Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Lindy Davies,
Directors : Nadia Tass,

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. ...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Peter Weller,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Actors : Mike Bishop, David Field, Chris DeRose, Kevin Mackey,
Directors : John Hillcoat,

Prison gangs clash in a high-tech security jail where there are no rules.

Actors : Jim Mapp, James Belushi, Robert Glaudini, John Waters,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

Actors : Sam Neill, John Clarke, Zoe Carides, Yvonne Lawley,
Directors : John Ruane,

Carl Fitzgerald is down-on-his-luck until he meets Sophie, a beautiful Greek girl. He gets a job as a cook, but accidentally kills fellow worker Mustafa. He turns to his unscrupulous best ...

Actors : Barbara Williams, John Getz, Steven Bauer, David Caruso,
Directors : Douglas Day Stewart,

A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she...

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Rajiv Rai,

A honest but disgraced Police Inspector's attempts to clear his name pits him against terrorists and the brother of his sweetheart.

Actors : Mario Van Peebles, Robert Ginty, Deborah Geffner, Frankie Faison,
Directors : Mark Buntzman,

The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.

Actors : Li-Chun Lee, Wang An, Cora Miao, Pao-Ming Ku,
Directors : Edward Yang,

A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks.

Actors : Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Castaldi,
Directors : Claude Zidi,

The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended...

Actors : Richard Panebianco, James Russo, Sari Chang, David Caruso,
Directors : Abel Ferrara,

A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.

Actors : Margherita Fumero, Tomas Milian, Bud Spencer, Marc Lawrence,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

L.A.P.D. Captain Parker finally is going on Holiday with all his family. At the last moment he has to cancel the program to re-capture a pilferer named Tony Roma, bad copy of a Latin lover....

Actors : Barbara Carrera, Alan King, Laurene Landon, Armand Assante,
Directors : Richard T. Heffron,

An old friend of a private detective is murdered. The detective, Mike Hammer, will make every effort to find out the killer. At each step he does, there is someone taking advantage of his ...

Actors : Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Baye, Aurelle Doazan,
Directors : Jean-Luc Godard,

In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge ...

Actors : Nicole Garcia, Richard Bohringer, Anémone, Christophe Malavoy,
Directors : Michel Deville,

A magnate and his younger wife hire David to teach guitar to their teenage daughter. The wife quickly seduces David, and simultaneously he strikes up an acquaintance with the family's ...

Actors : Roger Moore, Deborah Moore, Michael Caine, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Roger Moore and Sir Michael Caine play dual roles in this off-beat and highly silly caper - a pair of small time con-men and a partnership of nuclear physicists. As con-men, they use their ...

Actors : Robert Prosky, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Ricky Busker,
Directors : Robert Mandel,

Following the death of his father, suburbanite Obie runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, he befriends con artist Scam. The two then embark on a Down...

Actors : Shafi Inamdar, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A newly appointed police rookie deals with corruption, romance, and brutality.

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Pat Morita, Jay Leno, Tom Noonan,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

A Japanese investigator (Morita) and a Detroit cop (Leno) team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.