Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Yat Chor Yuen, Cynthia Khan, Donnie Yen, Michael Wong,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A Hong Kong cop and two American cops are onto a suspected harbor worker and are forced to team up when they discover that the suspect is a witness on the run from CIA agents and their schemers; two corrupt cops.

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...

Actors : Anthony Michael Hall, Claudia Christian, Jerry Orbach, Eli Danker,
Directors : Stan Winston,

A Los Angeles police detective partners up with a talking gnome in order to bring down the head of a crime ring.

Actors : Ed Flanders, Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold,

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains, has Cooper following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite ...

Actors : Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin, Bess Armstrong, John Larroquette,
Directors : Joel Zwick,

John Larroquette is the head of a detective agency that is hired to find a missing person, probably kidnapped. They employ the help of a mystic/psychic to help find the missing girl.

Actors : Jeff Fahey, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Dennehy, Bill Paxton,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ...

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Patrick Fierry, Fanny Bastien, Gérard Jugnot,
Directors : Gérard Jugnot,

First film (as director) of , this movie is a simple and tender story of a little policemen... See full synopsis »

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Savina Gersak, Mark Hamill, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Bob Bralver,

A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Danny Aiello III, Rae Dawn Chong, Ric Abernathy,
Directors : Roger Young,

A mysterious black box spells danger to a con man and female detective.

Actors : Dan Campbell, Robert R. Shafer, Jeff Qualle, Palmer Lee Todd,
Directors : Wallace Potts,

Six college students on their weekend vacation are humiliated and killed one by one by a psycho cop.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasence, Michael York, Mapi Galán,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

In Italy, a pianist suffering from the Progeria genetic disease becomes distraught and goes on a mad killing spree prompting a police inspector to investigate.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Jean Carmet, Evelyne Bouix, Michel Bouquet,
Directors : Robert Hossein,

The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert.

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 : Ronnie Hawkins, Lorenzo Lamas, Robert Scott, Josie Bell,
Directors : George Erschbamer,

The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as...

Actors : Maggie Cheung, Ken Boyle, Siu-Ho Chin, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Ngai Choi Lam,

A young heroic cop in the jungle of Thailand attempts to rescue a beautiful girl from being sacrificed to the "Worm Tribe" she belongs to. As a result, the cop is damned with seven "Blood ...

Actors : Sylvia Chang, Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Eric Tsang,

Black Gloves (Joe Dimmick), a European Assassin, is seeking to avenge his brother White Gloves' death against reformed criminal King Kong (Samuel Hui) and Detective Albert "Baldy" Au (Karl ...

Actors : Eb Lottimer, Christina Applegate, Jane Chung, David Mendenhall,
Directors : Katt Shea,

Serious, well-made story of runaways living in Venice, California, under the threat of a psychotic cop who is a serial killer of prostitutes.

Actors : Cochin Hanifa, Janardanan, Jagadish, Mohanlal,
Directors : Priyadarshan,

Two cops tries to capture a jail-broken felon, a psychopath who seeks revenge on his adversaries, while one of the cops falls for the felon's daughter.

Actors : Ahmad Zaki, Mervat Amin, Zizi Mustafa, Abdel Halim Hafez,
Directors : Mohamed Khan,

When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Peter Zinner,

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect...