Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Lorraine Bracco,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

Actors : John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh,

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

Actors : Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

Actors : Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Cleese, Kevin Kline,

In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.

Actors : Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Kathy Bates, James Caan,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Actors : Tommy Chong, Verna Bloom, Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.

Actors : O.J. Simpson, Priscilla Presley, Leslie Nielsen, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : David Zucker,

Incompetent police detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Actors : Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

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 : John Ashton, Charles Grodin, Robert De Niro, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Martin Brest,

An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.

Actors : Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden,

Tom Regan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.

Actors : Tom Towles, Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Mary Demas,
Directors : John McNaughton,

Henry, a drifter, commits a series of brutal murders, supposedly operating with impunity.

Actors : Mitchell Ryan, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Tom Cruise, Richard Masur, Joe Pantoliano,
Directors : Paul Brickman,

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.

Actors : Al Pacino, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in New York and Italy in 1979, aging Mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to avow for his sins while taking his nephew Vincent Mancini under his wing.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Trey Wilson, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Nicolas Cage,

When a childless couple of an ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicated than they anticipated.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Larry Drake, Colin Friels, Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.