Best Murder Mystery movies of 1980s

Actors : Nassar, Sukumaran, Mohanlal, Renjini,
Directors : Mohan,

A police officer tries to uncover and stop an unknown serial killer who sniped three victims and plans for a fourth one.

Actors : Lora Staley, Lawrence Day, Neil Dainard, Lenore Zann,
Directors : Don McBrearty,

A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.

Actors : Y.G. Parthasarathy, Kamal Haasan, Radha, Madhavi,
Directors : Bharathiraja,

A fashion photographer gets embroiled in a series of grisly murders

Actors : Professor Morono, Mark Walker, Carl Koch, Frances Raines,
Directors : Gorman Bechard,

Twin sisters are implicated in a series of slasher murders. The question is, did one of them do it, did both of them do it, or did neither of them do it?

Actors : Mukesh, Mammootty, Jagathi Sreekumar, Devan,
Directors : K. Madhu,

Sethurama Iyer and the CBI investigate the mysterious murder of a famous actress.

Actors : Joop Doderer, Ron Brandsteder, Toon Agterberg, Manouk van der Meulen,
Directors : Hans Scheepmaker,

De Cock & Vledder investigate the robbery of an armored truck which leads to several murders.

Actors : Kati Lázár, János Derzsi, Péter Haumann, Judit Pogány,
Directors : György Fehér,

When a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.

Actors : John McCurry, Arch Johnson, Lee Bryant, Farley Granger,
Directors : Richard Friedman,

Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-year hunt for the identity of a dead boy, to the detriment of his family life.

Actors : Chuck Jeffreys, Stan Wertlieb, George Chung, Troy Donahue,
Directors : George Chung,

Hawkeye's partner is killed when a Las Vegas drug investigation goes bad. He is then teamed with Charles, a smooth talking officer who clashes with his Texas cowboy ways. Together they hit ...

Actors : Ivan Rogers, David Alan Anderson, Frank Adonis, Angela Bennett,
Directors : Paul Kyriazi,

Joe Weeks is a man living on the edge. An undercover narcotics detective whose wife was brutally murdered by unknown assailants, he is an emotional time bomb. There is only One Way Out

Actors : Eddy Mitchell, Gérard Lanvin, Françoise Arnoul, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Jean-Claude Missiaen,

With the help of journalist Diane Castelain, Parisian police inspectors Leo Gorce and Gu Arenas are trying to solve the murder of a member of the French Parliament, but some dangerous powerful people try to make sure that doesn't happen.

Actors : Michelle Johnson, Michael Sabatino, Chad Everett, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Jag Mundhra,

A dedicated middle-aged cop must find the serial killer that preys on erotic models before his estranged daughter who's also in the photo shoot business becomes the killer's next victim.

Actors : Amrita Singh, Anil Kapoor, Smita Patil, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Unemployed, alcoholic slacker lawyer Ravi Goel's life has no meaning and direction until his to-be brother-in-law, Police Inspector Ranbir Singh, offers his frank advise, and instructs him ...

Actors : Bob Flag, Mark Hawkins, Martin Byrne-Quinn, Geoffrey Greenhill,
Directors : Fhiona-Louise,

Fictionalized account based on the actions of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.

Actors : Raymond Mayo, Susanne Reed, Jack Kehoe, Allan Kolman,
Directors : Patrick Roth,

A former insurance man and a thief get together and plan to rob a house. However, things don't go as planned, and they wind up getting involved in rape and murder.

Actors : Xinghai Wang, Junyi Shen,
Directors : Teyuan Mu,

The Tianjin chief of police has a rough time investigating the murders of unidentified women whose bodies are found floating in a river in the 1930s.

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.

Actors : Michael De Mesa, Francis Arnaiz, Vilma Santos, Miguel Rodriguez,
Directors : Maryo J. de los Reyes,

A young Pina was traumatized when her family was murdered while she had her first menstruation. She grown up into a serial killer transforming herself to different personalities as she ...

Actors : Jørgen Kiil, Masja Dessau, Agneta Ekmanner, Buster Larsen,

A mortuary worker uncovers the identity of a serial killer after finding one of his victims in the mortuary's coffins. However, instead of turning him over to the police, he blackmails him. Complications ensue.

Actors : Anatoliy Romashin, Irina Rozanova, Leonid Kanevskiy, Ivan Bortnik,
Directors : Konstantin Khudyakov,

Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set.