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- DirectorJohn LuessenhopStarsRichard T. JonesDe'aundre BondsGabriel CasseusAvery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
- CreatorMaureen ChadwickAnn McManusEileen GallagherStarsKika MiryleesVictoria AlcockHelen FraserBritish hard-hitting drama about the staff and inmates of a women's prison.
- CreatorMatthew ParkhillStarsCole HauserThandiwe NewtonSergio Di ZioGrace, an undercover detective, is tormented by the possibility that she might have contributed to her son's mysterious death. While trying to uncover the truth, she gets involved with a dangerous criminal.
- DirectorNeema BarnetteStarsLisaRaye McCoyN'Bushe WrightYasiin BeyFrances is in the pen for killing her abusive husband. The abused the prisoners rise up against the "new plantation" that harvest human labor for profit. Nothing will stop Frances and her fellow inmates in this brutal battle for justice.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsNasDMXTaral HicksTwo young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.
- CreatorDavid SchicklerJonathan TropperStarsAntony StarrIvana MilicevicUlrich ThomsenAn ex-con assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff in the small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he has some unfinished business.
- CreatorAnn BidermanStarsLiev SchreiberEddie MarsanDash MihokRay Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
- DirectorJohn McNaughtonAlan SmitheeStarsRichard Dean AndersonLillo BrancatoMorris ChestnutA firehouse crew is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consolidated with a rescue unit.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsAustin PendletonTom GuiryFred KohelerStrip Search follows two parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; one plot involves an American woman detained in China and the other an Arab man detained in New York City.
- CreatorRay McKinnonStarsAden YoungAbigail SpencerJ. Smith-CameronDaniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.
- CreatorAaron GuzikowskiStarsMartin HendersonJason MomoaJulianne NicholsonA local policeman tries to cope with the problems within his family while the growing tension in community leads to bloodshed.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsDMXDavid ArquetteMichael EalyA drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
- CreatorGlenn KesslerTodd A. KesslerDaniel ZelmanStarsKyle ChandlerBen MendelsohnLinda CardelliniA family is forced to face their past secrets and scars when the black sheep returns home.
- CreatorLeslie BohemStarsJeffrey DonovanKaDee StricklandAngus SampsonCharlie is a scammer with a small chain of fortune-telling storefronts and contracts building tricks for a family that controls the business in the greater chunk of LA.
- CreatorDerek SimondsStarsBill PullmanJessica HechtDohn NorwoodDetective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspects.
- DirectorSteve BuscemiStarsWillem DafoeEdward FurlongDanny TrejoA young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
- DirectorAlfredo RamosStarsClifton Collins Jr.Greg SeranoJacob VargasCarefree days come to an end when three Latino friends face personal crises in Los Angeles.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsTahar RahimNiels ArestrupAdel BencherifA delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.
- DirectorRyan CombsStarsVing RhamesNipsey HussleGillie Da KidCain's often challenged in prison by wannabes. Cain's later offered a chance to talk with kids from the hood, incl. his own son, so they don't end up in prison.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsBoris KodjoeMichael Kenneth WilliamsSticky FingazA father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
- DirectorSheldon CandisStarsCommonMichael Rainey Jr.Dennis HaysbertAn 11-year-old boy gets a crash course in what it means to be a man when he spends a day with the ex-convict uncle he idolizes.
- CreatorJohn RidleyStarsFelicity HuffmanRegina KingTimothy HuttonSeasonal anthology series. Season 1: The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.
- DirectorHarry A. DavisStarsRoger Guenveur SmithN'Bushe WrightObba BabatundéA defense attorney in Detroit, desperate to leave his career behind, is begged by his sister to represent her boyfriend, the alleged leader of the city's most notorious gang, MVP.
- DirectorClark JohnsonStarsSamuel L. JacksonColin FarrellMichelle RodriguezAn imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody, and only the L.A.P.D.'s Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsSamuel L. JacksonVanessa WilliamsChristian BaleNew York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder.
- CreatorShawn RyanStarsMichael ChiklisCatherine DentWalton GogginsDrama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.
- StarsAdrian HolmesJared KeesoMylène Dinh-RobicThe day to day of two unwilling patrol officers affected by troubled pasts.
- CreatorAnn BidermanStarsMichael CudlitzShawn HatosyRegina KingThe lives of Police Officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.
- CreatorNeil CrossStarsIdris ElbaDermot CrowleyMichael SmileyJohn Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsMartin CompstonVicky McClureAdrian DunbarDrama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsLaurence FishburneDaniel WilliamsBill CobbsA former prisoner tries to save a neighbor youth from following him down the wrong path.
- DirectorBoaz YakinStarsSean NelsonGiancarlo EspositoSamuel L. JacksonDeath and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsHarvey KeitelJohn TurturroDelroy LindoYoung drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.
- DirectorClement VirgoStarsMaurice Dean WintRachael CrawfordClark JohnsonThis is the Easter weekend. In an inner city project, three people struggle against their demons and try to find redemption. They are Maxine, a window dresser depressed since she had an abortion and lost her lover ; Jordan, a boxer who has indulged in gay-bashing ; and 'The General', a drug dealer turned artist.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMickey RourkeFrank SengerAdrien BrodyParoled after 8 years in prison, Bullet's picked up by his brother and a friend. Bullet assaults a drug dealer and two customers. Things escalate.
- DirectorBrian AverillStarsDrena De NiroJ-KingPortia CueTariq is an ex-con working as a mechanic and car thief. Then he meets the love of his life and has to choose between love and his thug lifestyle.
- DirectorJeff CrookJosh CrookStarsDaniel OutlawParis CampbellJanisha FaithAfter the brutal murder of his brother, Donte decides to seek revenge against the perpetrators; a vicious Dominican gang of dog-fighters led by a psychotic ex-con named Angel.
- DirectorJeff CrookJosh CrookStarsParis CampbellChristina CaparoulaGreg MaysA man who kidnaps and drugs young women and sells them to a big time pimp to be used as sex-slaves, gets a spiritual awakening and realizes his wrong doings after getting shot. Is it too late for redemption?
- DirectorBruce BrownStarsTim TaylorKurt MatthewsJerry CummingsThree brothers use legal and illegal methods to make it out of their drug-infected neighborhood.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasMatt OlmsteadStarsJason BeghePatrick John FluegerMarina SquerciatiFollows District 21 of the Chicago Police Department, made up of two different groups: the uniformed cops and the Intelligence Unit.
- CreatorDick WolfStarsMariska HargitayChristopher MeloniIce-TThis series follows the Special Victims Unit, a specially trained squad of detectives in the New York City Police Department that investigate sexually related crimes.
- CreatorChuck MacLeanStarsKevin BaconAldis HodgeLauren E. BanksIn early 1990s Boston, ADA, Decourcy Ward, forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt venerated FBI veteran, Jackie Rohr. Together, they take on a case that changes the city's entire criminal justice system.
- StarsT.K. CarterKhandi AlexanderSean NelsonChronicles a West Baltimore family living in poverty on the front lines of America's drug war.
- CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsDonnie WahlbergNeal McDonoughMykelti WilliamsonEach episode of this series, set in present day Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
- DirectorJoe RothStarsJulianne MooreSamuel L. JacksonEdie FalcoA black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
- CreatorTom FontanaWill RokosStarsTom Weston-JonesKyle SchmidAnastasia GriffithIn the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.
- CreatorJason RichmanStarsMichael ImperioliJames McDanielAisha HindsThe everyday trials and tribulations of Detroit's homicide unit.
- CreatorCourtney A. KempStarsOmari HardwickLela LorenNaturi NaughtonJames "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin.
- DirectorForest WhitakerStarsWilliam James Stiggers Jr.Chi AliBokeem WoodbineEx-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop(Michael Biehn) to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing.
- CreatorSeth FreemanStarsRussell HornsbyNicki MicheauxErica HubbardA family moves to a crime-filled area of the heights and tries to help the community and the convicts living there.
- DirectorRel DowdellStarsJakobi AlvinSuzzanne DouglasThomas StatenA young star at a Wall Street firm finds that the white-collar world is filled with as much crime and death as the dangerous hood where he was raised.
- CreatorRobert MunicJonathan PrinceStarsGrace ParkBenjamin BrattAmy Price-FrancisA guy transforms his life by taking control over his addictions and using his story to help others.
- CreatorEric Ellis OvermyerStarsTitus WelliverJamie HectorAmy AquinoAn L.A.P.D. homicide detective works to solve the murder of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the murder of a serial killer.
- DirectorRich DevaneyStarsChuck ZitoChristopher AmitranoNicole ArlynSean deals drugs but can he prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps?
- DirectorMichael RymerStarsLloyd AdamsPhilip AkinAnna Carolina AriasRight out of police academy, Jeff/Omar Epps starts as undercover cop in Cincinnati. First it's small time cases but he proves himself and moves up to a big case - befriending a brutal crime boss.
- CreatorMatt OlmsteadNick SantoraStarsDomenick LombardozziBrooke NevinMalcolm GoodwinA squad of U.S. marshals team up with cons (former fugitives) to work together on tracking down prison escapees in exchange for getting time off their sentences.
- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
- DirectorMichael David TrozzoStarsTony ToddJennifer FreemanDe'Angelo WilsonWhen a school bus accident devastates an inner city Los Angeles neighborhood, it will forever change the paths for all. Friendships will be challenged, beliefs questioned and it become a time when they must choose which way to fall.
- CreatorEric Ellis OvermyerDavid SimonStarsKhandi AlexanderRob BrownKim DickensLife after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their unique culture in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the USA.
- DirectorDerick ThomasStarsJoe LenigKristin RodriguezBilal BaharTwo factions, the Tender Trios, a dangerous female gang and the Wolf Pack, teenage street hustlers get caught up in a deadly web of deception, masterminded by Ox, a drug kingpin, after he plans a fake kidnapping to extort money from the Tender Trios. Things go awry when they refused to pay without a fight.
- DirectorFrank E. Jackson Jr.StarsTray ChaneyNatasha 'Breezy' MaloneIan NovickA young couple go on a crime spree holding up stores in hope of becoming famous while being pursued by a cop who recently rejoined the force after losing his fiancée to a violent crime.
- DirectorLarry DerrStarsLarry DerrJessica AlexanderPhil AmicoA story about the Sicilian Mafia dealing heroin in Baltimore.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsStephen DorffMarisol NicholsVincent MillerLocked up for killing an intruder in self-defense, a family man must cope with life in the violent penal system.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauOmari HardwickLake BellA newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsRichard GereDon CheadleEthan HawkeThree unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location after enduring vastly different career paths.
- DirectorMadeleine SacklerStarsJeffrey WrightTheothus CarterWilliam FichtnerLouis awaits release from prison after nearly 24 years in, when young Beech is incarcerated.
- DirectorJames D. ParriottStarsDean CainRobert PatrickStan ShawThe life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the precinct is haunted by the spirit of a deceased policeman, who helps the beleaguered cleric to solve the case and clear his name.
- CreatorOlivier MarchalStarsJean-Hugues AngladeJoseph MalerbaKarole RocherA dark realistic cop series follows a squad of Paris cops who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation to get the job done.
- CreatorAlexandra ClertGuy-Patrick SainderichinStarsCaroline ProustAudrey FleurotThierry GodardFollows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved.
- CreatorJames DuffStarsKyra SedgwickJ.K. SimmonsCorey ReynoldsDeputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style. Her innate ability to read people and obtain confessions helps her and her team solve the city's toughest, most sensitive cases.
- CreatorJames DuffStarsMary McDonnellG.W. BaileyTony DenisonThe Closer (2005) spin-off series, which follows Captain Raydor of the Los Angeles Police Department.
- CreatorVince GilliganDavid ShoreStarsJosh DuhamelDean WintersAubrey DollarTwo detectives with different views on the world team up and using cynicism, guile and deception, they clean up the streets of Battle Creek.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsDwayne JohnsonSusan SarandonJon BernthalA father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son, who was imprisoned after being set up in a drug deal.
- DirectorJon KauffmanStarsAlexander DreymonLesley-Ann BrandtErik LaRay HarveyA rogue love story centered on a female correctional officer whose life is turned upside down by the fleeting affections of her lover - a male convict whose charm is only as genuine as his desire to be free.
- DirectorMark Edwin RobinsonStarsKelly OvertonJames HavenJennette McCurdyA medical student is assigned to a psychiatric patient to discover the truth about a brutal murder, but he instead rants about danger in the outside world. The student dismisses his claims as paranoia - until someone begins.
- DirectorRobert OppelStarsRobert LaSardoAlejandra GutierrezMary KelseyRico reunites with his ex-wife after serving a five year prison term for armed robbery. Upon Rico's release he encounters old and new forces conspiring to bring him down and tear him between what he holds dear and what he most fears.
- DirectorDarnell MartinStarsDanny HochElvis CostelloQ-TipA young man lives and learns while growing up on the street and in and out of correctional facilities.
- DirectorChinonye ChukwuStarsAlfre WoodardRichard SchiffAldis HodgeAs she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.
- CreatorRichard HarrisStarsPeter DavisonSean HughesRob Spendlove"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
- DirectorLynne StopkewichStarsBruce GreenwoodBrian MarkinsonAlisen Richmond-PeckTwo Canadian cops start videotaping the drug scene in Vancouver.
- DirectorDerrick BorteStarsJim GaffiganTammy BlanchardIsabel ArraizaA down on his luck HAIL driver who makes extra cash chauffeuring a low level drug dealer around town, finds himself in a serious financial bind and decides to kidnap the dealer's child.
- DirectorGeorg Stanford BrownStarsLouis Gossett Jr.Blair UnderwoodRae Dawn ChongA convict is reunited with his long-lost son in prison, and when the two are released, the parole stipulates that they must live together, even though the two barely know one another.
- StarsOrla BradyLennie JamesJohn DuttineBBC police drama that follows the personal and professional lives of a group of detectives.
- CreatorJimmy GardnerRobert JonesStarsLennie JamesStephen WaltersConnor McIntyreTough drama about life and death in a British prison.
- DirectorIan RicksonStarsLanre MalaoluHugh WilkinsonAml AmeenTwo detectives, one black and one white, investigate the murder of a studious black teenager. Adapted by the playwright from his 2002 play.
- CreatorJaimie D'CruzAdam DolmanDaniel Fajemisin-DuncanStarsNav SidhuKatharina SchüttlerLennie JamesFour gritty no-holds-barred human stories of the streets, all linked together in some respect.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsBilly Bob ThorntonHalle BerryTaylor SimpsonAfter a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed.
- StarsKen StottClaire PriceJennifer BlackSet in Edinburgh, the mercurial Detective Inspector John Rebus's investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters.
- CreatorAlan BallStarsPeter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances ConroyA chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.
- CreatorPaul AttanasioStarsEdie FalcoMichael ChernusAdelaide ClemensA former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police in Los Angeles.
- CreatorNorman MorrillStarsAndre BraugherMae WhitmanYancey AriasWhen it comes to pulling heists, Nick Atwater is a master. But when it comes to his family life he is not as successful. But there are far bigger problems ahead, will he and his team be able to make a clean getaway?
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsRobson GreenNicola WalkerShaun DingwallA police drama following the exploits of a crack squad within the Organized and Serial Crime Unit, a rapid-response police force serving the entire county.
- CreatorPaul AbbottStarsJeffrey DonovanVera FarmigaZach GrenierReturning from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving a gunshot wound to the head, a detective and his partner work together to hunt down the most wicked and vicious criminals on the streets.
- CreatorDavid KoeppStarsDavid MorseAndre BraugherMatthew BorishWhen corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.
- CreatorTony SaintStarsO-T FagbenleLorraine AshbourneLee BoardmanCustoms officer Marcus Ashton joins a new team hunting Britain's most wanted criminals, based on Cameron Addicott's book.
- CreatorJoe HalpinStarsRyan KwantenKatrina LawCory HardrictExplores a world of gangs made up of those sworn to protect and shed light on corrupt and secret societies. And what if the Policemen use the criminals to arrest others.
- DirectorMichael NellStarsBrian GeraghtySharon LealBethany Joy LenzLives are left in pieces after a white cop responds to a hostage call and kills the Black suspect, only to learn he may have been set up; facing trial, he must find the person responsible while examining his own accountability.
- DirectorMalik BaderStarsLiam HemsworthEmory CohenDiane GuerreroTwo NYC money launderers make a quick drug deal. Things go wrong, as dirty cops are involved. One of the friends gets amnesia during their escape with the drugs and money.