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Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's been called the starkest choice in years, between two men with sharply different backgrounds, views, and prescriptions for fixing the country's problems. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to tell their own stories, but in The Choice 2012, FRONTLINE goes far beyond the headlines on a journey deep into their worlds, among their friends and family, critics, and closest colleagues, to understand what drives these...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Stone is a quiet chief of police in a cold, gray, seaside town. When a serial killer strikes, this tough cop is in the thick of it. Add his girlfriend, an ex-wife and a sexy defense attorney, and things really heat up
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Bargain hunters at the Forest Ridge Mall are about to get more than they bargained for when a chubby man in a ratty bathrobe starts flashing customers. Security guard Ronnie Barnhardt feels that this is the best thing to happen to him. Catching the flasher might just be his ticket to a real police job and to romance with a hot cosmetics-counter babe. Only one thing stands between Ronnie and destiny and that is the tall, handsome cop who actually knows...
8) 21 bridges
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on whom he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, extreme measures are taken to prevent the killers from escaping Manhattan as the authorities close all of the city's bridges to prevent any entry or exit from the iconic island.
10) Rush hour
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Jackie Chan is Inspector Lee, a Hong Kong Detective who helps confiscate millions of dollars worth of stolen Chinese artifacts from crime Lord Juntao. Seeking revenge, Juntao kidnaps the eleven year old daughter of the Chinese consul when he moves to America. Chan is sent as a diplomatic advisor and finds himself paired up with a New York cop (Chris Tucker) - a man who works alone, and wants to stay that way
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Featuring John Marshall's hallmark intimate camerawork, these shorts offer a unique perspective on both sides of law enforcement, and on some of the social issues facing American cities during the late 1960s. This 2007 re-mastered/re-authored compilation contains additional information about the series.
12) Robocop trilogy
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Robocop: "Set in Detroit sometime in the near-future, the film is about a policeman killed in the line of duty, who the department decides to resurrect as a half-human, half-robot supercop. The robocop is indestructible, and within a matter of weeks he has removed crime from the streets of Detroit. However, his human side is tortured by his past, and he wants revenge on the thugs who killed him."--Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide.
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13) 36th precinct
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the Police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies. Leo Vrinks and Denis Klein are two cops seeking promotion, and the imminent departure of the Chief sets the scene for them to compete for the vacant throne. The competition between them becomes increasingly ruthless and blurs the usual lines of morality, until there seems no difference between the police and the criminals...
14) Under suspicion
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Two men. One night. The police captain on the island of Puerto Rico interviews a prominent tax attorney and old friend-- the witness to one of a shocking series of brutal crimes. But what begins as a cooperative conversation between peers descends into a night of intense interrogation between fierce adversaries. A hidden past. A secret life. Witness or suspect? Guilty or innocent?
15) Hot fuzz
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer. He has an arrest record that is higher than any other officer on the force. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so obvious. They send him to the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford. He is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer Danny Butterman, who is the son of the police chief. Danny is a huge action movie fan...
16) Monsters and men
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the aftermath of a unarmed black man being killed by a police officer, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act. A high school baseball phenomenon and an African-American police officer were inspired to take a stand.
17) Mad Max
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In the desolate near future, road cop Mad Max tires of chasing after vicious roving gangs and quits. When his wife and child are murdered by a motorcycle gang he returns to seek revenge
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
CATCHING HELL IN THE CITY OF ANGELS is the new documentary film from the makers of 2012's acclaimed 'Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap' documentary. While their previous picture focused on the musical form most associated with the inner cities of America, their latest devotes itself to the less lyrical realities of life in the city itself - specifically South Central Los Angeles. Having worked with gang members from the infamous Imperial Courts...
19) The negotiator
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
"Maverick hostage negotiator Danny Roman is framed for embezzlement and murder. Newly-married and unjustly faced with prison, Roman turns hostage-taker to smoke out the guilty ones. Squaring off against him is respected, methodical negotiator Chris Sabian. Under siege and racing the clock, the two lock in a deadly battle of wits"--Container.
20) Caliber 9
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
In the first time of the Tirology, small-tiem gangster Ugo Piazza has just been released from prison. He tries to convince the police, the mafia, and his one-time associate Rocco, a sadistic hoodlum who enjoys sick violence and torture that he wants to go straight, but everyone believes that he has {dollar}300,000 of stolen money hidden somewhere. Caliber 9's stylized violence, fast-paced action sequence, tight editing and plot twists prefigure the...
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