Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : James Woods, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Christopher Plummer,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Eccentric Vietnam War vet turned janitor claims to have witnessed a murder of a man tied to international political underground in order to get the attention of a TV reporter he has a huge crush on. The cops suspect his loser best friend.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Claude Miller,

A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.

Actors : Lara Harris, D.B. Sweeney, Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid,
Directors : Peter Werner,

A rookie cop goes undercover and infiltrates a car thief ring.

Actors : Mitchell Lichtenstein, Michael Wright, David Alan Grier, Matthew Modine,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Viet Nam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.

Actors : Victor Arnold, Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Sandy Alexander,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

Two New York cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.

Actors : Fred Gwynne, Rubén Blades, Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Career criminal Frank plans a bank heist and sends for his buddies to help pull the job. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops.

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Kemal Sunal, Zihni Göktay, Nevra Serezli,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

A poor man discovers his talent on the horse racing predictions but he is not the only one who is aware of his talent.

Actors : Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Burt Reynolds, George Segal,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Ernest 'Stick' Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Hired by a rich investor, he tries to walk the line, ...

Actors : Christopher Lee, Richard Roundtree, Chuck Norris, Matt Clark,
Directors : Steve Carver,

Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail...

Actors : Stephanie Lawrence, Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb,
Directors : David Green,

This movie is based on the story of Buster Edwards, one of the thieves involved in "The Great Train Robbery" of 1963.

Actors : Moushumi Chatterjee, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Rajkumar Santoshi,

Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Rossano Brazzi, Patrizia Pellegrino, Venantino Venantini,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Homicidal Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta; when the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes rogue to catch him.

Actors : Jerry Calà, Bud Spencer, Kallie Knoetze, Stefano Mingardo,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

Bud "Bomber" Graziano (Bud Spencer) retired from boxing as heavyweight champion and has sworn to never fight again. While living his life on a ship he meets Jerry Cala' (Jerry Cala) who ...

Actors : Ronald Allen, Al Pillay, Kevin Allen, Dave Beard,
Directors : Peter Richardson,

Alex is a disgruntled waitress at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a ...

Actors : Vincent Price, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

Actors : Brynn Thayer, Chuck Norris, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran,
Directors : William Tannen,

Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the ...

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Knepper, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz,
Directors : Jack Sholder,

An undercover cop forms an alliance with a Native American to help him hunt down the criminals who stole an ancient Lakota tribal lance.

Actors : John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight High School discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and ...

Actors : John Vernon, Johnny Venocur, Linda Blair, Robert Dryer,

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.

Actors : Leonard Pietraszak, Witold Pyrkosz, Jan Machulski, Ewa Szykulska,
Directors : Juliusz Machulski,

Set in Warsaw in 1930's. After six years in jail, framed for bank robbery by an accomplice, the legendary Kwinto has only revenge on his mind. He is a safecracker in the old style, a thief ...