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Flashpoint (TV Series)Flashpoint (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Hugh Dillon, Enrico Colantoni, Sergio Di Zio
High–octane cop show from Canada following the 'Strategic Response Unit', a team of elite police who take on the riskier jobs the rest won't…
Fred Vargas Collection (TV Series)Fred Vargas Collection (TV Series) (2008-2010)
Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Helene Fillieres, Charlotte Rampling
Four excellent French TV adaptations of crime fiction novelist Fred Vargas' popular policiers, with her famous protagonist, Detective Adamsberg, a…
Go FastGo Fast (2008)
Dir. Olivier Van Hoofstadt
Feat. Roschdy Zem, Olivier Gourmet
An exciting, if standard issue Gallic policier set around the high–stakes world of narcotics, where an Arab police officer goes undercover to…
Lady Cop and Papa CrookLady Cop and Papa Crook (Daai Sau cha Ji Neui) (2008)
Dir. Siu Fai Mak, Felix Chong
Feat. Eason Chang, Sammi Cheng, Tak-bun Wong
An oil kingpin (Chang) finds himself in alliance with a cop (Cheng) when his son is kidnapped, resulting in an uneasy relationship between the law…
Mentalist, The (TV Series)Mentalist, The (TV Series) (2008)
Feat. Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang
Superior crime series sees Simon Baker play an ex–'psychic' who now uses his remarkable powers of scrupulous observation in the name of the…
Pride and GloryPride and Glory (2008)
Dir. Gavin O'Connor
Feat. Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight
A withdrawn, honest Irish cop becomes tangled in a web of betrayal when his brother's drug bust goes savagely wrong and he is ordered to investigate…
Righteous KillRighteous Kill (2008)
Dir. Jon Avnet
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, John Leguizamo
Heavyweight has–beens De Niro and Pacino team up again as a couple of NYPD detectives on the trail of a serial killer, whose signature murders…
Street KingsStreet Kings (2008)
Dir. David Ayer
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Hugh Laurie, Forest Whitaker
LA CONFIDENTIAL author James Ellroy and the writer of TRAINING DAY team up for this ultra–macho, ultra–violent LAPD–centric…
Wallander (TV Series, UK)Wallander (TV Series, UK) (2008) Recommended
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Sarah Smart, Sadie Shimmin
UK adaptation of Henning Mankell’s crime novels sees Branagh take on the titular role of the grizzled Nordic detective, solving gristly crimes in…
Whitechapel (TV Mini-series)Whitechapel (TV Mini-series) (2008)
Feat. Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton
Atmospheric detective show focused on a group of detectives who are trying to track down a Jack The Ripper copycat. Filmed entirely in the East…

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