Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Márcia Fraga, Danielle Ferrite, Maria Stella Splendore, Neide Ribeiro,
Directors : Oswaldo de Oliveira,

In a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.

Actors : Ann Bridgewater, Stephen Chow, Eric Tsang, Jacky Cheung,
Directors : Blackie Shou Liang Ko,

Two cops--both best friends and partners--both become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The two soon find themselves competing for screen time as well as the love of the reporter while after a murderous arms dealer.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Dennis Farina, Katherine Borowitz, John Turturro,
Directors : William Reilly,

A hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on ...

Actors : Martha Plimpton, Tommy Lee Jones, Brian Dennehy, Shawn Smith,
Directors : Thomas Rickman,

After serving time for a theft he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Liz Fraser, Emily Lloyd, John Lahr,
Directors : Bernard Rose,

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.

Actors : Hédi Temessy, György Cserhalmi, Maria Gladkowska, Zita Perczel,
Directors : Ferenc András,

Two old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police are unable to find the thieves, so Simon decides to find them himself.

Actors : Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Paul Winfield, David Caruso,
Directors : Michelle Manning,

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner (Nelson) learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own ...

Actors : Michel Auclair, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson,
Directors : Gilles Béhat,

Actors : William Zipp, Robert Tessier, David Carradine, Anna Rapagna,
Directors : David A. Prior,

In the future, a cop protects a reporter from an organization of crooked, renegade cops who thinks she knows too much about them.

Actors : Maureen Mooney, Millie Prezioso, Christopher Stryker, Christopher Cousins,
Directors : Douglas Grossman,

A teacher still haunted by the death of two teens that she accidentally caused as a young girl goes beserk when four teens start harassing her and then attack her in her home.

Actors : Kate Mulgrew, Rip Torn, Shawn von Schreiber, James Naughton,
Directors : Sean S. Cunningham,

The 11-year old daughter and girlfriend of a man whose wife had been raped and killed in front of his daughter three years earlier are kidnapped by the same killer. Held captive in a bunker...

Actors : Maximilian Wolters, Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Christian Anders,
Directors : Christian Anders,

The young daughter of a US Senator is drawn into a hippie "free love" cult called "The Children of Light" by the blond boyfriend of the cult's leader, a mysterious and beautiful Asian woman...

Actors : Sidney Brammer, Robert A. Burns, Berkley Garrett, Dennis Hill,
Directors : Mark Blair,

After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's...

Actors : Tomislav Gotovac, Fabijan Sovagovic, Bozidarka Frajt, Ivica Vidovic,
Directors : Zoran Tadic,

A single teacher allows a stranger to share his home with him before it is to be torn down by developers. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes ...

Actors : David Allen Brooks, Lolita Lorre, Rachael Kelly, Marie Masters,
Directors : Michael Winner,

A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.

Actors : Billy Dee Williams, Robert Carradine, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves,
Directors : Jack Smight,

A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.

Actors : Richard Harrison, David Bowles, Morna Lee, Warren Chan,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Mike Connors, James Franciscus, Jaclyn Smith,
Directors : Ted Post,

A woman is convinced by her lover to poison her cruel husband, a rich businessman. However, she becomes terrified when she finds the lover dead as well. A sinister PI, who's investigating her husband's disappearance, contacts her.

Actors : Simon Yam, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Jacky Cheung, Man-Tat Ng,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A team of cops get brutally exposed to violence after raiding a drug operation and discovering a link between few members of the police force and an American crime syndicate dealing with drug trafficking.

Actors : Spartak Mishulin, Irina Feofanova, Dmitriy Kharatyan, Roman Madyanov,
Directors : Leonid Gayday,

The first private enterprises are started in the Soviet Union in the late 80s. A gang of bad guys, owners of a private restroom, kidnap a good guy - owner of a toy store. Private eye Dmitri's first job is to try and free the store owner.