Best Crime movies of 1981

Actors : Herbert Bautista, Hero Bautista, William Martinez, Harlene Bautista,
Directors : Antonio B. Pascua,

Filipino take on Agatha Christie's classic story about ten people stuck in a remote place, who are killed one by one by someone as punishment for their supposed crimes.

Actors : Petar Kralj, Dragan Nikolic, Merima Isakovic, Ljubisa Samardzic,
Directors : Miomir 'Miki' Stamenkovic,

The murder of a famous gynecologist occurred under unusual circumstances. Inspectors found the doctor's apartment door open.

Actors : Gunilla Olsson, Knut Husebø, Thomas Robsahm, Audun Meling,

Julia washes trains coupes for a living, when she one day meets the married Karl-Henrik, the secretary of the minister of justice. Falling in love with him, she also are involved in his criminal activity.

Actors : David Chiang, Pan Pan Yeung, Norman Chu, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Taylor Wong,

After her father, Golden Rings, is killed by the Deadly Blade, the Moon Goddess sends out invitations to all the top fighters in the region to try and lure out the Deadly Blade and force ...

Actors : Marlène Jobert, Agnès Château, Victor Lanoux, Patrick Bouchitey,
Directors : Alain Bonnot,

Novak is a police inspector to whom any means is fair in getting evidence on criminals - especially drug dealers. He is after a drug ring that includes a city official and desperately needs...

Actors : Preeti Ganguli, Jeetendra, Birbal, Rajan Haksar,
Directors : Ravi Tandon,

Cruel and lustful Thakur Dayal Singh (Amjad Singh) brutally rapes Sarla (Nazneen), forcing her to commit suicide, leaving her young children, Vikram and Munna, homeless. Vikram and Munna ...

Actors : Linda Chu, Kuan Tai Chen, Tony Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Chung Sun,

Old style kung fu films always had brothel, restaurant, and of course gambling scenes. Gambling films became popular in the early 80s, so it made sense to have an intense poker game ...

Actors : Howard Ross, Massimo Mollica, Lucio Montanaro, Mario Merola,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.

Actors : Jun Izumi, Yutaka Hayashi, Miki Yamaji, Remi Kitagawa,
Directors : Akira Katô,

Naomi (Jun Izumi) and her business partner Tadashi run a neighborhood bar, sharing the profits, as well as each other. One evening, a yakuza gangster swaggers into the bar with a stack of ...

Actors : Milton Moraes, Carlo Mossy, Helena Ramos, Jorge Dória,
Directors : Victor di Mello,

Robber gets into a house in the Santa Teresa district, in Rio de Janeiro, and kidnaps a family's youngest son. Based on a true kidnapping happened in Rio, whose victim, the kid Carlinhos, ...

Actors : Rajinikanth, S. Balaji, Kalyan Kumar, Showkar Janaki,
Directors : R. Krishnamurthy,

Two brothers who lead diametrically opposite lives must face off when one becomes a police officer.

Actors : Fred Schaffer, Bibiane Zeller, Ernst Konarek, Pavel Landovský,
Directors : Peter Patzak,

This film combines two very different styles: an atmospheric psycho thriller about the ice-cold hired gun, and the bizarre satire of the Austrian TV serial "Kottan ermittelt".

Actors : Nikos Apergis, Giannis Voglis, Nelli Gini, Mairi Hronopoulou,
Directors : Dimis Dadiras,

This movie could be described as Greece's answer to "Death Wish". Also has shades of "Taxi Driver"! Voglis plays a father who takes revenge for the death of his 14-year old son. He starts ...

Actors : Armando Silvestre, Lina Michel, Rosa Gloria Chagoyán, Gerardo Reyes,
Directors : Federico Curiel,

While serving time in prison, an Argentinean gangster tries to unify the members of an Italian gang known as the "Mariachis" with the objective of making future robberies more fruitful then...

Actors : Xun Bao, Bingjie Han, Xiong Xiao, Zhongqiu Huang,
Directors : Bin Liu,

Public Security officers investigate the robbery of a post office and the injury of a young woman.

Actors : Narayan Rao, Lakshmi, Madhavi, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : S.A. Chandrashekhar,

As a young boy, Chiranjeevi sees the murder of his father and sister, but the killers are released because of lack of evidence. This enrages him and he is out to seek revenge in a way not ...

Actors : Master Amit, Asha Chandra, Master Chaitanya, Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi,
Directors : Khalid Sami,

Sharda lives a wealthy lifestyle along with her widower dad, Thakur Ranvir Singh, in Bombay, India. She incurs her dad's displeasure when she gets elopes and gets married to Jaichand ...

Actors : Vera Gimenez, Otávio Augusto, Marta Anderson, Jece Valadão,
Directors : Antônio Calmon,

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a war criminal nazi who's exiled in a Latin American country, protected by the local dictator.

Actors : Talivaldis Abolins, Igrida Andrina, Lilita Berzina, Romualds Ancans,
Directors : Janis Streics,

In one of the prestigious restaurants during banquet speech a large company's director Palmgren is killed in front of dozen guests . Case is lead by Criminal Investigation Officer Pierre ...

Actors : Chung Wang, Ray Lui, Kent Cheng, Yung Chan,
Directors : Chung Wang,

Crank and Fatty, two remarkably incompetent cops whose inept investigations lead to rape, torture, duplicity, and murder.