Best Crime movies of 1987

Actors : Michael Wright, Louis Gossett Jr., James Belushi, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Joss Ackland, Terence Stamp, John Turturro,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, John P. Ryan, Kay Lenz,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey takes on the members of a vicious Los Angeles drug cartel to stop the flow of drugs after his girlfriend's daughter dies from an overdose.

Actors : Delhi Ganesh, Janagaraj, Saranya Ponvannan, Kamal Haasan,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

A common man's struggles against a corrupt police force put him on the wrong side of the law. He becomes a don, who is loved and respected by many, but his growing power and influence exact a heavy toll.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Actors : James Woods, Allison Balson, Victoria Tennant, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : John Flynn,

Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right,...

Actors : Cher, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Peter Yates,

A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder. Public defender Kathleen is assigned by the court as his ...

Actors : Dean Shek, Yun-Fat Chow, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : John Woo,

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

Actors : Harris Yulin, Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Tom Holland,

Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics police officer with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of "Fatal Beauty"...

Actors : Alan Bates, Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Sammi Davis,
Directors : Mike Hodges,

Martin, an IRA hitman, is seen by a catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.

Actors : Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

Actors : Darren McGavin, John Hurt, Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins,
Directors : Bob Clark,

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must re-examine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now ...

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Gene Simmons, Rutger Hauer, Mel Harris,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

This movie features a character who is a descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name. And like McQueen's Josh Randall, Hauer's Nick Randall...

Actors : Molly Ringwald, Dennis Hopper, Robert Downey Jr., Danny Aiello,
Directors : James Toback,

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for a woman in debt to the mafia.

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Actors : Yueh Sun, Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.

Actors : Debra Stipe, Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Norman Mailer,

Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car, a blond woman's severed head in ...

Actors : Lane Smith, Chelsea Field, Viggo Mortensen, Lincoln Kilpatrick,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.

Actors : Sarah Miles, Greta Scacchi, Joss Ackland, Charles Dance,
Directors : Michael Radford,

A millionaire past his prime, and his young wife, arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large, as the homefront gears up for war. They ...

Actors : Todd Graff, Tim Robbins, John Turturro, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Tony Bill,

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.