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Beyond Outrage (2012)
, 1h52Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Ryō Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Yutaka Matsushige, Tao Okamoto
The film begins with two anti-corruption detectives observing the discovery of dead bodies in a car being recovered from the bottom of a harbor. The detectives suspect that the drowned bodies are related to the recent gang war and power struggle at the huge Sanno-kai crime syndicate, which covers a large portion of eastern Japan. The new Grand Yakuza leader of Sanno-kai, Kato (Tomokazu Miura), must now reform his standing with the powerful rival Hanabishi-kai of western Japan. Otomo (Beat Takeshi), a former Yakuza, is serving time in a maximum security prison after falling out of favor with Sekiuchi, the former Grand Yakuza before Kato murdered him and took control.
Pride and Glory (2008)
, 2h10Directed by Gavin O'Connor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight, Noah Emmerich, Jennifer Ehle, John Ortiz
Jimmy Egan (Colin Farrell) leads the New York City Police Department to victory in police-league football. While everybody is celebrating, Francis "Franny'" Tierney Jr. (Noah Emmerich), Jimmy's brother-in-law and superior officer, answers his phone to find out that several men from their unit have been killed during a failed drug bust of a local gang leader, Angel Tezo.
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
, 1h54Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Andy García, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Leibman
Detectives Liam Casey (Ian Holm) and Joey Allegretto (James Gandolfini) are conducting a surveillance operation to apprehend Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey), a notorious drug dealer. On a tip from an informant, they venture into a building where Washington is presumed to be hiding. Washington preemptively fires a submachine gun through his front door, seriously wounding Casey. Police backup units arrive and swarm the building, but Washington executes a cunning escape in an NYPD squad car after murdering two police officers, while police officers mistakenly kill another one.
Q & A (1990)
, 2h12Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Luis Guzmán, Patrick O'Neal, Charles Dutton
Mike Brennan, a tough, crude, decorated NYPD detective, has a hidden dark side as well as a partnership with certain figures of organized crime. Brennan shoots and kills a small-time Puerto Rican criminal and then threatens witnesses to testify that he acted in self-defense. The Commissioner of Police Kevin Quinn assigns the case to Deputy Attorney Aloysius "Al" Francis Reilly, a young lawyer with a past as a police officer and son of a well-known cop who died in service. Reilly collects Brennan's deposition, who claims to have been acting on a tip from an informant and was forced to shoot in self-defense. Reilly's case leads him to a Puerto Rican crime boss called "Bobby Tex," whose wife Nancy Bosch was once the love of Reilly's life. She ended their relationship years ago after interpreting Al's reaction of surprise as racist when she introduced him to her father, a black man. Al tries to rekindle their past romance, but she rejects him because with Bobby, she feels loved, protected and accepted for what she is.
Cop or Hood (1979)
, 1h47Directed by Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Marie Laforêt, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset, Julie Jézéquel
Stanislas Borowitz is a divisional commissioner from the IGPN (Inspection Générale de la Police Nationale) who uses particularly expeditious methods to counteract the "ripoux" (French term for "corrupt cops"). Sent to Nice to struggle against the Mafia and enquire on a murder of a notoriously corrupt commissioner, he changes his identity into a thug named Antonio Cerruti to trigger a gang war between the two biggest local sponsors, Théodore Musard ("l'Auvergnat") and Achille Volfoni ("le Corse"), and discovers a police organization with the mafia of the town. But the corrupt police inspectors Rey and Massard, on the pay of Volfini, absolutely want to harm him.
The Border (1982)
, 1h48Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Films about immigration
Actors Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates, Elpidia Carrillo, Dirk Blocker
Immigration enforcement agent Smith (Jack Nicholson) lives in California with his wife (Valerie Perrine) in a trailer. She persuades him to move to a duplex in El Paso shared by her friend and border agent Cat (Harvey Keitel). She opens a charge account and starts to purchase expensive items like a water bed as she tries to build a dream home.
The Cousin (1997)
, 1h52Directed by Alain Corneau, Vincent Trintignant
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, La corruption policière, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Patrick Timsit, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui, Samuel Le Bihan, Marie Trintignant, Caroline Proust
The film deals with the relationship of the police and an informant in the drug scene.
Coonskin (1975)
, 1h40Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, La corruption policière, Mafia films, Films about racism, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about foxes, Gangster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Barry White, Philip Michael Thomas, Scatman Crothers, Al Lewis, Richard Paul, Frank DeKova
In the South, Sampson and the local Preacherman plan to bust out their friend Randy from prison. As they rush to the prison, the two are stopped by a roadblock and have a shootout with the police. Meanwhile, Randy and another cellmate named Pappy escape from inside the prison and wait for Sampson and the Preacherman to help them get out. While waiting for them, Randy unwillingly listens to Pappy tell a story about three guys that resemble Randy and his friends. Pappy's story is told in animation set against live-action background photos and footage.
Rapid Fire (1992)
, 1h35Directed by Dwight H. Little
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes La corruption policière, Mafia films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Tzi Ma, Raymond J. Barry, Nick Mancuso, Michael Paul Chan
The film opens in Thailand, with Antonio Serrano (Nick Mancuso), a mafia drug distributor visiting long-time associate Kinman Tau (Tzi Ma), a drug kingpin. Serrano is having troubles and wants them to work together, but his request is not reciprocated.
My New Partner II (1990)
, 1h45Directed by Claude Zidi
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Buddy films
Actors Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Guy Marchand, Grace de Capitani, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Line Renaud
François et René forment une équipe de ripoux depuis déjà 5 ans quand François, qui envisage de passer l'examen de commissaire, souhaite redevenir honnête. Mais lorsqu'il remet à une boutiquière volée l'argent dérobé, celle-ci, en raison d'une vieille rancune envers René, les accuse aussitôt du forfait. Les deux flics sont alors suspendus et remplacés par les inspecteurs Brisson et Portal, censés être de véritables modèles d'intégrité. Mais les apparences sont trompeuses.
Bird on a Wire (1990)
, 1h50Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes La corruption policière, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance
Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson) helped convict a drug-dealing FBI agent named Eugene Sorenson (David Carradine) and was placed in the witness protection program. Fifteen years later his former fiancée Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) crosses paths with him at a gas station in Detroit, Michigan. Rick refuses to recognize Marianne as the witness protection program does not allow contact with people from the witness' previous life. If she recognizes him it may lead to Sorenson finding and killing him.
Wrong Cops (2013)
, 1h23Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Éric Judor, Marilyn Manson, Grace Zabriskie, Arden Myrin, Eric Wareheim, Ray Wise
In the not very distant future, where crime has been completely eradicated, a group of crooked cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Thugocratie (2018)
Origin France
Genres Thriller
Themes La corruption policière, Gangster films
Actors Salim Kechiouche, Abel Jafri, Hichem Yacoubi, Pierre Abbou
A sa sortie de prison, Sam tente de se réinsérer mais il est vite rattrapé par le milieu et sombre peu à peu dans un engrenage criminel. A travers les yeux de son fils, il perçoit une lueur d'espoir.
Rampart (2012)
, 1h48Directed by Oren Moverman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Robin Wright
Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) has two ex-wives who are sisters (Anne Heche and Cynthia Nixon), and he cheated on both. Brown has a daughter from each marriage which creates conflict at home. Dave also has contentious relationships with his children. However, the film starts with his other home, which is the beat. Dave patrols streets occupied by gangs, and he creates problems for himself with increasing severity. Dave forcibly obtains a confession out of a convenience store thief. Later he is caught on tape beating someone almost to death. The beating is still playing on television when he's involved in a suspicious shooting. These incidents get Dave in trouble with an already beleaguered police department, and he faces either sanctions or forced retirement. Dave tries to talk his way out of trouble with an assistant district attorney (Sigourney Weaver). Dave realizes that his superiors are less concerned about what he has done but more concerned about the predicament he has created by getting caught.
Cold Comes the Night (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Tze-ngo Chun
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Alice Eve, Bryan Cranston, Logan Marshall-Green, Leo Fitzpatrick, Erin Cummings, Robin Lord Taylor
Chloe, a single mother living with her daughter Sophia, operates a motel. Topo is a blind man traveling cross country in a Jeep with his associate John. They stop by Chloe's motel, when John hires prostitute Gwen, and convinces Topo to stay the night. When Gwen is entertaining John, an argument has John fatally shooting Gwen, waking Chloe up. Chloe investigating finds Gwen and John dead.