Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Liz Fraser, Emily Lloyd, John Lahr,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.

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 : 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 : Eb Lottimer, Christina Applegate, Jane Chung, David Mendenhall,
Directors : Katt Shea,

Serious, well-made story of runaways living in Venice, California, under the threat of a psychotic cop who is a serial killer of prostitutes.

Actors : Robert Powell, Angela Punch McGregor, Joseph Cotten, Jenny Agutter,
Directors : David Hemmings,

A plane crashes just after takeoff and the only survivor, the pilot, walks out of the wreckage. He doesn't remember the crash, but 300 passengers and crew are dead. As the investigation goes on people are wanting answers.

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 : Sara Hauser, Lisa Jane Todd, Patrick Danz, Mark Jacobs,
Directors : Jim Mallon,

During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Klaus Kinski, Barbara De Rossi, Christopher Plummer,

Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.

Actors : Steven Berkoff, Nicola Cowper, Denholm Elliott, Larry Lamb,
Directors : George Pavlou,

When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds ...

Actors : Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.

Actors : Kathleen Bailey, Derek Rydall, Jovanni Brascia, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Rupert Hitzig,

A student known for telling stories witnesses a murder, the latest in a series of satanic killings of hookers.

Actors : Nicola Stapleton, Billy Barty, Diana Rigg, Sarah Patterson,
Directors : Michael Berz,

Dame Diana Rigg (TV's "The Avengers"), Billy Barty ("Willow") and Sarah Patterson ("The Company of Wolves") as Snow White star in this feature-length, live-action, musical version of the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Actors : Shoshana Ascher, Ryan Hilliard, Ron Armstrong, Jamie Gillis,
Directors : Joel M. Reed,

Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA ...

Actors : David Moses, Diana Davidson, Toni Jannotta, John Stinson,
Directors : William Malone,

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the ...

Actors : Bruce Gold, A.J. McLean, John Brace, Mary Fanaro,
Directors : Tim Ritter,

Mike Strauber catches his wife Sharon in bed with his best friend Jerry. He gets mad and takes off to embark on an adventure of murder and self-mutilation in demented games of truth or dare.

Actors : Gyula Bodrogi, László Bánhidi, István Bujtor, András Kern,

The first part of the popular crime-comedies starring Csöpi Ötvös, who investigates about a hidden treasure this time.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Mike Connors, James Franciscus, Jaclyn Smith,
Directors : Ted Post,

A woman is convinced by her lover to poison her cruel husband, a rich businessman. However, she becomes terrified when she finds the lover dead as well. A sinister PI, who's investigating her husband's disappearance, contacts her.

Actors : Elizabeth Kemp, Norman Parker, Perry King, Kenneth McMillan,
Directors : Armand Mastroianni,

Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.

Actors : Mei-Wah Wong, Wilson Lam, Kiu Wai Miu, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Wei Tung,

A former cop rejoins the police department to investigate a drug ring that employs ghosts and vampires.

Actors : Mako, David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Lois Hamilton,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakusa and Chinese Tong. He hires two private investigators to ...