Best Investigation movies of 1980s

Actors : Margie Newton, Gabriele Gori, Chuck Valenti, Rod Robinson,
Directors : Vanio Amici,

In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree.

Actors : Suzanne Snyder, Season Hubley, David Birney, Susannah York,
Directors : George Kaczender,

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental problems, which are gradually deteriorating ...

Actors : Howie Mandel, Sterling Hayden, Susan Anspach, Helen Shaver,
Directors : Les Rose,

Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the course of her investigation, other people ...

Actors : Ignacio López Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Hanna Schygulla, Isabelle Adjani,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

A French psychologist investigates about famous suicidal women. She finds the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, a Mexican writer who died inside Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. To follow the ...

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Michael Chiklis, David Beecroft, Tania Coleridge,
Directors : Ken Stein,

Together, a weary cop and an all business FBI agent, team up to catch the latest homicidal manic: The Rain Killer. Just when they think that all the clues have been washed away, they find ...

Actors : Bert Remsen, James Keach, Charles Durning, Pam Grier,
Directors : Alan Beattie,

A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.

Actors : Michel Aumont, Fanny Cottençon, Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien,
Directors : Edouard Niermans,

A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner, and former pimp, but befriends a young woman which isn't at all who she claims to be.

Actors : Sandy Kenyon, Miki McKenzie, Barry Buchanan, Eric Scott,
Directors : Larry Buchanan,

An increasing number of people are dying mysterious deaths in the dark waters of Loch Ness, victims of the famous monster. But what other mysteries does the Loch hold? What about the ...

Actors : Cheryl Hirshman, James McCann, Rufus Butler Seder, Eugene Seder,
Directors : Rufus Butler Seder,

A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the slayings that occur in the new script of a Hollywood screenwriter.

Actors : Paul Le Mat, Olivia Barash, Renée Soutendijk, Lee Ving,
Directors : Donald P. Borchers,

A woman tormented by ghostly apparitions and a professor of psychic phenomena investigate other-worldly disturbances and unlock the secret of a malevolent force reaching out for vengeance from beyond the grave.

Actors : Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey, José René Ruiz,
Directors : Stephen Bayly,

When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his ...

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 : Julie Carmen, Timothy Carhart, Lise Cutter, Martyn Stanbridge,
Directors : Jan Eliasberg,

Retired international police agent, now suburban housewife, is asked by her former partner to help him catch a serial killer.

Actors : Talivaldis Abolins, Igrida Andrina, Romualds Ancans, Lilita Berzina,
Directors : Janis Streics,

In one of the prestigious restaurants during banquet speech a large company's director Palmgren is killed in front of dozen guests . Case is lead by Criminal Investigation Officer Pierre ...

Actors : Mike Coleman, Terry Comer, Carol Fitzgerald Carlberg, Paul Steger,
Directors : Jack Snyder,

A group of university students are invited by their parapsychology professor to investigate a haunted house for the weekend.

Actors : Guomin Zhang, Xiaoyi Chen, Fazeng Guo, Ling He,
Directors : Baochang Guo,

Set in late 1970s, a paintress sketching on Fairy Peak witnesses that two men fight on the cliff edge and calls the police. One of the two fighting men is found murdered that night. Detectives try to find the murderer.

Actors : Bob Flag, Mark Hawkins, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill,
Directors : Fhiona-Louise,

Fictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.

Actors : Tony Valente, Michel Clinford, Michela Miti, Saverio Vallone,

A mysterious murderer has already killed seven people using the deadly venom of a snake from Martinique which causes immediate death with the victim's face turning into a horrible mask. A ...

Actors : Todd Jacobsen, Scott Allen Nollen,
Directors : Scott Allen Nollen,

Sherlock Holmes, his son, Steel Rod Holmes, and Dr. John H. Watson investigate the disappearance of an antique divan, believed to be part of a drug-smuggling ring led by the nefarious "...