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1980s Crime Movies

Public list by WPS with 88 movies or TV shows/series

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 44min | Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime
3.8/5 (with 2,498 votes)

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.

Clue(1985)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 745 votes)

Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.

Against All Odds(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 8min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 76 votes)

She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives.

Streets of Fire(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Action
3.4/5 (with 198 votes)

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.

Dressed to Kill(1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Mystery, Horror, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 368 votes)

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

Cruising(1980)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 42min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 208 votes)

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as a decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society.

Tequila Sunrise(1988)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Crime, Romance / Love, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 211 votes)

In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.

Black Widow(1987)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 83 votes)

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

Mauvais Sang(1986)

3.6/5 (with 100 votes)

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

Midnight Run(1988)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Action, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 442 votes)

An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.

Fear City(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 31 votes)

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

An Innocent Man(1989)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 53min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 55 votes)

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.

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The Mirror Crack'd(1980)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 86 votes)

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

The Mighty Quinn(1989)

1h 38min | Crime, Action, Drama
3.1/5 (with 43 votes)

Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapitated in his Jacuzzi. Although the local political establishment, especially crooked Governor Chalk, insists that small-time thief Maubee is responsible, Xavier has his doubts. This view is complicated by the police chief's personal history with Maubee: The men have been friends since childhood.

Vigilante(1983)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 30min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 36 votes)

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge.

Choice of Arms(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 15min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 37 votes)

Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey, to take him to the estate of a retired robber, Noel, who lives in comfort with his lovely and beloved wife, Nicole. The man dies, and Mickey, a menacing hothead, demands money of Noel. A few days later, Mickey returns to the estate, shoots up a dinner party and threatens them again. Noel sends Nicole to an hotel and goes to his old gang to help him hunt down the dangerous Mickey. Mickey has other problems, too, including heartache for a daughter he hardly knows. Young, eager cops tail Nicole, and all are on a complicated collision course.

Detective(1985)

1h 35min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
2.8/5 (with 25 votes)

Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.

La Balance(1982)

1h 43min | Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 26 votes)

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

Cop au Vin(1985)

1h 50min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 32 votes)

Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.

The Ruffian(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, Adventure, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 22 votes)

The adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.

Slam Dance(1987)

1h 39min | Mystery, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 15 votes)

When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

Inspector Lavardin(1986)

1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 27 votes)

Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.

Directed by Claude Chabrol - With Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Guy Parigot, Jacques Dacqmine, Jean Depussé, ...

Il caso Moro(1986)

1h 50min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 21 votes)

On March 16, 1978, far-left terrorists of the Red Brigades kidnap Aldo Moro, leader of the Christian Democracy, the ruling party in Italy since the end of WWII. 55 days later, his body will be found in the trunk of a car. This is a neutral and factual account of what happened in between.

Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind(1980)

1h 35min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

A sociopathic beauty urges three nerdy pranksters to embark on a deranged rampage.

Directed by Tsui Hark - With Lo Lieh

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1(1981)

4.0/5 (with 37 votes)

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A potent streak of humour ran through the film as concerns references to traditional British customs and stereotypes, ensuring the film's popularity with several generations of Russophone viewers. Other features of this best entry in the series include excellent exterior shots which closely match the novel's setting in the Dartmoor marshland, as well as an all-star cast: in addition to the famous Livanov -Solomin duo as Holmes and Watson, the film stars the internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as the villain Stapleton.

Long Arm of the Law(1984)

1h 40min | Action, Crime
3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

A group of desperate Chinese criminals hope to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of an undercover cop.

Directed by Johnny Mak

Calendar Girl Murders(1984)

1h 40min | Crime, Mystery, TV Movie
2.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Millionaire Richard Trainor is rolling out a new spread featuring a beautiful nude model for each month of the year. However, the party is ruined when Miss January is pushed off a building and later Miss February is knifed to death. Homicide detective Dan Stoner is assigned to the case which leads to the seductive former model Cassie Bascombe. What connection is she to the case and will the killer be caught before they reach Miss December?

The Private Eyes(1980)

3.1/5 (with 19 votes)

The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one, causing Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart to investigate the wacky house and its inhabitants.

Directed by Lang Elliott - With Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Trisha Noble, Bernard Fox, Grace Zabriskie, Irwin Keyes, ...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches(1987)

2h 29min | Mystery, Crime, Adventure
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

In addition to the two-part television version of the film, a shorter version was installed to show the film, entitled “Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century.” In this installation version, in particular, the entire plot of the story “Bruce-Partington Drawings” was deleted. A film version was released before the premiere of the full (two-part) television version of the film.

Wisdom(1986)

1h 49min | Crime, Drama, Action
3.0/5 (with 19 votes)

Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid American farmers.

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