Best Cop movies of 2023

Actors : Tejeenthan Arunasalam, Silambarasan Rajendar, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Gautham Karthik,
Directors : Obeli N. Krishna,

An undercover cop goes to find and kill a crime lord. However, when he realizes that the crime lord's business intentions are good and he has his own challenges, he needs to decide his next step and help the crime lord change his life.

Actors : Dru Bramblett, Cole Hauser, Bob Bowersox, Talia Asseraf, Morgan Freeman, Luke Cannella, Vernon Davis, Murielle Hilaire,
Directors : George Gallo,

A detective on the verge of retirement teams with a professor of African Studies to track down a serial killer who is performing the ancient black magic practice of Muti.

Actors : Kishore Kumar G., Mammootty, Vijayaraghavan,
Directors : Roby Varghese Raj,

The gripping saga of a police officer and his team, their challenging journey to nab a criminal gang across the country. Further, it shows how he leads his team towards triumph, amidst professional uncertainties in this gripping drama.

Actors : Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Catherine Tresa, Urvashi Rautela, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : K.S. Ravindra,

A fisherman who engages in smuggling accepts a request from a disheveled police officer in order to use it to his personal advantage

Actors : Bhavani Sre, Vijay Sethupathi, Soori, S. Chandan,
Directors : Vetrimaaran,

A police officer is recruited to capture the leader of a separatist group.

Actors : Simran Choudhary, Arvind Krishna, Karthik Raju,
Directors : Mahesh Reddy,

A policeman from the clues department tries to unravel murder mystery. When the investigation becomes more complex, it leads to a twisted path. Will he be able to unravel the chain of mystery?

Actors : Bhagyashree Patwardhan, Nimrat Kaur, Radhika Madan,
Directors : Mikhil Musale, Javed Karim,

When a school teacher goes missing after a risqué video of her is posted on the internet, a police officer is tasked with uncovering the truth behind her disappearance.

Actors : Penelope Mitchell, Diego Tinoco, Aaron Eckhart,
Directors : John Stalberg Jr.,

After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible.

Actors : Bhavani Sre, Vijay Sethupathi, Soori, S. Chandan,
Directors : Vetrimaaran,

A police officer is recruited to capture the leader of a separatist group.

Actors : Ram Kapoor, Neeraj Kabi, Vidya Balan, Rahul Bose,
Directors : Anu Menon,

When a mysterious murder takes place at exiled billionaire Ashish Kapoor's birthday getaway, detective Mira Rao must use all her skill to unravel devious motives as the suspects are Kapoor's close family and friends.

Actors : Chloe Maayan, Tong Lin Kai, Tianlai Hou, Yilong Zhu,
Directors : Shujun Wei,

Chief police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals

Actors : Nikhila Vimal, R. Sarathkumar, Sarath Babu, Harish Kumar, Ashok Selvan,
Directors : Vignesh Raja,

A bright but faint-hearted rookie cop has to overcome his fears in order to succeed in his first case which sees him partnered with a reclusive senior officer to catch a serial killer on the loose.

Actors : Isak Férriz, Iria del Río, Antonio Buíl, Juan Fernández,
Directors : Patxi Amezcua,

Two detectives are called to a small mining town in the Asturian mountains where a young woman who had been left for dead for months has suddenly appeared, leaving the detectives to question what dark forces are at work.

Actors : Srindaa, Anjali, Joju George, Srikant Murali,
Directors : Rohit M.G. Krishnan,

After a cop is found dead, a policeman's investigation starts a chilling search for the truth connected to his estranged twin and their fraught past.

Actors : Anikha Surendran, Dulquer Salmaan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Ritika Singh,
Directors : Abhilash Joshiy,

In a crime-infested town, Kannan bhai and his gang are the reigning powers. To combat this reign and seek revenge, Inspector Shahul tactfully plots the return of the 'King', leading to a transformative turn of events.

Actors : Rahul Madhav, Bharath Srinivasan, Rahman, Binoj Villya,
Directors : Charles Joseph,

A police officer, going on a mission to a snowy region. Soon he found himself investigating a series of deaths.

Actors : Mammootty, Shine Tom Chacko, Jinu Joseph, Vinay Rai,
Directors : B. Unnikrishnan,

A maverick cop is forced to work outside the limits of law, when the system fails.The story weaves across the past and present while revealing the motives that shape his actions.

Actors : Paran Banerjee, Dev, Anirban Chakrabarti,
Directors : Avijit Sen,

Challenges become manifold when Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer gets transferred to Dharmapur. A story of human fight for love, dignity, principles and honesty.

Actors : Jack Kilmer, Lorenzo Antonucci, Kaleb Clifton, Bruce Willis, Dax Campbell, Lochlyn Munro, Willow Shields, Francis Cronin,
Directors : Edward Drake,

Detective James Knight's last-minute assignment to the Independence Day shift turns into a race against time to stop an unbalanced EMT worker who's posing as a cop.

Actors : Vikas Badisha, Ashwin Babu, Nandita Shwetha, Sahithi Avancha,
Directors : Aneel Kanneganti,

In Hyderabad two police officers begin the inquiry and crack the case, but in the process, more people go missing. A noteworthy aspect is that all the victims are girls with one other interesting commonality.