Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : John Getz, Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh,

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : David Lynch,

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Actors : Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Robert Englund,
Directors : Wes Craven,

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.

Actors : Jerry O'Connell, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.

Actors : O.J. Simpson, Priscilla Presley, Leslie Nielsen, Ricardo Montalban,
Directors : David Zucker,

Incompetent police detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Actors : Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, John Travolta,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Actors : Tom Towles, Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Mary Demas,
Directors : John McNaughton,

Henry, a drifter, commits a series of brutal murders, supposedly operating with impunity.

Actors : Bill Bernstein, Woody Allen, Martin Landau, Claire Bloom,
Directors : Woody Allen,

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy,
Directors : Martin Brest,

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, David Naughton, Joe Belcher,
Directors : John Landis,

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.

Actors : Bill McKinney, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

Former Green Beret John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to survive using his combat skills.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

Actors : Richard Crenna, William Hurt, Ted Danson, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Lawrence Kasdan,

In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.

Actors : Roger Moore, Kristina Wayborn, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams,
Directors : John Glen,

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.

Actors : Sean Young, Gene Hackman, Will Patton, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Actors : Michael Gross, Fred Ward, Kevin Bacon, Finn Carter,
Directors : Ron Underwood,

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

Actors : Sonja Smits, James Woods, Debbie Harry, Peter Dvorsky,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

When he acquires a different kind of programming for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality.

Actors : Adrienne Barbeau, John Houseman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh,
Directors : John Carpenter,

Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job, and finding clues when it's clear the man is healthy.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Alan Parker,

Two F.B.I. Agents, with wildly different styles, arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of some civil rights activists.