Best Gangster movies of 1980s

Actors : Ole Meyer, Lise Schrøder, Lene Gürtler, Jesper Langberg,
Directors : Bent Christensen,

Silva is set to be executed at the beginning of the film. Yet, later we see him again as a young-looking mysterious character. Is it the same man? He then goes after a well-known crime boss...

Actors : Asha Parekh, Helen, Raaj Kumar, Danny Denzongpa,
Directors : Esmayeel Shroff,

A college professor agrees to teach the son of a gangster and becomes a pawn in a deadly game.

Actors : Hugo Stiglitz, Eduardo Fajardo, Maurizio Merli, Lilli Carati,
Directors : Gianni Siragusa,

Maurizio Merli plays the part of an journalist investigating the Mafia, and Hugo Stiglitz is his photographer sidekick. Despite a number of fights, car chases and explosions, for the first ...

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 : 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 : Martina Reuter, Beatrice Fago, Franz Fuerlinger, Franz Blauensteiner,
Directors : Gerhard Kleindl,

Two small time gangsters in pursuit of hitting the jack pot.

Actors : Tim McKenzie, Scott Burgess, Rosemary Paul, Max Phipps,
Directors : Bert Deling,

Three young friends trying to break into the entertainment business inadvertently anger a mob boss, setting in motion a chain of events that results in their being hunted by every thug and killer in town.

Actors : Sarath Babu, Radhika Sarathkumar, Satyanarayana Kaikala, Chiranjeevi,
Directors : Raj Bharat,

Chiranjeevi and Sarathbabu are police officers and very close friends as well. Both of them send a very notorious criminal gang (headed by Sudharshan)to jail. Chiru later marries ...

Actors : Ricardo Darín, Silvia Montanari, Rodolfo Ranni, Julio De Grazia,
Directors : Juan Carlos Desanzo,

When the new don discovers that sadistic mobsters were responsible for the death of his young son, he wreaks a deadly revenge.

Actors : John Stanton, Liddy Clark, David Bradshaw, Colette Mann,
Directors : Donald Crombie,

Notorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.

Actors : Roberto 'Flaco' Guzmán, Mario Almada, Carmen del Valle, Eric del Castillo,
Directors : José Luis Urquieta,

A retired police officer looks for revenge after his family is attacked by a gang of criminals.

Actors : Daisy White, J.C. Quinn, D. Balin, Kaye Dowd,
Directors : Richard Cannistraro,

An actress in New York City goes against a group of gangsters who are abusing her "party girl" friends.

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Jaya Prada, Rajesh Khanna, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

Jayant is an advocate, and practices law in the Bombay High Court. He lives with his wife, Anu, and a sister named Priya. His paths cross with his Police Inspector friend, Amit Gupta, who ...

Actors : Saburô Tokitô, Miwako Fujitani, Kentarô Shimizu, Midori Satsuki,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps...

Actors : John Ales, Jamal Aladdin, Charles Anderson, George Pan Andreas,
Directors : George Pan Andreas,

The Crime Killer is a total action packed film with a handsome greek leading man, who is on a one on one crime fighting mission. Parts are funny, chase scenes which are different... See full synopsis »

Actors : Jacques Penot, Christian Marquand, Philippe Léotard, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Bob Decout,

Fred is a gambler and deep in debt. He owes crime boss Victor a lot of money and the time to pay has come. Gégé, his loyal friend, advises him to make money quickly, or face the ...

Actors : Armando Silvestre, Agustín Bernal, Sasha Montenegro, Fernando Casanova,
Directors : Alfredo B. Crevenna,

Because of personal reasons, California police agent George Camarena requests and is given permission to take on a drug lord and his men in Mexico. Despite marital problems and the worries ...

Actors : Samart Payukaroon, Panna Rittikrai,
Directors : Panna Rittikrai,

Panna Rittikrai stars as a man caught between corrupt police officers and vicious drug gangs.

Actors : Henrik Scheele, Tommy Körberg, Juni Dahr, Elisabeth Sand,
Directors : Erik Gustavson,

The hard-boiled private eye, Werner, has to deal with a beautiful and deadly femme fatale, a brutal chief of police, and a gangster boss called "the Spaniard" as he fights against crime and...

Actors : Orazio Orlando, Kôji Kikkawa, Marina Suma, Andy J. Forest,
Directors : Tonino Valerii,

Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped by Sicilian mobsters. In hopes of avoiding paying either ransom or life insurance, the head ...