Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Michael Keaton, Peter Boyle, Stephen Furst, Christopher Lloyd,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

Actors : Adolph Caesar, David Alan Grier, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Art Evans,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

An African American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II.

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Louise Lasser, Brion James, Sheree J. Wilson,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.

Actors : Lance Henriksen, Jenny Wright, Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is turned by a beautiful drifter.

Actors : Kevin Tighe, James Belushi, Ed O'Neill, Mel Harris,
Directors : Rod Daniel,

To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec.

Actors : Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer, Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Tom Mankiewicz,

The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.

Actors : Dennis Hopper, Debra Winger, Sami Frey, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Bob Rafelson,

A federal investigator tracks down a gold digging woman who moves from husband to husband, kills them and collects the inheritance.

Actors : David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Bubba Smith,
Directors : Alan Myerson,

The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy (1984), goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard's job. ...

Actors : Robbie Coltrane, Janet Suzman, Camille Coduri, Eric Idle,
Directors : Jonathan Lynn,

Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed, after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. B...

Actors : Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Treat Williams,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption. However, he soon discovers that he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

Actors : William Daniels, Paulina Porizkova, Tom Selleck, James Farentino,
Directors : Bruce Beresford,

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows ...

Actors : Paul Shenar, Sam Wanamaker, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : John Irvin,

A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.

Actors : Pamela Reed, Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Fran Drescher,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (...

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.

Actors : Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Ivan Reitman,

A New York district attorney works and flirts with his adversary and her kooky artist client, who is on trial for a murder she didn't commit.

Actors : David Graf, Michael Winslow, Leslie Easterbrook, Bubba Smith,
Directors : Peter Bonerz,

Those bumbling cadets take to the streets when three inept goons successfully orchestrate a metropolitan crime wave.

Actors : Cinqué Lee, Masatoshi Nagase, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Yûki Kudô,
Directors : Jim Jarmusch,

Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley.

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Emilio Estevez, Richard Dreyfuss, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : John Badham,

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Actors : Fred Ward, Cecilia Pérez-Cervera, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : George Armitage,

When Fred Frenger gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, Florida, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student/prostitute ...