Best Cop movies of 1970s

Actors : Kimiko Ikegami, Bunta Sugawara, Kazuo Kitamura, Kenji Sawada,
Directors : Kazuhiko Hasegawa,

A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.

Actors : Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Madge Sinclair, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Joseph Manduke,

A 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.

Actors : Jacques Herlin, Fabio Garriba, Carla Tatò, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

A populist right-wing tabloid newspaper tries to derail the official police investigation of a brutal murder of a young girl in order to help the fascist and right-wing candidates it supports in the upcoming elections.

Actors : Yôko Shimada, Kensaku Morita, Gô Katô, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Michele Placido, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Ray Milland,
Directors : Flavio Mogherini,

Two seemingly separate stories in New South Wales: a burned, murdered body of a young woman is found on the beach, and a retired inspector makes inquiries; also, Linda, a waitress and ferry...

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya, Hideo Murota,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

When a cop is transferred to a new precinct it is obvious that the area's yakuza mob are not dealing with just another policeman. The cop is bent on results and is not immune to becoming ...

Actors : Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Jeevan, Pran,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the ...

Actors : Renzo Palmer, John Saxon, Tomas Milian, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

Luigi Maietto (Chinaman) escapes from prison he then orders two henchman to murder the inspector whose testimonal led to his being jailed. Inspector Tanzi is left for dead but lives. The ...

Actors : Richard Harris, Rod Taylor, Al Lettieri, Neville Brand,

A Sheriff, who negotiates with bank robbers, ends up getting his family killed during their escape. The Sheriff chases the gang into Mexico on his own. While attempting to exact his vengeance, he is at odds with a Mexican lawman.

Actors : Zeenat Aman, Shatrughan Sinha, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

Vijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a ...

Actors : Shammi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Neetu Singh, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

A policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer's own biological son to believe he is the bandit's son and he takes up a secret life of crime; meanwhile, the adopted son becomes an officer of the law.

Actors : Marilù Tolo, Salvo Randone, George Hilton, William Berger,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

A mysterious decapitation leads Inspector Peretti into a case of blackmail, deceit and the unsolved kidnapping of a young girl.

Actors : Lembit Peterson, Mikk Mikiver, Jüri Järvet, Uldis Pucitis,
Directors : Grigori Kromanov,

Police gets a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly an avalanche cuts them out from the rest of the world and strange things are going to happen.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Art Carney, Burt Reynolds, Conny Van Dyke,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

W. Bright (Burt Reynolds) is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie (Conny Van Dyke). The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by ...

Actors : Catherine Alric, Philippe Noiret, Francis Perrin, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

Antoine, a professor of Greek, and Lise, a police inspector, honeymoon in Greece. There they meet a young couple, Charles, an archaeologist, and Agnes, a dishy flirt. Charles unearths the ...

Actors : Joseph Bologna, Charlene Dallas, James Ferguson, Cliff Gorman,
Directors : Aram Avakian,

Two disillusioned New York City policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.

Actors : Roy Castle, Peter Cushing, Hugh Griffith, Ron Moody,
Directors : Freddie Francis,

A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs off to Paris, where he develops a jealous...

Actors : Donald Pilon, Jean-Louis Roux, Christopher Plummer, Karen Black,
Directors : Harvey Hart,

A detective investigating the death of a heroin-addicted prostitute uncovers evidence pointing to the existence of a murderous devil cult.

Actors : Dennis Waterman, John Thaw, Denholm Elliott, Ken Hutchison,
Directors : Tom Clegg,

Second cinematic spin-off from the popular 70's police series. Regan & Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Leonard Nimoy, Daliah Lavi, Richard Crenna,
Directors : Sam Wanamaker,

An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery.