Best Cop movies of 1970s

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, George Coe,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.

Actors : Rie Yokoyama, Meiko Kaji, Yôko Mihara, Yayoi Watanabe,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.

Actors : Ron O'Neal, Clu Gulager, Jennifer O'Neill, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Paul Aaron,

When the detectives of an undercover police unit are being mysteriously killed by a martial artist, a professional kickboxer is hired to assist them.

Actors : Robert Lang, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

Ellen Wheeler, a rich woman, is recovering from a nervous breakdown with the help of her husband and a good friend. One day, while staring out the window, she witnesses a murder. But does ...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Hari Rhodes, Herbert Jefferson Jr., Alex Rocco,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.

Actors : Barbara Bouchet, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Rossella Falk,
Directors : Paolo Cavara,

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies ripped open with a sharp knife, much in the same way tarantulas are killed by the black ...

Actors : Baldwyn Dakile, Angelo Infanti, Bud Spencer, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Steno,

Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell...

Actors : Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox,
Directors : Lang Elliott,

This spoof of the Sherlock Holmes stories finds Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart investigating a strange death in a possibly haunted mansion, while dealing with the beautiful heiress and the ...

Actors : Adalberto Maria Merli, Rosy Varte, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women.

Actors : George Lazenby, Roger Ward, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Yu Wang,

Hong Kong Inspector Fang Sing Leng travels to Australia to extradite a drug dealer. When the hood is assassinated on his way to court, everyone suspects Jack Wilton, a crime lord who the local police haven't been able to pick up.

Actors : Michael Constantine, Natalie Wood, Michael Caine, Kitty Winn,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Set in the 1940s, the story follows a private eye on a case to find a long lost daughter of an oddball client. Two goons are on a mission to stop him.

Actors : Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield,
Directors : Ivan Dixon,

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set ...

Actors : Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Tim Conway, Kenneth Mars,
Directors : Vincent McEveety,

The adventures of two idiotic outlaw wannabees, Amos and Theodore.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Charles Bronson, Paul Koslo, Jack Colvin,
Directors : Michael Winner,

A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

Actors : Robert Hossein, Dyan Cannon, Omar Sharif, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plan an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector but the corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.

Actors : Christine Kaufmann, Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Claudine Auger, Renato Salvatori, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

This movie depicts the authentic story of the hunt for the dangerous criminal Emile Buisson, who escaped from prison in 1947. During three years Buisson manages to hide from detective ...

Actors : Gino Santercole, Tomas Milian, Laura Belli, Henry Silva,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A small-time homicidal maniac kidnaps the daughter of a rich man, prompting a hardened detective to work outside the law to pursue him.

Actors : Alexander Knox, Sven-Bertil Taube, Patrick Allen, Barbara Parkins,
Directors : Geoffrey Reeve,

Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ...

Actors : Lee Patrick, George Segal, Lionel Stander, Stéphane Audran,
Directors : David Giler,

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.