The invention belongs to the technical field of preparation and application of semiconductor materials, and discloses an organic-inorganic hybrid copper-based halide scintillator, preparation and application thereof, wherein the chemical general formula of the scintillator is AxCuyXz, A is [(CH3)(CH2)n]4N<+>, Cu is a cuprous ion Cu<+>, and X is halogen and is selected from at least one of Cl, Br and I. Compared with the prior art, the single crystal scintillator has the advantages that the variety of the single crystal scintillator can be effectively expanded, the emission spectrum can be adjusted in a visible light region, the fluorescence quantum yield (PLQY) reaches up to 96.7%, and the single crystal scintillator can be applied to the fields of high-energy ray detection, X-ray medical imaging and security inspection, nondestructive testing, industrial flaw detection and the like. The preparation process is simple, the cost is low, and large-scale industrial production can be realized. The flexible film obtained on the basis of the method can be particularly applied to flexible X-ray imaging, and very high imaging resolution and an excellent imaging effect are obtained.