Best Cop movies of 1980s

Actors : Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox,
Directors : Lang Elliott,

This spoof of the Sherlock Holmes stories finds Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart investigating a strange death in a possibly haunted mansion, while dealing with the beautiful heiress and the ...

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 : Kate Nelligan, Stockard Channing, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes,
Directors : Stanley R. Jaffe,

This film, centering on a child's abduction, casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who ...

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

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

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 : Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, 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 : 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 : Richard Hatch, Peter Ustinov, Angie Dickinson, Lee Grant,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Natalie O'Connell, Teresa Farley, Frances Raines, Lance Lewman,
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 : 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 : 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 : Barbara Babcock, Harry Dean Stanton, Paula Prentiss, Robert Foxworth,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.

Actors : Sreenivasan, Karamana Janardanan Nair, Mohanlal, Ambika,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

Six months after the events of the prequel (Nadodikattu), C.I.D. officers Ramdas (Mohanlal) and Vijayan (Srinivasan) are called to Kerala to find the murderer of a police officer. The two ...

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Tom Noonan,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.