Best Rookie Cop Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 23 top-rated rookie cop movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Zootopia 2016 ★ 7.8
Southland 2009 ★ 7.9
Training Day 2001 ★ 7.5
Rookie Blue 2010 ★ 7.7
End of Watch 2012 ★ 7.4
On Call 2025 ★ 7.4
The Place Beyond the Pines 2013 ★ 7.0
The Bone Collector 1999 ★ 6.8
Black and Blue 2019 ★ 6.8
The Beast 2009 ★ 7.1
Lethal Weapon 3 1992 ★ 6.7
The New Centurions 1972 ★ 6.6
Cuffs 2015 ★ 6.6
T. J. Hooker 1982 ★ 6.5
Greedy People 2024 ★ 6.3
Last Shift 2014 ★ 6.3
Crown Vic 2019 ★ 6.2
China Moon 1994 ★ 6.1
Police Academy 1988 ★ 5.6
No Man's Land 1987 ★ 6.0
Furlough 2018 ★ 5.7
The Rookie 1990 ★ 5.9
Blue Steel 1990 ★ 5.8