Best Mystery movies of 1980s

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Don Adams, Rhonda Fleming, Andrea Howard,
Directors : Clive Donner,

Maxwell Smart is recalled to duty to help fight a villian who threatens to detonate a weapon that destroys clothing.

Actors : Bruce Dern, Rachel Ward, Jason Patric, Rocky Giordani,
Directors : James Foley,

An ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle talks them both...

Actors : Lawrence Tierney, Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Farley Granger,
Directors : Joseph Zito,

An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

Actors : Rip Torn, Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges, Gwen Verdon,
Directors : Robert Benton,

In 1950s Texas, a woman trying to recover sexy photos of herself and divorce her husband witnesses a murder and uncovers corrupt land dealings.

Actors : Andrea Occhipinti, Howard Ross, Almanta Suska, Jack Hedley,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.

Actors : Art Garfunkel, Harvey Keitel, Denholm Elliott, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Nicolas Roeg,

A psychiatrist living in Vienna enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.

Actors : Adam Ant, Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Anna Maria Monticelli,
Directors : John McTiernan,

A French anthropologist moves to Los Angeles and is followed by the evil spirits of an extinct tribe he once uncovered.

Actors : Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Edmund Purdom, Frank Braña,
Directors : Juan Piquer Simón,

Young co-eds are being dismembered by a mysterious murderer on a college campus. The killer is attempting to put together a human jigsaw puzzle made from body parts.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Roy Kinnear, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.

Actors : Cora Venus Lunny, Kelly Piper, David Dukes, Hugh O'Conor,
Directors : George Pavlou,

Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.

Actors : Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries, Renée Soutendijk, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, ...

Actors : Richard Herd, Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Le Tuan,
Directors : Graeme Clifford,

Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so...

Actors : Joe Grifasi, Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy,
Directors : Robert Benton,

A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.

Actors : Jack Scalia, Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Actors : Kate McNeil, Janis Ward, Eileen Davidson, Robin Meloy,
Directors : Mark Rosman,

After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

Actors : Sarah Miles, Greta Scacchi, Joss Ackland, Charles Dance,
Directors : Michael Radford,

A millionaire past his prime, and his young wife, arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large, as the homefront gears up for war. They ...

Actors : Lorenzo Quinteros, Cristina Scaramuzza, Hugo Soto, Inés Vernengo,
Directors : Eliseo Subiela,

A patient in a mental hospital claims to be an extraterrestial. Could he be right?

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, John Vernon, Anne Ditchburn,
Directors : Richard Ciupka,

Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

Actors : Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Kay Lenz, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Michael Crichton,

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.