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The Best Movies About Undercover Cops

Updated January 11, 2021 1.8k votes 351 voters 36.0k views86 items

List RulesFilms about undercover cops. Vote up the best undercover cop movies.

There’s nothing quite as thrilling as finding out that your favorite bad guy in a movie is actually a cop in disguise, and his rival is about to expose the truth and kill him! The drama! The suspense! There are tons of great films with this premise, but what are the best movies about undercover cops? Vote up the best undercover cop films below and see where your favorites rank!

The movies on this list all tell the story of an undercover cop in one way or another; most are dramatic and suspenseful in nature, while some put a comedic twist on the idea. No matter what genre you’re into, this list has the absolute best undercover cop movies of all time and there's sure to be one for you!

This list features the best movies about undercover cops including, Training Day, The Fast and the Furious, A Scanner Darkly, The Departed, Need for Speed, Sin City, American Gangster, Rush Hour, The Whole Nine Yards, and We Own the Night. Vote up the best films below or add one you love that isn't already on the list!

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The Departed
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson
Released: 2006
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Donnie Brasco
Johnny Depp, Al Pacino
Released: 1997
Directed by: Mike Newell
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Training Day
Eva Mendes, Snoop Dogg
Released: 2001
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
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Beverly Hills Cop
Eddie Murphy, Damon Wayans
Released: 1984
Directed by: Martin Brest
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Point Break
Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey
Released: 1991
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
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Serpico
Al Pacino, Judd Hirsch
Released: 1973
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
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American Gangster
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
Released: 2007
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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Face/Off
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage
Released: 1997
Directed by: John Woo
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The Fast and the Furious
Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez
Released: 2001
Directed by: Rob Cohen
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Rush Hour
Jackie Chan, Roselyn Sánchez
Released: 1998
Directed by: Brett Ratner
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21 Jump Street
Johnny Depp, Channing Tatum
Released: 2012
Directed by: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
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Miss Congeniality
Sandra Bullock, William Shatner
Released: 2000
Directed by: Donald Petrie
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The Punisher
John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
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Undercover Brother
Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan
Released: 2002
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
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Eastern Promises
Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen
Released: 2007
Directed by: David Cronenberg
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Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Tarantino, Steve Buscemi
Released: 1992
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
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Bulletproof
Adam Sandler, James Caan
Released: 1996
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
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Beyond the Law
Charlie Sheen, Linda Fiorentino
Released: 1993
Directed by: Larry Ferguson
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The Whole Nine Yards
Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry
Released: 2000
Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
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City on Fire
Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda
Released: 1979
Directed by: Alvin Rakoff
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Infernal Affairs
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Released: 2002
Directed by: Alan Mak, Andrew Lau
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We Own the Night
Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg
Released: 2007
Directed by: James Gray
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Rush
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott
Released: 1991
Directed by: Lili Fini Zanuck
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Sin City
Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis
Released: 2005
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
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Deep Cover
Jeff Goldblum, Laurence Fishburne
Released: 1992
Directed by: Bill Duke
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