Police Academy

Police Academy

The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble.

R 1984 · 97 min · ★ 6.7 (3K) · Comedy, Crime

New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!

Directed by Hugh Wilson · Written by Neal Israel

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Rent or Buy

Cast

Steve Guttenberg Carey Mahoney
Kim Cattrall Karen Thompson
G.W. Bailey Lieutenant Harris
Bubba Smith Moses Hightower
Donovan Scott Leslie Barbara
George Gaynes Commandant Lassard
Andrew Rubin George Martin
David Graf Tackleberry
Leslie Easterbrook Sergeant Callahan
Michael Winslow Larvell Jones
Debralee Scott Mrs. Fackler
Bruce Mahler Doug Fackler

Trailers & Videos

Make it a double feature

3h 19m together

Police Academy

The First Wives Club

Both from Hugh Wilson.

Police Academy CollectionSee all →

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment · 1985

Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment

MovieComedyCrime

Officer Carey Mahoney and his cohorts have finally graduated from the Police Academy and are about to hit the streets on their first assignment. Question is, are they ready to do battle with a band of graffiti-tagging terrorists? Time will tell, but don't sell short this cheerful band of doltish boys in blue.

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Police Academy 3: Back in Training · 1986

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

MovieComedyCrime

When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol · 1987

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol

MovieComedyCrime

A new batch of recruits arrives at Police Academy, this time a group of civilian volunteers who have joined Commandant Lassard's new Citizens on Patrol program. Although the community relations project has strong governmental support, a disgusted Captain Harris is determined to see it fail.

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach · 1988

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach

MovieComedyCrime

The Police Academy misfits travel to Miami Beach for Commandant Lassard to be honored with a prestigious lifetime award pending his retirement. Things take a turn when Lassard unknowingly ends up in possession of stolen diamonds from a jewel heist.

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege · 1989

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

MovieComedyCrime

Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinary luck, the crooks stand no chance against our men and women in blue.

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow · 1994

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

MovieComedyCrime

The Russians seek help in dealing with the Mafia from the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.

More from Hugh WilsonSee all →

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati · 1978

WKRP in Cincinnati

When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show · 1972

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

The Famous Teddy Z

The Famous Teddy Z · 1989

The Famous Teddy Z

A mailroom clerk becomes a top agent at a Hollywood talent agency after he impresses a notoriously self-centered client. The series was inspired by an actual 1940s encounter involving Marlon Brando.

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

The New WKRP in Cincinnati · 1991

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

Blast from the Past

Blast from the Past · 1999

Blast from the Past

MovieDramaRomance

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webbers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

Easy Street

Easy Street · 1986

Easy Street is an American sitcom that aired for 22 episodes on NBC during the 1986-87 television season.

The First Wives Club

The First Wives Club · 1996

The First Wives Club

After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!

Down Periscope

Down Periscope · 1996

Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.

The Tony Randall Show

The Tony Randall Show · 1976

The Tony Randall Show

Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.

Rough Riders

Rough Riders · 1997

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Explores the journey of the cavalry group led by Theodore Roosevelt in a charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.

Frank's Place

Frank's Place · 1987

SeriesDramaComedy

Frank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television season. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and executive produced by Wilson and series star Tim Reid. Frank's Place is the most recent show that ran for only one season which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. TV Guide ranked it #3 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".

Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess · 1994

MovieComedyDrama

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current President. He finds that she has requested that he not be rotated but instead return to be her permanent detail. Doug is crushed, and—after returning—wants off her detail as she is very difficult to guard and makes her detail crazy with her whims and demands.

Sunday in Paris

Sunday in Paris · 1991

Sunday in Paris

A pilot for an unsold NBC series. A single woman with three children realizes that her family has lost sight of their values and gives up her career as a daytime-drama actress in New York to move back with her extended family on their Texas farm.

Mickey

MovieDramaFamily

Widower Tripp Spence goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son Derrick. They assume new identities and flee to Las Vegas, where Derrick, now known as Mickey, joins a team that makes it to the Little League World Series. But will fame give away his true identity?

Rustlers' Rhapsody

Rustlers' Rhapsody · 1985

Rustlers' Rhapsody

MovieActionComedy

A singing cowboy roams the Wild West with his sidekick, dancing horse and fancy wardrobe.

One More Kiss

One More Kiss · 1999

MovieDramaRomance

When Sarah Hopson realizes her successful high-rise New York lifestyle is devoid of meaning, she packs her bags and heads for her home town in the Scottish Borders to look for Sam, her childhood sweetheart and the only man she ever loved. Sam Murray runs a restaurant. He and Sarah grew up together and Sam hoped they'd grow old together. His world fell apart the day Sarah left and now she's back, standing on his doorstep and telling his wife she'd like to spend some time with him. Written by NybergerMeister

More Like This

The Young Lieutenant

The Young Lieutenant · 2005

The Young Lieutenant

MovieDramaCrime

A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective.

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow · 1994

Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

MovieComedyCrime

The Russians seek help in dealing with the Mafia from the veterans of the Police Academy. They head off to Moscow, in order to find evidence against Konstantin Konali, who marketed a computer game that everyone in the world is playing.

Don Camillo's Last Round

Don Camillo's Last Round · 1955

Don Camillo's Last Round

MovieComedyHistory

Bewildered, Don Camillo learns that Peppone intends to stand for parliament. Determined to thwart his ambitions, the good priest, ignoring the recommendations of the Lord, decides to campaign against him.

Crime Busters

Crime Busters · 1977

MovieActionComedy

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.

Eddie

MovieActionComedy

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima

The Little Rascals

The Little Rascals · 1994

The Little Rascals

MovieRomanceComedy

When nine-year-old Alfalfa falls for Darla, his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage their relationship.

National Security

National Security · 2003

National Security

MovieActionComedy

Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on opposite sides of the law during a routine traffic stop that escalated out of control; now as lowly security guards they're thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

Drunken Master

Drunken Master · 1978

MovieActionComedy

After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.

Emil of Lonneberga

Emil of Lonneberga · 1971

Emil of Lonneberga

MovieComedyFamily

Emil Svensson lives with his mother and father, little sister Ida, farmhand Alfred, and maid Lina on a picturesque farm in Småland. He is an unusually lively little boy, who just can't resist trying out every whim that enters into his white-haired head. Always with the best intentions in mind, because he is a good-hearted child, but often with catastrophic results, especially for his short-tempered father. As a result, Emil spends a lot of quality time in the wood shed carving wood figurines and waiting for Anton's temper to cool down. And the father's patience is certainly tried, as Emil gets his head stuck in the family's only soup bowl, hoists little Ida up the flag pole, and arranges a lavish Christmas party for the poor.

New Mischief by Emil

New Mischief by Emil · 1972

New Mischief by Emil

MovieComedyFamily

Emil's reputation for being a troublemaker makes the Svensson family's neighbours take up a collection for sending the boy off to America. But even if he among other unfortunate mishaps causes his father to get stuck in the outhouse window and get bitten by crawfish, all is forgotten when he skillfully wins the family a free horse. And when Alfred the farmhand gets seriously ill, Emil puts his own life on the line, venturing into a snow storm to get his best friend to a doctor before it is too late.

Emil and the Piglet

Emil and the Piglet · 1973

Emil and the Piglet

MovieComedyFamily

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

Teen Wolf

Teen Wolf · 1985

MovieComedyFantasy

When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Police Academy 3: Back in Training · 1986

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

MovieComedyCrime

When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operation. Mauser persuades two officers in Lassard's academy to better his odds, but things don't quite turn out as expected...

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street · 2012

MovieActionComedy

When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter