Best Crime movies of 1980s

Actors : Yunus Parvez, Shakti Kapoor, Shiva Rindani, Asrani,

Brahmdutt, a rich Steel Baron is falsely convicted in the murder of his best friend and business partner Premchand. When in prison, Brahmdutt finds out from sources that his son in law ...

Actors : Jonas Bloch, Isolda Cresta, Marieta Severo, José Wilker,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

Biography of Brazilian congressman Tenório Cavalcanti, who used to appear in public carrying a machine-gun, and wearing a black cloak.

Actors : Amy Robinson, Suzanna Love, Robert Walker Jr., Jeff Winchester,
Directors : Ulli Lommel,

An American engineer in London, who is helping to dismantle the London Bridge to be transported to Arizona, strikes up an acquaintanceship with a young British woman. Several years later he...

Actors : Joseph Vijay, Rajinikanth, Bhagyaraj, Ambika,
Directors : S.A. Chandrashekhar,

A professor Vijay (Rajnikanth) irked by the shady going-ons in his neighborhood thanks to a local thug Anburaj and his Mohanraj (Satyaraj), galvanizes citizens into carrying out a campaign ...

Actors : Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Lai-Yui Lee, Damian Lau,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight.

Actors : Kaija Pakarinen, Seppo Mäki, Esko Nikkari, Juhani Niemelä,
Directors : Veikko Aaltonen,

Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Aruna Irani, Poonam Dhillon, Om Shivpuri,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

Anand lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay in a palatial house, and runs a business 'Export India'. While shopping at Roopsagar Clothing Store, he meets one of the Sales Clerks', Sharda, and...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Charlie Chin, Pat Ha, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Alfred Cheung,

When his wife, also working for the the police, but in a different department, is being brutally murdered, a police officer begins to investigate the case on his own. Soon he has the ...

Actors : Al Ruscio, Paul Shenar, Joyce Ingalls, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Paul Aaron,

Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in ...

Actors : Lee Majors, Abe Vigoda, Tracy Brooks Swope, Don Rickles,
Directors : Robert Burge,

Ex-mobster Keaton, now living in a retirement home, narrowly misses being the target of a mob hit. Policemen Jake, an old friend of Keaton's, and Gable, a violent cop who takes an immediate...

Actors : Marcel van Heerden, Thembi Mtshali, Dolly Rathebe, Thomas Mogotlane,
Directors : Oliver Schmitz,

Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand ...

Actors : Almanta Suska, Protacio Dee, David Warbeck, Luciano Pigozzi,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers.

Actors : Emma Norbeck, Marika Lagercrantz, Gösta Ekman, Per Mattsson,
Directors : Jon Lindström,

Thomas, a scientist, lives in a childless marriage. When his wife travels to Copenhagen he begins an affair with a girl of 19. The girl and large amounts of drugs disappears from Thomas laboratory.

Actors : Yavuzer Çetinkaya, Zuhal Olcay, Mine Çayiroglu, Kadir Inanir,
Directors : Ömer Kavur,

Actors : Jamuna, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Asrani,
Directors : Aziz Sejawal,

A father and son are conning the whole city of Bombay.

Actors : Berta Cabré, Bruno Cremer, Fanny Cottençon, Francisco Algora,
Directors : Vicente Aranda,

Violence and delinquency are Fanny's only way of life. An ex-cop known as "el Gallego" was expelled from the police force because of his irregular methods, particularly for cruelly abusing ...

Actors : Tien-Lang Li, Eric Tsang, Hark Tsui, Loletta Lee,
Directors : Patrick Tam,

An affable guy gets more than he bargained more when he halfheartedly agrees to watch over the wife and the mistress of his incarcerated brother and gets trapped between the women in a love triangle - right before the parole hearing.

Actors : Hidde Maas, Jack Monkau, Annick Christiaens, Josse De Pauw,
Directors : Bobby Eerhart,

An isolated farmhouse is chosen as a hide-out by Jim and Charlie after an armed robbery. The Deleye family are forced to accept the situation under Jim's brutal domination. Badly wounded ...

Actors : Keith Carradine, Bill Pullman, Tom Waits, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Robert Dornhelm,

A psycho-killer with mommy issues, a charming crooked cowboy and their girl steal some jewels. The cowboy decides not to share and goes on the run with the loot. A crazy chase across the country between former partners in crime begins.

Actors : Brian Benben, Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York grow up to become feared gangsters.