Best Crime movies of 1980s

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 : 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.

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

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 : Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cottençon, Julie Jézéquel,
Directors : Pierre Granier-Deferre,

Edouard Binet, an aimless Frenchman, has been travelling in North Africa for many years, and is sailing to Belgium. En route, he meets Sylvie Baron. He introduces her to Nemrod Lobetoum, a ...

Actors : Robert Forster, Phillip Glasser, Lydie Denier, Caren Kaye,
Directors : Bert I. Gordon,

A down-on-his-luck cop runs into harder times when he is searching for a missing woman.

Actors : Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Nina Li Chi, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Mario David, Véronique Jannot, Gérard Lanvin,
Directors : Jean-Claude Missiaen,

Actors : Mammootty, Sumalatha, Urvashi, Babu Namboothiri,
Directors : Joshi,

Ravi Varma, who is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, tells his story to his wife's sister, a news reporter, about the true story of what happened.

Actors : Elisabete Pimenta Boaretto, Giorgio Cerioni, Gaetano Russo, Lucia Prato,

Actors : John Glover, Bill Smitrovich, Kathy Baker, Peter Weller,
Directors : David Saperstein,

The story of a widow (in West Virginia) who takes in a drifter who she believes killed her husband. She begins to fall for him but cannot be sure if she should trust him.

Actors : Meg Foster, Dorothée Berryman, James Brolin, June Chadwick,
Directors : Jim Kaufman,

An architect goes to bed with a seductive stranger only to awaken beside the corpse of his boss.

Actors : Franco Nero, Licinia Lentini, Mario Maranzana, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses...

Actors : John Nishio, Laura Burkett, Steve Rally, Allen Wisch,
Directors : Ulli Lommel,

A Tokyo cop is sent to Los Angeles to help an LAPD detective break up a yakuza (Japanese organized crime syndicate) ring operating in the city.

Actors : Ivan Desny, Bernd Stephan, Hans Beerhenke, Anny Duperey,
Directors : Wigbert Wicker,

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Actors : Suzanne Flon, François Dunoyer, Nathalie Baye, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Alain Jessua,

Paul kills his daughter in law Catherine to protect family honor.

Actors : Janne Carlsson, Ernst Günther, Sanne Salomonsen, Björn Skifs,
Directors : Sune Lund-Sørensen,

It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ...

Actors : Daniel Auteuil, Richard Bohringer, Philippe Léotard, Fanny Ardant,
Directors : Michel Deville,

Miss Lotte has her residence in a big hangar near a port.She seems to be having nice time with five clients but the arrival of a policeman disturbs their lives.

Actors : Shannon Tweed, Robert Lipton, Merete Van Kamp, James Luisi,
Directors : Christian Marnham,

A promising young army cadet is raped by her commanding officer, She gets her revenge by luring him and the men who acquitted him to a remote island.

Actors : Albert Salmi, Mackenzie Phillips, Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

It's an extraordinarily touching true-story about Terry Jean Moore, the determined, independent and young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. In the ...