Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Lou Diamond Phillips, Jeff Kober, Tracy Griffith, Mykelti Williamson,
Directors : Robert Resnikoff,

Dedicated L.A. police detective and a female psychic are trying to stop a demonic serial killer who was given the powers of resurrection, teleportation and possession.

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 : David Argue, John Ley, Angelo D'Angelo, Nicole Kidman,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs (Kidman) become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Gene Simmons, Rutger Hauer, Mel Harris,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

This movie features a character who is a descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall...

Actors : Bob Balaban, William Forsythe, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A cop is gunned down on Xmas eve. Jerry Beck, the homicide cop given the job of hunting the killer, investigates some leads which bring him into contact with a group of white supremacy ...

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Neelam Kothari, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavi,
Directors : Mukul Anand,

A young boy's quest for revenge leads him to become a gangster as an adult, and with each day he becomes more and more like his enemies. Can he find vengeance and redemption?

Actors : Corynne Charbit, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Francis Veber,

When the accident-prone daughter of a French businessman disappears in Mexico and the detective sent down to find her returns empty-handed, the businessman's company psychologist comes up ...

Actors : Anne Archer, Gene Hackman, J.T. Walsh, James Sikking,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch Jr.,
Directors : Rospo Pallenberg,

A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Roy Kinnear, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

Oldman plays a lawyer who defends a killer, but, soon after he wins he finds out that the killer is guilty.

Actors : Vince Edwards, Gregory Hines, Sigourney Weaver, Chevy Chase,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A small time arms dealer in South America to sell weapons to the revolutionaries, winds up negotiating the sale of an experimental plane to the nation's dictator.

Actors : Chloe Webb, Roger E. Mosley, Denzel Washington, Bob Hoskins,
Directors : James D. Parriott,

A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

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 : Mimi Rogers, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Crouse,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Actors : Michel Galabru, Maurice Risch, Jacques François, Louis de Funès,
Directors : Jean Girault,

Cruchot's police office moves into a new building. They do not only get high tech equipment, but also four young female police officers to educate. All of them scramble to work with them --...

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, ...

Actors : Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Robert Downey Jr., Danny Aiello,
Directors : James Toback,

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.