978)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Starsky poses as a cabbie in order to catch a serial killer who has already murdered four other taxi drivers.

Director: Rick Edelstein | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 219

76. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: Starsky vs. Hutch (1979)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Starsky and Hutch are dating the same undercover policewoman while all three try to catch a dance hall killer.

Director: Peter Levin | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 211

77. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: The Golden Angel (1979)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In order to draw out a suspect, Starsky goes into the ring when he and Hutch are assigned to protect a wrestler who has received a death threat.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 202

78. Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979)
Episode: The Groupie (1978)

TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Starsky and Hutch pose as an eccentric photographer and a clumsy, milk-swilling swimwear buyer when the duo enters the fashion world to investigate a garment-business racketeering ring.

Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Hamilton

Votes: 210

79. State Trooper (1956–1959)
Episode: Madman on the Mountain (1957)

30 min | Drama

When a gangster is arrested for attacking his ex-wife with a wrench, he pleads insanity. Blake works to prove that the thug is competent to stand trail and intended to maim his former spouse.

Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Rod Cameron, Bart Burns, Sara Anderson, Robert Stevenson

Votes: 12

80. The Streets of San Francisco (1972–1977)
Episode: Solitaire (1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Stone has to work with a rather independent undercover cop after Keller gets shot in the leg during a bust.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Tony Lo Bianco, Sabrina Scharf

Votes: 99

81. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: A Little Knowledge (1998)

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

Holloway poses as a criminal when he goes undercover in an attempt to expose an armed robbery operation.

Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley

Votes: 15

82. Water Rats (1996–2001)
Episode: Double Play (1998)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Holloway's undercover operation becomes increasingly more dangerous as the armed robbery gets closer.

Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Colin Friels, Catherine McClements, Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley

Votes: 14

83. Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode: Gambling (1955)

TV-PG | 25 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dan Mathews and his officers assist a county sheriff in closing down a club that offers illicit gambling.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Morgan Jones, Robert Knapp, Russ Whiteman

Votes: 96

84. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Pagtatago (2015)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Accompanied by Benny, Cardo disguises as a clown in a rich businessman's party with the hopes of catching Isabel's group, whom he believes will show up at the event. Meanwhile, Junior's ... See full summary »

Directors: Toto Natividad, Malu Sevilla, Avel Sunpongco | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Agot Isidro

85. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Pick Up (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Disguised as Paloma, Cardo goes to a hotel with a foreigner to look for a lead on Carmen's whereabouts. However, the foreigner catches Cardo rummaging through his belongings and accuses him... See full summary »

Directors: Toto Natividad, Malu Sevilla, Avel Sunpongco | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Bela Padilla

86. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Crush (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

After spending time with Arnold, Cardo, still disguised as Paloma, concludes that the man is innocent. Meanwhile, Flora begins to suspect that Cardo has not been forthright about his ... See full summary »

Directors: Toto Natividad, Malu Sevilla, Avel Sunpongco | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Bela Padilla

87. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Confirmed (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

With another woman reported missing, Cardo takes a bold step in apprehending the syndicate. With Apple's help, Paloma is accepted as a beauty pageant contestant. Meanwhile, Carmen manages to steal the phone of one of her captors.

Directors: Toto Natividad, Malu Sevilla, Avel Sunpongco | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Bela Padilla

88. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Maling Akala (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Cardo dresses up as Paloma once more to end things with Arnold. On his way home, Cardo crosses paths with Glen and Rigor, who almost catch him dressed up as Paloma. Meanwhile, Lorena's life... See full summary »

Directors: Toto Natividad, Malu Sevilla, Avel Sunpongco | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Maja Salvador, Bela Padilla

89. Ang probinsyano (2015–2022)
Episode: Beauty Contest (2016)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Joaquin disobeys his father's orders for him to stop his investigation on Carmen's case. He soon manages to contact Olga, their sole lead. Meanwhile, Cardo dresses up as Paloma to join a ... See full summary »

Directors: Toto Natividad, Malu Sevilla, Avel Sunpongco | Stars: Coco Martin, Susan Roces, Agot Isidro, Maja Salvador

90. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode: Reckless (2020)

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

Frank must uncover the truth when an undercover officer accuses a fellow cop of police brutality; Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a famous photographer recently accused of assault ... See full summary »

Director: John Behring | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou

Votes: 307

91. Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988–1989)
Episode: Worth Her Weight in Gold (1988)

TV-Y7 | Animation, Comedy, Crime

Unbeatable lady wrestler Amazona is on a crime spree in her free time. Sweetchuck offers to go undercover at her gym because he's fallen head over heels in love with her.

Directors: Cosmo Anzilotti, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Charles Nichols | Stars: Ron Rubin, Howard Morris, Charles Woods Gray, Greg Swanson

Votes: 14

92. Big Sky (2020–2023)
Episode: Wakey, Wakey (2021)

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

Cassie distracts herself with work, while Jenny recovers from her near-death experience, but it won't be long before a mysterious accident leads them to cross paths. Ronald is wrapped up in something he can't get out of.

Director: Jeff T. Thomas | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, Brian Geraghty, Dedee Pfeiffer

Votes: 515

93. Crimes That Shook the World (2006– )
Episode: Aileen Wuornos (2009)

Documentary, Crime

Profile of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the murders of six men in Florida over the course of a year. The programme explores how police were ... See full summary »

Director: Kathryn Ross | Stars: Fawn Wallace, Cindy Simmons, Michael Ray Davis, Tom Smith

Votes: 16

94. Bored to Death (2009–2011)
Episode: Gumball! (2011)

TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Jonathan wants to prove his innocence as the police pursue him.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Zach Galifianakis, Ted Danson, Heather Burns

Votes: 282

95. Ripper Street (2012–2016)
Episode: Tournament of Shadows (2013)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Jewish man is murdered, and it soon becomes clear that he had uncovered a complex spy plot involving striking workers and the Russian secret police.

Director: Colm McCarthy | Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, Michael McElhatton

Votes: 556

96. The Investigators (2000– )
Episode: Railroaded in Texas (2003)

Documentary, Crime, Drama

An investigation of the egregious racial injustice visited upon the citizens of the small farm town of Tulia, Texas by the government's "war on drugs", uncovering unethical police conduct, false testimony, and evidence that did not exist.

Stars: James Curtis, Dion Graham, Leroy Barow, Jeff Blackburn

97. Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996– )
Episode: Alleingang (2013)

45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

While Ben is on vacation in Canada, Semir does a traffic check with other police officers, including Dieter. After Dieter gets shot and badly injured by Serbian criminal Elena Kovic, Semir ... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Dierbach | Stars: Erdogan Atalay, Tom Beck, Sophia Thomalla, Aleksandar Jovanovic

Votes: 43