Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Ratheesh, Suresh Gopi, Ambika, Mohanlal,
Directors : Thampi Kannanthanam,

The film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).

Actors : Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Guido Gagliardi, Claudia Demarmels, Carlheinz Heitmann,
Directors : Peter F. Bringmann,

Theo is having some bad luck. His barely paid-for truck has been stolen, and credit collectors are after him. The chase leads him across Europe.

Actors : June Barrett, Jill St. John, BarBara Luna, Tracey E. Bregman,
Directors : Tom DeSimone,

When her slimy boyfriend Danny (Peter Brown) uses his unsuspecting girlfriend Elizabeth (Tracy Bregman) to carry a stash of cocaine in her skis, she is nabbed by airport security. After a ...

Actors : Jack Kao, Lin Yang, Shu-Fen Hsin, Shu-Fang Chen,
Directors : Hsiao-Hsien Hou,

The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

Actors : Mammootty, Devan, Sumalatha, Jeetendra,
Directors : Joshi,

A journalist is illegally jailed for exposing two corrupt politicians, He exacts revenge through his new mysterious newspaper.

Actors : Saeed Poursamimi, Ali Nassirian, Parvaneh Massoumi, Dariush Arjmand,
Directors : Naser Taghvai,

Khaje Majed informs the authorities about Captain Khorshid smuggling with his ship. The authorities take the smuggling and burn it. Farhan is a new arriver in the port. He wants to smuggle ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Valeria Ross, Raimund Harmstorf, Mark Gregory,
Directors : Fabrizio De Angelis,

A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only ...

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Nobuko Miyamoto, Tetsurô Tanba, Masahiko Tsugawa,
Directors : Jûzô Itami,

Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Lino Troisi, Arnoldo Foà, Giuliana de Sio,
Directors : Giuseppe Ferrara,

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo...

Actors : Sakari Rouvinen, Markku Halme, Minna Soisalo, Juhani Niemelä,
Directors : Mika Kaurismäki,

Actors : Anju, Sumalatha, Salim Ghouse, Mohanlal,
Directors : Bharathan,

A man comes to an isolated valley to take revenge on his friend who murdered his wife.

Actors : Alix de Montaigu, François Michel, Katja Rupé, Jean-Pierre Beauviala,
Directors : Otar Iosseliani,

Awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 41st Venice International Film Festival, this absurdist comedy, with its sprawling cast of crooks, thieves, anarchists, prostitutes, chief inspectors, ...

Actors : Mark Joseph, Sarsi Emmanuelle, Maria Isabel Lopez, Myra Manibog,
Directors : Elwood Perez,

In the remote countryside of Ilongo, various women are sexually abused by local men. Two sisters meet Simon, the most attractive man in the village, and fight over him--one constantly haunted by Catholic dogma because of the abuse she suffered previously.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Jesse Aragon, Rene Auberjonois, Deborah Foreman,
Directors : Larry Gross,

Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln ...

Actors : Jaya Prada, Radhika Sarathkumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : K.C. Bokadia,

Bhim Singh is an orphan who lives a poor life-style in a small community. He is the guardian to his only sister, Laxmi, who he has educated in the city, she meets Ajit Singh the son of ...

Actors : Zoltán Basilides, István Avar, István Bujtor, András Kern,
Directors : István Bujtor,

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Actors : Claude Lelouch, Charles Durning, Gary Maas, Peter Falk,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, ...

Actors : László Bánhidi, Gyula Bodrogi, István Bujtor, András Kern,

The first part of the popular crime-comedies starring Csöpi Ötvös, who investigates about a hidden treasure this time.

Actors : Patrick Bruel, Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Richard Berry,
Directors : Alexandre Arcady,

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, ...

Actors : Linda Miller, James Brolin, Richard S. Castellano, Cliff Gorman,

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.