Best Mystery movies of 1980s

Actors : Ita Ever, Vladimir Sedov, Vsevolod Sanaev, Lyubov Polishchuk,
Directors : Vadim Derbenyov,

Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisoned. Nobody actually loved him, and even his family members had their reasons to kill him. ...

Actors : Christine Amor, Andrew Booth, Linda Blair, Tony Bonner,
Directors : Alec Mills,

Young nurse investigates suspicious deaths in a psychiatric ward.

Actors : Tracey Tainsh, David Reyne, John Meillon, Norman Kaye,
Directors : Ron Way,

An Australian woman's car breaks down in the country, and when she goes to get help, she's whisked back in time to 1944 and witnesses a murder. Returning to her car, time reverts to normal,...

Actors : Kamal Haasan, Y.G. Parthasarathy, Radha, Madhavi,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

A fashion photographer gets embroiled in a series of grisly murders

Actors : Jayaram, Madhu, Sukumari, Shobana,
Directors : P. Padmarajan,

Viswanathan, new in town, soon learns that he is being chased by enemies of his look-alike, who is a con man. Vishwanathan tries to find out Uthaman before its too late, but things don't go as planned.

Actors : Ian McShane, Anne Archer, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Mike Connors,
Directors : Tony Lo Bianco,

A killer is brutually attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Midori Ebina, Masato Hoshi, Eimei Esumi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddendly covered by a dome shaped electromagantic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other ...

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Javier Gurruchaga, Victoria Abril, Jorge Sanz,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

In the post Spanish civil war years, Catalan kids would sit in circles among the ruins and tell stories, known as "aventis" (the film's original title in Catalan, its original language). ...

Actors : Rick Dean, Marie-Alise Recasner, Terence Goodman, Ron Gardner,
Directors : William T. Naud,

While filming on a remote island, a low-budget film cast and crew fall prey to a mysterious killer hellbent on making a real-life snuff horror film.

Actors : Tsui Ling Yu, Ni Tien, Siu-Kwan Lau, Jung Wang,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

A necrophiliac killer is murdering the prostitutes at Madame Lan's brothel.

Actors : Shane Briant, Colin Friels, Bruno Lawrence, John Waters,
Directors : Mark Joffe,

A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.

Actors : Shannon Tweed, Art Hindle, Carole Laure, Jim Bailey,
Directors : Don Carmody,

Stuck in a sexless marriage, a frustrated well-to-do couple agrees to see a female sex therapist. Unfortunately, she only helps escalate the tensions between them. Meanwhile, the police is baffled by a string of brutal nightly killings.

Actors : Tom Jansen, Leen Jongewaard, Marie Kooyman, Renée Fokker,
Directors : Theo van Gogh,

A lawyer must defend a nightclub owner accused of committing a crime-of-passion.

Actors : Vanity, Morgan Fairchild, Billy Dee Williams, John Beck,

A detective is framed for a murder he didn't commit.

Actors : José Bódalo, Miguel Rellán, Alfredo Landa, María Casanova,
Directors : José Luis Garci,

Private detective Germán Areta is investigating the life of a man who has apparently abandoned another man. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing ...

Actors : John Gielgud, Robert Hays, M. Emmet Walsh, Ron Travis,
Directors : Rob Cohen,

An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.

Actors : Knut Husebø, Chad Lowe, Mia Sara, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Ralph L. Thomas,

Fire-and-brimstone preacher sees Satan everywhere, trains gullible young boy to "detect" evil, and the two of them commit several murders in the name of Jesus. Based on a true story.

Actors : Michael Ansara, Macdonald Carey, Martin Landau, Michael Durrell,
Directors : Mark Sobel,

A secret organisation gains control over the American nuclear weapons. A journalist ventures out to stop them.

Actors : Leanne Lau, Tony Liu, Jung Wang, Norman Chu,
Directors : Chin-Ku Lu,

Hsu Shao-chiang stars as a veritable "Spider-Swordsman" - master of the "Silkworm Style" - in this eye-filling, mind-bending martial arts phantasmagorical which truly warrants the description: "unforgettable."

Actors : Mammootty, Suparna Anand, Parvathi, Sukumaran,
Directors : V.K. Pavithran,

One fine morning, not any different from every other day, a promising poet shoots herself. Leaving no trace of motive, her husband's best friend and journalist, Balu embarks on a journey to find the truth.