Best Robbery movies of 1980s

Actors : Barbara Tyson, Gailard Sartain, Jim Varney, Bill Byrge,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank ...

Actors : Börje Ahlstedt, Lena Nyman, Dan Håfström, Hanna Zetterberg,
Directors : Tage Danielsson,

Borka and his band and Mattis's band of robbers are rivals. Birk, his parents and their band live in the wild in Mattisforrest. They move in to Metis-stronghold, which belonged to his ...

Actors : Darren McGavin, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Treat Williams,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

Two policemen are brought back to life to chase down supernatural criminals.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Robin Williams, James Wainwright, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Actors : Ted Vernon, Kristina Sanborn, Michael David Simms, Richard Vidan,
Directors : William Wesley,

Criminals hijack a plane and force the pilot and his daughter to fly them to Mexico. However, an unexpected landing finds them in a cemetery inhabited by killer scarecrows.

Actors : Jackie Burroughs, Richard Farnsworth, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson,
Directors : Phillip Borsos,

When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.

Actors : Buffy Dee, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, David Huddleston,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Two men meet each other in a strange situation and end up being mistaken for robbers first, for secret service agents later.

Actors : David Argue, John Ley, Angelo D'Angelo, Nicole Kidman,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

Two BMX expert bikers and a friend of theirs (Kidman) become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering a carton of walkie-talkies.

Actors : Jean Carmet, Pierre Richard, Maurice Barrier, 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 : William 'Bo' Jim, C.B. Seay, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber ...

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 : Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Adile Nasit, Erdal Özyagcilar,
Directors : Ertem Egilmez,

When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.

Actors : Courtney Love, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Sy Richardson,
Directors : Alex Cox,

A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ...

Actors : Natasha Richardson, Frances Fisher, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Paul Schrader,

The true story of Patricia Hearst, a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970s. The time spent with her captors made her question her way of life and she joined ...

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 : Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell, Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance,
Directors : James Dearden,

1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.

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 : 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 ...

Actors : Richard Masur, James Remar, Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli,
Directors : Jerry London,

When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug ...

Actors : Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Lindy Davies,
Directors : Nadia Tass,

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. ...