Best Police Detective Movies on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Police Detective Movies on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 18 titles in category code 79049. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Drishyam (2015)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2015, 2h 42m. Humble businessman Vijay becomes a murder suspect when an inspector general's son goes missing after targeting Vijay's daughter for sexual blackmail.
2. Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 2h 00m. A top London cop is assigned to investigate a seemingly sleepy town, which suddenly starts to stir with a series of grisly 'accidents.'
3. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Rated 7.3/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 2h 20m. A violent confrontation between a motorcycle-riding bank robber and a rookie cop spirals into a tense generational feud.
4. Undercover (2016)
Rated 6.8/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 1h 34m. With Christmas just around the corner, a spunky police officer is ordered to keep an eye on a dodgy witness, who has angry enemies to spare.
5. Police Academy: Special Edition (1984)
Rated 6.7/10 on IMDb, from 1984, 1h 36m. A mayor's decision to open the police academy to all applicants draws a swarm of sad sacks who have no business protecting and serving anything.
6. A.C.A.B.: All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
Rated 6.7/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 45m. The day-to-day stories of the controversial Italian riot police are told through the eyes of three unpopular officers who confront violence daily.
7. Demolition Man (1993)
Rated 6.7/10 on IMDb, from 1993, 1h 54m. Trapped in a cryogenic deep freeze for several decades, top cop John Spartan is defrosted by the powers that be, to catch a relentless killer.
8. Class of '83 (2020)
Rated 6.6/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 1h 38m. Demoted to an academy job, a cop trains five foolhardy students as assassins in his risky revenge plot against police corruption and the underworld.
9. Malang (2020)
Rated 6.5/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 2h 11m. Years after a police encounter separates him from his lover, an angry young man goes on a killing spree, with an equally vengeful cop on his heels.
10. Cruising (1980)
Rated 6.4/10 on IMDb, from 1980, 1h 41m. In late '70s New York, a rookie policeman goes deep undercover in the city's gay leather-bar subculture to search for a sadistic serial killer.