Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Sathyakala, Nedumudi Venu, Rahman, Mohanlal,
Directors : I.V. Sasi,

Actors : Russell Wong, Steven Vincent Leigh, Lisa Schrage, Billy Drago,
Directors : Ronny Yu,

In Amsterdam - in the time before the legalisation of some drugs and the following growth of competition on the market - takes place a war between the Italian and Chinese mafia because of ...

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 : Frederick Bailey, Cec Verrell, Joe Mari Avellana, Bill McLaughlin,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

Silk, the toughest cop in Honolulu, busts small time smugglers only to reveal a larger syndicate smuggling Asian mobsters into the States by buying the identities of Hawaiian citizens.

Actors : Fong Lui, Paul Chun, Joey Wang, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Norman Law Man,

After a botched attempt to nab a drug smuggler in a parking garage, police detectives Ho Ting-Bon (Yun-Fat Chow) and Cheong Yan (Fong Liu) accidentally cause a runaway car to hit a young ...

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

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 : Ricky Hui, Anita Mui, Sibelle Hu, Michael Hui,
Directors : Philip Chan,

Inspector Chu (Chocolate) is an idiot to rival Inspector Clouseau. After he fails to catch a car-park full of thieves he is demoted to the missing persons squad, only to be faced with the ...

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 : Neda Arneric, Jakup Amzic, Saban Bajramovic, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Goran Paskaljevic,

The Guardian Angel in this harrowing film is the one who doesn't protect gypsy children from being sold into virtual slavery with gangs of organized beggars, pickpockets, and thieves all ...

Actors : André Falcon, Philippe Noiret, Dorothée, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

For inspector Baroni,Monsieur Morlaix is the main suspect who might have killed his wife.

Actors : Ben Lam, Jing Chen, Ming-Wai Chan, Szu-Ying Chien,
Directors : Michael Mak,

Three Chinese police escaped from Mainland China to Hong Kong.In order to live legally in Hong Kong,they agree to be police informers and fight with those criminals who come from Mainland China.

Actors : Chema Muñoz, Xabier Elorriaga, Mario Pardo, Ramón Balenziaga,
Directors : Imanol Uribe,

In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA members planned to escape from prison, ...

Actors : Rod Taylor, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert, Rex Harrison,

A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is ...

Actors : Anupam Kher, Raj Kiran, Neelam Kothari, Govinda,
Directors : Kirti Kumar,

Hatya is an experience. Through the eyes of a child. A spine-chilling musical thriller, the film is about the turmoil of a deaf and dumb child, who witnesses a murder along with his mother,...

Actors : Shane Briant, Colin Friels, Bruno Lawrence, John Waters,
Directors : Mark Joffe,

A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.

Actors : Anna Samokhina, Boris Shcherbakov, Valentin Gaft, Vladimir Steklov,
Directors : Yuriy Kara,

This is a story of a war between two powerful criminal gangs and their 'dons' (vory v zakone) in the communist Soviet Union. Corruption, cynical rhetorics, deaths of innocent people.

Actors : Sabine Azéma, Jacques Nolot, Richard Anconina, Hélène Surgère,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Zuhair Haddad, David Goss, James Mitchum,
Directors : Amir Shervan,

A detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.

Actors : Farid Shawqi, Adel Imam, Nelly, Hatem Zolfikar,
Directors : Samir Seif,

Adel (Adel Imam) a journalist in a major newspaper, divorced. One evening in one of the pubs frequented by Nashaat al-Kashif (Hatem Zulfiqar), the son of the well-known businessman Fahmi ...