Best Crime movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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 : Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, 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 : 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 : Michel Galabru, Jacques François, Maurice Risch, 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 : Jean Carmet, Maurice Barrier, Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Francis Veber,

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not ...

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Robert Davi,
Directors : William Lustig,

A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.

Actors : Bob Hoskins, Jane Seymour, Lauren Hutton, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Roger Young,

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Emabassy to steal millions in gems.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, David Rasche, Laila Robins, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and ...

Actors : Robert F. Lyons, Charles Bronson, Carrie Snodgress, Kathleen Wilhoite,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer.

Actors : Ozan Bilen, Füsun Demirel, Nur Sürer, Güzin Özipek,
Directors : Tunç Basaran,

Baris, a 5 year-old little boy, has to stay in a prison with her mother during her detention period. Baris develops a special relationship with Inci, a young woman who also stays in prison. She promises him that the kite will fly someday.

Actors : Debra Stipe, Ryan O'Neal, Wings Hauser, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : Norman Mailer,

Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car, a blond woman's severed head in ...

Actors : Andrew Stevens, Lisa Eilbacher, Charles Bronson, Gene Davis,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A LAPD detective is on the trail of a very handsome young man who had been seducing and slashing many young women to death.

Actors : Joe Grifasi, Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Actors : Fernando Ramos da Silva, Edilson Lino, Jorge Julião, Gilberto Moura,
Directors : Hector Babenco,

The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with little crimes, prostitution, etc

Actors : Dorian Healy, Denzel Washington, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish,
Directors : Martin Stellman,

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

Actors : Lilli Palmer, Victoria Tennant, Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.

Actors : Yueh Sun, Danny Lee, Yun-Fat Chow, Carrie Ng,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.

Actors : Taka Guadalcanal, Yuriko Ishida, Yûrei Yanagi, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.