Best Crime movies of 1980

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, Helmut Berger, Marzio Honorato,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Sophie Murphy, Bryan Brown, John Flaus, Chrissie James,
Directors : Christopher Fitchett,

A dying criminal takes his younger brother on one final job so that when the final hour comes, his brother and his brother's wife and daughter who he himself may have fathered, will be financially secured.

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 : 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 : 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.

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 : 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 : David Fitzen, Richard Losee, 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 : 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 : László Inke, Ádám Szirtes, Gábor Harsányi, Cecília Esztergályos,
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 : 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 : 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 : Brahm Bhardwaj, Vikas Anand, Master Bhagwan, Vijay Arora,
Directors : B.P. Harisinghaney,

Sunil Verma works as an Assistant with Professor Jagmohan Sinha, a Scientist. After Jagmohan conducts a successful experiment, which will benefit India, there is an accident and Sunil loses...