Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Wolfgang Kieling, Christoph Hofrichter, Gerhard Wollner, Dieter Hallervorden,

A series of murders eliminates the poverty-stricken heirs to a 10 million-dollar fortune while Didi Dodel, the unsuspecting main heir, blithely escapes the attempts on his life. After a ...

Actors : Peter Boyle, Dennis Farina, Katherine Borowitz, John Turturro,
Directors : William Reilly,

A hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on ...

Actors : Barbara Rudnik, Sue Tauber, Andreas Vitásek, Christian Schmidt,

Private detective Max Müller and his assistent Larry try to solve a crime but find themselves in strange bars and women.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Donald Pleasence, Michael York, Mapi Galán,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

In Italy, a pianist suffering from the Progeria genetic disease becomes distraught and goes on a mad killing spree prompting a police inspector to investigate.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Robert Urich,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

About a retired New York cop on Vacation in America's West who is drawn into a female sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

Actors : Sara Hauser, Lisa Jane Todd, Patrick Danz, Mark Jacobs,
Directors : Jim Mallon,

During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.

Actors : Madison Arnold, Teri Garr, John Lithgow, Laura Alcalde,
Directors : Malcolm Mowbray,

Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proofs for the ...

Actors : Arliss Howard, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Suzy Amis,
Directors : Martha Coolidge,

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.

Actors : Allu Aravind, Suhasini, Chandramohan, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : Jandhyala,

A comedy about the famous (Self-proclaimed) detective - James Pond - as he tries to find the lost son of a famous industrialist

Actors : Billy Dee Williams, Robert Carradine, Valerie Bertinelli, Peter Graves,
Directors : Jack Smight,

A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.

Actors : Raymond Carbone, Bruce Paquette, Asbestos Felt, Courtney Lercara,
Directors : Tim Ritter,

A man suspects his wife of adultery and goes on a killing spree, eliminating all he believes are sleeping with her, but his victims don't stay dead.

Actors : Patti Chambers, Carla Bragoli, Carrie Gordon, Carmine Capobianco,
Directors : Gorman Bechard,

A strip-joint owner and a manicurist find that they have many things in common, the foremost being that they are psychotic serial killers. They fall in love and are happy being the family ...

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Alan Bates, Jan Niklas, Hanns Zischler,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic woman and the revelation of a sinister ...

Actors : Lino Banfi, Maurizio Ferrini, Maurizio Micheli, Isabel Russinova,
Directors : Dino Risi,

Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of a Vatican priest, he decides to question...

Actors : Robin Gammell, John Houseman, Sara Botsford, Richard Chamberlain,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.

Actors : Thomas Bern, Sylvia Summers, Lauren Peterson, Ashlyn Gere,
Directors : David DeCoteau,

A heavy-metal musician makes a deal with a satanic succubus to make him successful with women, in return for the succubus being able to feed on the girls.

Actors : Christine Amor, Leon Lissek, Ian Williams, Helen Thomson,
Directors : Alec Mills,

A serial killer is loose at an all girl school, where he strangles girls with a piece of barbed wire.

Actors : Blue Thompson, Brad McCormick, Scott Davis, Jude Johnson,
Directors : Bret McCormick,

An old woman coughs up what she believes to be a tumor. While asleep, the thing crawls inside of her son and reproduces inside him, then causes him to go on a killing spree to feed it.

Actors : Arnold Marquis, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Günther Kaufmann, Boy Gobert,
Directors : Wolf Gremm,

In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.

Actors : Matthew Wong, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Waise Lee, Joey Wang,

Inspector Waipong Wong has to put his life and resignation from the Hong Kong police department on hold to investigate his former partner's mysterious murder. What he and his crack team of ...