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Bound by Honor(1993)

R
| 3h | Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 517 votes)

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Directed by Taylor Hackford - With Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Delroy Lindo, Raymond Cruz, Danny Trejo, ...

Brawl in Cell Block 99(2017)

NR
| 2h 12min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 604 votes)

After working as a drug courier and getting into a brutal shootout with police, a former boxer finds himself at the mercy of his enemies as they force him to instigate violent acts that turn the prison he resides in into a battleground.

Directed by Steven Craig Zahler - With Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier, Marc Blucas, Dan Amboyer, ...
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Royal Warriors(1986)

1h 36min | Crime, Action
3.5/5 (with 16 votes)

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving the Tokyo police to spend time with his wife and daughter. They form an alliance when they foil a hijacking on a plane flying a mob prisoner from Tokyo to Hong Kong. The mobster and his would-be rescuer die; this sets off two avengers who were their blood brothers. Our three cops become the targets. A high-speed chase, a car bomb, the destruction of a nightclub, a spectacular suicide, dead bystanders, and a flying coffin litter the landscape by the end.

Directed by David Chung - With Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Wong
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Narc(2002)

R
| 1h 45min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 217 votes)

When the trail goes cold on a murder investigation of a policeman, an undercover narcotics officer is lured back to the force to help solve the case.

Directed by Joe Carnahan - With Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Chi McBride, Busta Rhymes, John Ortiz, Alan van Sprang, ...
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Kansas City Confidential(1952)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 48 votes)

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired killers and corrupt cops.

Directed by Phil Karlson - With John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, ...
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This Gun for Hire(1942)

1h 21min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 66 votes)

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

Directed by Frank Tuttle - With Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Marc Lawrence, Tully Marshall, ...
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The Phantom of the Opera(1998)

1h 39min | Horror
2.3/5 (with 70 votes)

Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.

Directed by Dario Argento - With Julian Sands, Asia Argento, Andrea Di Stefano, Nadia Rinaldi, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, David D'Ingeo, ...

The Big Combo(1955)

NR
| 1h 24min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 60 votes)

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Directed by Joseph H. Lewis - With Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, ...
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Cop and 1/2(1993)

PG
| 1h 37min | Action, Comedy, Kids & Family
2.3/5 (with 64 votes)

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.

Directed by Henry Winkler - With Burt Reynolds, Norman D. Golden II, Ray Sharkey, Ruby Dee, Holland Taylor, Frank Sivero, ...
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The Last of the Finest(1990)

R
| 1h 46min | Crime
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).

Directed by John Mackenzie - With Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, Deborra-Lee Furness, Guy Boyd, ...
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The Hit(1984)

R
| 1h 38min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Action
3.3/5 (with 80 votes)

Ex-gangster Willie Parker has betrayed his former "colleagues" and now lives in Spain where he thinks he can hide from their vengeance.

Directed by Stephen Frears - With Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Bill Hunter, Fernando Rey, ...

Masterminds(1997)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Action, Thriller, Adventure
2.5/5 (with 18 votes)

A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the students at his prestigious private school hostage.

Directed by Roger Christian - With Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker, Bradley Whitford, Matt Craven, Annabelle Gurwitch, ...
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Shootout at Lokhandwala(2007)

2h 25min | Action, Crime, Drama, History
3.2/5 (with 23 votes)

On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ensued and the entire nation witnessed the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that transformed suburban Mumbai into a war zone.

Directed by Apoorva Lakhia - With Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Vivek Oberoi, Arbaaz Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, ...
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Cyborg Cop(1993)

1h 35min | Science Fiction, Action
2.1/5 (with 17 votes)

Ex-DEA agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.

Directed by Sam Firstenberg - With David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Robert Whitehead
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No Escape, No Return(1993)

1h 31min | Action
3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

Two cops go undercover to infiltrate a violent drug ring, and are in for a shock when they find out who's running it.

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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection(2010)

1h 3min | Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended versions of older shorts.

Excessive Force(1993)

R
| 1h 27min | Action
2.3/5 (with 13 votes)

Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.

Directed by Jon Hess - With Thomas Ian Griffith, Lance Henriksen, James Earl Jones, Tony Todd, Burt Young, Ian Gomez, ...

Martial Outlaw(1993)

R
| 1h 26min | Action, Crime, Drama
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.

Directed by Kurt Anderson - With Jeff Wincott, Richard Jaeckel, Stefanos Miltsakakis
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Torn: Dark Bullets(2020)

1h 36min | Thriller
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A raw and unapologetic look into a police shooting, racism, and the connections they share.

The Sweeper(1996)

1h 30min | Action, Drama, Thriller
2.0/5 (with 5 votes)

A young cop, haunted by the murder of his entire family years earlier, is recruited by a shadowy organization to hunt down criminals who are beyond the reach of the law.

Directed by Joseph Merhi - With C. Thomas Howell, Jeff Fahey, Ed Lauter, Kristen Dalton, Felton Perry, Max Elliott Slade, ...

Red Sun Rising(1994)

1h 39min | Action
2.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Thomas Hoshino (Willson) is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho (Lew). He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder (Farrell). Soon they discover that Yakuza prepares a gang war and weapon smuggling. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.

Directed by Francis Megahy

Rogue Cop(1954)

NR
| 1h 32min | Crime
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A police detective on the take tries to catch his brother's killer.

Directed by Roy Rowland - With Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft, Steve Forrest, Anne Francis, Alan Hale, Jr., ...

Gang Bullets(1938)

NR
| 1h 3min | Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer
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The Last Hour(1991)

R
| 1h 25min | Action, Crime
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A former cop's ex-wife marries a stockbroker, who it turns out has cheated the Mafia out of a large sum of money. They kidnap the wife to force the husband to pay the money back. The ex-cop has to rescue her.

Directed by William Sachs - With Michael Paré

Bullet Scars(1942)

NR
| 59min | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.

Directed by D. Ross Lederman - With Regis Toomey, John Ridgely, Frank Wilcox, Hobart Bosworth, Walter Brooke, Creighton Hale, ...

Chance(1990)

1h 22min | Action, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs his thugs to find Zach and get the jewels back by any means possible. Zach gets help from his friend, police detective Chance, but they will both need more than a little luck to prove that neither of them were behind the robbery, and to keep the actual thieves from getting their revenge.

Power’s War(2015)

1h 10min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

On the evening of February 9th, 1918 three local lawmen and one federal officer rode into the Arizona wilderness to apprehend four men on counts of draft evasion and murder. The violence that followed has been so steeped in legend, lies, and hearsay, that the facts of what occurred at that remote cabin and why were almost lost to history. Contemporary interviews with historians and family members, archival footage, and original artwork tell the story of the events leading up to and following the deadliest shootout in Arizona's history.

Styx(2001)

R
| 1h 33min | Action, Crime, Thriller
1.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing money to organised crime and Nelson needs to do one last big job, with a few other professionals.