Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Aaloka, Chandrashekhar, Mohan Choti, Ajit,
Directors : Shibu Mitra,

Ranbir Singh (Pran) is a honest and diligent police inspector, who is successful in nailing the notorious Teja (Ajit), and sending him to jail Unfortunately for Ranbir Singh, Teja escapes ...

Actors : Patrick Gorman, Kip G. Parrott, Jeanine Anderson, Gregory Brown,
Directors : Stephen Mitchell,

An investigation into the murder of a down-and-out prize fighter leads Detective Bates into a Machiavellian game of survival where nothing is what it appears to be.

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Raaj Kumar, Shabana Azmi,
Directors : V. Joshi,

Time begets History - it may be at the war front, at a nation or of a household. Joginder Singh was a dedicated Police Officer of Commissioner rank. He had his wife, two sons Vijay and ...

Actors : Kumar Gaurav, Aruna Irani, Tinnu Anand, Amala Akkineni,
Directors : David Dhawan,

Abdulla Roti was the first ever person to challenge Bombay's underworld Don, Kama, and his life was cut short when a bomb exploded in his bakery in Bandra. The second person to challenge ...

Actors : Chi-Hung Ling, Ming Yan Lung, Bing-Chuen Cheung, Danny Lee,
Directors : Danny Lee,

A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his fellow officers need help in catching a group of murderous thugs about to make a big time bust.

Actors : María Cardinal, Rosa Gloria Chagoyán, Rolando Fernández, Edna Bolkan,
Directors : Raúl Fernández,

A young student is murdered by the gang of "Los Puñales". His sister, chemistry teacher Rosa, girlfriend of police officer Lince, is desperate for the passivity of the authorities and ...

Actors : Bob Flag, Mark Hawkins, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill,
Directors : Fhiona-Louise,

Fictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.

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 : Ann Bridgewater, Suki Kwan, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Elsie Chan,
Directors : Jeffrey Lau,

The Pink Squad is comprised of four strong, tough women (Sandra Ng, Ann Bridgewater, Suki Kwan in her film debut, and Elsie Chan) who do their police work efficiently and successfully. As a...

Actors : John Stanton, Ivar Kants, Rebecca Gilling, Tommy Lewis,
Directors : Tim Burstall,

A rancher comes in conflict with a gang of renegade Aborigines on the run from their tribe's posse. They try to kill him, but he gets away and hides in the woods. His posh wife and her lover, a local alcoholic cop, go to rescue him.

Actors : Chi Jan Ha, Yukari Ôshima, Toby Russell, Dick Wei,

A female undercover detective from Japan goes to Hong Kong to investigate the disappearance of several young Japanese girls and finds that a drug ring is kidnaping and forcing young girls into prostitution.

Actors : Anupam Kher, Raj Babbar, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Vinod Khanna,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

Thakur Sujan Singh and his wife Padma reside in a palatial home in the country-side. They have an only child, a son, who is a Police Inspector by the name of Arjun. Due to Arjun's honesty, ...

Actors : Vikas Anand, Rakesh Bedi, Asrani, Bharat Bhushan,
Directors : Vijay Reddy,

Union Leader Vijay Saxena wants his employer, Dhanraj, to treat his employees as shareholders, and for this purpose he presents him a cheque of 10 lakh rupees being their contribution, ...

Actors : Maurice Biraud, Victor Lanoux, Barbara Sukowa, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Michel Vianey,

Frank and Rupert are police commissioners. Fred, a former police officer, is informed that a major heroin and money transaction to take place.

Actors : Karel Hermánek, Petr Kostka, Josef Somr, Pavel Zednícek,
Directors : Ivo Novák,

Hubert Hrabe, known as Smart Boy (Karel Hermánek), is a Prague dandy who is always skirting the edge of the law. Like every likable rogue, he has a worthy adversary - Police Inspector ...

Actors : Angela Luz, Vic Sotto, Joey de Leon, Beverly Vergel,
Directors : Tony Y. Reyes,

Comedians Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon plays ace detectives Jessie Smith and James Wesson. As part of the famed "Mayumi Vice Squad" under Mayor Mayumi (Panchito Alba), the dynamic duo match ...

Actors : Michel Modo, Michel Godin, Brigitte Lahaie, Pierre Oudrey,
Directors : Michel Caputo,

Martine is a tough female cop trying to solve the kidnapping of young Caroline by a gang of pornographers. She already has an accomplice inside the gang feeding her information, but ...

Actors : Jonas Bloch, Paulo César Peréio, Monique Lafond, John Herbert,

A model is found dead in the bathtub of her own mansion. A policeman tries to investigate, inquiring the rich and powerful men who knew her.

Actors : Nancy Kwan, David Carradine, Patrick Culliton, Tawny Fere,
Directors : Norbert Meisel,

A veteran cop (David Carradine) investigates the crimes of an anarchist street gang that causes chaos wherever they go. Meanwhile, his wife (Nancy Kwan), a police counselor, investigates a ...

Actors : Xinghai Wang, Junyi Shen,
Directors : Teyuan Mu,

The Tianjin chief of police has a rough time investigating the murders of unidentified women whose bodies are found floating in a river in the 1930s.