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Police Academy

Police Academy (1984) - Where to Watch

Audience Score
67

Thinking about watching 'Police Academy' at home? We’ve rounded up streaming and cable services with rental, purchase, and subscription options, so you can start watching sooner. 'Police Academy' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Prime Video, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies in the US.

Here are a few important points to remember about the The Ladd Company comedy flick. Police Academy starring Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 37 min. The release date of the movie is March 22nd, 1984. The movie received a user score of 67/100 on TMDb, which is based on reviews from 3,024 real users.

Need a fast recap before watching? Here's the plot: "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!"

'Police Academy' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on March 22nd, 1984 - Buy Police Academy Movie Tickets
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting October 1st, 1997 - Buy Police Academy DVD

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Police Academy Movies

A series of American comedy films, the first six of which were made in the 1980s. The seventh and to date last installment, Mission to Moscow, was released in 1994. The series opened with Police Academy (1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers. The main character, Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), was a repeat offender who was forced to join the police academy as punishment.