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1	The Departed (2006) more movies like this directed by Martin Scorsese featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized crime scene and inspired by the wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. As the police force attempts to reign in the increasingly powerful Irish mafia, authorities are faced with the ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.80!
2	Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) more movies like this directed by Jean-François Richet featuring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Drea de Matteo, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo This action-packed remake of the John Carpenter classic tells the tale of an under-manned Detroit police precinct on its last day of operation that finds itself under siege by a ruthless force that will not stop. This time, a notorious cop-killer and mobster Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishbourne) is unexpectedly brought into the precinct during a ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.16!
3	Without a Trace: Season 01 (2002) more movies like this see all copies from £9.43! new only from £9.43!
4	Traffic (2000) more movies like this directed by Steven Soderbergh featuring Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erika Christensen Described by director Steven Soderbergh as "Nashville meets The French Connection," this multi-character drama explores the effects of international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to the U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users. Based upon a miniseries originally aired on Britain's Channel 4, ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £3.39!
5	Training Day (2001) more movies like this directed by Antoine Fuqua featuring Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn The Fast and the Furious (2001) screenwriter David Ayer follows up that fast-paced action hit with this gritty cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced Los Angeles Police Department rookie anxious to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year veteran Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris (Denzel ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.85!
6	City by the Sea (2002) more movies like this directed by Michael Caton-Jones featuring Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku A man struggling to come to terms with the sins of his father makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime in a drama based on a true story. Vincent LaMarca (Robert DeNiro) is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past; four decades ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £2.77!
7	The Wire: Season 01 (2002) more movies like this Setting the tone for all seasons to come, season one of HBO's The Wire divides its attention equally between cops and dealers, offering a fascinatingly objective overview of the Baltimore drug scene. The weekly, hour-long series also pays homage to its spiritual predecessor, Homicide: Life on the Street (both series were created by Tom Fontana), ... see all copies from £34.64! new only from £34.64!
8	Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman A lawyer discovers just how fine the line between good and evil can be in this drama based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley. When a carefully-planned bust of drug dealer Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) goes sour, a shootout between Washington and officers from three precincts leaves a number of cops dead or wounded. Washington ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £3.43!
9	Serpico (1974) more movies like this directed by Sidney Lumet featuring Al Pacino, Tony Roberts, Jack Kehoe, Cornelia Sharpe, Barbara Eda-Young Adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from Peter Maas's book, Sidney Lumet's drama portrays the real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system. Neophyte officer Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) is determined not to let his job get in the way of his individuality. Despite his colleagues' leery reactions, he keeps one foot ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.85!
10	The Black Dahlia (2006) more movies like this directed by Brian De Palma featuring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner Director Brian De Palma returns to the helm for the first time since 2002's Femme Fatale with this stylish screen adaptation of James Ellroy's novel detailing one of the most notorious unsolved murders in Hollywood history. Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner) was a struggling actress looking to make a name for herself in 1940s-era Tinseltown. ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.16!
11 view cover	Angel Eyes (2001) more movies like this directed by Luis Mandoki featuring Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Sonia Braga, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Sisto Jennifer Lopez stars in this gritty, emotional drama as police officer Sharon Pogue, who covers up a painful past with an anger that fuels her job performance in one of Chicago's toughest precincts. Although her partner Robby (Terrence Howard) is concerned about Sharon, she won't confide even in her closest friend. Sharon's life takes a turn, ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £4.02!
12 view cover	Cop Land (1997) more movies like this directed by James Mangold featuring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg The second film from writer/director James Mangold, the corruption drama Cop Land stars Sylvester Stallone as Freddy Heflin, the much-denigrated sheriff of tiny Garrison, NJ, a community which -- thanks to a technicality -- is populated almost entirely by members of the New York City Police Department. When young cop Murray "Superboy" Babitch ... see all copies from £1.53! new only from £1.53!
13 view cover	NCIS: Season 01 (2003) more movies like this Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service was the somewhat redundant official title of this popular "procedural" series during its first season on the air. Mark Harmon tops the cast as the rule-bending, intensely private Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the head of an elite NCI team specializing in solving baffling crimes related to US Navy personnel. ... see all copies from £34.83! new only from £34.83!
14 view cover	Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) more movies like this directed by Daniel Petrie featuring Paul Newman, Ed Asner, Ken Wahl, Danny Aiello, Rachel Ticotin Paul Newman stars as an essentially decent cop patrolling that decimated, drug-and-gang-ridden borough known on the city maps as the Bronx, but known to its denizens as "Fort Apache". While Newman tries to hold on to his basic humanity and to treat even the sorriest of the people on his beat with dignity, he can't do much to convince his superiors ... see all copies from £3.12! new only from £4.72!
15 view cover	Beyond the Law (1992) more movies like this directed by Larry Ferguson featuring Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Madsen, Courtney Vance, Rip Torn An emotionally distraught cop is traumatized by memories of an abusive childhood in which he was forced to kill the uncle who was abusing him. Fired by his corrupt boss, he is recruited to infiltrate a ring of murderous, gun-running bikers, who would kill him in a second if they found out who he was -- which his friends begin to suspect was why he ... see all copies from £4.13! new only from £5.14!
16 view cover	The Onion Field (1979) more movies like this directed by Harold Becker featuring John Savage, James Woods, Ted Danson, Ronny Cox, Franklyn Seales Joseph Wambaugh's The Onion Field is based on an actual 1963 case. L.A. plainclothesmen Karl Hattinger (John Savage) and Ian Campbell (Ted Danson) routinely investigate a pair of suspicious types, Greg Powell (James Woods) and Jimmy Smith (Franklin Seales). Unexpectedly, Powell pulls a gun on the cops, then forces them into a deserted onion field, ... see all copies from £2.77! new only from £7.11!
17	Homicide: Life on the Street [TV Series] (1993) more movies like this This terse, realistic hour-long crime series was based on Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, by reporter David Simon. Like many of executive producer Barry Levinson's movie projects, the series was set (and largely filmed) in Baltimore. The action centered around the homicide division of an inner-city Baltimore police station, with a large ... see all copies from £3.59! new only from £3.59!
18 view cover	Internal Affairs (1990) more movies like this directed by Mike Figgis featuring Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin In this glossy L.A. crime drama by Mike Figgis, Andy Garcia stars as Sgt. Raymond Avila, a cop who just joined the Internal Affairs division of the L.A.P.D. An investigation into police corruption has led Avila and his partner, Sgt. Amy Wallace (Laurie Metcalf), to Officer Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Avila suspects something about Peck from the ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £4.70!
19 view cover	Impulse (1990) more movies like this directed by Sondra Locke featuring Theresa Russell, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alan Rosenberg, Shawn Elliott, Nicholas Mele Actress Sondra Locke directed this visceral film noir about undercover cop Lottie Mason (Theresa Russell). A narcotics cop with the LAPD, she works a second shift at night as an undercover vice cop. Lottie works the bars and lures johns into the arms of the law. But her life is in a rut, and she would love to act on impulse like the narcotics and ... see all copies from £3.46!
20 view cover	21 Jump Street: Season 02 (1988) more movies like this Season two of 21 Jump Street finds a team of youthful LAPD officers continuing to weed out adult criminals by posing as high-school teenagers -- a sort of Mod Squad for the 1980s. Back in harness are Johnny Depp as Officer Tom Hanson, Peter DeLuise as Officer Doug Penhall (less chubby and comical and more "buff" and action-prone than in the series ... see all copies from £15.32! new only from £15.32!
21 view cover	Waking the Dead: Series 02 (2001) more movies like this directed by David Thacker, Edward Bennett, Maurice Phillips As the BBC forensics drama Waking the Dead enters into its second series, the Cold Case team attempts to capture a frightening copycat serial killer, delves deep into the dangerous London criminal underworld, attempt to solve the murder of a prominent Home Officer Advisor while being audited by the Home Office, and makes a series of unfortunate ... see all copies from £20.11! new only from £20.11!
22 view cover	NCIS: Season 02 (2004) more movies like this With the inauguration of its second season, this popular "procedural" series streamlines its title, forsaking the cumbersome Navy NCIs: Naval Criminal Investigative Service for the more familiar NCIs. Joining series regulars Mark Harmon (Leroy Jethro Gibbs), Shana Alexander (Kate Todd), Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo), Pauley Perrette (Abby ... see all copies from £34.83! new only from £34.83!
23 view cover	21 Jump Street: Season 01 (1987) more movies like this The first action-adventure series from the Fox network, 21 Jump Street inaugurates its first season with the series' two-hour pilot episode, in which young police officer Tom Hanson (Jeff Yagher) joins a special undercover unit of the LAPD. Named for its headquarters, an abandoned chapel, the Jump Street unit is comprised of youthful cops who can ... see all copies from £16.90! new only from £16.90!
24 view cover	Harsh Times (2006) more movies like this directed by David Ayer featuring Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Terry Crews, Noel Guglielmi An unstable Gulf War veteran with a savior complex receives a shocking wake-up call upon returning stateside and accepting a position with the Department of Homeland Security in the directorial debut of Training Day screenwriter David Ayer. Jim (Christian Bale) is a Gulf War veteran who believes his sworn duty to protect his fellow Americans ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.72!
25 view cover	Homicide (1991) more movies like this directed by David Mamet featuring Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Natalia Nogulich, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Pidgeon The third film written and directed by playwright David Mamet, this combination of crime drama and character study stars several of Mamet's stock players. Joe Mantegna stars as Bobby Gold, a detective with a gift for negotiation who, along with his partner Tim Sullivan (William H. Macy), accidentally stumbles upon a crime scene -- the murder of an ... see all copies from £6.23! new only from £32.53!

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