Suggestions please - A good cop/crime thriller

gosplan

Realised I haven't seen a new good cop/crime thriller in ages.

Last two I saw that I liked were District 36 and The Usual Suspects again when it was on a while back.

I think I've seen all the main ones and I'm really hoping I haven't run out.

Help me boards.ie, you're my only hope.

MagicMarker

Street Kings is pretty decent, Keanu Reeves and Forrest Whitaker star.

Bodhisopha

36 Quai des Orfèvres

Lamper.sffc

Brooklyns Finest was a pretty decent cop flick. One of the better ones of late IMO

cosmicfart

watched The Town the other night think Ben Affleck produced it and also starred in it and also that guy who was in the Hurt Locker also starred (cant think of his name). decent film about a bunch of Oirsih Bostonian bank robbers.

MagicMarker

cosmicfart wrote: »

watched The Town the other night think Ben Affleck produced it and also starred in it and also that guy who was in the Hurt Locker also starred (cant think of his name). decent film about a bunch of Oirsih Bostonian bank robbers.

Never heard of it.

JP Liz V1

Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans with Nic Cage got some good reviews

Also

Heat

Training Day

Narc

old hippy

Infernal Affairs is pretty good, or Johnny Two's Exile

bonerm

Zodiac.

rednik

Internal Affairs with Richard Gere, Pride and glory with Colin Farrel and Ed Norton are both worth a look.

Frank Black

Either of the French Connections are great.
If you haven't seen Training Day I'd recommend.
Ditto with Copland.

Boo Radley

How about Se7en?

NothingMan

Cop and a half.

krudler

agree on The Town, really decent crime thriller, Affleck is becoming a really accomplished director

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXY_JvOK63c

JohnFalstaff

Check out The Friends of Eddie Coyle, a great cops and robbers movie from the 70's featuring Robert Mitchum. It's fantastic. (Affleck liked it so much he ripped off a few scenes for The Town).

In fact, you could have a whole weekend of great American 70's crime thrillers - it's been downhill for this genre ever since!

Charley Varrick, Point Blank, The Seven-Ups, Serpico and The French Connection would round out a great weekend's viewing.

cosmicfart

MagicMarker wrote: »

Never heard of it.

cosmicfart

krudler wrote: »

agree on The Town, really decent crime thriller, Affleck is becoming a really accomplished director

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXY_JvOK63c

dont know if id go that far but it defo worth a watch!

qz

L.A. Confidential?

Tipsy McSwagger

Dark Blue - Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Brendan Gleeson.
Very underrated imo.

ChunkyLover_53

The Original 'Manhunter' from the 80s & Silence of the Lambs.

Also Witness with Harrison Ford & Kelly Magillis, haven't seent that in a while so don't know how well its aged.

The Untouchables with Kevin Costner, Robert DeNiro & Sean Connery a stunning film with some great performances.

We Own the Night was a good yarn starred Robert Duvall & River Phoenix's brother (not attempting to spell his name)

Oh and Point Break with Keanu Reeves. Great Show with plenty of action.

Skerries

download and watch The Chicago Code, unfortunately it only lasted the one series but it does wrap everything up at the end
not as good as The Wire or The Shield but if you want to kill about 8 hours definitely get it

krudler

sh1t how could I forget, Narc, fantastic movie

losthorizon

The Fugitive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63hdx4iYs7k

A great Film I highly recommend is The Naked City - very unusual. Hard to belive it was made in 1948. It starts slow but it builds and builds.

bnt

I think LA Confidential and Heat have already been mentioned, but what about Collateral? All three are great Los Angeles crime thrillers, showing the seamier side of the city.

Another one I recommend is Insomnia: Christopher Nolan directing Al Pacino, with Robin Williams also excellent in a serious role, set up in Alaska.

mikemac

The Bone Collector

Angelina Jolie & Denzil Washington, I loved that film

jefreywithonef

+1 to Charlie Varrick, Serpico, The French Connection, Heat, Zodiac and L.A. Confidential.

I also recommend:
Prince of the City - similar to Serpico, same director, and just as compelling. Felt like I ran a marathon after watching it last night.

The Taking of Pelham 123 - the original is excellent. Haven't seen the remake but I've heard it's awful.

Sea of Love - good John Goodman / Al Pacino film

Memories of Murder - stunning Korean film that's similar to Zodiac, in time it'll go down as a classic, hopefully

Cop Land - Sylvestor Stallone's best performance in a tale about police corruption. Also features Harvey Kietel, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta.

M - very old film about a serial killer on the loose forcing the police force and the criminal gangs to start a massive hunt for him

Fargo - focuses a tad more on the criminals than the cops but it's essential you see this

Coogan's Bluff - good if not exceptional Clint Eastwood film about an Arizona cop sent to New York to collect a prisoner only to find that things get more complicated

The Stranger - compelling hunt to track down a Nazi in South America

mikemac

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Dark Blue - Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Brendan Gleeson.
Very underrated imo.

Watched this last night due to this recommendation

Very good film and it links to riots after the Rodney King/LAPD trial for background so you can kind of relate it it and the riots

Auvers

State Of Grace is a pretty good undercover cop movie

Magic Eight Ball

To Live and Die in L.A
It also boasts one of the best on screen car chases to boot!

Bodhisopha

Bodhisopha wrote: »

36 Quai des Orfèvres

Just realised now that the OP mentioned this movie but used the English title.

Excuse me!

losthorizon

If the OP likes French thrillers La Balance (the Informer) is quite good.

I would put up the link to the trailer on youtube but one of the shots is a bit rude :pac:. Its a good American style film actually directed by an american Bob Swaim I think.

mikemac

Ronin is a great film

What a car chase!

losthorizon

mikemac wrote: »

What a car chase!

On that front you have Bullitt - brillliant still after all these years and still looks well.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

To Live and Die in L.A
It also boasts one of the best on screen car chases to boot!

Excellent film, William Petersburg and William Dafoe are both brilliant in it.

cadea

La Scorta is a very good crime movie from Italy

Memories of Murder is good as well, if you enjoyed Zodiac, you would enjoy this
Can't go wrong with Zodiac, LA confidential, Heat, The Untouchables, The French Connection, Witness as others have mentioned

LoveGreen

Watched State of Play with Russell Crowe and really enjoyed it. Hope its along the lines of films you are looking for.

gosplan

losthorizon wrote: »

If the OP likes French thrillers La Balance (the Informer) is quite good.

I would put up the link to the trailer on youtube but one of the shots is a bit rude :pac:. Its a good American style film actually directed by an american Bob Swaim I think.

Will give it a look, thanks.

So far from the replies here I've watched

Brooklyn's finest - not bad, wtf were they thinking casting Richard Gere though?

The taking of P123(original) - excellent.

Narc - Gritty as hell. Didn't enjoy it but enjoyed it if you get my meaning.

On the to watch list are Zodic, To Live and die in LA and the aforementioned La Balance.

+1 to whoever mentioned Memories of Murder - awesome film.

rednik

Here's another well worth checking out. A great cast and good script

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP-SG4Q038M

ReacherCreature

Collateral.

Taken.

The Departed.

Mister Jingles

True Romance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIbZDBC8tk

fitz

Track down 'Bon Cop, Bad Cop.'
Hugely entertaining stuff.

gosplan

gosplan wrote: »

Will give it a look, thanks.

So far from the replies here I've watched

Brooklyn's finest - not bad, wtf were they thinking casting Richard Gere though?

The taking of P123(original) - excellent.

Narc - Gritty as hell. Didn't enjoy it but enjoyed it if you get my meaning.

On the to watch list are Zodic, To Live and die in LA and the aforementioned La Balance.

+1 to whoever mentioned Memories of Murder - awesome film.

Right back again.

Zodiac - very good.

To Live and die in LA. Seriously 80's but wellworth watching.

Couldn't get 'La Balance' anywhere but got 'Bon Cop Bad Cop' and 'La Scorta'. Will hopefully watch the first tomorrow.

Another couple I've seen recently that I haven't mentioned here but everyone should see are:

A Prophet

Tropa de Elite and the sequal

Anyway, I think it's approaching the end though. I'm running out of Cop/Crime Thrillers. Time to pick a new genre

Paddy Samurai

gosplan wrote: »

Realised I haven't seen a new good cop/crime thriller in ages.

Last two I saw that I liked were District 36 and The Usual Suspects again when it was on a while back.

I think I've seen all the main ones and I'm really hoping I haven't run out.

Help me boards.ie, you're my only hope.

Some good ones already mentioned.Some oldies worth checking out.

Internal Affairs with Richard Gere. Great film about police corruption , reminds me a bit ,of training Day.

Black Rain with Michael Douglas About the Yakuza and set in Japan...great stuff.

One False Move I love this film.Treat yourself:)

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE3DE1131F934A25754C0A964958260