Best Crime movies of 1983

Actors : Ruy Leal, Vilma Camargo, Francisco Cavalcanti, Joana de Oliveira,
Directors : Francisco Cavalcanti,

Shoeblack keeps the money of two rival gangs.

Actors : Ron Haddrick, Earle Cross, Lynn Rainbow, Peter O'Toole,

When a woman receives a message apparently from the sender of a series of valuable pearls after the disappearance of her father, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Actors : Zélia Diniz, Luiz Carlos Braga, Sandra Graffi, Lígia de Paula,
Directors : Alfredo Sternheim,

Teacher moves to a town by the sea, in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in order to forget an ill-fated romance, but soon gets involved with unhappy married man, while also getting too much ...

Actors : Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán, Carmen del Valle, Mario Almada, Eric del Castillo,
Directors : José Luis Urquieta,

A retired police officer looks for revenge after his family is attacked by a gang of criminals.

Actors : Eun-suk Jeong, Bu-seon Kim, Min-yeong Tae, Mu-song Jeon,
Directors : Sung-su Kim,

A thief discovers a poor student who resembles a rich man's son and coerces him to join his plan to steal a large sum of money.

Actors : Stephanie Grant, Britt Ekland, Patricia Moffatt, Jack Messinger,
Directors : Jack Nixon-Browne,

A man falls for his nubile stepdaughter. When his hot wife founds out about this, she is furious. Murder ensues. It's obvious who's the guilty party. Or is it?

Actors : Chhagan Bhujbal, Mukund Chitale, Master Makrand Bapat, Kamini Bhatia,
Directors : Govind Kulkarni,

After their mother passes away, twins, Prasad and Anu, are separated and their father, Ramji Desai, is rendered homeless. Prasad is brought up by a couple whose daughter was abducted and ...

Actors : Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Richard Bohringer, Juliet Berto,

Paula is caught in the world of crime because her father was involved in the drug business, her brother is in the real estate scam, and her lover is an armed thief.

Actors : Gary Cho, Bo Yuen, Alain Ko, Sonny Man,
Directors : Mitch Wong,

A silk dealer and a princess are traveling in the China country, when they are attacked by a group of Falcon bandits. The bandits kidnap the princess and steal the silk. The princess's ...

Actors : Jaya Prada, Shatrughan Sinha, Dharmendra, Smita Patil,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

Shyam and Kamal are two school-going students who are close friends. When Kamal is unable to pay his exam fees, Shyam assists him, and as a result Kamal does well, is able to study further,...

Actors : Sofia Aliberti, Panos Mihalopoulos, Kaiti Finou, Stamatis Gardelis,
Directors : Giannis Dalianidis,

Panos comes to Athens in search for a better life. He is fed up with life in the countryside, unemployment and the whole situation with his family. He hooks up with a bunch of ambitious- ...

Actors : Ünsal Emre, Yaprak Özdemiroglu, Tarik Akan, Ahu Tugba,
Directors : Halit Refig,

Meral is a show girl and drug addict and Yilmaz is a handsome police chief who fights against drug dealers. The tragic reality of the glamorous show world is revealed in the film's story. ...

Actors : Sebastião Grandim, Fabricio Cavalcanti, Norberto Fayon, Francisco Cavalcanti,
Directors : Francisco Cavalcanti,

Man kidnaps the daughter of the man who raped and killed his mother.

Actors : Geoffrey Copleston, Regina Bianchi, Margaret Lee, Treat Williams,
Directors : Vittorio Caprioli,

L'ultimo desiderio di Vito Fonseca morendo è quello di essere sepolto nella natia Napoli. E così è. Quando la giovane e bella moglie Fanny arriva a Napoli scopre che il marito aveva un ...

Actors : Amjad Khan, Parveen Babi, Shatrughan Sinha, Shakti Kapoor,
Directors : Amjad Khan,

Inspector Sunil Rana (Shatrughan Sinha) has been assigned the case of triple-homicide of the Sinha family, namely Mr. Sinha (Ashok Kumar); his son Inspector Rohan (Vinod Mehra), and Rohan's...

Actors : Horst Janson, Olivia Pascal, Harald Dietl, Klaus Konczak,
Directors : Alexander Titus Benda,

A successful writer of crime stories, is missing and searching a special, antique bed which used to be his source of inspiration.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Sarika, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Bhappi Sonie,

Amrit's generosity and kindness initially lands him in the bad books of a dancer; then in prison; and then as false son-in-law of a very wealthy man.

Actors : Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Edgar Vivar, Rubén Aguirre,
Directors : Roberto Gómez Bolaños,

Two rival gangs of robbers exist in Mexico city. One band is directed by the gangster Rufino Rufian, whose orders are monitored by his mother. The other band is guided by Kilos, a fat man ...

Actors : Richard Harrison, Don Gordon Bell, Bruce Baron, Philip Gamboa,
Directors : Teddy Page,

"Hunter's crossing" is about a mercenary (Bruce Baron as Al Hunter) trying to rescue a millionnaire's son raptured by Filipino pirates.

Actors : Kumiko Ohba, Masato Furuoya, Isao Natsuyagi, Misako Tanaka,
Directors : Noboru Tanaka,

An emotionally distraught young man goes on a violent killing spree after his tuberculosis keeps him from serving in World War II and is frowned upon by his fellow villagers.