Best Cop movies of 1980s

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 : Keith David, Leslie Hope, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Emilio Estevez,

Two garbage men uncover a conspiracy involving illegal toxic waste dumping and decide to bring the whole operation down.

Actors : Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, Sean Penn,

A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.

Actors : Ron Dean, Steven Seagal, Henry Silva, Pam Grier,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.

Actors : Carl Reiner, Alan Ladd, Steve Martin, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from real noirs appear as scenes from various films are intercut.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Claudia Christian, Michael Nouri, Clarence Felder,
Directors : Jack Sholder,

An alien parasite with the ability to possess human bodies goes on a violent crime spree in L.A. A human cop, detective Tom Beck, and an alien cop posing as a young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher both pursue the parasite who frequently changes his human hosts.

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi, Anthony Franciosa,
Directors : Dario Argento,

An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.

Actors : Nancy Travis, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Gere,
Directors : Mike Figgis,

An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.

Actors : Ken Foree, Jeffrey Combs, Ted Sorel, Barbara Crampton,
Directors : Stuart Gordon,

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

Actors : Sonia Braga, Raul Julia, Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Clint Eastwood plays a veteran detective who gets stuck with a rookie cop (Charlie Sheen) to chase down a German crook (Raul Julia.)

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, John Tesh, Mitch Pileggi, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Wes Craven,

After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.

Actors : Brian Dennehy, William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Ian Bannen,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A Moscow police officer investigates a triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level political conspiracy in the local government.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Tom Berenger, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

A married New York cop falls for the socialite murder witness he's been assigned to protect.

Actors : Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Charlie Korsmo,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Actors : Michael V. Gazzo, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Dean Jagger,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Leonard Termo, Ariane,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.

Actors : Keith David, Basil Wallace, Steven Seagal, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Dwight H. Little,

A retired DEA agent is out to hunt down and take out a Jamaican drug posse that has targeted he and his family for murder.

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 : Steve Guttenberg, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Bubba Smith,
Directors : Jim Drake,

The misfit Police Academy (1984) graduates now are assigned to train a group of civilian volunteers to fight crime once again plaguing the streets.