Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 259 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
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…
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…
Agatha Christie: Partners in Crime (TV Series) (1983)
- Feat. Francesca Annis, James Warwick, Reece Dinsdale
- Crisp adaptation of some of Dame Agatha's lesser known short mysteries. The protagonists here are husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Prudence…
Chiefs (TV Mini Series) (1983)
- Dir. Jerry London
Feat. Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis…
- A well–regarded television series stretching across three generations of policemen in a small city in the American South, beset by changing…
Corrupt (a.k.a Copkiller; Order Of Death; L'assassino Dei Poliziotti) (1983)
- Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia…
- Surprisingly intense thriller has Harvey Keitel playing a dodgy NYC detective taunted by disturbed youth John Lydon (formerly 'Johnny Rotten' of the…
Cagney and Lacey (TV Series) (1982)
- Feat. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
- Women’s Lib. makes headway into New York’s crime fighting ranks in this sturdy eighties policier propelled by two staunch female detectives in a…
New York Ripper (1982)
- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Jack Hedley, Daniela Doria
- A sadistic tale from Italian dir. Fulci (THE BEYOND) which concerns a killer roaming New York City and murdering women while babbling like 'Donald…
Bergerac (TV Series) (1981)
- Feat. John Nettles, Terence Alexander
- Classic of its kind. Roguish Bergerac races around Jersey trying to thwart jewel thieves, terrorists, murderers and general no gooders. Great fun,…
Night Hawks (1981)
- Dir. Bruce Malmuth
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer…
- Two undercover NYC cops are faced with the unenviable task of tracking down Europe's number one terrorist in this underrated 80's action flick.…