Critically acclaimed Cop movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : John McTiernan,

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Actors : Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon,
Directors : Gus Van Sant,

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Steve McQueen, Don Gordon, Robert Vaughn,
Directors : Peter Yates,

An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Pam Grier,
Directors : Quentin Tarantino,

A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Mitchell Ryan, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Actors : Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Terence Alexander, Edward Fox,
Directors : Fred Zinnemann,

A professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" plots to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Actors : Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Michael Rooker, John Goodman,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Robert Towne,

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

Actors : Roy Scheider, Daniel Stern, Candy Clark, Warren Oates,
Directors : John Badham,

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Actors : Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the family business.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.

Actors : Steve Zahn, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.

Actors : Damien Bonnard, Djebril Zonga, Alexis Manenti, Issa Perica,
Directors : Ladj Ly,

A cop from the provinces moves to Paris to join the Anti-Crime Brigade of Montfermeil, discovering an underworld where the tensions between the different groups mark the rhythm.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Peter Weller,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

Actors : Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Lee Grant, Warren Oates,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.