Best Cop movies of 1980

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

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Faith Clift, Marc Lawrence, Richard Moll,

Police detective, Mitchell, investigating the death of a victim of a Nazi concentration camp discovers a nightclubbing playboy who has strange powers over women and is seemingly ageless.

Actors : John Smihula, Fred Borges, Paul Smihula, Michael Siegal,
Directors : Nathan Schiff,

A series of horrible murders prompts a massive police investigation. Inspector James Cameron, a two-fisted roughneck with his own philosophy on handling crime, heads the investigation. A ...

Actors : André Falcon, Philippe Noiret, Dorothée, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

For inspector Baroni,Monsieur Morlaix is the main suspect who might have killed his wife.

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Susan O'Connell, Garry Goodrow, Max Gail, Michael Paul Chan,
Directors : Murray Mintz,

The "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their hears surgically removed! So a weak-stomached homicide cop looks into the possibilities of a ...

Actors : Alexander Rei Lo, Alan Chung San Chui, Yun-Lung Shangguan, Lung Chan,
Directors : Robert Tai,

A ruthless rapist and jewel thief and his gang are brought to justice by a cop and a young avenger.

Actors : Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Nikolay Grinko, Elena Kapitsa, Dagun Omayev,
Directors : Vladimir Rodchenko,

All the countries' anti-terrorists' unite! That is, unite in a club for fans of detectives movies! Somewhere to the far north, a seaplane carrying a large sum of cash is forced to make a ...

Actors : Ricardo Darín, Cacho Castaña, Stella Maris Lanzani, Monica Gonzaga,
Directors : Adolfo Aristarain,

Police adventure about piracy of musical themes involving a detective and his assistant against a band of delinquents.

Actors : Kalyani Adhikari, Kaushik Banerjee, Mahua Roy Chowdhury, Utpal Dutt,
Directors : Arabinda Mukhopadhyay,

This is a romantic comedy. Utpal Dutta, a strict police officer, has fixed his daughter's (Aparna) wedding with a groom of his choice. Just before her wedding, Aparna escapes. An enraged ...

Actors : Yi-Hsing Chen, Shi-Kwan Yen, Wei Tung, Roy Chiao,
Directors : Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung,

A veteran and tough sheriff's wife has a gambling problem. He works both sides of the law. He gets teamed up with a young cop who he is told to take under his wing. They end up working ...

Actors : Ruslan Mikhnevich, Sergei Rozhevenko, Tatyana Naumova, Dzhozhef Rusnak,
Directors : Valentin Kozachkov,

In Krasnodar Krai, during the first post-WW2 years, a child's discovery of a sculpture in a cave becomes the start of a detective story, in which a group of children from a southern seaside town help to bust a gang of criminals.

Actors : Hee-ra Kim, Hie Bang, Jeong-ran Kim, Yun-seok Choi,
Directors : Kwon-taek Im,

Two ruined, old adversaries meet in a rehab center and reassess the conflict that dominated their lives since the Korean War. One man is a former cop and the other is a former communist ...

Actors : James O'Hagen, Robert Earle, David Ralphe, Heidi Vaughn,
Directors : Donald W. Thompson,

Veteran police officer and his wife struggle with the danger and stress of his job. Based on a true story.

Actors : Reena Roy, Vinod Mehra, Shatrughan Sinha, Waheeda Rehman,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

Abandoned by his biological mother at the time of his birth, Rajesh is brought up by Rai saheb, who also has a son of his own, Vikram. Years later, Rajesh has grown up to be a police ...

Actors : Rousy Chanev, Maria Statulova, Stefan Danailov, Radko Dishliev,
Directors : Borislav Punchev,

World War II. Vasil is in serious conflict with the police officer Simeonov and at the same time with his childhood friend and brother by faith - the partisan Kalin. Yana comes between ...

Actors : Liliana Komorowska, Halina Gryglaszewska, Barbara Brylska, Bronislaw Cieslak,
Directors : Roman Zaluski,

Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in his hand, has to figure out ...

Actors : Brasse Brännström, Allan Edwall, Olof Bergström, Eddie Axberg,
Directors : Mats Arehn,

A police detective at SÄPO witness a terrorist attack where a foreign diplomat is killed by a bomb blast. Shortly thereafter the Prime Minister's daughter is abducted. The kidnappers demand...

Actors : Jutta Speidel, Francisco Rabal, Arthur Brauss, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A retired cop is visited by his former partner who wants him to be a bodyguard for established clientele. At first declining the offer, Nick quickly accepts and joins his friend for the job...

Actors : Guomin Zhang, Xiaoyi Chen, Fazeng Guo, Ling He,
Directors : Baochang Guo,

Set in late 1970s, a paintress sketching on Fairy Peak witnesses that two men fight on the cliff edge and calls the police. One of the two fighting men is found murdered that night. Detectives try to find the murderer.