Best Crime movies of 1980

Actors : K. Balaji, Surulirajan, Rajinikanth, Sridevi,
Directors : J. Mahendran,

A parsimonious Barbar must flee from the Police after meeting with a look-alike gangster.

Actors : Patrice Townsend, Irene Cagen, Zack Norman, Michael Emil,
Directors : Henry Jaglom,

Two small-time thieves come together as a bizarre comic duo in a quest to make their childhood dreams come true. In a limousine stuffed with cash stolen from the mob, they take off for ...

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 : Juan Valentín, Juan Gallardo, Princesa Lea, Ana Luisa Peluffo,
Directors : Francisco Guerrero,

Actors : Carmen Russo, Mario Cutini, Vassili Karis, Cintia Lodetti,
Directors : Roberto Mauri,

An international drugs deal goes wrong, and two New York hit-women are dispatched to Rome, Italy, to get the missing pay money. Even before departure the girls (Carmen Russo and Cintia ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Aruna Irani, Tamanna, Kim,
Directors : Danny Denzongpa,

Dr. Vijay is a psychiatrist and is in love with a beautiful young woman named Asha. He is stunned when another doctor refers Asha to him, as Asha has been having hallucinations and ...

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Tony Curtis, John Vernon, Sally Kellerman,
Directors : Nicolas Gessner,

A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husband. She hires two charming gunrunners as help but they suspect her shady competitor.

Actors : August Schellenberg, Gabriel Arcand, Thomas Donohue, Yvon Dufour,
Directors : Jean-Claude Labrecque,

In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Duplessis decided to make an example accusing Wilbert Coffin.

Actors : Harry Reems, Nicole Morin, Geoffrey Bowes, Daniel Pilon,
Directors : Claude Fournier,

Mr. Clean is an exemplary policeman in charge of the brigade of manners. Until his men foment a sex scandal so that he is laid off.

Actors : Jutta Speidel, Francisco Rabal, Arthur Brauss, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A retired cop is visited by his former partner who wants him to be a bodyguard for established clientele. At first declining the offer, Nick quickly accepts and joins his friend for the job...

Actors : László Inke, Ádám Szirtes, Gábor Harsányi, Cecília Esztergályos,
Directors : Sándor Szalkay,

Lt. Kojak arrives in Budapest as a guest speaker for the 'International Crime Writers Conference'. Soon after he starts enjoying the pleasures that the city has to offer, he assists his old...

Actors : Corinne Cléry, Agnès Nobecourt, Marzio Honorato, Helmut Berger,
Directors : Massimo Pirri,

A microcosm of people lost in search of an artificial happiness, which lead them to steal and prostitute themselves, for the short ecstasy of a squirt of heroin in the veins. Marco and Pina...

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A compilation edition of the first four films in Kinji Fukasaku's violent yakuza saga, previously screened only as part of a limited Japanese theatrical release in 1980 and on the Toei cable channel.

Actors : Max H. Boulois, Tom Hernández, Virginia Mataix, Guillermo Antón,
Directors : Max H. Boulois,

Mr. Boulois is presented with a key to a Grand Central Station locker containing a million dollars, which will be his if he survives the ordeal. He's then blindfolded, bundled onto a ...

Actors : Carlos de Carvalho, Franco Nero, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Pier Francesco Poggi,
Directors : Alfredo Giannetti,

An office employee, pretending to be weak and crippled, reveals himself as a ruthless criminal.

Actors : Sophie Murphy, Bryan Brown, John Flaus, Chrissie James,
Directors : Christopher Fitchett,

A dying criminal takes his younger brother on one final job so that when the final hour comes, his brother and his brother's wife and daughter who he himself may have fathered, will be financially secured.

Actors : Rune Dybedahl, Cecilie Holter, Anders Volle, Margot Alfstad,
Directors : Oddvar Bull Tuhus,

Handlingen utspilles i 1958, året da Amerikanerne skjøt opp Explorer og Russerne Sputnik III. Det er imidlertid ikke slike begivenheter som opptar filmens ungdommelige hovedpersoner, ...

Actors : Corinne Carol, Julie Margo, Patrice Valota, Jacques Bouanich,
Directors : Philippe Monnier,

Corentin and Brichot investigate drug trafficking in Fort-de-France, Martinique.

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Birbal, Yogeeta Bali, Utpal Dutt,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

Pratap Kumar Srivastav travels from Shyam Nagar to Bombay, and gets hired by his father's friend, Ram Prasad. He rents a room in a Chawl in Borivali's 'Asha Manzil' where his friend, Gopal ...

Actors : Neda Arneric, Rastislav Jovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic,
Directors : Milorad Lakovic,

This movie is partly based on true events, when a group of dangerous international criminals try to rob the national theater in Belgrade.