Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Kate Nelligan, Stockard Channing, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes,
Directors : Stanley R. Jaffe,

This film, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ...

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce, Don Keith Opper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

Actors : Baldwyn Dakile, Bud Spencer, Angelo Infanti, 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 : Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella, Sam Elliott, Peter Weller,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.

Actors : Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Steven Lisberger,

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by natural disasters, and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, ...

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, James Pax, Juan Fernández,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Rakhee Gulzar,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Sharda (Raakhee) vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber (Amrish Puri) and Bhanu (Paresh Rawal), and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the...

Actors : Richard Hatch, Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Clive Donner,

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also ...

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Maurice Pialat,

A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.

Actors : Carlos Sotto Mayor, Pierre Vernier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Nutan,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

The PSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail...

Actors : Rohini Hattangadi, Supriya Pathak, Amitabh Bachchan, Vijayendra Ghatge,
Directors : Tinnu Anand,

Vijay who is a corrupt officer by day, turns a vigilante by night in order to make the city crime free.

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Rajiv Rai,

A honest but disgraced Police Inspector's attempts to clear his name pits him against terrorists and the brother of his sweetheart.

Actors : Natalie O'Connell, Teresa Farley, Frances Raines, Lance Lewman,
Directors : Tim Kincaid,

The Manhattan General Hospital has admitted a string of young women who have been raped by something otherworldly. The perpetrator only attacks women who are virgins. Dr. Pace and Detective...

Actors : Forest Whitaker, Joe Pantoliano, Anthony Edwards, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed, he is sent to work Downtown,...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son...

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 : 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 : 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, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud,
Directors : Lucas Lowe,

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