Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Policier: 101 Films to Rent
- Rookie, The (1990)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen
- A low–point for Eastwood before his meteoric come–back. His veteran cop teams with straight–laced Sheen, who reluctantly rely on…
- In The Line of Duty (In The Line of Duty 4: The Witness) (1989)
- Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Donnie Yen, Cynthia Khan , Michael Wong…
- Although the fourth in a film series about a flashy martial–arts cop, this is generally considered the best, with Yen taking his police job in…
- Killer, The (1989)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Action at break–neck speed with a body–count to match the running time, this smorgasbord of super–violence with lashings of good…
- Action Jackson (1988)
- Dir. Craig R. Baxley
Feat. Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Sharon Stone
- Sports hero turned actor Carl Weathers lends charisma as the titular Detroit cop driven by vengeance to stay on the trail of dastardly auto magnate…
- Colors (1988)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Sean Penn, Robert Duvall
- A grim portrait of law enforcement. Mismatched police partners are assigned to the rife gang–related problems in South–Central L.A.
- Dead Pool, The (1988)
- Dir. Buddy Van Horn
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey…
- Dirty Harry investigates a series of bizarre death threats.
- Die Hard (1988)
- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman…
- Star–making role for Bruce Willis as an ordinary cop who runs into international terrorism at the top of a skyscraper on Christmas Eve. …
- Police Story 2 (1988)
- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung
- Jackie Chan directs this follow–up to his landmark hit, playing a demoted detective who must use his wiles to track down bomb–scare…
- Red Heat (1988)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle…
- Director reworks his 48HRS for Arnie and Belushi as mismatched cops on a mission in Moscow.
- Cop (1987)
- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. James Woods, Brian Dennehy
- James Woods gives another intense performance enduring the occupational hazards of crime–fighting. Based on the James Ellroy novel 'Blood On…