Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Shanta Inamdar, Dinkar Inamdar, Roohi Berde, Raghavendra Kadkol,
Directors : Rajdutt,

Sweet and Sour love story of a police officer in Mumbai and his village belly wife.

Actors : Shek-Ching Law, Eva Bisset, Emma Yeung, Hok Nin Lau,
Directors : Pasan Leung,

Three women captured and imprisoned by a gang of white slavers lead a bloody rebellion, aided by a detective investigating the gang.

Actors : Mahesh Anand, Seema Deo, Prem Chopra, Asrani,
Directors : Rama Rao Tatineni,

Honest retired Judge Justice Deenanath live a happy life-style with his wife and two sons, advocate Ravi and inspector Sunil. One day Ravi brings home a poor girl Sharda to rehabilitate as ...

Actors : João Bourbonnais, Paulo Copacabana, Ataíde, Péricles de Almeida,

Spoof of TV Series SWAT. Special police squad, including three clumsy policemen, goes after dangerous criminals.

Actors : George Lam, Kee-chan Tang, Teddy Robin Kwan, Karl Maka,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valued stocks and bonds. Along the way, the...

Actors : Joey Travolta, Steven Cooke, Karen Russell, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Eric Louzil,

Two detectives are out to nail a gang of teenagers who have run wild through the city and brutally raped a woman.

Actors : Balduin Baas, Peter Fleischmann, Isolde Barth, Angelika Stute,
Directors : Peter Fleischmann,

A detective with the highest clearance rate in the country, gets involved in a case with a young woman arrested for having killed her child. The detective falls under the spell of the young woman.

Actors : Kostas Rigopoulos, Giorgos Kappis, Vasilis Tsaglos, Giorgos Siskos,
Directors : Omiros Efstratiadis,

Eccentric cousins Arisitidis and Rodolfos open a detective agency and a client asks them to find chickens with pink feathers. They do and find out why the client was interested.

Actors : Juan Carlos Muñoz, Jack Vacek, Trice Schubert, Joseph Jennings,
Directors : Jack Vacek,

Yet another entry in the "cop that plays by his own rules" genre. Jack Vacek is Turner, a renegade cop who purposely defies his authority by trying to expose a city-wide drug ring that takes him from Los Angeles to Mexico and back.

Actors : Menaka Babbar, Bob Christo, Prem Chopra, Asrani,

Darshall Lall is a gangster with many political connections. And it is for this reason that no police officer has dared to arrest Lall or any of his men. But when Public Prosecutor, Janki ...

Actors : Rolly Quizon, Joyce Ann Burton, Dolphy, Panchito,
Directors : Ben Feleo,

Join detectives Kalabog and Bosyo in their wacky misadventures while trying to stop crimes and fight against a mad scientist who is determined to create the most powerful beast in the world.

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 : Miles O'Keeffe, Kenneth Peerless, Don Holtz, Anthony East,
Directors : Sonny Sanders,

Deep within the tropical jungles of Vietnam is a Vietcong terrorist training camp, run by an ex green beret, william marshal. A photographer is caught spying on them and executed, but his ...

Actors : Collin Cheung, Mike Abbott, Phillip Ko, Cheuk Yan Chan,
Directors : Yeung-Wah Kam,

A Hong Kong police officer's wife seeks revenge when a ruthless munitions smuggler kidnaps her daughter.

Actors : Meenakshi Sheshadri, Vinod Khanna, Madhavi, Asrani,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

Inspector Arjun Singh (Vinod Khanna) of Bombay Police has attained a sordid reputation of being of the most ruthless policemen in India, and is known for his torture and brutality. When a ...

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Reena Roy, Shatrughan Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Surendra Mohan,

Harimohan lives with his wife, Shanta, and a his young son named, Sunil. He works for a lecherous male, who would like to have sex with Shanta. One night while Harimohan is sent on an ...

Actors : William Rice, Bill Corsair, James Russo, Lydia Lunch,

A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poet) plow her way through the plans of a corporate businessman who seeks government defense...

Actors : Liz Allen, Rey Malonzo, Charlie Davao, George Estregan,
Directors : Rey Malonzo,

When a cop gets too close to bringing down a crime ring's activities, they kill his wife and injure his son. He sets out to avenge his wife's murder and destroy the organization.

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 : Yeqiu Du, Hongsheng Zen,
Directors : Yuqiang Zhang,

The police investigate the death of a clothing store owner.