Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Jayne Hutton, Heath Porter, Shirley Jane Harris, Tanya Gordon,
Directors : John Bernard,

The ghost of a serial killer, executed for murdering students at a Catholic girls' school, returns to the school to take revenge on the current student body.

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 : Robert Quarry, Oliver Darrow, Erik Estrada, Brinke Stevens,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

A priest, trying to regain his standing in the church after "falling" and sleeping with a woman, teams with a group of ESP experts to investigate a haunted house. It doesn't help that one of the experts is a beautiful young woman.

Actors : Sharon Lee Jones, Mark Riccardi, Dana Fredsti, Mark Pacific,
Directors : Lindsay Norgard,

Sisters from the planet Vulkaria teleport themselves to Earth to investigate and report back in order to prove to their mother, the planet's ruler, that they are worth of becoming Queen.

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 : Claude Brasseur, Tonya Kinzinger, Patrick Dupond, Alain Delon,
Directors : Gilles Béhat,

Police Inspector Michel Eparvier investigates a crime tied to a dance class held by charismatic handicapped dance instructor Alan Wolf, who seems to be involved with some of his students, despite his disability.

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

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

Actors : Dave Galluzzo, Chip Greenman, Rich Pemberton, Rick Styles,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

A rock band called "The Clowns" comes under suspicion of murder when several prostitutes are killed by individuals made up like members of the band.

Actors : David Calderisi, Thom Haverstock, Pamela Boyd, Wendy Crewson,
Directors : Ota Richter,

Simply, Adam is a man who happens to come from a long line of men cursed. He succumbs to the curse, and basically goes on a killing spree.

Actors : Ove Sprogøe, Michael Falch, Ole Ernst, Line Knutzon,
Directors : Sune Lund-Sørensen,

A womanizing reporter investigates death of his friend in Copenhagen's sporting district and the detective finds himself caught between clunky ordeals of police and gangsters involved in drug trafficking.

Actors : Hugh Farrington, Ron Briskman, Denise Crosby, Michael Parks,
Directors : John G. Thomas,

A tough Arizona cop is teamed with a lesbian cop to catch a serial killer who is murdering police officers.

Actors : Jenny Liang, Kuan-Chung Ku, Jason Pai Piao, Tony Liu,
Directors : Shan Hua,

An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot".

Actors : Charles Napier, Katherine Kelly Lang, Robert Viharo, Michelle Reese,
Directors : Max Kleven,

A tough homicide cop is assigned to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Kim Coates, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Allan A. Goldstein,

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.

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 : Cameron Mitchell, Leo Fong, Richard Roundtree, Stack Pierce,
Directors : Frank Harris,

An L.A. cop investigating the rape and murder of his wife traces the crime to a psycho biker gang that smuggles guns. He teams up with an FBI agent to stop them and catch his wife's killers.

Actors : Mark Hennessy, Steve Donmyer, Hope Marie Carlton, Scott King,
Directors : Nico Mastorakis,

Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in ...

Actors : Bombolo, Olimpia Di Nardo, Tomas Milian, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the murderer in the course of the inquiry. In...

Actors : Eiji Okuda, Toshirô Mifune, Gô Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Kei Kumai,

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death. Years before: Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who ...