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Cops. Sometimes they're heroic, and other times they're worse than the crims. Here's a decent selection of the art of policing

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Maverick 70's hard ass cop.

Dirty Harry on DVD (1971)
Starring: John Larch, John Vernon, John Mitchum
Director: Don Siegel
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You've got to ask yourself a question: 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? Dirty Harry provoked a critical uproar in 1971 for its fascist message about the power of one, as it also elevated Clint Eastwood to superstar status through his most enduring screen persona. Harry Callahan (Eastwood, in a ..read more »
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Junior and Senior cops hunt serial killer and wear very serious expressions.

Seven on DVD (1995)
Starring: Daniel Zacapa, Richard Portnow, Morgan Freeman
Director: David Fincher
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Director David Fincher's dark, stylish thriller ranks as one of the decade's most influential box-office successes. Set in a hellish vision of a New York-like city, where it is always raining and the air crackles with impending death, the film concerns Det. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a ..read more »
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killer cops in California.

The Shield - Series 7 (4 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Michael Chiklis, CCH Pounder, Benito Martinez
Director: Guy Ferland
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The final season of this gritty, hard-hitting, award-winning cop drama comes to DVD! This season, Vic's relationship with Shane is put to the test as they work against each other to bring down the Armenian mob. Dutch plays hardball to get a homicide witness to come forward. The Strike Team tries to ..read more »
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Frustrated "real" police in Baltimore.

The Wire - Season 5 (4 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson, Joe
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The complete fifth and final season of the acclaimed crime drama series which follows drug and murder investigations in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good ..read more »
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Cardigan-wearing 70's cops.

Starsky And Hutch - First Season (5 discs) on DVD (1976)
Starring: Paul Michael Glaser, Antonio Fargas, David Soul
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The entire first season of the coolest cop show on television during the Seventies (which one did you like, Starsky or Hutch?). Streetwise, undercover cops Dave Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser in that cardigan) and Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (David Soul, the blond one) cruise the streets in a red and ..read more »
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Pastel-coloured-jacket-wearing 80's cops.

Miami Vice - Series 1 (8 discs) on DVD (1984)
Starring: Philip Michael Thomas, Don Johnson
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The complete first season of the American crime television drama, starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Detectives Sonny Crocket and Rico Tubbs of the Miami Metro-Dade police 'Vice' department. The detectives investigate a series of murders connected to a Colombian drug baron, an arms ..read more »
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Hat-wearing 50's cops

L.A. Confidential on DVD (1997)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Danny De Vito
Director: Curtis Hanson
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In Fifties Los Angeles, Ed Exley (Guy Pearce), Bud White (Russell Crowe) and Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey) are three very different cops. Ed is ambitious and incorruptible, Bud takes pleasure in beating up wrong-doers, and Jack works as technical advisor to the television show 'Badge of Honour'. Ed ..read more »
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SuperCop

Heat on DVD (1995)
Starring: Ashley Judd, Al Pacino, Diane Venora
Director: Michael Mann
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A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs, ..read more »
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Fish-out-of-water wise-cracking black cop.

Beverly Hills Cop on DVD (1984)
Starring: Ronny Cox, James Russo, Eddie Murphy
Director: Martin Brest
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What's that wisecracking young black guy (Eddie Murphy) in that beat-up Chevy Nova doing in lily-white Beverly Hills? He's Axel Foley, a Detroit detective who's been sent on involuntary vacation because he refuses to drop his intention of avenging his friend's murder. Warned by Beverly Hills police ..read more »
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Top copper loves women and car chases-hates French drug overlords.

French Connection / French Connection 2 (3 discs) on DVD (1971)
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider
Director: William Friedkin, John Frankenheimer
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A double bill of the classic 70's thrillers featuring an Oscar-winning Gene Hackman as 'Popeye' Doyle. In the first film Doyle and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are tough New York cops attempting to crack a drug smuggling ring. They have a small candy store under surveillance, but Doyle is not happy ..read more »
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