Best Investigation movies of 1980

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 : Licinia Lentini, Franco Nero, Mario Maranzana, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses...

Actors : Stan Wojno, Gordon De Vol, Jacqueline Ray, Jackson Bostwick,

A team of men and women investigate the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditions to a strategically important but barren world.

Actors : John Smihula, Fred Borges, Paul Smihula, Michael Siegal,
Directors : Nathan Schiff,

A series of horrible murders prompts a massive police investigation. Inspector James Cameron, a two-fisted roughneck with his own philosophy on handling crime, heads the investigation. A ...

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Dave Galluzzo, Chip Greenman, Rich Pemberton, Rick Styles,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

A rock band called "The Clowns" comes under suspicion of murder when several prostitutes are killed by individuals made up like members of the band.

Actors : Corinne Carol, Julie Margo, Patrice Valota, Jacques Bouanich,
Directors : Philippe Monnier,

Corentin and Brichot investigate drug trafficking in Fort-de-France, Martinique.

Actors : Jiufeng Shi, Xiang Yan, Min Xu, Xinghuo Zhong,
Directors : Yaoting Shen,

A murder investigation in Donghai City leads to a larger conspiracy.

Actors : Kaneko Iwasaki, Kunitarô Kawarazaki, Junko Mihara, Gô Katô,
Directors : Keisuke Kinoshita,

A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents.

Actors : Liliana Komorowska, Halina Gryglaszewska, Barbara Brylska, Bronislaw Cieslak,
Directors : Roman Zaluski,

Detective thriller about a killer loose in the crowds. The film follows a sniper on his rounds looking for victims, while a police inspector, with few clues in his hand, has to figure out ...

Actors : Jorge Luke, Jorge Rivero, Josefina Echánove, Claudia Islas,
Directors : Julián Pastor,

Lawyer has his life chattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. Through intense investigation he is finding out that people have been lying to him. Raul (Jorge Rivero) was told she...

Actors : Guilin Li, Xiuwu Li, Ke Wei, Jia Liu,

People's Liberation Army soldier Ge Luo investigates the case of the Black Face Bandit among the Hani minority in 1948.

Actors : Hasan Mammadov, Shafiga Mamedova, Rasim Balayev, Aleksandr Kalyagin,
Directors : Rasim Ojagov,

The investigator Seifi Ganiev runs the case of an illegal mercery shop's head Murad Abiyev, who confessed in embezzlement of one million rubles from public funds.Abiyev is also accused of ...

Actors : Guomin Zhang, Xiaoyi Chen, Fazeng Guo, Ling He,
Directors : Baochang Guo,

Set in late 1970s, a paintress sketching on Fairy Peak witnesses that two men fight on the cliff edge and calls the police. One of the two fighting men is found murdered that night. Detectives try to find the murderer.