Best Robbery movies of 1980s

Actors : Matthew Galle, Doris Roberts, Cady McClain, Cesar Romero,
Directors : Deborah Del Prete,

When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for...

Actors : Leo Gullotta, Rita Tushingham, Nino Manfredi, Rudolph Walker,
Directors : Giulio Paradisi,

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims befriend their kidnappers.

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 : 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 : 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 : Burgess Meredith, Don Ameche, Tullio Moneta, Bill Maynard,
Directors : Jackson Hunsicker,

A gang of thieves has pulled a huge jewel heist, but has had to hide out in a tiny South African village posing as members of a fraternal order called The Oddballs. As they wait for their ...

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

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.

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...