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1. Serpico (1973)
R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire
Votes: 134,866 | Gross: $29.80M
2. Mannix (1967–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Private detective Joe Mannix uses force to solve crimes.
Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Ward Wood, Ron Nyman
Votes: 4,288
3. The French Connection (1971)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 135,754 | Gross: $15.63M
4. Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Crime, Drama
Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Stars: Jack Warner, Peter Byrne, Geoffrey Adams, Arthur Rigby
Votes: 311
5. The New Mike Hammer (1984–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of Mickey Spillane's classic private eye character.
Stars: Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Kent Williams
Votes: 1,277
6. French Connection II (1975)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 20,916 | Gross: $12.48M
7. The Seven-Ups (1973)
PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Director: Philip D'Antoni | Stars: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon
Votes: 6,649 | Gross: $2.32M
8. Popeye Doyle (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
NYPD Detective Popeye Doyle investigates the death of a local prostitute which soon leads him and his partner into a web of international intrigue and foreign assassins.
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Ed O'Neill, Matthew Laurance, James Handy, Candy Clark
Votes: 398
9. The Lineup (1958)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche
Votes: 4,429
10. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Howard Duff, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Tony Curtis
Votes: 779
11. N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969)
30 min | Crime, Drama
The three detectives fight every kind of criminal all over New York City. The show featured many actual New York City locations, as well as episodes based on real New York City police cases.
Stars: Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse, Ted Beniades
Votes: 343
12. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe solves many crimes in Los Angeles during the 1930s.
Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ken Pogue
Votes: 483
13. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Bart Burns, Vito Scotti, Johnny Seven
Votes: 302
14. Finger Man (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con goes undercover for the government to "finger" the crime boss who made his sister a drug addict.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Timothy Carey
Votes: 426
15. My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Private eye Mike Hammer passes over beautiful women and corpses to find stolen jewels.
Directors: Victor Saville, George White | Stars: Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Richard Garland
Votes: 760
16. U.S. Marshal (1958–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Western
United States Marshal (renamed from Sheriff of Cochise) is a crime drama set in Tuscon, Arizona about a U.S. Marshal fighting crime.
Stars: John Bromfield, James Griffith, Robert Brubaker, Buck Young
Votes: 108
17. The Stool Pigeon (2010)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Policeman Don Lee often works with informants but numerous too-close calls and failed missions cause him to see the world as one betrayal after another - then he meets Guy, and is given a new chance to change his views.
Director: Dante Lam | Stars: Nick Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Gwei Lun-Mei, Kai-Chi Liu
Votes: 2,180
18. N.Y.-70 (2005 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bobby Cannavale, Kat Foster, Tony Lo Bianco
Votes: 19
19. Ventarrón (1949)
85 min | Drama, Crime
A murderer known as "Ventarrón" escapes from prison to get revenge.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: David Silva, Martha Roth, Isabel del Puerto, Alberto Mariscal
Votes: 24
20. Stool Pigeon (1928)
56 min | Crime, Drama
An underworld story about a boy (Charles Delaney) suspected of being a stool pigeon but in reality he is only stealing to give his mother a better life. His devoted girlfriend Goldie (Olive Borden) tries to help him turn his life around.
Director: Renaud Hoffman | Stars: Olive Borden, Charles Delaney, Lucy Beaumont, Louis Natheaux
21.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
Forty Detectives Later
(1960)
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama, Mystery
After 40 detectives in a row have failed to locate the killer of his wife, a man hires his 41st detective to set up a meeting so he can avenge the murder.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, James Franciscus, Jack Weston, George Mitchell
Votes: 439
22.
Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976)
Episode:
The Fingerman
(1972)
Crime, Drama
Director: Vere Lorrimer | Stars: Derek Anders, Peter Byrne, Nicola Coleman, Brian Croucher
23.
N.Y.P.D. (1967–1969)
Episode:
Fingerman
(1967)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Ward receives a phone call from a distraught informer who believes he's being followed by associates of someone he helped put in jail.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jack Warden, Robert Hooks, Frank Converse, Carole Demas
Votes: 16
24.
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
Episode:
Finger Man
(1983)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Marlowe is subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating the mob murder of a district attorney he was hired to bodyguard. Throw in a femme fatale and Marlowe has his hands full ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Hayers | Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Gayle Hunnicutt, Ed Bishop
Votes: 41
25.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Becker Connection
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rockford's newest case; to clear his friend, Dennis Becker, who's suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Jack Carter
Votes: 272
26.
The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode:
The Hammer of C Block
(1976)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A fellow inmate (Isaac Hayes) from Jim's time in prison is released after serving twenty years, and needs help clearing himself from the crime he was put into prison for.
Director: Jerry London | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Isaac Hayes
Votes: 387
27.
U.S. Marshal (1958–1960)
Episode:
The Stool Pigeon
(1958)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Western
Morgan's attempt to break up a narcotics ring has tragic consequences when one of his deputies is killed during a drug bust. The marshals manage to arrest two of the crooks, one of whom is ... See full summary »
Director: Harve Foster | Stars: John Bromfield, Bruce Gordon, Than Wyenn, Arthur Kendall
Votes: 12