Police Detective Movies on Netflix
The Police Detective Movies category on Netflix is identified by the secret code 79049. Below are 18 Police Detective Movies titles currently traceable on Netflix, sorted by rating. Top picks include Drishyam (2015), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012).
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Last updated: 28 Sep 2021. Independent reference, not affiliated with Netflix.
Drishyam (2015)
Humble businessman Vijay becomes a murder suspect when an inspector general's son goes missing after targeting Vijay's daughter for sexual blackmail.
Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.2
Runtime: 02:42:21
Netflix ID: 80068117 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Hot Fuzz (2007)
A top London cop is assigned to investigate a seemingly sleepy town, which suddenly starts to stir with a series of grisly 'accidents.'
Year: 2007
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:00:45
Netflix ID: 70056431 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
A violent confrontation between a motorcycle-riding bank robber and a rookie cop spirals into a tense generational feud.
Year: 2012
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:20:20
Netflix ID: 70241757 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Undercover (2016)
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.
Year: 2016
IMDb: 6.8
Runtime: 01:34:57
Netflix ID: 80990700 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Police Academy: Special Edition (1984)
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.
Year: 1984
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:36:21
Netflix ID: 60035683 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
A.C.A.B.: All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
The day-to-day stories of the controversial Italian riot police are told through the eyes of three unpopular officers who confront violence daily.
Year: 2012
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 01:45:29
Netflix ID: 70271479 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Demolition Man (1993)
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.
Year: 1993
IMDb: 6.7
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:54:58
Netflix ID: 433631 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Class of '83 (2020)
Demoted to an academy job, a cop trains five foolhardy students as assassins in his risky revenge plot against police corruption and the underworld.
Year: 2020
IMDb: 6.6
Runtime: 01:38:20
Netflix ID: 80997361 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Malang (2020)
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.
Year: 2020
IMDb: 6.5
Runtime: 02:11:23
Netflix ID: 81214289 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Cruising (1980)
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.
Year: 1980
IMDb: 6.4
Runtime: 01:41:51
Netflix ID: 60035951 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Ride Along (2014)
When his motormouthed future brother-in-law enters the police academy, a veteran Atlanta cop takes him on a ride-along but soon comes to regret it.
Year: 2014
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:39:31
Netflix ID: 70286698 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Anon (2018)
In a future where technology has rendered privacy obsolete, a detective investigates a serial assassin who has been deleted from all visual records.
Year: 2018
IMDb: 6.1
Runtime: 01:40:10
Netflix ID: 80195964 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
CHIPS (2017)
An undercover FBI agent teams up with a former motocross champ to bring down a corrupt group of California Highway Patrol motorcycle cops.
Year: 2017
IMDb: 6
Runtime: 01:40:48
Netflix ID: 80163158 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Go Fast (2008)
To avenge his partner's murder, crime unit officer Marek infiltrates a gang that uses ultra-fast cars and boats to smuggle drugs into France.
Year: 2008
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:25:34
Netflix ID: 80131739 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
When the trail of his boss's killers leads to Southern California, Detroit cop Axel Foley again teams with Los Angeles detective Billy Rosewood.
Year: 1994
IMDb: 5.6
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:44:12
Netflix ID: 60021985 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Intuition (2020)
Police officer Pipa works on her first big case while simultaneously investigating her boss, who is suspected of murder. The prequel to "Perdida".
Year: 2020
IMDb: 5.3
Runtime: 01:56:23
Netflix ID: 81034677 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Random Hearts (1999)
Dutch and Kay's spouses die in a plane crash. Dutch looks for answers, and learns his wife and Kay's husband had more in common than just the wreck.
Year: 1999
IMDb: 5.2
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 02:12:38
Netflix ID: 26002499 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb
Domino (2019)
A Copenhagen police officer hunts for the man who attacked his partner, only to stumble into a high-stakes game of espionage.
Year: 2019
IMDb: 4.4
Runtime: 01:28:52
Netflix ID: 80200087 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb