Best Crime movies of 1980

Actors : Cab Calloway, John Candy, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : John Landis,

Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Lauren Hutton, Richard Gere, Nina van Pallandt,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown,
Directors : Sidney Poitier,

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit, however, no prison cell could keep them locked in.

Actors : Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Betty Kennedy, Evelyn Guerrero,
Directors : Tommy Chong,

The two stoners and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.

Actors : Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Richard Cox, Karen Allen,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.

Actors : Leo Dolan, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman,
Directors : John Mackenzie,

Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his ...

Actors : Wendy Morgan, Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

Miss Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Kate Reid,
Directors : Louis Malle,

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs, and danger.

Actors : Benji, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Joe Camp,

A murdered detective must avenge his murder after he is reincarnated as a dog.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Robert Ginty, Steve James,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Don Adams, Rhonda Fleming, Andrea Howard,
Directors : Clive Donner,

Maxwell Smart is recalled to duty to help fight a villian who threatens to detonate a weapon that destroys clothing.

Actors : Gena Rowlands, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich, Buck Henry,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

Actors : Steve McQueen, Billy Green Bush, Richard Farnsworth, Linda Evans,
Directors : William Wiard,

A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the ...

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Zeki Alpan, Kadir Savun, Nevra Serezli,
Directors : Kartal Tibet,

This is the story of the politician named Zubuk. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yasar wants to make a news story about ...

Actors : Marthe Keller, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, George C. Scott,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of WW2, is sought after by some who aim to sell it and by others who wish to destroy it.

Actors : Kristine DeBell, José Ferrer, Mako, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Sunil Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

Shaan tells the story of DCP Shiv Kumar an honest, brave and upright police man. He live in the country with his wife, a daughter and two brothers Ravi and Vijay who are con men to the ...

Actors : Baldwyn Dakile, Bud Spencer, Angelo Infanti, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Steno,

Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell...

Actors : Christine Murillo, Valérie Mairesse, Gordon Mitchell, Pierre Richard,
Directors : Gérard Oury,

A womanizer balances his wife, mistress, and love interest.