Best Crime movies of 1980

Actors : August Schellenberg, Gabriel Arcand, Thomas Donohue, Yvon Dufour,
Directors : Jean-Claude Labrecque,

In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Duplessis decided to make an example accusing Wilbert Coffin.

Actors : Guilin Li, Xiuwu Li, Ke Wei, Jia Liu,

People's Liberation Army soldier Ge Luo investigates the case of the Black Face Bandit among the Hani minority in 1948.

Actors : Carlos de Carvalho, Franco Nero, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Pier Francesco Poggi,
Directors : Alfredo Giannetti,

An office employee, pretending to be weak and crippled, reveals himself as a ruthless criminal.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A compilation edition of the first four films in Kinji Fukasaku's violent yakuza saga, previously screened only as part of a limited Japanese theatrical release in 1980 and on the Toei cable channel.

Actors : Jorge Luke, Jorge Rivero, Josefina Echánove, Claudia Islas,
Directors : Julián Pastor,

Lawyer has his life chattered when his beautiful wife is found murdered. Through intense investigation he is finding out that people have been lying to him. Raul (Jorge Rivero) was told she...

Actors : Jutta Speidel, Francisco Rabal, Arthur Brauss, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

A retired cop is visited by his former partner who wants him to be a bodyguard for established clientele. At first declining the offer, Nick quickly accepts and joins his friend for the job...

Actors : Giorgos Foundas, Olga Karlatos, Gely Mavropoulou, Alberto Eskenazy,
Directors : Nikos Foskolos,

When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her...

Actors : Richard Losee, David Fitzen, Kristin Kelly, Dahl Gleave,
Directors : Richard Losee,

A madman kidnaps an innocent child and only an ex-race car driver can deliver the ransom, a fortune in gold, in time.

Actors : Max H. Boulois, Tom Hernández, Virginia Mataix, Guillermo Antón,
Directors : Max H. Boulois,

Mr. Boulois is presented with a key to a Grand Central Station locker containing a million dollars, which will be his if he survives the ordeal. He's then blindfolded, bundled onto a ...

Actors : Urmila Bhatt, Anju Gupta, Master Bhagwan, Birbal,
Directors : Gulab Mehta,

Bindra lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his step-brother, Jagjivandas, in India. Their late father had employed, Pratap Chand, who they fully trust. Bindra re-locates to Africa to look ...

Actors : Jaroslav Satoranský, Milos Kopecký, Marie Brozová, Zlata Adamovská,
Directors : Jaromil Jires,

Oldrich Lukásek (Milos Kopecký), a respected Prague solicitor, lets him shifted for health reasons to the small town at the foot-hills. In the local advocate advice bureau impatiently ...

Actors : Václav Svorc, Rudolf Jelínek, Ilja Prachar, Josef Vinklár,
Directors : Zbynek Brynych,

The accountants at a agricultural cooperative near Prague have completed the calculation of wages. The driver with the cashier are leaving for a bank in Prague to withdraw the cash ...

Actors : Valentín Trujillo, Eric del Castillo, Lyn May, Ana Luisa Peluffo,
Directors : Gilberto Gazcón,

The life of an orphan boy in a big city, surrounded by poverty, crime and violence. As he grew up, he began a life of crime.

Actors : Matilde Mastrangi, Lu Martan, Patrícia Scalvi, Flávio Porto,
Directors : Luiz Castellini,

In the brothel of Jandira, there is a fight and the stranger Wilson is rescued by the local Marcos that brings him to his camp house. On the next morning, Marcos offers the job of lookout ...

Actors : László Inke, Cecília Esztergályos, Ádám Szirtes, Gábor Harsányi,
Directors : Sándor Szalkay,

Lt. Kojak arrives in Budapest as a guest speaker for the 'International Crime Writers Conference'. Soon after he starts enjoying the pleasures that the city has to offer, he assists his old...

Actors : Josef Somr, Eduard Cupák, Frantisek Nemec, Ludek Munzar,
Directors : Jirí Hanibal,

Vera, wife of the plumber Simandl (Josef Somr), is found murdered in the cinema next to the IDOC (Information and Documentation) agency where she worked. Police captain Marha (Frantisek ...

Actors : Corinne Cléry, Agnès Nobecourt, Marzio Honorato, Helmut Berger,
Directors : Massimo Pirri,

A microcosm of people lost in search of an artificial happiness, which lead them to steal and prostitute themselves, for the short ecstasy of a squirt of heroin in the veins. Marco and Pina...

Actors : Jeong-hie Yu, Hee-ra Kim, So-ryong Han,
Directors : Sung-su Kim,

A woman unknowingly marries a drug dealer and gradually finds herself being drawn into his activities.

Actors : Christopher Crabb, Helen Shaver, Scott Hylands, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Don McBrearty,

A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Tony Curtis, John Vernon, Sally Kellerman,
Directors : Nicolas Gessner,

A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husband. She hires two charming gunrunners as help but they suspect her shady competitor.