Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Mike Huff, Tony Caprari, Mathew Stewardson, John Barrett,
Directors : Frans Nel,

A teenage boy falls under the protection of a private detective after the boy witnesses an actual murder being filmed.

Actors : Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Sebastián D'Arbó, Mercedes Sampietro, Ramiro Oliveros,
Directors : Sebastián D'Arbó,

A woman is widow when her husband dies in an accident. Starting from that moment in her house begin to happen strange phenomenons, sounds and appearances. Doctor Oliver, an expert in parapsychology, begins to investigate.

Actors : Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Sarah Meyette, Jeremy Radick, Marie-Stéphane Gaudry,
Directors : Anne Wheeler,

Set in Canada in December 1945. A boy sets out to investigate an attack on his friend's father.

Actors : Robin Smith, Graham Clarke, Kryska Wilkowska, John Barrett,
Directors : Frans Nel,

A private eye investigates fraud in the world of horse racing.

Actors : Bryan Bobb, Jeffrey Moler, Tor Reyel Lowry, Leanne Walschaert,
Directors : Jeff Carney,

A horror comedy about construction workers who stay overnight in an abandoned farm house where a serial killer lived. He is resurrected, along with those he murdered, as zombies who then attack the farm house.

Actors : Alfred Cheung, Anthony Chan, Siu-Ho Chin, Moon Lee,
Directors : Ricky Lau,

Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic serial killer, and now the cops are chasing the wrong man. He and his cousin Wawa must catch the killer on their own to prove their innocence.

Actors : Saira Banu, Vinod Khanna, Bindu, Ashok Kumar,
Directors : S. Ramanathan,

Three convicts escape from prison to avenge the rape and death of one of their daughters', and get involved in a mansion's mystery involving the death of the owner, allegedly at the hands ...

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

A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents.

Actors : Stephani Hardy, Gerard Flynn, Michael David Simms, Matthew Shaker,
Directors : William Mings,

Zack is the story of a private investigator who, like many Christians, never considered the importance of a commitment to his own church. But Zack takes on an insurance investigation and in...

Actors : Ken Gampu, Ian Yule, Susan Coetzer, Joe Stewardson,
Directors : Darrell Roodt,

A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.

Actors : Paul Bettis, Pauline Carey, Keltie Creed, Lance Eng,
Directors : John Greyson,

A mystery man brings together a group of dead, gay artists to investigate a police response to the dilema of wash-room sex in Toronto. The artists have seven days in which to report on the ...

Actors : Janet Agren, Pippo Franco, Franco Bisazza, Daniela Poggi,
Directors : Pippo Franco,

A cartoonist overcomes his jealousy towards his wife's psychoanalyst by killing him in one of his strips. When the doctor is found dead, the police start an investigation and seek the cartoonist first.

Actors : Randy Strickland, Billie Carroll, Tamara Hext, Tom Campitelli,
Directors : Gary Marcum,

A young woman asks a policeman to help her find her missing sister. They find a medallion, sought after by some worshipers of demon Moloch, a beast that may be invoked and wreaks havoc, but can only be stopped with the amulet.

Actors : Anneline Kriel, Arnold Vosloo, Norman Anstey, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Tim Spring,

A cop sets up his girlfriend as a target in order to trap a serial killer.

Actors : Martin Laing, Chris Chescoe, Douglas Storm, David Haig,
Directors : Colin Finbow,

After a nuclear war, a group of children at an isolated farmhouse debate what the outside world might be like. Soon one of them leaves the house to investigate, and finds out that things aren't the way they thought.

Actors : Meng Lo, Lung Wei Wang, Siu-Ho Chin, Chan-Peng Chang,
Directors : Lung Wei Wang,

Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, are CID officers in Hong Kong that are transferred to the same action squad to help solve a number of robberies and murders committed by a notorious, vicious...

Actors : Sylvie Potvin, Yiannis Roussi, Peter Bierman, Derek May,
Directors : Derek May,

The lives of four people trying to decide who they are and what they want. Romance, fad, fashion and food are the ingredients of their investigation. In contrast are the long-time residents...

Actors : Jack Yates, Corwin Sperry, Jim Gaines, Max Thayer,
Directors : Teddy Page,

Texas Ranger Daniel Custer leaves for Vietnam to find his brother Michael, a Green Beret Lieutenant who has been reported missing in action. Michael's squad was searching for a mysterious ...

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 : Arnold Vosloo, Darcy DeMoss, Wings Hauser, Asher Brauner,
Directors : Wings Hauser,

A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail and murder.