Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Policier: 97 Films to Rent on DVD
- 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…
- 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…
- Tightrope (1984)
- Dir. Richard Tuggle
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold, Dan Hedaya…
- Eastwood boldly portrays an obsessed cop, forced to confront his own disturbed sexuality when on the trail of a sex murderer on the lurid streets of…
- Sudden Impact (1983)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood
- Eastwood directs this fourth Dirty Harry outing with magnum force.
- 48hrs (48 Hours) (1982)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Annette O'Toole…
- Eddie Murphy excels in his film debut as a street–smart ex–con who teams up with veteran cop Nick Nolte to track down some bad…
- Firefox (1982)
- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, David Huffman
- Eastwood directs himself as a Vietnam vet assigned to steal a supersonic prototype from the Russians. Slow to start but gives way to some fine…
- Fort Apache: The Bronx (1982)
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Paul Newman, Danny Aiello
- Taut urban policier finds Bronx cop Paul Newman in a moral quandary over fellow officer Danny Aiello (who's just thrown a Puerto Rican teenager off a…
- T.J. Hooker (TV Series) (1982-1986)
- Feat. William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed
- Former STAR TREK–ker Shatner made a recovery to television fame for this affable cop drama, playing a tough but compassionate veteran who…
- 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.…