Best Cop movies of 1984

Actors : John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh,

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

Actors : Eddie Murphy, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Cynthia Rhodes, Kirstie Alley, Gene Simmons, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Michael Crichton,

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold,
Directors : Richard Tuggle,

New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer but when he gets too close to the target the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

Actors : Esmond Knight, Michael Elphick, Jerold Wells, Me Me Lai,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

Actors : Grace De Capitani, Philippe Noiret, Régine, Thierry Lhermitte,
Directors : Claude Zidi,

Rene is a "ripou", a rotten cop who makes ends meet by accepting bribes, presents and free drinks from the people he should be putting in jail. When his partner retires, he must team up ...

Actors : Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Malcolm Mowbray,

In post-war Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

Actors : Donal McCann, Helen Mirren, John Lynch, John Kavanagh,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.

Actors : Belinda Mayne, Alan Lake, Edmund Purdom, Mark Jones,
Directors : Edmund Purdom,

Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.

Actors : Pat Paulsen, Jack Riley, Jaye P. Morgan, Linda Blair,
Directors : Jackie Kong,

A hapless police officer is transferred to the night shift even as he clandestinely pursues a career as a stand up comedian.

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Patrick Fierry, Gérard Jugnot, Fanny Bastien,
Directors : Gérard Jugnot,

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Actors : Alix de Montaigu, François Michel, Jean-Pierre Beauviala, Katja Rupé,
Directors : Otar Iosseliani,

Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ...

Actors : Pino Colizzi, Olimpia Di Nardo, Tomas Milian, Dagmar Lassander,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

While keeping an eye on his small time crook brother in law, Inspector Nico Giraldi gets involved in a murder case set in the world of Formula One racing. Giraldi is suspended for trying to...

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Leo Fong, Richard Roundtree, Stack Pierce,
Directors : Frank Harris,

An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.

Actors : Aldo Ray, Renee Harmon, Antoine John Mottet, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : James Bryan,

An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.

Actors : Meredith MacRae, Greg Mullavey, Garrett Morris, Austen Tayler,
Directors : Bruce R. Cook,

Exasperated by his intrusions, a family shoots a census taker and tries to hide his body from a detective.

Actors : Richard Harrison, Don Wong, Barbara Yuen, Yasuaki Kurata,

The Ninja Empire has been run by an evil master and one member decides to leave the empire. The ex-Ninja wants a Hong Kong detective to track down the new leader and end his reign of terror.

Actors : Richard Ng, Philip Chan, Deannie Yip, John Sham,
Directors : Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung,

Chau and Beethoven, two Hong Kong police detectives, go through misadventures to protect a young girl from a ruthless crime lord, as she possesses a ledger that contains all of the ...