Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Joyce Godenzi, Carina Lau, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Corey Yuen,

Stright after her marriage Hong Kong officer Mina Kao faces dangerous case of vietnamese criminal refugees.

Actors : Ritva Valkama, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Hannele Lauri, Pentti Siimes,
Directors : Ere Kokkonen,

Actors : Tiana Alexandra, Rod Steiger, Brian Thompson, David Dukes,
Directors : Joel Silberg,

A cop goes undercover in to infiltrate a drug ring as Cinderella Pu, a Chinese dancer with a unique martial arts style. An agent, who is actually at the center of the ring, is attracted by Pu and claims he can make her a star.

Actors : Stephen Chow, Kuan Tai Chen, Kenneth Tsang, Sibelle Hu,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

A common thief and an employee of a Hong Kong stock company try to help an amnesia-plagued undercover cop to regain his memory and locate the whereabouts of the 50 million dollars cash used...

Actors : Sergi Mateu, Assumpta Serna, Raul Solnado, Patrick Bauchau,
Directors : José Fonseca e Costa,

In Portugal, in the 60s, the corpse of a man appears on Dog's Beach. The corpse is identified as the major Dantas, a man wanted by authorities after his escape from a military prison where he was awaiting trial for insurrection.

Actors : James Wilder, Henry Thomas, Errol Slue, Stephen Shellen,
Directors : Graeme Campbell,

Fresly escaped from prison, Isaac is picked up by his brothers, and the entire brood embarks on a crime spree that claims the lives of six people.

Actors : Robby Benson, Elsa Lanchester, Linda Grovenor, Charles Durning,
Directors : Jeff Werner,

A San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Mathieu Carrière, Vicky Peña,
Directors : Félix Rotaeta,

Actors : André Falcon, Philippe Noiret, Dorothée, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Robert Enrico,

For inspector Baroni,Monsieur Morlaix is the main suspect who might have killed his wife.

Actors : Rod Taylor, Edward Albert, Raf Vallone, Rex Harrison,

A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is ...

Actors : Russell Wong, Lisa Schrage, Steven Vincent Leigh, Billy Drago,
Directors : Ronny Yu,

In Amsterdam - in the time before the legalisation of some drugs and the following growth of competition on the market - takes place a war between the Italian and Chinese mafia because of ...

Actors : Ilkka Heiskanen, Niina Nurminen, Katja Kiuru, Mikko Reitala,
Directors : Lauri Törhönen,

Actors : Maria Pakulnis, Piotr Fronczewski, Jerzy Bonczak, Krzysztof Zaleski,
Directors : Miroslaw Bork,

This film is based on the life of a swindler called Jack Silberstein who was active until the end of 1960s.

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Nutan, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Rajiv Rai,

Kidnapped at a very young age, two twin brothers are separated from there respective mother. One grows up with a criminal and industrialist Gama Matten alias Chinoy and the other works for ...

Actors : Jaya Prada, Madhuri Dixit, Jeetendra, Sanjay Dutt,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

Thakur Azghar Singh lord over a small Indian village named Jalcott killing anyone standing in his way. When an honest police inspector Jagdish Chandar attempts to bring him to justice he is...

Actors : Myriem Roussel, Lambert Wilson, Tchéky Karyo, Agnès Soral,
Directors : Yves Boisset,

Actors : Julianne Phillips, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges, Tiny Ron,
Directors : Beau Bridges,

A distraught husband kidnaps the judge who freed his wife's killers on insufficient evidence. He gives him seven hours to find evidence that will put them away, or he'll kill his wife.

Actors : Asokan, Maniyanpilla Raju, Gavin Packard, Mohanlal,
Directors : P. Padmarajan,

Mohanlal helps a white man (Fabien) escape from Kerala Jail for money, but turns out for ulterior motives.

Actors : Chema Muñoz, Xabier Elorriaga, Mario Pardo, Ramón Balenziaga,
Directors : Imanol Uribe,

In the summer of 1977, a political prisoner, living in exile, recounts the circumstances of his escape to a journalist: in April 76, a group of ETA members planned to escape from prison, ...

Actors : Rhonda Bell, Elion Sucher,
Directors : James Benning,

In "Landscape Suicide" Benning continues his examination of Americana through the stories of two murderers. Ed Gein was a Wisconsin farmer and multiple murderer who taxidermied his victims ...