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    Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man 1976 POSTER

    Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

    1976

    Italian

    6.5

    2

    54%

    54%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    italy

    police

    police brutality

    rome, italy

    Thriller

    undercover cop

    Ruggero Deodato Ruggero Deodato Director Benito Pacifico Benito Pacifico as 1st Gunman Adolfo Celi Adolfo Celi as Captain Silvia Dionisio Silvia Dionisio as Norma Angelo Boscariol Angelo Boscariol as Passerby
    Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
    Welcome Home Brother Charles 1975 POSTER

    Welcome Home Brother Charles

    1975

    English

    4.9

    2

    41%

    41%

    Action

    blaxploitation cinema

    Drama

    drug dealer

    Horror

    pimp

    police brutality

    revenge

    undercover cop

    Jamaa Fanaka Jamaa Fanaka Director Reatha Grey Reatha Grey as Carmen Sam Ingraffia Sam Ingraffia as First Cop Stan Kamber Stan Kamber as Jim Mordo Dana Mordo Dana as Physician
    After wrongly doing time in prison for murder, a man seeks revenge on a racist law enforcement system and the detective who framed him.
    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971 POSTER

    Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

    1971

    English

    5.5

    3

    73%

    47%

    Action

    black people

    blaxploitation

    brothel

    Crime

    Drama

    homophobia

    mexico

    police brutality

    Thriller

    Melvin Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles Director Joe Tornatore Joe Tornatore as Nick Ferrari Nick Ferrari as John Amos John Amos as Biker Melvin Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles as Sweetback
    After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
    The Offence 1973 POSTER

    The Offence

    1973

    English

    6.9

    16

    73%

    72%

    Action

    child molester

    Crime

    Drama

    interrogation

    london, england

    mental breakdown

    police brutality

    school

    Thriller

    Sidney Lumet Sidney Lumet Director Sean Connery Sean Connery as Detective Sergeant Johnson Ian Bannen Ian Bannen as Kenneth Baxter Trevor Howard Trevor Howard as Lieutenant Cartwright, Detective Superintendant John Hallam John Hallam as Panton
    A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
    Rendition 2007 POSTER

    Rendition

    2007

    English

    6.8

    21

    46%

    62%

    Action

    central intelligence agency (cia)

    cia

    Drama

    government

    plo

    police brutality

    politics

    Thriller

    Gavin Hood Gavin Hood Director Meryl Streep Meryl Streep as Corrine Whitman Jake Gyllenhaal Jake Gyllenhaal as Douglas Freeman Reese Witherspoon Reese Witherspoon as Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi J.K. Simmons J.K. Simmons as Lee Mayer
    When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
    Outside the Law 2010 POSTER

    Outside the Law

    2010

    French

    6.6

    4

    76%

    63%

    blood bath

    Crime

    Drama

    pimp

    police brutality

    revenge

    strangle

    uniform

    War

    Rachid Bouchareb Rachid Bouchareb Director Antonio Saboia Antonio Saboia as Sami Bouajila Sami Bouajila as Abdelkader Bernard Blancan Bernard Blancan as Colonel Faivre Roschdy Zem Roschdy Zem as Messaoud
    After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army fighting in Indochina; Abdelkader becomes a leader of the Algerian independence movement in France and Saïd moves to Paris to make his fortune in the shady clubs and boxing halls of Pigalle.
    Let Us Prey 2014 POSTER

    Let Us Prey

    2014

    English

    5.8

    38

    77%

    44%

    Action

    Drama

    Horror

    night shift

    police

    police brutality

    psychopath

    scotland

    small town

    Thriller

    Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley Director Brian Vernel Brian Vernel as Caesar Sargison Pollyanna McIntosh Pollyanna McIntosh as PC. Rachel Heggie Douglas Russell Douglas Russell as Sgt. MacReady Liam Cunningham Liam Cunningham as Six
    Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose!
    Man on the Roof 1976 POSTER

    Man on the Roof

    1976

    Swedish

    7.2

    8

    87%

    87%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    mental illness

    mysterious man

    police brutality

    shooter

    sniper rifle

    Thriller

    Bo Widerberg Bo Widerberg Director Ingvar Hirdwall Ingvar Hirdwall as Åke Eriksson Håkan Serner Håkan Serner as Einar Rönn Sven Wollter Sven Wollter as Lennart Kollberg Bellan Roos Bellan Roos as Mrs. Eriksson
    Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen.
    When a City Rises 2021 POSTER

    When a City Rises

    2021

    Cn

    7.0

    2

    Action

    democracy

    Documentary

    police brutality

    political activism

    politics

    protest

    students' movement

    Evie Cheung Evie Cheung Director
    Behind the gas masks of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, the often very young activists are just as diverse as the youths of the rest of the world. But they share a demand for democracy and freedom. They have the will and the courage to fight – and they can see that things are going in the wrong direction in the small island city, which officially has autonomy under China but is now tightening its grip and demanding that ‘troublemakers’ be put away or silenced. Amid the violent protests, we meet a 21-year-old student, a teenage couple and a new father.
    Violent Cop 1989 POSTER

    Violent Cop

    1989

    Japanese

    7.1

    32

    83%

    81%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    drug dealer

    drug trafficking

    male friendship

    police

    police brutality

    Thriller

    torturing police

    Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano Director Susumu Terajima Susumu Terajima as Maiko Kawakami Maiko Kawakami as Akari Sei Hiraizumi Sei Hiraizumi as Iwaki Shirô Sano Shirô Sano as Yoshinari
    A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
    From Spikes to Spindles 1976 POSTER

    From Spikes to Spindles

    1976

    English

    6.3

    1

    Action

    chinese american

    Documentary

    police brutality

    protest

    woman director

    workers

    Christine Choy Christine Choy Director
    This raw, gutsy portrait of New York's Chinatown captures the early days of an emerging consciousness in the community. We see a Chinatown rarely depicted, a vibrant community whose young and old join forces to protest police brutality and hostile real estate developers. With bold strokes, it paints an overview of the community and its history, from the early laborers driving spikes into the transcontinental railroad to the garment workers of today.
    Le deuxième souffle 1966 POSTER

    Le deuxième souffle

    1966

    French

    7.9

    12

    Action

    cop-killer

    Crime

    Drama

    paris, france

    police brutality

    prison

    robbery

    sniper

    Jean-Pierre Melville Jean-Pierre Melville Director Lino Ventura Lino Ventura as Gustave 'Gu' Minda Jean-Claude Bercq Jean-Claude Bercq as Inspecteur Godefroy Marcel Bozzuffi Marcel Bozzuffi as Jo Ricci Raymond Pellegrin Raymond Pellegrin as Paul Ricci
    A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
    Catch a Fire 2006 POSTER

    Catch a Fire

    2006

    English

    6.7

    4

    75%

    71%

    Action

    anc (african national congress)

    apartheid

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    police brutality

    resistance

    right and justice

    south africa

    Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce Director Brandon Auret Brandon Auret as Army Commandant Tim Robbins Tim Robbins as Col. Nic Vos Marius Weyers Marius Weyers as Police Brigadier Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela as Self
    The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.
    American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard 2021 POSTER

    American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

    2021

    English

    8.2

    2

    Biography

    black lives matter

    Documentary

    History

    police brutality

    police violence

    racism

    Jamila Ephron Jamila Ephron Director Brent Jennings Brent Jennings as Isaac Woodard Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman as Self Orson Welles Orson Welles as Self André Holland André Holland as Self - Narrator
    In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel’s book Unexampled Courage, the film details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement.
    No Visible Trauma 2020 POSTER

    No Visible Trauma

    2020

    English

    8.1

    1

    Action

    alberta canada

    calgary

    Documentary

    police

    police brutality

    police officer

    Marc Serpa Francoeur Marc Serpa Francoeur Director
    Deftly upending the popular assertion that Canadian law enforcement agencies differ from those in the US, this provocative exposé fixes a sharp lens on the Calgary Police Service’s rampant, unchecked use of excessive force.
    Topside 2020 POSTER

    Topside

    2020

    English

    6.0

    20

    80%

    76%

    Action

    Drama

    escape

    family drama

    obdachlose

    police brutality

    Celine Held Celine Held Director Jared Abrahamson Jared Abrahamson as Les Zhaila Farmer Zhaila Farmer as Little Gino Vento Gino Vento as Mac Tonye Patano Tonye Patano as Violet
    Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee aboveground into a brutal winter night. Determined to return home, they fight to find shelter as their world is thrown into chaos.
    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 2009 POSTER

    Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

    2009

    English

    6.9

    31

    1970s

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    History

    journalist

    Mystery

    northern england

    police brutality

    Thriller

    yorkshire

    Julian Jarrold Julian Jarrold Director Shaun Dooley Shaun Dooley as Dick Alderman Andrew Garfield Andrew Garfield as Eddie Dunford Sean Bean Sean Bean as John Dawson Rebecca Hall Rebecca Hall as Paula Garland
    Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
    Cornbread, Earl and Me 1975 POSTER

    Cornbread, Earl and Me

    1975

    English

    6.9

    5

    86%

    86%

    basketball player

    coming of age

    courtroom

    Drama

    police brutality

    Sport

    Joseph Manduke Joseph Manduke Director Logan Ramsey Logan Ramsey as Deputy Coroner Tierre Turner Tierre Turner as Earl Carter Charles Lampkin Charles Lampkin as Fred Jenkins Laurence Fishburne Laurence Fishburne as Wilford Robinson
    The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
    I lagens namn 1986 POSTER

    I lagens namn

    1986

    Swedish

    6.1

    1

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    police brutality

    stockholm, sweden

    Thriller

    Kjell Sundvall Kjell Sundvall Director Lennart Hjulström Lennart Hjulström as Chief of Police Sven Wollter Sven Wollter as Jarnebring Marrit Ohlsson Marrit Ohlsson as Mrs. Larsson Ernst Günther Ernst Günther as Walltin
    A group of four policemen is known for cruising the streets of Stockholm in their van, looking for drunks or criminals they can beat up with their batons. Lately witnesses saw them pick up a drunk who later was found dead. The four policemen deny any knowledge. Police inspector Jarnebring gets the case and finds out that these four policemen have been reported for 22 cases of police brutality. Shortly after, another criminal dies in their van...
    When Liberty Burns 2020 POSTER

    When Liberty Burns

    2020

    English

    6.2

    1970s

    1980s

    Documentary

    miami, florida

    police brutality

    race politics

    riot

    Dudley Alexis Dudley Alexis Director Marc McDuffie Marc McDuffie as Self Linda Saunders Linda Saunders as Self Forestine Reid Forestine Reid as Self Sam Stubbs Sam Stubbs as Self
    An in-depth analysis on the 40th Anniversary of the life and untimely death of Arthur Lee McDuffie at the hands of Miami Dade police officers.
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