Greatest Cop Films of All Time
What are the best cop movies? So Here is a fun task for you – Can you name any movie of Hollywood that does not have police involved in the plot somehow (directly or indirectly)? You might tell movies that do not have any police office as character in them but you will surely find it difficult to remember a movie that does not mentions about government, politics and law officers. Almost every other film of hollywood has a character of cop or any other law enforcer as character in them. However, most of these movies portrays police department as corrupt, lazy, stupid or even villains. They either do not take any action against the main antagonist or they create problems for the hero. In fact many movie shows that a normal man takes law in his own hand after he gets fed up of system.
There are thousands movies based on cops but not all of them shows police officers as good people. Luckily we also have movies that shows us the bright side of the coin. There are always good cops who not only serve their nation honestly but also are daring enough to die for their nation and citizens if any causality occurs. We always should be thankful to such good cops and police officers. Even Hollywood pays tribute to such honest police officers by making inspiring cop movies.
Cop movies are sub genres of action movies and mainly have a daring cop in the lead. Usually Hollywood follows the formula of buddy cop films where two police officers of contrasting personalities are assigned to a dangerous mission. The mission often is failed by one of them until they realize that together they can save the mission and their friendship. Most of the cop movies are action comedy movies but their are also classic cop movies that are action thrillers or even action horror.
Here we have chosen 60 greatest movies on cops that not only impressed the critics but were also hugely popular among fans. So check our the list of best cop films:
60. Stakeout
59. Dragnet
58. Miami Vice
57. Starsky and Hutch
56. Blue Streak
55. Tango and Cash
54. Turner and Hooch
53. The Guard
52. Righteous Kill
51. Red Heat
50. Running Scared
49. Face/Off
48. The Bone Collector
47. Stray Dog
46. 48 Hrs.
45. B 13
44. The Heat
43. L.A. Confidential
42. The Untouchables
41. Bullit
40. Shanghai Noon
39. Hard Boiled
38. Rush Hour
37. In the Heat of the Night
36. Mystic River
35. Blade Runner
34. The Fugitive
33. Police Academy (Series)
32. Beverly Hills Cop (Series)
31. The Naked Gun: Files from the Police Squad (Series)
30. Mississippi Burning
29. Zodiac
28. I, Robot
27. Traffic
26. Manhunter
25. Dog Day Afternoon
24. RoboCop Series
23. Lethal Weapon Series
22. Bad Boys Series
21. Speed Series
20. Men in Black Series
19. The Other Guys
18. End of Watch
17. Point Break
16. Bad Lieutenant
15. Witness
14. Sherlock Holmes
13. No Country For Old Men
12. 21 Jump Street
11. Se7en
10. Serpico
9. Hot Fuzz
8. Training Day
7. Fargo
6. The Silence of the Lambs
5. The French Connection
4. The Departed
3. Heat
2. Dirty Harry
1. Die Hard Series
Are you also fan of cop movies? Usually cop movies focus strongly on character development which result in some of the most popular cop characters. From Harry of Dirty Harry series to John Mcclane of Die hard series we have seen hundreds of cop characters introduced in cinema. Who is your favorite cop character?
