Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Stephen Chow, Fui-On Shing, Wai-Man Chan, Vivian Chow,
Directors : Parkman Wong,

Ruthless gangster Guts pulls off a heist of diamonds, then enlists the aid of longtime triad member, Fei, to arrange a buyer for them. But when Guts double crosses the buyer, Fei ends up with the diamonds, wanted by both the cops and Guts.

Actors : Kaz Garas, Carmen Argenziano, Deborah Tranelli, Bill McLaughlin,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A beautiful woman seeks revenge for tragedy forced upon her family.

Actors : Laure Sabardin, Yves Jouffroy, Wanda Mendres, Henri Poirier,
Directors : Jean Rougeron,

A police captain's niece is trapped by white slavers.

Actors : Nadia Capone, Nial Lancaster, Robert Bidaman, Erica Fairfield,
Directors : Robert Bergman,

A gang of escaped convicts take over a farmhouse and hold the woman living there hostage. It turns out that her husband is a cop, who among other things is in trouble because he has ...

Actors : Stephen Chow, Kuan Tai Chen, Kenneth Tsang, Sibelle Hu,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

A common thief and an employee of a Hong Kong stock company try to help an amnesia-plagued undercover cop to regain his memory and locate the whereabouts of the 50 million dollars cash used...

Actors : Mário Viegas, Lima Duarte, Luís Lello, Lia Gama,
Directors : José Fonseca e Costa,

Kilas is a pimp who lives happy with Pepsi-Rita, fading sex variety starlet, and both lives at the expense of his God-mother. Kilas is the elader of a small gang of tough guys, and the ...

Actors : Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey, José René Ruiz,
Directors : Stephen Bayly,

When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his ...

Actors : Etienne Chicot, Martin Lamotte, André Dussollier, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Élisabeth Rappeneau,

Jeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station.She got a raw deal when she was a child.

Actors : Asokan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Gavin Packard, Mohanlal,
Directors : P. Padmarajan,

Mohanlal helps a white man (Fabien) escape from Kerala Jail for money, but turns out for ulterior motives.

Actors : Martyn Sanderson, Tony Barry, John Hargreaves, David Hemmings,
Directors : John Laing,

A docu-drama covering one of the most famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm house? Arthur was sure that ...

Actors : Maria Pakulnis, Piotr Fronczewski, Jerzy Bonczak, Krzysztof Zaleski,
Directors : Miroslaw Bork,

This film is based on the life of a swindler called Jack Silberstein who was active until the end of 1960s.

Actors : Terry-David Després, Brenda Bazinet, Daryl Haney, Tom Nardini,

During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.

Actors : Jaya Prada, Madhuri Dixit, Jeetendra, Sanjay Dutt,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

Thakur Azghar Singh lord over a small Indian village named Jalcott killing anyone standing in his way. When an honest police inspector Jagdish Chandar attempts to bring him to justice he is...

Actors : Nancy Allen, Richard Blackburn, Don Peoples, Catherine Schultz,
Directors : Paul Bartel,

Tabloid reporter Lois Thornedyke and her photographer Barry Denver stumble upon evidence of a sex scandal, blackmail and political conspiracy that may involve her love interest Franklyn - the saintly Mayor of New York City.

Actors : Simona Cavallari, Michele Placido, Mark Chase, Massimo De Francovich,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, ...

Actors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Joyce Godenzi, Carina Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Corey Yuen,

Stright after her marriage Hong Kong officer Mina Kao faces dangerous case of vietnamese criminal refugees.

Actors : Dave Galluzzo, Chip Greenman, Rich Pemberton, Rick Styles,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

A rock band called "The Clowns" comes under suspicion of murder when several prostitutes are killed by individuals made up like members of the band.

Actors : Ricki Rasmussen, Tania Frydenberg, Nanna Bøndergaard, Ken Vedsegaard,
Directors : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,

4 Danish kids find a cookie jar filled with cash while playing in the woods. They decide to keep the money, at least until a reward is offered. But the crooks want "their" money back and will do whatever necessary to accomplish this.

Actors : Ilkka Heiskanen, Niina Nurminen, Katja Kiuru, Mikko Reitala,
Directors : Lauri Törhönen,

Actors : Revathy, Janagaraj, Kamal Haasan, Radha,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

David is a serious fan of a politician. But the politician is a fraud, On seeing Mary, David's wife, he devises a plan.He sends David onto jail and in the meantime rapes Mary.When David ...