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Movies Like The New Centurions

If you liked The New Centurions (1972), a crime and drama movie directed by Richard Fleischer, 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. 1No Man's Land

    No Man's Land (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also action and drama

    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…

  2. 2Crown Vic

    Crown Vic (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    One memorable night in the life of veteran patrol officer Ray Mandel and his trainee, ambitious rookie cop Nick Holland in the LAPD's Olympic Division. With two cop killers on the loose and hunting for more targets…

  3. 3The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  4. 4Lethal Weapon 3

    Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and crime

    Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

  5. 5Copshop

    Copshop (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and action

    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…

  6. 6Black and Blue

    Black and Blue (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and 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…

  7. 7Internal Affairs

    Internal Affairs (1990)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime and drama

    Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to…

  8. 8Lethal Weapon 4

    Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and crime

    With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crime lord trying to get his brother out of prison.

  9. 9Training Day

    Training Day (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10Also action and crime

    On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

  10. 10Lethal Weapon

    Lethal Weapon (1987)

    ★ 7.3/10Also action and crime

    A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.

  11. 11Rapid Fire

    Rapid Fire (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and crime

    College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.

  12. 12The Corruptor

    The Corruptor (1999)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and crime

    Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets…

  13. 13Righteous Kill

    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…

  14. 14Blindfire

    Blindfire (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime and drama

    A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repercussions, he must track down the…

  15. 15Destroyer

    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.

  16. 16Street Kings

    Street Kings (2008)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and crime

    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…

  17. 17Until Death

    Until Death (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and crime

    Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

  18. 18Hellhound

    Hellhound (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and crime

    Ready to leave his profession behind, Loreno, an assassin, lends help to an old friend, Cetan, and taking one last job in Thailand seeking out a local kingpin. A lapse in judgment means Loreno crosses paths with old…

  19. 19The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and action

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  20. 20Colors

    Colors (1988)

    ★ 6.5/10Also action and crime

    A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

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