Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "killed-by-cop"

1. Samurai Cop (1991)

Unrated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Joe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.

Director: Amir Shervan | Stars: Robert Z'Dar, Mathew Karedas, Janis Farley, Mark Frazer

Votes: 10,111

2. Dirty Harry (1971)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

Directors: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni

Votes: 168,354 | Gross: $35.90M

3. Chinatown (1974)

R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez

Votes: 350,000

4. Dead End Drive-In (1986)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Horror

In a dystopian future Australia, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in cinema that has become a concentration camp for delinquent youths and immigrants.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Wilbur Wilde

Votes: 3,816

5. Hollywood Cop (1987)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.

Director: Amir Shervan | Stars: James Mitchum, Cameron Mitchell, David Goss, Zuhair Haddad

Votes: 635

6. Comic Book Villains (2002 Video)

R | 92 min | Comedy

A guy dies after collecting comic books for decades. His mom inherits them and she ain't selling. Owners of 2 comic book stores want the collection. Their scheming gets ever more desperate.

Director: James Robinson | Stars: Donal Logue, Cary Elwes, Michael Rapaport, Natasha Lyonne

Votes: 2,417

7. Dangerous Game (1988)

R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A computer expert and his friends manage to disable a department store's security system so they can rob it, but once inside they find themselves stalked by a killer.

Directors: Stephen Hopkins, David Lewis | Stars: Miles Buchanan, Marcus Graham, Steven Grives, Kathryn Walker

Votes: 408

8. The Philly Kid (2012)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sport

A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.

Director: Jason Connery | Stars: Wes Chatham, Devon Sawa, Sarah Butler, Neal McDonough

Votes: 2,298

9. The Children of Times Square (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Drama

An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Howard E. Rollins Jr., Joanna Cassidy, David Ackroyd, Larry B. Scott

Votes: 426

10. Blue Eyes (2009)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama

Before his compulsory retirement, on his last day of work, Marshall, JFK airport's chief Immigration officer, detains a group of Latin Americans and expose them to a series of humiliating ... See full summary »

Director: José Joffily | Stars: David Rasche, Cristina Lago, Irandhir Santos, Erica Gimpel

Votes: 555

11. Sirens (1999 TV Movie)

R | 105 min | Drama

A white woman relentlessly seeks justice against two racist policemen who accidentally killed her black ex-husband and had their department cover it up.

Director: John Sacret Young | Stars: Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, Justin Theroux, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Votes: 253

12. Fever (1988)

R | 84 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

Policeman (Bill Hunter) discovers a suitcase full of drug money during the normal course of his duties. The temptation to keep the money leads to an ever deepening set of circumstances.

Director: Craig Lahiff | Stars: Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet, Mary Regan, Jim Holt

Votes: 121

13. My Name is Myeisha (2018)

82 min | Drama

Hip-hop, poetry and dream sequences chronicle the finals moments of a young woman's life before she is shot and killed by police officers.

Director: Gus Krieger | Stars: Rhaechyl Walker, John Merchant, Dominique Toney, Dee Dee Stephens

Votes: 144

14. The Hot Pearl Snatch (1966)

64 min | Comedy, Crime

A sailor runs into an old prospector in a bar in the Caribbean, who claims he has a map to a secret pearl bed off of an island populated by beautiful, lusty native girls. He gives up the ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Mart | Stars: Jody Baby, Karen Brigman, Mike Coupland, Pauly Dash

Votes: 38

15. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Where There's a Will (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

McKenzie and Morales pursues a witness Peter Manzo who could clear Frank Osgood whom McKenzie convicted in 1959. Meanwhile, Paros crosses a long-term family friend she is defending in a ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 32

16. Police Rescue (1989–1996)
Episode: The Holliman Kid (1996)

Crime, Drama

When a little girl disappear every one wonders what happened to her. Meanwhile Georgia learn she's pregnant.

Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton

17. Police Rescue (1989–1996)
Episode: Wild Card (1995)

Crime, Drama

A cold blooded killer blames Mickey for the death of his brother and wants revenge.

Director: Scott Hartford-Davis | Stars: Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton

18. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Whirlpool (1994)

Not Rated | 21 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Struggling comic book artist Rolanda gets fired from her job by her mean and demanding boss Vern. However, Rolanda finds herself experiencing the events of this one fateful day over and ... See full summary »

Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Rita Rudner, Richard Lewis, John Kassir, Blake Clark

Votes: 607

19. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Traffic Violations (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

On March 30, 1997 an attractive waitress, Kim Medlin, is found dead in Monroe, North Carolina a mile and a half from her abandoned vehicle.

Stars: Peter Thomas, Don Heaston, Bridger Medlin, Tony Underwood

Votes: 78