Best movies with corrupt police officers

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Discover the best movies with corrupt police officers, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, came in first as the best movie with corrupt police officers of all time, followed by City of Lies and Dragged Across Concrete from 2019. Scroll down for the top 10 movies with corrupt police officers, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

2009 - Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val KilmerDrama, Crime

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New Orleans police sergeant Terrence McDonagh receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for his bravery during Hurricane Katrina. But a back injury leaves him addicted to painkillers •••

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City of Lies

2018 - Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, Toby HussCrime, Thriller, Drama

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LAPD detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., but two decades later the case is still open. Jack Jackson, a •••

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Dragged Across Concrete

2019 - Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn, Tory KittlesCrime, Action, Thriller

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Two police officers, a veteran and his volatile younger partner, are suspended when a video of their rough tactics reaches the media. Short on money, they descend into the criminal •••

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Exposed

2016 - Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Mira SorvinoDrama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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Detective Scott Galban wants the truth about his partner's death, even though he knows his partner was mixed up in dirty business. Meanwhile Isabel, a young Latina woman, experiences •••

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Gone Baby Gone

2007 - Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan, Amy...

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Centered on the story of a little girl who disappeared without a trace, the film follows the explosive journey of two private detectives hired to find her, who are thrown into a maze of •••

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Havoc

2025 - Tom Hardy, Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant, Forest Whitaker, Justin Cornwell, Quelin...

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A drug heist goes awry, and Walker, a jaded cop with a not-so-clean past, must track down a politician's son. To save him, he traverses the underworld of a city where corruption has •••

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Icefall

2025 - Joel Kinnaman, Cara Jade Myers, Danny Huston, Graham Greene, Martin Sensmeier, Oliver...

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A young forest ranger arrests a famous poacher and learns that he knows where a plane with millions of dollars crashed in a frozen lake. Criminals and corrupt cops are on their trail. Joel •••

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Insomnia

2002 - Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Maura Tierney, Paul...

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Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

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L.A. Confidential

1997 - Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy PearceCrime, Mystery, Thriller

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In the corrupt and brutal Los Angeles police force of the 1950s, three detectives use different methods to investigate a shooting at an all-night diner and uncover a conspiracy. Kevin •••

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Lawless

2012 - Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary OldmanCrime, Drama, Western

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In 1931, during Prohibition, the Bondurant brothers make and sell illegal liquor in Franklin County, Virginia. When a corrupt lawman from Chicago demands a cut of their profits, the •••

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This list includes, for example, Léon: The Professional, The Bourne Ultimatum, Insomnia.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: The Furious (2026), The Rip (2026), Torrente for President (2026).

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Titles released in this period include Payback (1999), Snake Eyes (1998), L.A. Confidential (1997).

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