Best Robbery movies of 1980s

Actors : Steven Berkoff, Florinda Bolkan, Peter Firth, Paul Freeman,
Directors : Lech Majewski,

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.

Actors : Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Dan Haggerty, Addison Randall, Roger Rodd,

After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the ...

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Carme Elias, Patxi Andión, Héctor Alterio,
Directors : Lluís Josep Comerón,

A bank robbery goes wrong. The robbers, two of them unemployed family men, take two hostages, one of them needing heart medication, and leave them in an apartment, tied to a bomb. The ...

Actors : Joanna Bartel, Danuta Owczarek, Andrzej Chlapecki, Jerzy Cnota,
Directors : Janusz Kidawa,

Two policemen on patrol discover a pair of robbers who have broken into a TV shop and have delayed robbing the store to watch a film being broadcast. The cops too are captivated by the film...

Actors : Max H. Boulois, Peter Cushing, Claudine Auger, Hugo Stiglitz,
Directors : Max H. Boulois,

Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises.

Actors : Jing Chen, Man Ting Cheung, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Tien Dao,
Directors : Chiu Lee,

A crippled man with an invalid son, is so greedy that he forces his wife into prostitution. Then, he makes a deal with a crime boss to pull a big heist and invites his friends from China to...

Actors : Jeff Osterhage, Rick Gibbs, Robyn Lively, Will Hannah,
Directors : Juleen Compton,

Young woman joins a gang of bank robbers on her way to find the man she loves.

Actors : Paul Crauchet, Sandrine Dumas, Bernard Brieux, Annie Girardot,
Directors : Alain Bonnot,

Jacqui, David and Nathalie are persuaded by a barely known little criminal to do a hold-up in a bank. But they're squealed on, just used as diversion while a group of professional criminals...

Actors : Raf Luca, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Giorgio Bracardi, Annie Belle,
Directors : Ferdinando Baldi,

An Italian Baron, helped by aspiring actress, organizes a robbery on a train. The shot is successful, but the money will be invested badly and so they will put to work another plan.

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi,
Directors : Umesh Mehra,

Honest and dedicated Police Inspector Kumar Chandra Singh intercepts a bank robbery, and is in the process of arresting the bank robbers, when he himself becomes a suspect, and is ...

Actors : Massimo Boldi, Marisa Laurito, Enrico Montesano, Nino Manfredi,
Directors : Maurizio Ponzi,

Carabinieri's lieutenant Duilio Cordelli is in charge to investigate on a fake banknotes traffic. He discovers that a 60 billion lira bank robbery is linked with his case. Things get more ...

Actors : Dev Anand, Nirupa Roy, Mehmood, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Dev Anand,

Indian Air Force pilot Bhagat lives with his wife, Raksha, and a young son. While going to the bank one day, the family find that the bank is being held up. The bank-robbers panic at the ...

Actors : Christine Shinn, Sean Holton, Deke Anderson, Douglas Harter,
Directors : David A. Prior,

Two ruthless criminals take two teenage couples hostage at a remote mountain cabin in Colorado following a botched bank robbery.

Actors : Spiros Focás, Giorgos Moshidis, Mimi Denissi, Alexis Damianos,
Directors : Dimitris Stavrakas,

An ex-prisoner, a betrayal and a robbery that goes south.

Actors : Naomi Riseman, Miriam Miller, Jim O'Malley, Joe Lisi,
Directors : Edward Barbini,

A mentally impaired man is left alone on the streets of New York City after being separated from his grandmother during an attempted robbery.

Actors : Sylvia Kristel, Alicia Moro, James Wall, Gaspar Cano,
Directors : Philippe Blot,

After two bank robbers take hostages, one of them anally rapes the Bank Cashier and then tries raping the bank manager Sylvia. The other robber is Ricardo, the bank president's son and ...

Actors : Bin Zhang, Yingjie Hu, Qun Wang, Xida Li,
Directors : Tianhong Gao,

Once upon a time there was young Yang Luchan, degraded into slavery and robbery, who at last became the Yang Tai Chi master... this is his story.

Actors : Judy Davis, Wendy Hughes, Dennis Miller, John Hargreaves,
Directors : Claude Whatham,

True story about a jailed bank robber who pretends he's become blind to get an early release. Cops don't believe him, but a lonely minister's wife arrives to teach him how to live with his "condition". They fall in love. Big mistake.

Actors : Julie Ariola, Joe Dallesandro, Vinny Argiro, Willi Baronet,
Directors : Armand Mastroianni,

An innocent bystander goes on a vendetta against a bank robber.