Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Tarcísio Meira, Christiane Torloni, Lídia Brondi, Ney Latorraca,
Directors : Bruno Barreto,

When a pedestrian is hit by a bus, the simple clerk Arandir runs and kisses the moribund in a gesture of sympathy and unconditional pure love. The opportunist scum photographer Amado ...

Actors : Etienne Chicot, Martin Lamotte, André Dussollier, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Élisabeth Rappeneau,

Jeanne Quester is a psychologist-on-the-airwaves in a radio station.She got a raw deal when she was a child.

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 : Penelope Milford, Cameron Mitchell, Michael Moriarty, Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

Haunted by psychic visions of murder, an American man travels to Europe where he learns that a rash of murders are being committed by someone who looks exactly like him.

Actors : Terry-David Després, Brenda Bazinet, Daryl Haney, Tom Nardini,

During a police strike in Nova Scotia's capital city, a gang of hoodlums end up unintentionally causing the owner of a gay bar to be killed. This escalates into a string of murders with a lone survivor trying to not be next.

Actors : Stephen Chow, Fui-On Shing, Wai-Man Chan, Vivian Chow,
Directors : Parkman Wong,

Ruthless gangster Guts pulls off a heist of diamonds, then enlists the aid of longtime triad member, Fei, to arrange a buyer for them. But when Guts double crosses the buyer, Fei ends up with the diamonds, wanted by both the cops and Guts.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Richard Blackburn, Don Peoples, Catherine Schultz,
Directors : Paul Bartel,

Tabloid reporter Lois Thornedyke and her photographer Barry Denver stumble upon evidence of a sex scandal, blackmail and political conspiracy that may involve her love interest Franklyn - the saintly Mayor of New York City.

Actors : Stephen Chow, Kuan Tai Chen, Sibelle Hu, Kenneth Tsang,
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 : Kaz Garas, Carmen Argenziano, Deborah Tranelli, Bill McLaughlin,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

A beautiful woman seeks revenge for tragedy forced upon her family.

Actors : Dave Galluzzo, Chip Greenman, Rich Pemberton, Rick Styles,
Directors : Don Edmonds,

A rock band called "The Clowns" comes under suspicion of murder when several prostitutes are killed by individuals made up like members of the band.

Actors : Simona Cavallari, Michele Placido, Mark Chase, Massimo De Francovich,
Directors : Damiano Damiani,

Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, ...

Actors : Berta Cabré, Bernard Seray, Isabel Mestres, Ángel Fernández Franco,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

Actors : Mário Viegas, Luís Lello, Lima Duarte, Lia Gama,
Directors : José Fonseca e Costa,

Kilas is a pimp who lives happy with Pepsi-Rita, fading sex variety starlet, and both lives at the expense of his God-mother. Kilas is the elader of a small gang of tough guys, and the ...

Actors : Laure Sabardin, Wanda Mendres, Henri Poirier, Yves Jouffroy,
Directors : Jean Rougeron,

A police captain's niece is trapped by white slavers.

Actors : Colin Dale, Dursley McLinden, Saeed Jaffrey, José René Ruiz,
Directors : Stephen Bayly,

When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his ...

Actors : Ricki Rasmussen, Tania Frydenberg, Nanna Bøndergaard, Ken Vedsegaard,
Directors : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,

4 Danish kids find a cookie jar filled with cash while playing in the woods. They decide to keep the money, at least until a reward is offered. But the crooks want "their" money back and will do whatever necessary to accomplish this.

Actors : Viola Valentino, Bombolo, Tomas Milian, Giorgio Trestini,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

Actors : Revathy, Janagaraj, Kamal Haasan, Radha,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

David is a serious fan of a politician. But the politician is a fraud, On seeing Mary, David's wife, he devises a plan.He sends David onto jail and in the meantime rapes Mary.When David ...

Actors : Nadia Capone, Nial Lancaster, Robert Bidaman, Erica Fairfield,
Directors : Robert Bergman,

A gang of escaped convicts take over a farmhouse and hold the woman living there hostage. It turns out that her husband is a cop, who among other things is in trouble because he has ...

Actors : Martyn Sanderson, Tony Barry, John Hargreaves, David Hemmings,
Directors : John Laing,

A docu-drama covering one of the most famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm house? Arthur was sure that ...