Nighthawks(1981)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Conservative street cop DaSilva reluctantly agrees to terminate an international terrorist who has demanded media attention. But DaSilva's "at-home" tactics are very much put to the challenge.



Wolfen(1981)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.



Sharky's Machine(1981)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.



The Howling(1981)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 23

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.



Outland(1981)

Combined Rating:
37
Combined Critics Rating: 17

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.



Prince of the City(1981)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.



True Confessions(1981)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 11

A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.



Fort Apache the Bronx(1981)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 11

In New York, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.



Continental Divide(1981)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.



La chèvre(1981)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When the accident-prone daughter of a French businessman disappears in Mexico and the detective sent down to find her returns empty-handed, the businessman's company psychologist comes up ...



They All Laughed(1981)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.



Coup de torchon(1981)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites (usually racialist and lustful). He is a washout, everyone (including his...



Garde à vue(1981)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.



Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen(1981)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also ...



Night School(1981)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? The police are baffled.



Pour la peau d'un flic(1981)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.



The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper(1981)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains, has Cooper following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite ...



The Salamander(1981)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect...



Cattle Annie and Little Britches(1981)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 19th century Oklahoma two teen girls, fans of stories about outlaws, are on a quest to meet and join up with them. They find a shadow of a former gang and although disappointed still try to help them escape from a vigorous marshal.



Barsaat Ki Ek Raat(1981)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young blind woman named Rajni lives in India with her dad, Suresh, who is employed as a Manager with a business marketing tea leaves. The region where they live has a lax police force run...




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