

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.
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!
TMDB
6.7/10
3,134 votes
IMDb
6.7/10
150,887 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
58%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
41/100
Metascore
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Box office
- $81,198,894
- Language
- English
- trainer
- recruit
- shenanigan
- police academy
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Behind the camera
Director
Music
Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
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Awards & recognition
- Total wins
- 2
- Total nominations
- 2
- 2 wins
- 2 nominations total
Awards data for Police Academy provided by OMDb.
Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR22 Mar 1984
- PhysicalRVHS31 Dec 1984
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical154 May 1984
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM19 Apr 1984
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1216 Apr 1984
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA7 Sept 1984
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1617 Aug 1984
FranceFR
- TheatricalU5 Sept 1984
- PhysicalVHS6 Dec 1999
- PhysicalUDVD8 Mar 2000
- Digital / OTTVOD30 Nov 2011
- Digital / OTT16Netflix1 Jun 2021
- Digital / OTT18Prime Video3 Jan 2022
- TVRTL924 Dec 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1613 Sept 1984
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1315 Jul 1984
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1623 Mar 1984
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1829 Jun 1984
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT8 Aug 1984
Frequently asked questions
Police Academy was released on 22 March 1984.
- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/20/2022
**A comedy landmark.** I have no doubt that this film inaugurates what was one of the comic franchises that most marked the 80s and 90s. I remember that, until the dawn of the new century, films from this franchise were a regular presence on TV channels, and they still make routine appearances on movie or comedy channels. Unlike many other film works from this era, I feel they are aging well and haven't fallen by …
- R6/10
r96sk
3/23/2025
<em>'Police Academy'</em> is proper lacklustre. I didn't find any of it amusing, even so I can usually see why a film may actually work for others - not here. Given I've heard of this franchise, I assume folk enjoy these so I am a tad surprised. To me, it's just all a rather limp effort. The characters have one joke associated to them (e.g. tall man, quiet woman, wannabe war guy etc.) and it's just repeated numero…
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