Movies like The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
The best movies like The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973) are Street Law (1974), Tony Arzenta (1973) and Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976). If The Police Serve the Citizens? hooked you with its action and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPolice Story (1985)7.6/10 from 1,130 votes
- NewestThe Equalizer 3 (2023)Released 2023
- In ItalianStreet Law (1974)Also in Italian
Street Law (1974)
Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTony Arzenta (1973)
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRome, Armed to the Teeth (1976)
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisViolent Naples (1976)
Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFree Hand for a Tough Cop (1976)
A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Knock Out Cop (1973)
Inspector “Flatfoot” Rizzo investigates crime and corruption in Naples.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Italian Connection (1972)
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCopshop (2021)
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLive Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
Fred and Tony are members of an elite “special squad” of police in Rome who are undercover, licensed to kill, and love to live dangerously.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMafia Mamma (2023)
A suburban American woman inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire and, guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere, defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSleepless (2017)
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnap Downs’ teenage son T. In one sleepless night, Downs will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation, and bring the kidnappers to justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Equalizer 3 (2023)
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCode of Silence (1985)
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisConfessions of a Police Captain (1971)
A police captain arranges the release of a criminally insane prisoner, who soon winds up dead. When the District Attorney takes on the case, he uncovers corruption in the department and vows to take down the man who's responsible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBullets or Ballots (1936)
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last of the Finest (1990)
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisAngel of Evil (2010)
Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated the public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ – for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalvatore Giuliano (1962)
Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCinderella the Cat (2017)
Cenerentola struggles to escape the shadow and evil schemes of her stepmother and six stepsisters who all live aboard the Megaride, a ship stuck in the port of a decaying future Naples.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOne Hundred Days in Palermo (1984)
In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNakshatram (2017)
A young boy is made to realise that the police form the backbone of society and every cop is akin to Lord Hanuman the protector. He then makes up his mind about becoming a cop when he grows up.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
Metro (1997)
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Punisher (1989)
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast and became the Punisher, living in the sewers and exacting vigilante violence against mob bosses throughout the city. When the populace is caught in the midst of a gang war that he caused, Castle must again emerge from the shadows and save the innocent.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisPolice Story (1985)
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNever Back Down (2008)
Jake, full of anger after his father's death, is just starting to find a place for himself at his new Orlando high school - until Ryan, head of an underground MMA fight club, picks Jake out as a prime opponent. After being trounced by Ryan in front of the entire school, Jake begins training under the firm, moral guidance of a MMA master, where he learns how to fight... and how to avoid a fight. But it becomes obvious that a rematch will be inevitable if Jake wants to stop Ryan and his bullying, once and for all.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFar North (2008)
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with Anja, a young woman she adopts as an infant. Then Loki, an injured and starving soldier, stumbles into their isolated lives. The women nurse him back to health, but treachery, violence and doom await them all.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRuby Is Dead (2017)
The body of a teenager is found in a river.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Dick Tracy (1990)
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlbino Alligator (1997)
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisMad Max 2 (1981)
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Police Serve the Citizens??
The closest matches to The Police Serve the Citizens? are Street Law (1974), Tony Arzenta (1973) and Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Police Serve the Citizens??
Start with Street Law (1974), the closest match to The Police Serve the Citizens?.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Police Serve the Citizens??
Police Story (1985), rated 7.6/10 by 1,130 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Police Serve the Citizens??
The Equalizer 3 (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like The Police Serve the Citizens??
Yes: Street Law (1974), Tony Arzenta (1973) and Rome, Armed to the Teeth (1976).
How are movies similar to The Police Serve the Citizens? chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Police Serve the Citizens?, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.