Best Murder Mystery movies of 1980s

Actors : Lee Majors, Abe Vigoda, Tracy Brooks Swope, Don Rickles,
Directors : Robert Burge,

Ex-mobster Keaton, now living in a retirement home, narrowly misses being the target of a mob hit. Policemen Jake, an old friend of Keaton's, and Gable, a violent cop who takes an immediate...

Actors : Joop Doderer, Ron Brandsteder, Toon Agterberg, Manouk van der Meulen,
Directors : Hans Scheepmaker,

De Cock & Vledder investigate the robbery of an armored truck which leads to several murders.

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 : Margie Newton, Gabriele Gori, Chuck Valenti, Rod Robinson,
Directors : Vanio Amici,

In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree.

Actors : Mukesh, Jagathi Sreekumar, Mammootty, Devan,
Directors : K. Madhu,

Sethurama Iyer and the CBI investigate the mysterious murder of a famous actress.

Actors : János Derzsi, Kati Lázár, Péter Haumann, Judit Pogány,
Directors : György Fehér,

When a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.

Actors : Lora Staley, Lawrence Day, Neil Dainard, Lenore Zann,
Directors : Don McBrearty,

A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.

Actors : Mike Huff, Tony Caprari, Mathew Stewardson, John Barrett,
Directors : Frans Nel,

A teenage boy falls under the protection of a private detective after the boy witnesses an actual murder being filmed.

Actors : Raymond Mayo, Susanne Reed, Jack Kehoe, Allan Kolman,
Directors : Patrick Roth,

A former insurance man and a thief get together and plan to rob a house. However, things don't go as planned, and they wind up getting involved in rape and murder.

Actors : Anatoliy Romashin, Irina Rozanova, Leonid Kanevskiy, Ivan Bortnik,
Directors : Konstantin Khudyakov,

Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set.

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.

Actors : Rowell Santiago, Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon, Gina Alajar,
Directors : Lino Brocka,

A Mysterious And Deadly Rapist And Murderer Spreads Terror And Chaos Among Women In The City.But In The Midst Of Intrigues,Tensions,And Dangers A Lawyer Is Attracted To Him The Mysterious ...

Actors : Xinghai Wang, Junyi Shen,
Directors : Teyuan Mu,

The Tianjin chief of police has a rough time investigating the murders of unidentified women whose bodies are found floating in a river in the 1930s.

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Reem Kapadia, Marc Zuber, Aaloka,
Directors : Keshu Ramsay,

Inspector Shyam is investigating the murder case of a woman which leads him to 4 men who are heading to Goa,Shyam along with his constable Hingirani heads to Goa,Shyam also shares a past ...

Actors : Chung Wang, Ray Lui, Kent Cheng, Yung Chan,
Directors : Chung Wang,

Crank and Fatty, two remarkably incompetent cops whose inept investigations lead to rape, torture, duplicity, and murder.

Actors : Ramachandran, Mammootty, Gopi, Jayabharati,
Directors : K.N. Sasidharan,

Film that opens with a missing of a girl who later identified to be killed by someone who is close to her. The film is in a format of investigation thriller giving importance to the plot rather to the characters.

Actors : John McCurry, Arch Johnson, Lee Bryant, Farley Granger,
Directors : Richard Friedman,

Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-year hunt for the identity of a dead boy, to the detriment of his family life.

Actors : Alexandre Frota, Marcos Manzano, Gretchen, Lilian Ramos,
Directors : Deni Cavalcanti,

In São Paulo, the incorruptible drug enforcement detectives Tom and Nil are investigating the deaths of call girls. Their boss Dudão is pressed by the secretary of Public Security to solve ...

Actors : Chuck Jeffreys, Stan Wertlieb, George Chung, Troy Donahue,
Directors : George Chung,

Hawkeye's partner is killed when a Las Vegas drug investigation goes bad. He is then teamed with Charles, a smooth talking officer who clashes with his Texas cowboy ways. Together they hit ...

Actors : Fangbing Lin, Wenqi Li, Chun Sun,

Chinese police track a serial killer who always kills on April 30.