Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Ashwini, Thilakan, Saikumar, Shyam Mohan,
Directors : K.G. George,

Investigation story of a prostitutes murder and path leading to it.

Actors : Deborah Anchulis, Julie Cepielik, Chuck Butto, Robert Cantu,
Directors : Terence Curren,

Veteran reporter Roger Cohen gets a hot tip that leads him on a trail of terror. As his investigation uncovers terrifying tales of witches, demons and the walking dead, Roger gets ...

Actors : Jon Blake, Janet Kingsbury, Diana McLean, David Franklin,
Directors : David Hannay,

A divorce investigation leads to the discovery of a corpse.

Actors : Tom Billett, Angel Caban, Joe Ambrose, Paul Borghese,

Considered too dangerous to be on the force, ex-cop Mickey McCardle is tormented by the brutal murder of his partner. When a serial killer begins to stalk the streets of New York, McCardle ...

Actors : Pamela Collyer, Walter Massey, Nanette Workman, Jack Langedijk,
Directors : Claudio Castravelli,

A girl starts her own investigation after the police fail to catch a local serial killer.

Actors : Agneta Söderpalm-Talo, Johan Sandqvist, Carl Jershed, Anna Lundqvist,

A young man tries to come to terms with life through investigations into the mysteries of why raisins can not jump. It is a cold uncaring world he meets, but maybe there is someone out there who can understand...

Actors : Michael McCabe, Peter Firth, Hal Orlandini, Cathy Moriarty,
Directors : James Allen,

Women are killed and raped in a small town near a condemned nuclear power plant. The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. The sheriff and a female reporter start to investigate.

Actors : Willie Colón, Darlanne Fluegel, Fred Williamson, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave (Ruben Blades) signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas (Willie Colon). But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs kill Clave's girlfriend when he thinks about backing out of the contract. While seeking a way to get revenge against Vargas, Clave learns that he has a blood clot in his head. But nothing will deter him from getting his ...

Actors : Ivan Rogers, David Alan Anderson, Frank Adonis, Angela Bennett,
Directors : Paul Kyriazi,

Joe Weeks is a man living on the edge. An undercover narcotics detective whose wife was brutally murdered by unknown assailants, he is an emotional time bomb. There is only One Way Out

Actors : Yeqiu Du, Hongsheng Zen,
Directors : Yuqiang Zhang,

The police investigate the death of a clothing store owner.

Actors : Martin Balsam, P.J. Soles, Grigor Taylor, Kit Taylor,
Directors : Colin Eggleston,

A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes. She helps the authorities arrest him, and he is sent to a ...

Actors : Anatoliy Romashin, Irina Rozanova, Leonid Kanevskiy, Ivan Bortnik,
Directors : Konstantin Khudyakov,

Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set.

Actors : Kanwaljit Singh, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Sarika,
Directors : Ketan Anand,

The city is rocked by a series of brutal murders. All the victims are women of lose character or prostitutes, and all have been brutally slain. Inspector Arjun Dutt is assigned this case, ...

Actors : Meenakshi Sheshadri, Shafi Inamdar, Vinod Khanna, Sangeeta Bijlani,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Police Inspector Shekhar Varma lives in Khar, Bombay, along with his wife, Meena, and a school-going daughter. His office is notified that Editor Ritesh Nandy has received death threats as ...

Actors : Pat Thomson, Bob Baines, Caz Lederman, Ian Gilmour,
Directors : Bill Bennett,

This docu-drama highlights the complexities of compensation through the legal system for medical malpractice. For when the mother attempts to investigate the hospital procedure of using ...

Actors : Tim McKenzie, Scott Burgess, Rosemary Paul, Max Phipps,
Directors : Bert Deling,

Three young friends trying to break into the entertainment business inadvertently anger a mob boss, setting in motion a chain of events that results in their being hunted by every thug and killer in town.

Actors : William Hickey, John Savage, Mia Sara, Michael Lerner,
Directors : Tom Clegg,

A veteran reporter is investigating the disappearance of a photo-journalist who was covering a civil war in Africa. The only clue is a roll of film he left behind. The reporter soon realizes he may have bitten more than he can chew.

Actors : Wolfgang Kieling, Maximilian Schell, Robert Aldini, Lena Stolze,
Directors : Norbert Kückelmann,

After assaulting a minister, a young defendant claims to have acted entirely by himself. His lawyer doesn't believe him and starts investigations of his own.

Actors : Jingli Li, Qiang Liu, Yuan Li,
Directors : Erji Guangbudao,

Liu Ping heads the investigation of the death of a fashion model.

Actors : Ying Li, Yulu Du, Boluo Liang,

A court scholar investigates a conspiracy against Emperor Xi Zong of the Ming dynasty.