Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Tom Hulce, Don Keith Opper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

Actors : Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella, Peter Weller, Sam Elliott,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.

Actors : Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Kitty Aldridge, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Steven Lisberger,

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by natural disasters, and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, ...

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, James Pax, Juan Fernández,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

Actors : Leo Rossi, Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Meg Foster,
Directors : William Lustig,

Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

Actors : Susan Byun, Thomas Crnkovich, Rick Gianasi, Bill Weeden,

A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.

Actors : Richard Hatch, Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Clive Donner,

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also ...

Actors : Carlos Sotto Mayor, Pierre Vernier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.

Actors : Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina, Pascale Rocard, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Maurice Pialat,

A moody, jaded police detective, while investigating a drug ring, falls for a mysterious woman and is drawn into a shady and dangerous scheme.

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Rakhee Gulzar,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Sharda (Raakhee) vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber (Amrish Puri) and Bhanu (Paresh Rawal), and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son...

Actors : Natalie O'Connell, Teresa Farley, Lance Lewman, Frances Raines,
Directors : Tim Kincaid,

The Manhattan General Hospital has admitted a string of young women who have been raped by something otherworldly. The perpetrator only attacks women who are virgins. Dr. Pace and Detective...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Nutan,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

The PSO is a British oriented group who wants to take control of India. When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests there leader Dr. Michael Dang the authorities blast the jail...

Actors : Rohini Hattangadi, Supriya Pathak, Amitabh Bachchan, Vijayendra Ghatge,
Directors : Tinnu Anand,

Vijay who is a corrupt officer by day, turns a vigilante by night in order to make the city crime free.

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Rajiv Rai,

A honest but disgraced Police Inspector's attempts to clear his name pits him against terrorists and the brother of his sweetheart.

Actors : Forest Whitaker, Joe Pantoliano, Anthony Edwards, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed, he is sent to work Downtown,...

Actors : Barbara Babcock, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Robert Foxworth,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Jerrold Freedman,

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb partner's murder.

Actors : Drew Snyder, Leonard Mann, Joseph R. Sicari, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

Who's been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school? The police are baffled.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Darras, Daniel Ceccaldi, Anne Parillaud, Alain Delon,
Directors : Alain Delon,

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.