Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : David Heavener, Shannon Tweed, David Campbell, Erik Estrada,
Directors : David Heavener,

In the Los Angeles of the future, police are forbidden to carry weapons and must use stun guns (called "stingers") instead. A maverick detective ignores those restrictions in his pursuit of...

Actors : Ilavarasi, Chandrasekhar, Jaishankar, C. Arunpandian,
Directors : R. Aravindraj,

A resort 'Picnic Village' used to abduct young girls and serve them to satisfy powerful politicians .When a newspaper media gets hook of it , they were attacked.By then honest police ...

Actors : Lora Staley, Lawrence Day, Neil Dainard, Lenore Zann,
Directors : Don McBrearty,

A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.

Actors : Ian McShane, Anne Archer, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Mike Connors,
Directors : Tony Lo Bianco,

A killer is brutually attacking several tenants that live in a high rise apartment building in New York City.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Kim Coates, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Allan A. Goldstein,

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer, Nancy Mulford,
Directors : John 'Bud' Cardos,

Ted Andrews persuades his ex-wife Sandy to let their children accompany him on a journey on his multi-million dollar yacht to Australia, where he wants to sell it. However after a few days ...

Actors : Lorraine De Selle, Patrizia Behn, Joe Dallesandro, Gianni Macchia,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

An escaped convict plays the occupants of a remote home against one another for his own sadistic pleasure while searching for the loot he buried there following a previous robbery.

Actors : Sharon Farrell, Charles Napier, Ronny Cox, John Matuszak,
Directors : Dale Trevillion,

In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner

Actors : Nicolas Silberg, Michel Poujade, Gérard Sergue, Caroline Aguilar,
Directors : André Génovès,

Mesrine was the foremost criminal, public enemy N°1, the man most wanted in France, guilty of 39 crimes. "In the police or newspaper history, Mesrine broke all records". The film begins ...

Actors : Melissa Sue Anderson, Mark Moses, Elliott Gould, Mabel King,
Directors : Malcolm Marmorstein,

A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.

Actors : Michelle McCormick, Ken Roberts, Alex Courtney, Joe Estevez,
Directors : Anthony J. Christopher,

A girl is killed and raped minutes after fighting with her boyfriend (Jeff) and he left her. Jeff is the assistant of professor Caldwell at the university, and he wanted to return with his ...

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Michel Galabru, Victor Lanoux, Jacqueline Maillan,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Mocky,

Horace Tumelat,a powerful politician was raised by his uncle Eusèbe.He has to find a letter written by his uncle who committed suicide.

Actors : José de Abreu, Marieta Severo, Flávio Galvão, Paulo José,
Directors : Murilo Salles,

Paulo is a rich lawyer who has a happy and comfortable family life, with his kid and very loyal to his wife. But when he finds out that the woman is cheating on him with his business ...

Actors : Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Christopher Cummins, Liz Newman,

Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the ...

Actors : Charine Chan, Ging-Cheung Chan, Stephen Chow, Ellen Chan,
Directors : Man Kit Poon,

Dragon, an ex-triad member, gets out jail and decides to go straight. However, his old friend Rubbish Pool and old boss Kent usually settles disputes with other gang leaders there, so Dragon has a hard time getting pass his old ways.

Actors : Ilmari Saarelainen, Kauko Helovirta, Matti Mäntylä, Sari Sarmas,
Directors : Visa Mäkinen,

A small gang of criminals is planning to commit a gold heist not knowing that the new member of their gang is actually a police detective. But when his true identity is revealed to the gang...

Actors : Howard Knight, William J. Kulzer, Melanie Coll, Judi Trevor,
Directors : Eric Louzil,

A former female cop is framed by corrupt police, acting in collusion with the local judge, and has to fight her way out of the pen, alone, against tough inmates, and the people in charge.

Actors : Jackie Shroff, Raj Kiran, Poonam Dhillon, Swapna,
Directors : Vijay Reddy,

Ram (Jackie shroff) is an honest young man, who comes to the village of the powerful and corrupt Thakur Vijay Singh (Amrish Puri). On the way his vehicle breaks down and he meets with ...

Actors : Kenny Bee, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Wai-Man Chan, Joey Wang,
Directors : Patrick Tam,

Two Young couples Lap (Joey Wang) and Rick (Kenny Bee) separates when Lap's Father (Kwan Hoi San) fails a mission, and Lap asks his father's partner Godfather Shen (Chan Wai Man) for help ...

Actors : Kwok-Wah Au, Siu-Lung Leung, Yee-Hing Chan, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Fung Wong,