Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Tom Noonan,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

Actors : Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Martin Kove, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Robert Boris,

Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

Actors : Drew Snyder, Leonard Mann, Joseph R. Sicari, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

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

Actors : Conan Lee, Nina Li Chi, Norman Chu, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.

Actors : Dean Shek, Sylvia Chang, Karl Maka, Samuel Hui,
Directors : Eric Tsang,

A "James Bond" type burglar named King Kong (Sam Hui) tries to redeem himself and joins forces with Albert "Baldy" Au (Karl Maka), a bumbling police detective from the states, to try to ...

Actors : Belinda Mayne, Alan Lake, Mark Jones, Edmund Purdom,
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 : Tomas Milian, Bud Spencer, Margherita Fumero, Marc Lawrence,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

L.A.P.D. Captain Parker finally is going on Holiday with all his family. At the last moment he has to cancel the program to re-capture a pilferer named Tony Roma, bad copy of a Latin lover....

Actors : Loren Avedon, Billy Blanks, Don Stroud, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Lucas Lowe,

A cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.

Actors : Jean Topart, Michel Bouquet, Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

When a small town begins losing its citizenry in a series of grisly murders, out-of-town police inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is sent to investigate. Could the killers be a bullied ...

Actors : Jean-Pierre Darras, Daniel Ceccaldi, Anne Parillaud, Alain Delon,
Directors : Alain Delon,

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

Actors : John Stockwell, Michele Little, Lisa Blount, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in a bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave ...

Actors : David Niven, Timothy West, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Reynolds,

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels. Despite a continuous exchange of quips they eventually become romantically involved.

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 : Alan Rosenberg, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Sondra Locke,

Lottie Mason is a police vice cop who has just the right looks to be a decoy for the whore-mungers on the streets of Los Angeles. She seems to always be where the action is whether it be ...

Actors : Jeff Fahey, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Dennehy, Bill Paxton,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ...

Actors : Ed Flanders, Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold,

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 ...

Actors : Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin, Bess Armstrong, John Larroquette,
Directors : Joel Zwick,

John Larroquette is the head of a detective agency that is hired to find a missing person, probably kidnapped. They employ the help of a mystic/psychic to help find the missing girl.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Malo, Pierre Vernier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Beaune,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.

Actors : Pankaj Kapur, Aamir Khan, Supriya Pathak, Jagdeep,
Directors : Aditya Bhattacharya,

A poor, young man teams up with a burnt out cop to avenge the humiliation of his former girlfriend by a gang of goons.

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...