Movies Like Backstreet Justice

If you liked Backstreet Justice (1994), a crime and drama movie directed by Chris McIntyre, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Cop Land (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s…
2
McQ (1974)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
3
L.A. Confidential (1997)
★ 7.8/10Also crime
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
4
Brooklyn's Finest (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes…
5
Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
6
Exit Wounds (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Maverick cop Orin Boyd always brings down the domestic terrorists he tracks, but he ruffles feathers with his unorthodox techniques -- and soon finds himself reassigned to the toughest district in Detroit. When he…
7
Street Kings (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the…
8
Serpico (1973)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The…
10
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
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Havoc (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
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Panic (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…
13
Destroyer (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama
When Erin Bell was a young cop, she was given an undercover assignment that ended badly and destroyed her life. Years later, she must face her demons in order to make peace with her past.
14
The Big Easy (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crime
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
15
Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and crime
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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Black and Blue (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Rookie cop Alicia West, an Army veteran, inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from…
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Q & A (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
18
Out for Justice (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
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Dead Man Down (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
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No Man's Land (1987)
★ 6/10Also drama and crime
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved…