Best Investigation movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Tara, Geetha, Ramesh Bhat, Shankar Nag,
Directors : Perälä,

Is it a serial killer or a ghost that is killing people? Shankar Nag has to unravel the deadly mystery.

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 : Michael James, Ming-yuk Kwan, Ken Boyle, Kwok Keung Cheung,
Directors : Kwok-Ming Cheung,

A few gossiping neighbors watch a murder through an apartment's open window. A bumbling mainland cop Lo Yau Dai is sent to investigate working undercover as a new tenant.

Actors : Amrita Singh, Anil Kapoor, Smita Patil, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Unemployed, alcoholic slacker lawyer Ravi Goel's life has no meaning and direction until his to-be brother-in-law, Police Inspector Ranbir Singh, offers his frank advise, and instructs him ...

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

A divorce investigation leads to the discovery of a corpse.

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

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

Actors : Doris Quest, Mary Keith Roe, Kevin Yon, Eric Gunn,
Directors : Dean Wilson,

Based upon the true story of Philadelphia sex killer Gary Heidnik, BLIND FAITH follows the investigation of his grisly crimes through the eyes of Detective Will Lindsay and criminal ...

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

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

Actors : Jan Peszek, Janusz Bukowski, Piotr Dejmek, Roman Wilhelmi,
Directors : Wojciech Wójcik,

Rafal's wife and two children get killed on the road by a drunk truck driver. When police can't find the killer, Rafal starts to work on his own to punish the perpetrator.

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

The police investigate the death of a clothing store owner.

Actors : Sarath Kumar, Vijayakanth, Roobini,
Directors : R.K. Selvamani,

Dharma (Anandaraj) is an auto driver who kidnaps young women and is on the payroll of a powerful politician R.R (Radha Ravi). "Honest" Raj (Vijayakanth), a DCP investigating the murder of ...

Actors : Piotr Bajor, Hanna Stankówna, Janusz Michalowski, Maciej Kozlowski,
Directors : Wojciech Has,

The 18th century tale of a youngster whose memories, recounted after death, are a long series of wrong moral choices ending up with his killing his evil alter-ego, that is committing ...