Best Cop movies of 1980s

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 : Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Kay Lenz, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Michael Crichton,

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.

Actors : David Tomlinson, Helen Mirren, Sid Caesar, Peter Sellers,

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, ...

Actors : Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of WW2, is sought after by some who aim to sell it and by others who wish to destroy it.

Actors : Alexandra Paul, Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Randy Brooks,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his ...

Actors : Richard Ng, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Charlie Chin,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets ...

Actors : Alan Bates, Kathy Baker, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Philippe Setbon,

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes ...

Actors : Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé, Siegfried Rauch,
Directors : Luigi Cozzi,

A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

Actors : Michael Paré, Dean Devlin, Brian Thompson, Lisa Eichhorn,
Directors : Roland Emmerich,

An unconventional corporate agent is given the task of shaping a group of violent criminals and technical wizards into a helicopter defense force assigned to protect a mining station on a remote moon.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Directors : Bertrand Tavernier,

1938, in a French african colony. Lucien Cordier is the cop of this village, populated with blacks and a few whites (usually racialist and lustful). He is a washout, everyone (including his...

Actors : Nick Dimitri, Pat Mulligan, Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer,
Directors : John Dahl,

A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Ronny Cox, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Bob Clark,

An unconventional cop who doesn't take any bull, is paired up with an amazing detective to capture some powerful criminals but the cop soon realizes that his by the book partner has split personality disorder.

Actors : Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Ilyas Salman, Yaprak Özdemiroglu,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.

Actors : Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths,
Directors : Malcolm Mowbray,

In post-war Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.

Actors : Burt Young, Marianna Hill, Otis Young, David Huffman,
Directors : Jeffrey Bloom,

Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature ...

Actors : Marjorie Yates, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench,
Directors : David Hare,

The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Claude Miller,

A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.

Actors : Robert Picardo, James Spader, Jim Haynie, Cynthia Gibb,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

A serial killer in Los Angeles celebrates Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders and only one has a chance of stopping him.

Actors : Grace De Capitani, Philippe Noiret, Régine, Thierry Lhermitte,
Directors : Claude Zidi,

Rene is a "ripou", a rotten cop who makes ends meet by accepting bribes, presents and free drinks from the people he should be putting in jail. When his partner retires, he must team up ...

Actors : Lara Harris, D.B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Peter Werner,

A rookie cop goes undercover and infiltrates a car thief ring.