Poliziotteschi
(aka Italian Crime Exploitation)
This list is for my personal reference, but I thought I'd go ahead and make it public for anyone who might be interested.
I'm planning to list and watch as many movies in this genre as possible, and then rank them accordingly.
This list is for my personal reference, but I thought I'd go ahead and make it public for anyone who might be interested.
I'm planning to list and watch as many movies in this genre as possible, and then rank them accordingly.
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- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsTomas MilianHenry SilvaLaura BelliA small-time homicidal maniac kidnaps a young heiress, prompting a cop to pursue him before he can kill the girl once the hefty ransom is paid.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsGastone MoschinBarbara BouchetMario AdorfA former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsMario AdorfHenry SilvaWoody StrodeA Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsHenry SilvaRichard ConteGianni GarkoA hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsLea LanderGeorge EastmanRiccardo CucciollaFollowing a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean escape.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliArthur KennedyGiampiero AlbertiniA tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.
- DirectorRuggero DeodatoStarsMarc PorelRay LovelockAdolfo CeliFred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy, who are licenced-to-kill, undercover cops who thrive on living dangerously.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiVincent GardeniaRenzo PalmerNico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonRenzo PalmerA hardened cop is left for dead by the henchmen of a escapee gangster he had previously arrested, and upon recovery relentlessly pursues them.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroFernando ReyJames WhitmoreIn Genoa, a righteous police inspector fights to bring down a powerful drug ring, all while key suspects and those closest to him begin to die in more-or-less equal measure.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsOliver ReedFabio TestiPaola PitagoraAn Italian prison warden is forced to exchange a French criminal for his kidnapped wife, but they soon find themselves on the trail of a larger conspiracy.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsFabio TestiIvana MontiMarcel BozzuffiSomeone is muscling in on the two brothers' cigarette smuggling into Italy at Naples. The police is tipped off, then Mickey's stable burns down, then the killing etc. starts. Luca responds.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsJack PalanceAl CliverHarry BaerTwo small-time hoodlums plot to get even with a treacherous boss who is intent on monopolizing all criminal activity within Rome.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFabio TestiDavid HemmingsSherry BuchananAn Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring, and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned to the same task.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsAlain DelonRichard ConteCarla GravinaA mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications and many bloody shootouts ensue.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliWhen his colleague is murdered by an organised criminal gang, a Milanese cop goes undercover to continue the investigation and single-handedly destroy the organization from within.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaJames MasonIrina MaleevaBased on an actual event "The Kidnap Syndicate" is the story of two boys, one from a rich family and the other from a poor family, who are kidnapped and held for ransom.
- DirectorSergio SollimaStarsCharles BronsonTelly SavalasJill IrelandAfter being double-crossed by his mistress and barely escaping a murder attempt, a hit-man sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the mob boss who put her up to it.
- DirectorFernando Di LeoStarsLuc MerendaRichard ConteDelia BoccardoA police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsMaurizio MerliJohn SaxonBarry SullivanAn uncompromising cop gets transferred to Naples on account of this city's atrocious crime levels. His no-hold-barred police methods are considered to be the perfect antidote.
- DirectorRenato SavinoStarsGino MilliCristina BusinariEmilio LocurcioA story of a modern day neo-Nazi youth gang that meets in a place decorated with swastikas and a poster of the "Führer". The members of this gang are all bored teenagers from rich families.
- DirectorStenoStarsEnrico Maria SalernoMariangela MelatoMario AdorfAn inspector pursues a secret society of former police officers who go beyond the law by killing notorious criminals without trial.
- DirectorMassimo DallamanoStarsMarcel BozzuffiCarole AndréIvan RassimovA police commissioner forms a secret motorized brigade in order to fight a dangerous terrorist who is depositing bombs throughout the city of Turin.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiStarsMaurizio MerliRichard ConteSilvano TranquilliA detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.