Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Howard Ross, Almanta Suska, Jack Hedley,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Actors : Jason Robards, Matthew Broderick, Marsha Mason, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Actors : Corynne Charbit, Pierre Richard, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Francis Veber,

When the accident-prone daughter of a French businessman disappears in Mexico and the detective sent down to find her returns empty-handed, the businessman's company psychologist comes up ...

Actors : Bob Balaban, William Forsythe, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A cop is gunned down on Xmas eve. Jerry Beck, the homicide cop given the job of hunting the killer, investigates some leads which bring him into contact with a group of white supremacy ...

Actors : Lou Diamond Phillips, Tracy Griffith, Jeff Kober, Mykelti Williamson,
Directors : Robert Resnikoff,

Dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic are trying to stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Gene Simmons, Rutger Hauer, Mel Harris,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

This movie features a character who is a descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall...

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 : Hidde Maas, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't ...

Actors : George Dzundza, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, Richard Gere,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.

Actors : Alfre Woodard, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

Actors : Chloe Webb, Roger E. Mosley, Denzel Washington, Bob Hoskins,
Directors : James D. Parriott,

A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.

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 : Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, ...

Actors : Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Actors : Michel Galabru, Jacques François, Maurice Risch, Louis de Funès,
Directors : Jean Girault,

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them --...

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, David Rasche, Laila Robins, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and ...

Actors : Joe Grifasi, Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Robert Davi,
Directors : William Lustig,

A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.

Actors : Robert F. Lyons, Charles Bronson, Carrie Snodgress, Kathleen Wilhoite,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer.

Actors : Yueh Sun, Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.