Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Barbara Babcock, Harry Dean Stanton, Paula Prentiss, Robert Foxworth,
Directors : Harold Becker,

A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.

Actors : Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey, Martin Kove,
Directors : Robert Boris,

Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

Actors : Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Ernst Günther, Håkan Serner,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

In Stockholm, on St. Lucy's feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Two cops from vice squad, Johansson and Jarnebring, who were...

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.

Actors : Christina Whitaker, Tammara Souza, Elizabeth Kaitan, Nick Cassavetes,
Directors : Anita Rosenberg,

Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are ...

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 : Art Metrano, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Darby Hinton, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

A smooth-talking private eye is assigned the task of investigating who is behind the hi-tech computer technology leaks to the Russians.

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 : Norman Burton, Shô Kosugi, Donna Kei Benz, James Booth,
Directors : Gordon Hessler,

After a peace loving Japanese immigrant and his family become victims of a crime syndicate, a master ninja emerges.

Actors : Paul Le Mat, Wilford Brimley, Catherine Hicks, Stephen McHattie,
Directors : Dick Richards,

A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

This is the last of the two-part finale of the Olsen Banden series (apart from the 1998 revival). Egon comes up with one brilliant plan after another to get the red suitcase in an attempt ...

Actors : Helle Beck Figenschow, Henning Syverud, Håvard Bakke, Tommy Karlsen,
Directors : Eva Isaksen,

A young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen tries to save her from the drugs.

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

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

Actors : Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald,
Directors : Erik Balling,

As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time, however, even Egon's life is in danger, for ...

Actors : Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Ben Gazzara, Marzio Honorato,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by ...

Actors : Kemal Sunal, Nur Gürkan, Mehmet Ali Akpinar, Semsi Inkaya,
Directors : Orhan Aksoy,

A taxi driver gets involved in mafia business in order to teach an innocent girl a lesson of life: "True Love Knows No Fear"

Actors : Mel Smith, Diana Quick, Griff Rhys Jones, Alison Steadman,
Directors : Michael Tuchner,

Henry Wilt is a more or less failure of a teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party Wilt is stuck to an inflatable doll and makes a complete ...

Actors : Megan Murphy, Ric Walker, Paul Harper, Jim Van Bebber,
Directors : Jim Van Bebber,

After one too many encounters with The Spiders (a rival gang), The Ravens' leader's girlfriend tells him to quit the gang or it's Splitsville. He does so, but the leader of The Spiders is ...

Actors : Vijayakumar, Prabhu, Amala Akkineni, Karthik,
Directors : Mani Ratnam,

Entrusted with the task of chairing an inquiry commission involving an influential politician, alcoholic Vishwanath must attempt to deal with issues that he has with in personal life. ...