Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Roger Moore, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Bryan Forbes,

Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. After repeated attempts to convince two ...

Actors : Ally Sheedy, Lauren Hutton, Stan Shaw, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Rockne S. O'Bannon,

Psychic Cayce Bridges helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with ...

Actors : Ray Lovelock, Cosimo Cinieri, Olga Karlatos, Claudio Cassinelli,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murders of a few of the students.

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean-Luc Bideau, Bernadette Lafont, Jean Poiret,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

Inspector Lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province's notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village. The perspective of the inquiry changes when the ...

Actors : Bronson Pinchot, Stuart Pankin, Bess Armstrong, John Larroquette,
Directors : Joel Zwick,

John Larroquette is the head of a detective agency that is hired to find a missing person, probably kidnapped. They employ the help of a mystic/psychic to help find the missing girl.

Actors : Serene Hedin, James Remar, Trevor Howard, Nick Ramus,
Directors : Kieth Merrill,

An ancient Indian warrior who has reached the end of his life is brought back from his 'death' to save his family from a raiding party of enemy Indians in this unique story of 'Indians ...

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...

Actors : Madison Arnold, Teri Garr, John Lithgow, Laura Alcalde,
Directors : Malcolm Mowbray,

Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proofs for the ...

Actors : Barbara Rudnik, Sue Tauber, Andreas Vitásek, Christian Schmidt,

Private detective Max Müller and his assistent Larry try to solve a crime but find themselves in strange bars and women.

Actors : Michelle Yim, Norman Chu, Eddy Ko, Melvin Wong,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasence, Michael York, Mapi Galán,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

In Italy, a pianist suffering from the Progeria genetic disease becomes distraught and goes on a mad killing spree prompting a police inspector to investigate.

Actors : David Beecroft, Frederick Flynn, James Hong, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : J.S. Cardone,

After someone is killed in the subterranean project called "Shadowzone," a NASA captain is called in to investigate. In the project, sleeping subjects are induced into a deep EDS state ...

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Robert Urich,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

About a retired New York cop on Vacation in America's West who is drawn into a female sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

Actors : Christoph Hofrichter, Wolfgang Kieling, Gerhard Wollner, Dieter Hallervorden,

A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a ...

Actors : Arliss Howard, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Suzy Amis,
Directors : Martha Coolidge,

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.

Actors : Amy Irving, Lou Diamond Phillips, Andy Garcia, Robert Duvall,
Directors : Bruno Barreto,

An American journalist in Puerto Rico in 1978 investigates the death of nationalists who may have been murdered by the police.

Actors : Rob Lowe, Colleen Camp, Kenneth Mars, Kim Myers,
Directors : Peter Bogdanovich,

Called up for jury duty, Richard Dice finds his first crush and only real, but unrequited love, on trial for murder. Richard desperately tries to prove Mollys innocence while untangling a ...

Actors : Fausto Lombardi, Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, Geretta Geretta,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Dennis Farina, Katherine Borowitz, John Turturro,
Directors : William Reilly,

A hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on ...

Actors : Amol Palekar, Shabana Azmi, Sudhir Mishra, Soni Razdan,
Directors : Vidhu Vinod Chopra,

When a starlet is murdered on a film location, her detective brother arrives there to solve the mystery.