Best Murder Mystery movies of 1980s

Actors : Guanyin Ma, Baolong Yang, Bo Gao,
Directors : Tianren Wu,

Investigation of the murder of a mill worker.

Actors : Fangbing Lin, Wenqi Li, Chun Sun,

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

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 : 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 : Kristin Kajander, Frank Krog, Rolf Skøien, Anne Krigsvoll,
Directors : Sølve Skagen,

The lonely, divorced and disillusioned lawyer Lex Larsen comforts himself by drinking "Brun Bitter" helps out a small boy finding his lost bike, and finds himself hunting a serial killer in a undercurrent of sex and violence.

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 : 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 : Julissa, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Guillermo Murray,
Directors : Alfredo Gurrola,

Several young women are murdered in a small community, and a detective moves in to solve the crimes.

Actors : Doris Quest, Mary Keith Roe, Eric Gunn, Kevin Yon,
Directors : Dean Wilson,

Based upon the true story of Philadelphia sex killer Gary Heidnik, BLIND FAITH follows the investigation of his grisly crimes through the eyes of Detective Will Lindsay and criminal ...

Actors : Anneline Kriel, Arnold Vosloo, Norman Anstey, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Tim Spring,

A cop sets up his girlfriend as a target in order to trap a serial killer.

Actors : Jorge Luke, Jorge Rivero, Josefina Echánove, Claudia Islas,
Directors : Julián Pastor,

Lawyer has his life chattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. Through intense investigation he is finding out that people have been lying to him. Raul (Jorge Rivero) was told she...

Actors : Zhucheng Fu, Jiaoxin Liu, Bing Dou, Yujing Liang,

Police must solve the beating of a young man and the murder of the woman he had a date with just before the beating.

Actors : Tom Billett, Angel Caban, Joe Ambrose, Paul Borghese,

Considered too dangerous to be on the force, ex-cop Mickey McCardle is tormented by the brutal murder of his partner. When a serial killer begins to stalk the streets of New York, McCardle ...

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 : Arnold Vosloo, Darcy DeMoss, Wings Hauser, Asher Brauner,
Directors : Wings Hauser,

A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail 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 : 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 : Yeqiu Du, Hongsheng Zen,
Directors : Yuqiang Zhang,

The police investigate the death of a clothing store owner.

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 : Kumiko Ohba, Masato Furuoya, Misako Tanaka, Isao Natsuyagi,
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.