Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Policier: 254 Films to Buy & Rent
Vegas (TV Series) (Vega$) (1978)
- Feat. Robert Urich, Tony Curtis
- Although Michael Mann is credited as creator of this splashy 70s detective series (in which Sin City is at its gaudy and ostentatious best), the…
Murder Most English (TV Series) (The Flaxborough Chronicles) (1977)
- Feat. Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy
- Based on the Colin Watson mysteries, this Ever–so–English detective series follows two English detectives as they solve particularly…
Brannigan (1975)
- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson…
- Effective late–career casting for Wayne, playing a Chicago cop who pursues a criminal across the Atlantic to London. Although featuring a…
SWAT (TV Series) (S.W.A.T.) (1975)
- Feat. Steve Forrest, Robert Urich
- One of the tough cop shows of the seventies that follows the covert missions of the LAPD's elite force.
Season 1 (13 episodes) available over 3…
McQ (1974)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur…
- John Wayne plays it tough in this neo–noir as a grizzled Seattle cop investigating the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the…
Rockford Files, The (TV Series) (1974-1975)
- Feat. James Garner, Noah Jr. Beery, Joe Santos…
- In the spirit of 'Cold Case' this detective thriller series stars James Garner as an easy going plaid jacket attired investigator pursuing unsolved…
Kojak (TV Series) (1973-1978)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Telly Savalas, Ned Beatty
- Popular 70s cop show that turned Telly Savalas's funky, lollipop sucking, glow–domed police lieutenant into a cultural icon. Highly quotable,…
Kojak Collection, The (The Marcus-Nelson Murders, The Belarus File, The Price of Justice) (1973-1987)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent, Robert Markowitz, Alan Metzger
Feat. Telly Savalas, Marjoe Gortner, Jose Ferrer…
- Telly Savalas stars as the tough but witty sleuth who became a small screen icon in the 1970's. This set features the three feature–length TV…
Laughing Policeman, The (1973)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Anthony Zerbe
- Police procedural loosely based on the Swedish novel of the same name, set in the aftermath of a horrific shootout on a public bus.
A detective…
Revolver (Blood in the Streets) (1973)
- Dir. Sergio Sollima
Feat. Oliver Reed, Fabio Testi
- Equal turns punchy and preposterous, this 'spaghetti crime thriller' involves a prison warden (Reed) who is drawn into an intricate web of deceit…