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Unravel the World of Ex-Cops: Top Movies and TV Shows to Explore

From gritty crime dramas to intense action films, the world of ex-cops has captivated audiences worldwide. If you're a fan of law enforcement and the complexities that come with it, we've got you covered. Dive into our curated list of the best movies and TV shows that feature ex-cops as main characters, and discover the thrilling stories that'll keep you on the edge of your seat.

Cast

Donal Logue

Michael Raymond-James

Laura Allen

Kimberly Quinn

Terriers (2010) TV Show

8.0 106 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department.

Plot: investigation, friendship, ex-cop, murder, dark comedy, lawyer, private investigator, recovering alcoholic, ...

Place: california

Cast

Jackie Chan

Zhang Zifeng

Tony Leung Ka-fai

Ci Sha

The Shadow's Edge (2025)

7.9 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: China, Hong Kong

Duration: 142 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Macau Police brings the tracking expert police officer out of retirement to help catch a dangerous group of professional thieves.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: race against time, ex-cop, betrayal, macau, hand to hand combat, manhunt, hidden agenda, dramatic, ...

Cast

Alain Delon

Bourvil

Gian Maria Volontu00e9

Yves Montand

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

7.6 731 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: France, Italy

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: NR

Story: When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.

Plot: prison, corruption, paris, france, escape, police, pimp, ex-cop, ...

Cast

Joju George

Irshad

Athmeeya Rajan

Dileesh Pothan

Joseph (2018)

7.6 41 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 138 min.

Story: Joseph is a retired police officer with adept investigative skills. He accidentally gets involved in a crime case after his ex-wife’s unexpected demise.

Plot: investigation, ex-cop

Cast

Christian Slater

Patricia Arquette

Dennis Hopper

Val Kilmer

True Romance (1993)

7.5 3.1K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Romance

Country: United States of America, France

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Style: intimate, suspenseful, intense

Plot: hotel, parent child relationship, movie business, detective, mexican standoff, pimp, cocaine, ex-cop, ...

Cast

David Hasselhoff

Edward Mulhare

William Daniels

Patricia McPherson

Knight Rider (1982) TV Show

7.5 1.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 84

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.

Style: witty, whimsical

Plot: vigilante, ex-cop

HAPPY! (2017) TV Show

7.4 503 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Corrupt ex-cop turned hitman Nick Sax's life is changed forever by a relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse named Happy.

Style: witty

Plot: hitman, police, imaginary friend, ex-cop, based on comic, private investigator, brutality

Cast

Mel Gibson

Bruce Spence

Michael Preston

Max Phipps

Mad Max 2 (1981)

7.4 4.2K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Australia

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Style: exploitation

Plot: mask, chase, explosive, dystopia, boomerang, deal, post-apocalyptic future, pilot, ...

Place: australia

Cast

Choi Woo-shik

Son Suk-ku

Lee Hee-jun

Kwon Da-ham

A Killer Paradox (2024) TV Show

7.4 191 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When one accidental killing leads to another, an ordinary young man finds himself stuck in an endless cat-and-mouse chase with a shrewd detective.

Plot: detective, hacker, ex-cop, serial killer, young adult, based on webcomic or webtoon, dark fiction

Human Target (2010) TV Show

7.3 169 votes

Genre: Action, Drama

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-14

Story: It takes a brave, selfless man to make himself a "human target" in order to save the lives of those in danger. Based on the popular DC Comics comic book and graphic novel, Human Target is a full-throttle action drama centered on Christopher Chance, a unique private contractor/security expert/bodyguard hired to protect.

Plot: bodyguard, vigilante, ex-cop, based on comic

Cast

John Cusack

Ray Liotta

Amanda Peet

John Hawkes

Identity (2003)

7.2 4.4K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

Plot: prostitute, prisoner, psychopath, nevada, detective, rain, motel, weather, ...

Cast

Ralph Fiennes

Angela Bassett

Juliette Lewis

Tom Sizemore

Strange Days (1995)

7.0 1.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 145 min.

Audience: R

Story: In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.

Plot: new year's eve, pornography, prostitute, police brutality, dreams, rape, police, virtual reality, ...

Time: future

Cast

Jim Carrey

Renu00e9e Zellweger

Anthony Anderson

Mongo Brownlee

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

6.6

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 117 min.

Story: Rhode Island State Trooper Charlie Baileygates has a multiple personality disorder. One personality is crazy and aggressive, while the other is more friendly and laid back. Both of these personalities fall in love with the same woman named Irene after Charlie loses his medication.

Cast

Gerard Butler

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Evin Ahmad

Salvatore Esposito

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)

6.6 830 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: Canada, United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: R

Story: Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.

Plot: diamond, ex-cop, heist, vengeance, crime, ridiculous

Spenser Confidential (2020)

6.5 2.5K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.

Plot: based on novel or book, police, boston, massachusetts, ex-cop, police corruption, ex-con, buddy movie, ...

Cast

Adam Sandler

Jennifer Aniston

Mark Strong

Mu00e9lanie Laurent

Murder Mystery 2 (2023)

6.4 2.0K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.

Plot: new york city, paris, france, bomb, kidnapping, married couple, interpol, ex-cop, ...

Mirrors (2008)

6.3 2.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: Romania, United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

Plot: schizophrenia, subway, night watchman, possession, hallucination, morgue, alcoholism, ex-cop, ...

Cast

Mel Gibson

Tina Turner

Helen Buday

Bruce Spence

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

6.2 3.3K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: Australia

Duration: 107 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

Plot: arena, dwarf, dictator, dystopia, sandstorm, post-apocalyptic future, villain, camel, ...

Place: australia

Cast

James Badge Dale

Marin Ireland

Sasha Frolova

Samantha Logan

The Empty Man (2020)

6.1 1.0K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: South Africa, United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: R

Story: On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

Plot: experiment, detective, cave, missouri, investigation, bridge, cult, based on comic, ...

Cast

Robert De Niro

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Barry Miller

Chris Bauer

Flawless (1999)

6.1 302 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: An ultraconservative police officer suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

Plot: drag queen, tango, sex change, ex-cop, loneliness, stroke, singing lessons, physical therapy

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