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Subgenre Sampler

 
WitnessWitness (1985) Recommended
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 HeatCity 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]Miss Marple (TV Series) [Joan Hickson] (1984-2002) Aro Favourite
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)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)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…
CorruptCorrupt (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)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 RipperNew 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)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 HawksNight 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.…

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