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Police Story (1985): Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung; The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series…
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow; Super–charged policier with slimeball cop Petersen on the trail of big–time counterfeiters led by Dafoe. Swirlingly paced, with a car…
Witness (1985): Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer…; Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
Beverly Hills Cop (1984): Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Steven Berkoff; Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley has never been funnier than in this winning combo of action and comedy.
Blue Thunder (TV Series) (1984): Feat. James Farentino, Dana Carvey; Television series based on the 1983 movie of the same name about the law enforcers and tacticians operating the Blue Thunder helicopter and its…
City Heat (1984): Dir. Richard Benjamin
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander…; Effective self–parody from Eastwood and Reynolds as unlikable cops who team together to clean up gangster–ridden Kansas City in the…
Future Cop (Trancers) (1984): Dir. Charles Band
Feat. Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt; The most imaginative film from prolific Z–movie producer Charles Band follows cynical future cop Jack Deth on his mission to terminate evil…
Miami Vice (TV Series) (1984-1988): Dir. Thomas Carter
Feat. Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas; One of the premiere TV–fantasies of the 1980s – pastel–suited vice–cops Crockett and Tubbs (Don Johnson and Phillip Michael…
Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002): Dir. Julian Amyes
Feat. Joan Hickson, Paul Eddington, Kevin Whatley…; Best–loved BBC series featuring Agatha Christie's 'Miss Marple', played definitively by the great Joan Hickson. Set in the sleepy, yet…
My New Partner (Les Ripoux) (1984): Dir. Claude Zidi
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte; The genial Phillipe Noiret plays a slobbish corrupt cop saddled with a straight–laced partner in this hilarious caper comedy. It's a delight…

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