Best Cop movies of 1970s

Actors : Rekha, Kader Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajit,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When ...

Actors : Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye, John F. Goff, Verkina Flower,
Directors : Stu Segall,

Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

Actors : Jack Weston, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Richard A. Colla,

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.

Actors : Shirley Washington, Trina Parks, Edna Richardson, Bettye Sweet,
Directors : William Witney,

Syreena must investigate the disappearance of her mother, Cinderella. A series of wild complications follow.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Marilù Tolo, Franco Nero, Claudio Gora,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public ...

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Giampiero Albertini, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

Actors : Sergiu Nicolaescu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Gheorghe Dinica, Alexandru Dobrescu,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Set in post war Romania, a communist who was tortured by the fascists during the war is now a police detective and sets about clearing his city of gangsters and black marketeers.

Actors : Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas,
Directors : Sidney Poitier,

Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them ...

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 : Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Hrusínský, Václav Lohniský, Michal Docolomanský,
Directors : Oldrich Lipský,

When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing ...

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Gene Hackman, Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black,
Directors : Bill Norton,

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 keys of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Yayoi Watanabe, Reisen Ri, Mikio Narita,
Directors : Shun'ya Itô,

Matsu is sheltered by an incestuous prostitute on her run from the police, her ex-prison mate and a cop whose arm she hacked off.

Actors : Ray Lovelock, Marc Porel, Franco Citti, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy whom are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops whom thrive on living dangerously.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Lino Ventura, Paul Crauchet, Marlène Jobert,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas...

Actors : Renzo Palmer, Fabio Testi, Orso Maria Guerrini, Vincent Gardenia,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.

Actors : Patrick Dewaere, Julien Guiomar, Lino Ventura, Victor Lanoux,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit...

Actors : Richard Harris, Rod Taylor, Al Lettieri, Neville Brand,

A Sheriff, who negotiates with bank robbers, ends up getting his family killed during their escape. The Sheriff chases the gang into Mexico on his own. While attempting to exact his vengeance, he is at odds with a Mexican lawman.

Actors : Jacques Herlin, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.

Actors : Lembit Peterson, Mikk Mikiver, Jüri Järvet, Uldis Pucitis,
Directors : Grigori Kromanov,

Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world and strange things are going to happen.