Best Robbery movies of 1980s

Actors : Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, John Cleese,

In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.

Actors : Daniel Stern, Macaulay Culkin, John Heard, Joe Pesci,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

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 : Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Van Cleef,
Directors : John Carpenter,

In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Actors : Geena Davis, Dale Grand, Bill Murray, Randy Quaid,

Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Keith Carradine, David Carradine, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Walter Hill,

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

Actors : Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, Don Johnson,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

When the drifter Harry Madox reaches a small town in Texas, he gets a job as used car salesman with the dealer George Harshaw and settles down in a hotel room. During a fire, Harry observes...

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Charles Grodin, Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase,
Directors : Jay Sandrich,

Wrongfully accused of a bank robbery, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to the soon-to-be D.A. of California.

Actors : Pat Morita, Thomas Ian Griffith, Robyn Lively, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.

Actors : Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, Louis Jourdan, David Hess,
Directors : Wes Craven,

After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Warren Clarke, Freddie Jones, David Huffman,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink

Actors : Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz,
Directors : Jim Henson,

Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher Walken, Sean Penn, Chris Penn,
Directors : James Foley,

In 1978 Pennsylvania, an absentee father is reacquainted with his estranged teenage sons who become intrigued with his romanticized life of crime.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences.

Actors : Sean Connery, Rosanna DeSoto, Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a ...

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sarah Rowland Doroff, Martin Short, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Francis Veber,

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.

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 : David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Inspector Clouseau mysteriously disappears and a journalist attempts to uncover the mystery. New scenes are interspersed with old footage of Peter Sellers from the previous films.

Actors : Halil Ergün, Serif Sezer, Meral Orhonsay, Tarik Akan,

A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week's home leave, and the problems they encounter in adjusting to the world ...

Actors : Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Mickey Rourke, Elizabeth McGovern,
Directors : Walter Hill,

Johnny Handsome is a deformed gangster who plans a successful robbery with a friend of his, Mikey Chalmette, and another couple (Sunny Boid and Rafe Garrett). During the heist, Johnny and ...