Best Mystery movies of 1981

Actors : Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, Ann Bronston,
Directors : Byron Quisenberry,

A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to be eliminated one by one by a mysterious killer.

Actors : Angela Punch McGregor, Robert Powell, 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 : Marcello Mastroianni, Eva Maria Meineke, Wolfgang Preiss, Romy Schneider,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover.

Actors : Tsui Ling Yu, Ni Tien, Siu-Kwan Lau, Jung Wang,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

A necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel.

Actors : Tarcísio Meira, Christiane Torloni, Lídia Brondi, Ney Latorraca,
Directors : Bruno Barreto,

When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. The opportunist scum photographer Amado ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Raaj Kumar, Vinod Khanna,
Directors : Chetan Anand,

The setting is in scenic Simla, summer capital of the British Raj in the 1970's. Chandramukhi from Bombay is on holiday with her parents and so is Naresh, a US educated medical professional...

Actors : Y.G. Parthasarathy, Kamal Haasan, Radha, Madhavi,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

A fashion photographer gets embroiled in a series of grisly murders

Actors : Pierre Tornade, Maurice Risch, Pierre Tchernia, Maurice Chevit,
Directors : Marc Simenon,

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.

Actors : Bombolo, Olimpia Di Nardo, Tomas Milian, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the murderer in the course of the inquiry. In...

Actors : Martyn Sanderson, Tony Barry, John Hargreaves, David Hemmings,
Directors : John Laing,

A docu-drama covering one of the most famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm house? Arthur was sure that ...

Actors : Petar Kralj, Dragan Nikolic, Merima Isakovic, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Miomir 'Miki' Stamenkovic,

The murder of a famous gynecologist occurred under unusual circumstances. Inspectors found the doctor's apartment door open.

Actors : Rekha, Shreeram Lagoo, Leela Mishra, Vijay Anand,

Thakur Ranjit Singh buys Kajal's freedom from a panderer and installs her in his house with the status of a daughter-in-law - much to the disgust of his uncle, Jasbir. When the sleazy ...

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Navin Nischol, Neelam Mehra, Bindiya Goswami,

Suraj is separated from his love Seema and wants to build a hotel at the location where he met her, he tells his secretary Lalwani to check out the location.Lalwani finds the scenic ...

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Makoto Fujita, Kaoru Kobayashi, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Yoshitarô Nomura,

A mysterious story involving the disappearance of Tatsuo's three brothers. Tatsuo, thinks that he too may disappear and has a nervous breakdown. His fiance visits a neurologist, who ...

Actors : Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Szu-Cheng Mu, Shan Yu, Ching Cheng,
Directors : Chia Li,

This movie is a story written by Ku Lung, about a young swordsman who is plunged into a deep depression after his father is poisoned to death. The next morning he discovers the revival of ...

Actors : Pauline Teutscher, Grazia De Giorgi, Roger Beach, Marcella Petrelli,
Directors : Ilias Mylonakos,

Nathalie (Marcella Petri) is the young, sheltered daughter of a wealthy businessman who discovers sex through intimate relations with her father's business partner. The partner plans to use...

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Erik Chan Ka Kei, Shao-Chia Chen, Fei Ai,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Liu Yung and Sun Chien (the Korean kicking The Five Venom from Chang Cheh's internationally popular series) team up to investigate the martial-art murders of a supposedly mortally wounded ...

Actors : José Luis de Vilallonga, Anne Parillaud, José Antonio Ceinos, Sascha Hehn,
Directors : Hubert Frank,

A young heiress leads a life of excess and wants to marry a man her rich father despises. When her father suspiciously dies, and someone tries to kill her, she surrounds herself with her cousins, friends and lovers, all possible suspects.

Actors : Ion Caramitru, Avram Besoiu, Cornel Ciupercescu, Maria Banica,
Directors : Stere Gulea,

In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.

Actors : Jeremy Brett, Nicky Henson, Prunella Ransome, Pamela Salem,
Directors : Nestore Ungaro,

A woman searches for her blind sister in this feature-length English-language cut of the TV miniseries _Seagull Island (1981) (TV Mini-Series)_.