Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Matthew Wong, Joey Wang, Waise Lee,

Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of ...

Actors : Lino Troisi, Lino Ventura, Arnoldo Foà, Giuliana de Sio,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo...

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tetsurô Tanba, Masahiko Tsugawa,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.

Actors : Alix de Montaigu, François Michel, Katja Rupé, Jean-Pierre Beauviala,
Directors : Otar Iosseliani,

Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ...

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Jesse Aragon, Rene Auberjonois, Deborah Foreman,
Directors : Larry Gross,

Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln ...

Actors : Anju, Sumalatha, Salim Ghouse, Mohanlal,
Directors : Bharathan,

A man comes to an isolated valley to take revenge on his friend who murdered his wife.

Actors : A Martinez, Nancy Kwan, Robert Forster, Joe Spinell,
Directors : Norbert Meisel,

A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught young woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.

Actors : Zoltán Basilides, István Avar, István Bujtor, András Kern,
Directors : István Bujtor,

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Actors : Hilde Grythe, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Jon Skolmen, Ingar Helge Gimle,
Directors : Hans Otto Nicolayssen,

Actors : Jaya Prada, Radhika Sarathkumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : K.C. Bokadia,

Bhim Singh is an orphan who lives a poor life-style in a small community. He is the guardian to his only sister, Laxmi, who he has educated in the city, she meets Ajit Singh the son of ...

Actors : Susan Shaw, Christopher Stone, H.B. Halicki, Lang Jeffries,
Directors : H.B. Halicki,

Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him. Full of amazing car chases, fantastic crashes, and edge-of-your-seat action.

Actors : Norman Fell, Greg Evigan, Pia Kamakahi, Kay Lenz,
Directors : Katt Shea,

When Detective Cody Sheehan discovers the body of a stripper from the Rock Bottom dance club, she wants the case. Her partner, Detective Heineman, is equally anxious to make the jump to the...

Actors : Kevin Kindlin, Sueanne Seamens, Terrie Godfrey, Mark V. Jevicky,
Directors : S. William Hinzman,

A hooded psycho is murdering high-school girls. A devil-worshiping, drug-dealing biker gang is suspected.

Actors : Mammootty, Devan, Sumalatha, Jeetendra,
Directors : Joshi,

A journalist is illegally jailed for exposing two corrupt politicians, He exacts revenge through his new mysterious newspaper.

Actors : Gyula Bodrogi, László Bánhidi, István Bujtor, András Kern,

The first part of the popular crime-comedies starring Csöpi Ötvös, who investigates about a hidden treasure this time.

Actors : Bo Svenson, Valeria Ross, Mark Gregory, Raimund Harmstorf,
Directors : Fabrizio De Angelis,

A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only ...

Actors : Patrick Bruel, Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Richard Berry,
Directors : Alexandre Arcady,

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, ...

Actors : Danièle Gégauff, Sylvie Matton, Joe Dallesandro, Maria Schneider,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Elizabeth sends telegrams to her old boyfriend Ben in NYC and to her younger sister Leo in Rome to join her in Paris, where she is selling her dead father's estate. When Ben and Leo arrive, a mysterious adventure begins.

Actors : Claude Lelouch, Charles Durning, Gary Maas, Peter Falk,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, ...

Actors : Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, Amala Akkineni, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Feroz Khan,

The story of Dayavan, a benevolent gangster who dedicates his life to helping those less fortunate then himself.