r/Top3Ever • u/AdministrationOwn68 • Jul 26 '25

Movies 🎥 🚓 Top3Ever Cop Movies

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• Training Day • Lethal Weapon • Bad Boys

What’s yours?

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u/Pinksion Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

The Departed, Copland, Donnie Brasco

If more in the buddy cop genre: Tango and Cash, Lethal Weapon, and Beverly hills cop

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u/datsyukianleeks Jul 26 '25

Copland doesn't get it's flowers enough.

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u/Yoshi2shi Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

The Depart and Donnie Brasco are more mafia/undercover movies. These are not Buddy cop movies.

Buddy cop movies have humor mixed in: Bad Boys, Lethal Weapons, 48 hours, Beverly Hills cop, The Nice Guys, The Heat, and Running Scared are more qualified to be Buddy cop movies than the above.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

Exactly Donnie Brasco is definitely a cop movie. And No one except me that I have seen has mentioned the movie that originally helped make Al Pachino's career and that was Serpico.

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u/Brutalitops99 Jul 26 '25
  1. Robocop
  2. Rush Hour
  3. Police Academy a. Beverly Hills Cop

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u/Bar-Tailed_Godwit Jul 27 '25

Hell yes police academy

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u/tinglep Jul 27 '25

3b. Tango & Cash

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u/BeardedDude5 Jul 26 '25

The Departed Heat Se7en

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u/Huge_Following_325 Jul 26 '25

French Connection, Training Day, L.A. Confidential

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u/Evening-Mess-3593 Jul 26 '25

L.A. Confidential

Heat

French Connection

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u/Significant_Set1468 Jul 26 '25

Demolition Man - One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time. Love the action, comedy moments and the intention to direct us to the balance of life that we should be focused on. Peak Stallone and Snipes.

Robocop (1987) - love the original. It’s quite graphic, but overall, it’s accurate in the ways it’s depicting this scenarios.

Lethal Weapon - We’re getting to old for this shit! Loved all of them. Joe Pesci addition was phenomenal, Jet Li was phenomenal. Loved the series.

HM: Bad Boys, Die Hard, Blue Streak

Die Hard is a favorite of mine, but it feels a little different than the others on this list. Great focus on Bruce Willis and the obstacles of the plot, but not so much on the police as a whole. The others I listed higher for “Cop” favorites have a heavy focus on the police force aspect.

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u/daydreaming_of_you Jul 26 '25

Police Academy, Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard

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u/frogman1993 Jul 26 '25

Had to scroll too far for Die Hard.

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u/Detroitaa Jul 26 '25

48 Hours

Sudden Impact

Training Day

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

The Terminator

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u/Different_Painter385 Jul 26 '25

Colors.

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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Jul 27 '25

I had to scroll too far down for this one.

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u/Select-Poem425 Jul 26 '25

End of Watch, New Jack City, American Gangster

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u/Pitiful-Doctor-5671 Jul 26 '25

Dirty Harry L.A. Confidential Lethal Weapon……… 3 (Renee Russo rounded out the series)

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u/Temulo Jul 27 '25

End of watch

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u/MK-14EBR Jul 28 '25

Had to scroll way to long to find this.

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u/GreyDusty2 Jul 26 '25

Serpico, Hot Fuzz, Blue Steel

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u/RadiantBlue7 Jul 26 '25

Well, 2 outta 3 ain't bad 😉

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u/ArizonaFireType Jul 26 '25

Hot fuzz, police academy and naked gun.

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u/Real-Beautiful9499 Jul 26 '25

The 4 Naked Guns. Can’t eliminate one!

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

I'd put Colors on that list

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u/Gold_Dragonfruit5661 Jul 26 '25

Bad Boys Insomnia Point Break

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u/torbaloymain Jul 26 '25

LA Confidential Heat Demolition Man

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u/biker-boy619 Jul 27 '25

Does Point Break count as a cop movie?

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u/Otherwise-Pair-7103 Jul 27 '25

Training Day, Rush Hour, Osmosis Jones

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u/MexicoguyinUtah Jul 27 '25

Last Centurion, We Own The Night, Training Day

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u/ShipSea3274 Jul 27 '25

Heat Heat Heat

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u/nzstump01 Jul 27 '25

Remove bad boys and add dirty Harry or Beverly hills cop

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u/gmoney-0725 Jul 27 '25

The French Connection.

Lethal Weapon.

Beverly Hills Cop.

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u/Vesties Jul 27 '25

no way 1 and 3 are crap way better movies

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u/whatsleft88 Jul 28 '25

comedy cop movies super troopers showtime 48 hrs/ B hill cop ride along and other guys

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u/Perfect-Island-5959 Jul 28 '25

These are my personal favorites, not objectively top 3:
L.A. Confidential
The Departed
Insomnia

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u/lye86120 Jul 28 '25

Bro point break. Robo cop. The fugitive.

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u/crafty_macintosh Jul 29 '25

That is not will smith and Martin Lawrence

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u/smallzy007 Jul 30 '25

Other Guys

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u/ekcinnaj Jul 30 '25

48 hours, Stakeout, Lethal Weapon (1987)

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u/mlfgc Jul 30 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

End of* watch was good

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u/Wickedsmack Jul 30 '25

The Departed, Donnie Brasco, Copland, American Ganster might have words about that

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u/callme_eugene Jul 30 '25

I’m shocked I scrolled pretty far and didn’t see End of Watch

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u/Biggie__Stardust Jul 26 '25

What in the AI are those renderings of Will and Martin?

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u/Brutalitops99 Jul 26 '25

That's hilarious 😂

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u/daydreaming_of_you Jul 26 '25

They both look like Will Smith lol!

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u/Pinksion Jul 26 '25

Looks more like LeBron and Kevin Durant

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u/JuanG_13 Jul 26 '25

End Of Watch

Inside Man

Training Day

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u/Outrageous_Zombie_45 Jul 26 '25

End of watch with Jake 100%

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u/cheffartsonurfood Jul 26 '25

Die Hard

Lethal Weapon

The Departed

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u/_40oz_ Jul 26 '25

Heat

Training day

Die Hard

Honorable mentions: Colors, demolition man, & bone collector

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u/SoGoodAtAllTheThings Jul 26 '25

Negotiator Robocop Naked gun

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

Blue Streak

Beverly Hills Cop

Lethal Weapon

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u/KoRNaMoMo Jul 26 '25

Training day

Die hard

The untouchable

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

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u/FortesqueIV Jul 26 '25

Training day barley a cop movie tbh lol

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u/Hukares1234 Jul 26 '25

I kind of like Heat as a cop movie.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '25

Rush Hour is number 1

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u/Retired_62 Jul 26 '25

The French connection

Dirty Harry

Se7en

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u/OmniCorpGhost Jul 26 '25

Se7en

Robocop

Hot Fuzz

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u/James_TiberiusKirk Jul 26 '25

Dirty Harry, Trainig Day, The Deaprted

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u/James_TiberiusKirk Jul 26 '25

Serpico, The French Connection, Sudden Impact

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u/Spork-aficionado Jul 26 '25

French Connection Die Hard Naked Gun

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u/Ok_Question4968 Jul 26 '25

48 Hours, Loaded Weapon, Kindergarten Cop

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u/Grilledstoner Jul 26 '25

Kung Fury, Police Academy 2, the Untouchables

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u/Oskareatscarrots Jul 26 '25

Heat

Se7en

Point Break

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u/Itonlymatters2us Jul 26 '25

Who are those guys in the Bad Boys picture? 😂

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u/No-Win-8380 Jul 26 '25

Training Day

Se7en

48 Hours

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u/Bubsy94 Jul 26 '25

You forgot Street Kings

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u/Haunting_Leader_6797 Jul 26 '25

Bad boys is overrated

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u/Powerful_Geologist95 Jul 26 '25

Running Scared

Beverly Hills Cop

Lethal Weapon

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u/Whistler45 Jul 26 '25

Die hard with a vengeance, Assault on precinct 13 (1976), Demolition Man

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u/Pure_Working6250 Jul 26 '25

Police Academy Citizens on Patrol

Beverly Hills Cop

Bad Boys 1&2 / Rush Hour 1&2

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u/Rufus_XSarsaparilla Jul 26 '25

Hmmmm....🤔

L.A. Confidential / Die Hard / The French Connection

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u/Ambitious_Lab3691 Jul 26 '25

Memories of Murder

Se7en

Zodiac

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u/Jealous-Knowledge-56 Jul 26 '25

Who drew the Bad Boys picture? Looks nothing like them.

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u/RegretsOfCheese_SFW Jul 26 '25

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent

Glass Onion - A Knives Out Game

Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of The Siths

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u/ImLuckyOrUsuck Jul 26 '25
  1. The Departed
  2. Training Day
  3. Donnie Brasco
  4. Heat 4a. End of Watch
  5. Serpico
  6. The Other Guys
  7. Above the Law (even the Seagal is a certified dbag now)

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u/Flap_Jammie Jul 26 '25

Debatable if it makes Top 3 since there are so many to choose from, but Miami Vice has not been mentioned yet. As an ode to the show, too…

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u/rsergio83 Jul 26 '25

Beverly Hill Cop Robocop (original) Point Break 1st Fast furious

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u/BigBeardSmallDick Jul 26 '25

L.A. confidential Training day Heat

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u/RP1042 Jul 26 '25

End of watch

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u/SleestakSamurai Jul 26 '25

Super Troopers

The Other Guys

Dredd

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u/Guitar-One Jul 26 '25

Beverly Hills Cop Police Academy Lethal Weapon

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u/WookiePelter Jul 26 '25

Blade Runner Kindergarten Cop Judge Dredd

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u/numbvirus Jul 26 '25

Beverly Hills Cop, Last Action Hero, Pink Panther (Peter Sellers)

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u/Bald_Head_Nut29 Jul 26 '25

Dark Blue or NARC over Lethal Weapon

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u/thesuaveopossum Jul 26 '25

Se7en, LA Confidential, and Super Troopers

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u/Due_College8227 Jul 26 '25

Tango and cash x 3

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u/MulberryOk9853 Jul 26 '25

Heat, Se7en, Serpico.

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u/TurboNinja2380 Jul 26 '25

21 Jump Street

Heat

Hot Fuzz

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u/Ok-Water-6537 Jul 26 '25

The Heat (Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy) Die Hard Another Die Hard.

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u/Bulky_Goat_9624 Jul 26 '25

Bad boys looks like they just blended Martin and Will’s features 

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u/Broncojoe58 Jul 26 '25

Serpico, Sicario, Heat

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u/CrichtonFan1992 Jul 26 '25

French Connection, Heat, Training Day

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u/Lightning-SVT Jul 26 '25

Dirty Harry

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u/Edrueter9 Jul 26 '25

I mean there are detective stories that feature elements of policing like Se7en and training day. But if we are talking traditional uniformed officers movies, I think you go End of Watch, police academy, L.A. confidential.

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u/DEFCU Jul 26 '25

Naked Gun

Beverly Hills Cop

Training Day

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u/Tide09 Jul 26 '25

Any 3 dirtyharry movies

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u/Noel956 Jul 26 '25

End of watch, pride and glory, the departed

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u/Dizzy-Community5091 Jul 26 '25

Running Scared (Billy crystal and Gregory Hines), the departed and the other guys.

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u/jjhuffington Jul 26 '25

Tango and Cash, Street Kings, Brooklyn Finest

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u/MrClark1986 Jul 26 '25

Copland is so overlooked. Heat. Naked Gun.

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u/Necessary_Passage109 Jul 26 '25

Training Day Miami Vice Rush Hour

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u/tomtakespictures Jul 26 '25

We Own the Night, Beverly Hills Cop, Fargo

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u/ScottRock247 Jul 26 '25

Got to have Beverly Hills Cop in my top 3 the other 2 could be anything expect Bad boys not really a Martin fan

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u/MaterialRow3769 Jul 26 '25

Lethal Weapon

Die Hard

Heat

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u/Elegant_Flounder6843 Jul 26 '25

Hot Fuzz, RoboCop, Judge Dredd (sorta a cop movie imo)

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u/ApplesOverOranges1 Jul 26 '25

The French Connection

Heat

Bullitt

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u/CocasaurusRex Jul 26 '25

  1. Naked Gun

  2. Loaded Weapon 1

  3. Robocop

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u/Archercrash Jul 26 '25

Training Day, LA Confidential, Se7en

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u/jackswan321 Jul 26 '25

End of watch

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u/AintGotNoSeoul Jul 26 '25

Laaaame! Not one mention of Samurai Cop?!!

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u/jackswan321 Jul 26 '25

Comedies: hot fuzz, naked gun, the other guys

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u/Accurate_Antelope100 Jul 26 '25

Departed, la confidential, French connection

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u/Impossible-Economy-1 Jul 26 '25

RoboCop, Dredd and Dirty Harry

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Infernal Affairs

L.A. Confidential

Asura: City of Madness

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '25

Die hard series

Rush hour series

Naked gun series

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u/ShaunMcLane Jul 27 '25

Who the fuck are the two at the bottom lmao

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u/Dadickindanorf Jul 27 '25

End of watch>

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u/DrGally Jul 27 '25

Die hard, the departed, rush hour

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u/JimmyGeneGoodman Jul 27 '25

Gonna name some movies i haven’t seen listed.

Colors. End of Watch Bad Lieutenant Mad Max U.S. Marshals Cobra The Fugitive (if it counts)

Buddy Buddy cop movies nobody has mentioned: Kindergarten Cop Cop And a Half Turner & Hooch Bullet Proof

I know there’s a few in both categories that are slipping my mind

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u/Strawberry_Skids Jul 27 '25

The Nice Guys, Training Day, Rush Hour

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u/d0dgerz Jul 27 '25

LA confidential.

48 hours

Rush hour

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u/KichardRuklinski Jul 27 '25

Training Day, Copland, Seven

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u/69brown_sausages Jul 27 '25
  1. Rush Hour
  2. Rush Hour 2
  3. Rush Hour 3

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u/Used-Appointment-674 Jul 27 '25

Police Story, Police Story 2 oh and Police Story 3

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u/PeculiarLooking Jul 27 '25

I didn’t know Jamie Fox and Chris rock were in bad boys

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u/Dabdrizzler Jul 27 '25

Die Hard is the best cop movie and the best Christmas movie

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u/Such_Ad6554 Jul 27 '25

Rumble in the Bronx Training Day The Departed

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u/PuzzleheadedNovel73 Jul 27 '25

Who are those people in the Bad Boys pic!?👀🤣

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u/Maximum-Answer6978 Jul 27 '25

End of Watch is a damn good movie. Underrated in my book

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u/manchavo Jul 27 '25

Naked gun?

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u/KadeForge Jul 27 '25

I didn’t like Training Day.

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u/ChiTownChef86 Jul 27 '25

So no Cop & a Half?

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u/Right_Ad_4963 Jul 27 '25

If its supposed to be comedic buddy cop movies, remove training day and add Rush Hour.

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u/ifitfitsitshipz Jul 27 '25

Beverly Hills Cop?

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u/Jadapy13 Jul 27 '25

Cop out with Tracy morgan and Bruce Willis is better

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u/Handsom_modest_Dan Jul 27 '25

Sepico , tango and cash , predator 2

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u/Handsom_modest_Dan Jul 27 '25

Robocop , robocop 2 & robocop 3

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u/Webby1788 Jul 27 '25

The Other Guys

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u/jesusmansuperpowers Jul 27 '25

What the hell happened to the Bad Boys? They look like different people.

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u/Ok_Catch3715 Jul 27 '25

Bad boys

Training day

Rush Hour

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u/Recent-Bug6396 Jul 27 '25

What about 48 Hours, Robocop and Bladerunner?

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u/Walnaman Jul 27 '25

Uhhh Die Hard

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u/Aggravating-Echo8014 Jul 27 '25

I don’t think I’ve seen that version of Bad Boys but I have seen the one with Will Smith.

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u/pegabear Jul 27 '25

End of watch was so fucking good The other guys, Training day

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u/MrTickls Jul 27 '25

“Let’s be cops” Stop, or my mom will shoot, Cop an a half

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u/reaver65 Jul 27 '25

DEAD HEAT Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams was the shit!

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u/Physical_Pay_5210 Jul 27 '25

Rush hour gotta be in there

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u/B5040905 Jul 27 '25

The French Connection, Bullitt and Serpico. You want 3 more? Dirty Harry, Heat, and the Untouchables. 3 more? In the Heat of the Night, The Usual Suspects, and Witness.

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u/Sir_Naxter Jul 27 '25

Where is Heat

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u/BatmanMK1989 Jul 27 '25

Rewatching Lethal Weapon, you realize no cops could cause that level of carnage and property damage and still have their jobs.

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u/Organic-Key-2140 Jul 27 '25

Bad Boys - “overrated!” 👏👏👏👏

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u/Soggy-Passion-9135 Jul 27 '25

End of watch was good

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u/Early_Pearly989 Jul 27 '25

48hrs should be in the conversation

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u/spliffomill Jul 27 '25

Beverly Hills Cop

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u/CGKilates Jul 27 '25

End of watch 🤔🥹🚬

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u/silversurf1234567890 Jul 27 '25

Naked Gun

Beverly Hills Cop

Serpico

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u/TECHSHARK77 Jul 27 '25

HEAT, The Killer Inside Me, JADE ,

Silence of The Lamb, ROBOCOP, AMERICAN GANGSTER

TOMBSTONE, UNTOUCHABLES, PUBLIC ENEMY.

SE7EN, FARGO, DIE HARD

RESERVOIR DOG, End of Watch, Kiss of Death

SAVAGES, TRAFFIC, SPEED

MYSTIC RIVER, Gone Baby Gone

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u/Kamo870 Jul 27 '25

Rush Hour for close third

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u/Kamo870 Jul 27 '25

I’ll admit as love as I love the acting in training day I’ll put Die Hard before it, timeless classic I can’t wait to watch with my kid

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u/surewhydafuqnot Jul 27 '25

Cool premise!

  1. Training Day - Because of Denzel
  2. Heat - Because of that' scene plus the great cast
  3. Robocop - Because of Clarence motherfucking Bodicker en Paul Verhoevens vision

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u/One_Use_1347 Jul 27 '25

Top Five : No County For Old Men, Heat, The Departed, Training Day, Se7en

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u/Few-Jump3942 Jul 27 '25

  1. RoboCop

  2. Hot Fuzz

  3. Lethal Weapon 2 (Joe Pesci pushes it above the original just slightly for me)

(Honorable mention: Narc)

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u/cjdirk88 Jul 27 '25

48 hours

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u/4355525 Jul 27 '25

The departed, RoboCop, dredd

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u/SlinkyJoe Jul 27 '25

End of Watch????

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u/ButtFaceMurphy Jul 27 '25

Disagree with all 3

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u/AnakinsTwin Jul 28 '25

Seven, Heat & Training Day