Best Cop movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Alexandra Paul, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Bridges, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Audrey Hepburn, Patti Hansen, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

A mad cap private-eye caper about a team of detectives who are following, and are being followed by, a group of beautiful women.

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 : Linden Chiles, Dawn Dunlap, Jesse Vint, June Chadwick,
Directors : Allan Holzman,

In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.

Actors : Maggie Smith, Michael Palin, 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 : 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 : Hoi Mang, Emily Chu, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan,

Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally disabled brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped ...