Best Investigation movies of 1980s

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 : Chris Holder, Danny Bonaduce, Molly Cheek, Tony Crupi,
Directors : John McCauley,

A serial killer escapes from a mental hospital and hides out in a small town. A local cop must catch him before he starts on another killing spree.

Actors : Eddie Moore, Joan Parmelee, Mark LaCour, Tim Verkaik,
Directors : David McCormick,

Reporter Clint Harrison is sent to investigate a massacre at a Louisiana campground and finds that it may be linked to the Dansen clan an old local family thought to have died out years ago.

Actors : Fanny Fen-Ni, Fei Ai, Lily Chan, Melvin Wong,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

While possessed by an evil spirit, a man murders his daughter. A police detective investigating the case also becomes possessed. A good monk helps fight the evil spirit.

Actors : Mukesh, Mammootty, Jagathi Sreekumar, Devan,
Directors : K. Madhu,

Sethurama Iyer and the CBI investigate the mysterious murder of a famous actress.

Actors : Ignacio López Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Adjani,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

A French psychologist investigates about famous suicidal women. She finds the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, a Mexican writer who died inside Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. To follow the ...

Actors : Christine Amor, Andrew Booth, Linda Blair, Tony Bonner,
Directors : Alec Mills,

Young nurse investigates suspicious deaths in a psychiatric ward.

Actors : Lora Staley, Lawrence Day, Neil Dainard, Lenore Zann,
Directors : Don McBrearty,

A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.

Actors : Sylvia Chang, Karl Maka, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Kent Cheng,
Directors : Eric Tsang,

Kidstuff has been asked by the police to investigate a case of international ammunition trade between two gangs. One of the gangs is the Japanese Yakuza in possession of stolen diamonds, ...

Actors : Jerry Daugirda, H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Hoyt Axton,
Directors : H.B. Halicki,

After the attempted theft of his daughter's husband's car, LAPD Captain Gibbs declares war on master car thief Maindrian Pace, whose insurance investigation company provides the perfect ...

Actors : Lee Ann Nestegard, Edward Chester, David Christopher Adamson, Peter Roberts,
Directors : Robert Bouvier,

A detective teams up with a talk-show host to take down a homophobic serial killer on the streets of Toronto.

Actors : Melissa Sue Anderson, Mark Moses, Elliott Gould, Mabel King,
Directors : Malcolm Marmorstein,

A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.

Actors : Cheryl Hirshman, James McCann, Rufus Butler Seder, Eugene Seder,
Directors : Rufus Butler Seder,

A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the slayings that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Leo Fong, Diane Stevenett, Troy Donahue,
Directors : Frank Harris,

Leo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...

Actors : Michel Aumont, Fanny Cottençon, Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien,
Directors : Edouard Niermans,

A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner, and former pimp, but befriends a young woman which isn't at all who she claims to be.

Actors : Mattia Sbragia, Charlotte Lewis, Marcello Modugno, Carola Stagnaro,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

A psychic finds herself tapping into the "energy" of a deceased phone operator. She also finds that her friends soon begin dying mysteriously. An investigator determines to track down the cause.

Actors : Jacob Haugaard, Finn Nørbygaard, Paul Hüttel, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen,
Directors : Finn Henriksen,

Jacob, a self-styled private investigator working out of his younger brother's auto salvage yard, sees a chance to make a quick kroner when he meets Finn, a simple chap on the dole. He ...

Actors : Bettina Giovannini, Leonard Mann, Francesca Muzio, Gabriele Tinti,
Directors : Cesare Ferrario,

A string of sex murders has been plaguing Florence for almost 15 years, in which a serial killer brutally murders couples who are sneaking "a quickie" in public areas. A writer who is doing...

Actors : William J. Kulzer, Shea Porter, Elizabeth Trosper, George Engelson,
Directors : Howard Heard,

A detective investigates a series of killings committed by a serial killer known as "The Black Angel." He begins to suspect that it might not be just a random group of murders.