Best Cop movies of 1980

Actors : Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Richard Cox, Karen Allen,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.

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 : Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Joe Camp,

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Robert Ginty, Steve James,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.

Actors : Randy Jones, Ray Simpson, David Hodo, Felipe Rose,
Directors : Nancy Walker,

This is a pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.

Actors : Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel, Denholm Elliott, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Nicolas Roeg,

A psychiatrist living in Vienna enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Terence Hill, Marc Lawrence, Joanne Dru,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.

Actors : David Tomlinson, Helen Mirren, Sid Caesar, Peter Sellers,

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, ...

Actors : Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of WW2, is sought after by some who aim to sell it and by others who wish to destroy it.

Actors : Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé, Siegfried Rauch,
Directors : Luigi Cozzi,

A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

Actors : Marianna Hill, Burt Young, Otis Young, David Huffman,
Directors : Jeffrey Bloom,

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Barbara Babcock, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Foxworth,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Jerrold Freedman,

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb partner's murder.

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 : Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

Vijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a ...

Actors : Catherine Alric, Philippe Noiret, Francis Perrin, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the ...

Actors : Linda Miller, James Brolin, Richard S. Castellano, Cliff Gorman,

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.