Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Richard Bradford, Roy Scheider, Lane Smith, Karen Young,
Directors : Peter Masterson,

A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Ronny Cox, Charles Napier, John Matuszak,
Directors : Dale Trevillion,

In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner

Actors : Eli Rich, Bonnie Sikowitz, Rochelle Taylor, Dennis Gannon,
Directors : Donald M. Jones,

A serial killer, who is actually a handsome Sunday school teacher, abducts young women and disposes their bodies in the Mojave Desert.

Actors : Bhanupriya, Sarath Babu, Satyanarayana Kaikala, Karthik,
Directors : Vamshi,

The story of an Ornithologist and a Police investigator coming to a forest and trying to solve the mystery of a series of killings allegedly by a man-eating tiger.

Actors : Kenny Johnson, Jennifer McAllister, Todd Caldecott, Kevin Masterson,
Directors : Bill Crain,

A smiling, sadistic and seemingly demonic young killer in black, who drives a black pick up truck, is hunting three young couples who came to the desert to drink, party and have sex.

Actors : Oliver Tobias, Manfred Lehmann, John Steiner, Christopher Connelly,
Directors : Fabrizio De Angelis,

Ten years after the end of the war in Vietnam, four ex-Marines decide to return to S.E. Asia to investigate reports of American POWs still being held there. These four include Roger, whose ...

Actors : Donna Owen, Fred Williamson, Arlene Golonka, Christopher Connelly,

Private detective is hired by rich man to find his niece, who has disappeared while traveling in Europe.

Actors : Stan Wojno, Gordon De Vol, Jacqueline Ray, Jackson Bostwick,

A team of men and women investigate the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditions to a strategically important but barren world.

Actors : Elizabeth Edwards, Frank Stallone, Claudia Udy, Bruce Pirrie,
Directors : Tony Currie,

A pink meteor controlled by aliens lands near a small town and turns the local women into nymphos. A deputy sheriff and a local private eye investigate.

Actors : John Smihula, Fred Borges, Paul Smihula, Michael Siegal,
Directors : Nathan Schiff,

A series of horrible murders prompts a massive police investigation. Inspector James Cameron, a two-fisted roughneck with his own philosophy on handling crime, heads the investigation. A ...

Actors : Jimmy Stathis, Clara Perryman, Cassandra Gava, Stephen Knight,

A serially unfaithful businessman rents a spare room from two siblings to use for his sexual conquests, unaware that they're serial killers who murder every woman he bring there.

Actors : Tracey Huffman, Charles L. Trotter, Red Mitchell, Kent T. Johnson,
Directors : Roger Evans,

The sole survivor of a backwoods massacre investigates the incident with the help of a photographer and a police officer. Soon, it becomes clear that they're up against nothing less than an ancient god!

Actors : Biao Yuen, Charlie Chin, Pat Ha, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Alfred Cheung,

When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the ...

Actors : Gustav Vintas, Lesley Milne, Esther Elise, Jason Williams,
Directors : Gregory McClatchy,

The "Vampire Killer" leaves his victims drained of blood, while a detective tries to catch him.

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 : Joop Doderer, Ron Brandsteder, Toon Agterberg, Manouk van der Meulen,
Directors : Hans Scheepmaker,

De Cock & Vledder investigate the robbery of an armored truck which leads to several murders.

Actors : Moira Sinise, Christopher Cazenove, Timothy Bottoms, John Kavanagh,
Directors : Robin Hardy,

When an Irish woman moves from the suburbs to Dublin, she begins receiving phone calls from a stranger. Coincidentally, the city is being plagued by a serial killer who uses this method to ...

Actors : Michel Galabru, Gérard Lanvin, Renée Saint-Cyr, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Comedy/detective story, involving a young hood on the run and a woman journalist who thinks he's a judge who will help her investigate a case she is covering.

Actors : Julianne Phillips, Laura Manszky, Treat Williams, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Nathalie Delon,

An insurance investigator is visiting Paris on assigment. He is soon made the object of a seduction bet amongst three ladies. Problems arise when the girls realize they are really falling ...