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Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of crime, justice, and heroism with the best police movies and TV shows. From gripping dramas to action-packed thrillers, we've got you covered with a curated list of must-watch titles that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Explore the darker side of human nature and the bravery of law enforcement officers as they fight to protect and serve.

Cast

Joe Odagiri

Shingo Katsurayama

Kazumi Murata

Kitaro

Kamen Rider Kuuga (2000) TV Show

9.2 12 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Family

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 49

Story: When a group of archaeologists uncover the tomb of a legendary warrior, they unearth Kuuga’s belt, accidentally releasing an ancient race of monsters called the Grongi, bent on destroying humanity. Enter Yusuke Godai, a modern-day guy next door, who learns he is telepathically linked to the mysterious stone belt. With its power, he transforms into the legendary warrior known as Kuuga, humanity’s only defense against the murderous Grongi monsters.

Plot: police, superhero, ritual murder, ancient evil, henshin heroes, tokusatsu

Cast

Maaya Sakamoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Yuichi Nakamura

Kazuhiro Yamaji

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (2026) TV Show

9.0 15 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: 2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the "Shell Squad." An international conspiracy hints at a hacker known as The "Puppet Master." What fate awaits Kusanagi? What is the hacker's endgame? A new era of cyberpunk action begins!

Plot: cyborg, police, cyberpunk, based on manga, counterterrorism, cybercrime, anime, female cyborg, ...

Cast

Dominic West

Lance Reddick

Sonja Sohn

Wendell Pierce

The Wire (2002) TV Show

8.6 2.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 60

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

Style: cynical, tense

Plot: corruption, newspaper, drug trafficking, drug dealer, baltimore, gangster, police, organized crime, ...

Place: usa

Good Boy (2025) TV Show

8.6 177 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Story: Olympic medalists join the police force through a special recruitment program, trading medals for badges as they tackle violent crimes and injustices with their athletic skills.

Plot: police, police drama

Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Shido Nakamura

Aya Hirano

Kappei Yamaguchi

Death Note (2006) TV Show

8.6 5.0K votes

Genre: Animation, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 37

Audience: TV-14

Story: Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Style: psychological

Plot: detective, journalism, secret identity, police, supernatural, sociopath, rivalry, murder, ...

Cast

Michael C. Hall

Jack Alcott

Uma Thurman

David Zayas

Dexter: Resurrection (2025) TV Show

8.5 570 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But closure won't come easy. When Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness in the city that never sleeps, they soon find themselves deeper than they ever imagined - and that the only way out is together.

Plot: new york city, based on novel or book, police, sequel, murder, serial killer, father son relationship

Place: miami, florida, new york

Cast

Shin Ha-kyun

Yeo Jin-goo

Choi Dae-hoon

Choi Sung-eun

Beyond Evil (2021) TV Show

8.5 188 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own.

Plot: corruption, detective, trauma, investigation, police, psychopath, murder, serial killer, ...

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Martin Freeman

Sherlock (2010) TV Show

8.5 6.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 12

Audience: TV-14

Story: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Style: suspenseful, tense

Plot: detective, based on novel or book, workaholic, investigation, friendship, police, genius, murder, ...

Place: london, england

Cast

Nam Joo-hyuk

Yoo Ji-tae

Kim So-jin

Lee Jun-hyuk

Vigilante (2023) TV Show

8.5 109 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Kim Ji-yong leads a double life as a Korean National Police University student by day and the Vigilante by night, personally punishing criminals who evade the law. He is surrounded by people who all possess different ulterior motives.

Plot: double life, police, vigilante, tv reporter, social justice, ruthless cop, traumatized child, based on webcomic or webtoon

Cast

Jouji Nakata

Fumiko Orikasa

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Nobuo Tobita

Hellsing Ultimate (2006) TV Show

8.4 729 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: For over a century, the mysterious Hellsing Organization has been secretly protecting the British Empire from the undead. When Sir Integra Hellsing succeeded as the head of the organization, she also inherited the ultimate weapon against these supernatural enemies: Alucard, a rogue vampire possessing mysterious and frightening powers. Now, Hellsing must deal with a more dangerous threat than vampires.

Plot: christianity, london, england, anti hero, nazi, vampire, secret organization, police, ...

Cast

Jason Beghe

Marina Squerciati

Patrick John Flueger

LaRoyce Hawkins

Chicago P.D. (2014) TV Show

8.4 2.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 14

Episodes: 265

Audience: TV-14

Story: A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

Plot: chicago, illinois, police, spin off, crime investigation

Cast

Cantinflas

Roberto Soto

Gilberto Gonzu00e1lez

Elisa Quintanilla

El bombero atómico (1952)

8.4 97 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: Mexico

Duration: 95 min.

Story: Cantinflas is a clumsy fireman, who one day receives the visit of his little goddaughter, whose mother recently died in the jungle. After having work in a few fires, Cantinflas decided to quit and become a policeman, because is less dangerous. Everything goes well until a gang of gangsters kidnap the girl, because of a monetary inheritance.

Plot: rescue, police, kidnapping, investigation, orphan, criminal gang, firefighter

Cast

Suzy

Lee Jong-suk

Jung Hae-in

Lee Sang-yeob

While You Were Sleeping (2017) TV Show

8.4 154 votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-14

Story: Nam Hong Ju, endowed with the ability to foresee events, resides with her widowed mother who runs a small restaurant. Despite her gift, she often finds herself powerless to change the outcomes. On the other side of the street, Jung Jae Chan, a rookie prosecutor, and his younger brother Seung Won become their new neighbors. An unusual dream involving Hong Ju, ruthless attorney Lee Yu Beom, and a life-saving intervention leads Jae Chan to realize their destinies are intertwined, as they begin sharing dreams and connecting in mysterious ways.

Plot: police, romance, lawyer, justice, prosecutor, seeing the future

Hudson & Rex (2019) TV Show

8.4 120 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Canada, Germany

Seasons: 8

Episodes: 122

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.Based on the Austrian–Italian series, Kommissar Rex.

Plot: police, newfoundland and labrador, dog, police detective, german shepherd, police dog, based on tv series, newfoundland, ...

Place: canada

Cast

John Cassini

8.4 23.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: rage and hate, police, s.w.a.t., sadism, self-fulfilling prophecy, psychopath, detective, investigation, ...

Cast

Toshiru014d Mifune

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kyu014dko Kagawa

Tatsuya Mihashi

High and Low (1963)

8.4 1.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Japan

Duration: 142 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Plot: chauffeur, police, ransom, manager, kidnapping, blackmail, heroin, film noir, ...

Cast

David Giuntoli

Silas Weir Mitchell

Russell Hornsby

Sasha Roiz

Grimm (2011) TV Show

8.3 3.6K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 122

Audience: TV-14

Story: After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

Plot: detective, fairy tale, police, supernatural, creature, police detective, homicide detective, neo-noir, ...

The Fiery Priest (2019) TV Show

8.3 61 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 52

Story: People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say every people are equal before the religions. But it is time to discriminate people who only uses them for their interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.

Plot: corruption, detective, police, priest, church, prosecutor, catholicism, murder investigation, ...

Stranger (2017) TV Show

8.3 212 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Hwang Shi Mok underwent brain surgery as a child to curb his violent temper, which left him devoid of emotions. Hwang becomes a prosecutor known for his piercing intelligence and logic, but he is ostracized because he lacks empathy and social skills. He is also one of only a handful of upright prosecutors who have refused to take bribes. One day, he encounters a stabbing victim while investigating corruption. He meets Lieutenant Han Yeo Jin at the crime scene. They join forces to root out corruption at the prosecutors’ office and solve a serial murder case.

Plot: corruption, detective, falsely accused, investigation, politics, police, antisocial personality disorder, lawyer, ...

Cast

Ryota Suzuki

Yoji Ueda

Sayaka Senbongi

Junya Enoki

BLACK TORCH (2026) TV Show

8.3 4 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Mystery

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 12

Story: Jiro Azuma is no average high schooler. A descendant of ninjas and trained in the ancient warrior art of the shinobi, Jiro is also able to talk with animals. After a mysterious encounter with an injured cat named Rago, Jiro discovers the feline is actually the legendary Black Star of Doom! Joined by the Bureau of Espionage, they fight off swarms of mononoke lying in wait to exploit Rago’s powers.

Plot: martial arts, secret organization, friendship, police, supernatural, revenge, rescue, outcast, ...

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