This is a list of crime films released in the 1980s.
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1980American GigoloPaul SchraderRichard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Héctor Elizondo United StatesCrime dramaAtlantic CityLouis MalleBurt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel PiccoliCanadaFranceLe bar du téléphoneClaude BarroisDaniel Duval, François Périer, Georges WilsonFranceContrabandLucio FulciDaniele Dublino, Ivana Monti, Fabio TestiItalyCruisingWilliam FriedkinAl Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen AllenUnited StatesCrime thrillerGloriaJohn CassavetesGena Rowlands, John Adames, Buck HenryUnited StatesThe Long Good FridayJohn MacKenzieBob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie ConstantineMcVicarTom CleggRoger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl CampbellUnited KingdomRough CutDon SiegelBurt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David NivenUnited KingdomCrime comedyTrois Hommes à AbattreJacques DerayAlain Delon, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Pierre DuxFranceCrime thriller 1981Le Choix des armesAlain CorneauYves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine DeneuveFranceCoup de TorchonBertrand TavernierPhilippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre MarielleFranceCutter's WayIvan PasserJeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa EichhornUnited StatesDeadly BrothersCesar GallardoRudy Fernandez, Phillip SalvadorPhilippinesCrime actionThe FanEdward BianchiLauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen StapletonUnited StatesLoopholeJohn QuestedAlbert Finney, Martin Sheen, Susannah YorkUnited KingdomMade in BritainAlan ClarkeTim Roth, Eric RichardUnited KingdomMs. 45Abel FerraraZoe Tamerlis, Steve Singer, Jack ThibeauUnited StatesPixoteHéctor BabencoFernando Ramos Da Silva, Jorge Juliano, Gilberto Moura BrazilJuvenile delinquency filmThe Postman Always Rings TwiceBob RafelsonJack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John ColicosUnited StatesCrime dramaThe Pursuit of D. B. CooperRoger SpottiswoodeRobert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn HarroldUnited StatesThiefMichael MannJames Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie NelsonUnited StatesTrue ConfessionsUlu GrosbardRobert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles DurningUnited StatesCrime dramaVabankJuliusz MachulskiJan Machulski, Leonard Pietraszak, Witold PyrkoszPoland 1982La BalanceBob SwaimNathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard BerryFranceCarry On PickpocketSammo HungFrankie Chan, Sammo Hung, Richard NgHong KongCrime comedyLe ChocRobin DavisAlain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe LéotardFranceClass of 1984Mark L. LesterPerry King, Tim Van Patten, Merrie Lynn RossCanadaJuvenile delinquency filmThe Executioner's SongLawrence SchillerTommy Lee Jones, Rosanna ArquetteUnited StatesFanny Straw HairVicente ArandaFanny Cottençon, Bruno Cremer, Francisco AlgoraSpainFranceLa GarceChristine PascalIsabelle Huppert, Richard Berry, Vittorio MezzogiornoFranceGet My Son Dead or AlivePepe MarcosEddie Garcia, Rudy Fernandez, Vic VargasPhilippinesCrime actionHanky PankySidney PoitierGene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen QuinlanUnited StatesInterrogationRyszard BugajskiKrystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Adam FerencyPolandPrison filmOnimasaHideo GoshaTatsuya Nakadai, Masako Natsume, Tetsurō TambaJapan 198310 to MidnightJ. Lee ThompsonCharles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew StevensUnited StatesCrime thrillerL'ArgentRobert BressonChristian Patey, Sylvie van den Elsen, Michel BriguetFranceSwitzerlandCrime dramaBad BoysRick RosenthalSean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai MoralesUnited StatesCrime drama, prison filmBreathlessJim McBrideRichard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky, Art MetranoUnited StatesCrime dramaChained HeatPaul NicolasLinda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil DanningWest GermanyUnited StatesDuvarYılmaz GüneyTuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci, Malik BerrichiFrancePrison film, juvenile delinquency filmMoon in the GutterJean-Jacques BeineixGérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril FranceItalyMortelle RandonnéeClaude MillerMichel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Geneviève PageFranceCrime thrillerRue BarbareGilles BehatBernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Jean-Pierre KalfonFranceScarfaceBrian De PalmaAl Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Míriam ColónUnited States 1984Against All OddsTaylor HackfordRachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Swoosie Kurtz, Saul RubinekUnited StatesAsphalt WarriorsSergio GobbiDaniel Auteuil, Marisa Berenson, Marcel BozzuffiFranceBlood SimpleJoel CoenJohn Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan HedayaUnited StatesThe Cotton ClubFrancis Ford CoppolaRichard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Joe Dallesandro, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Grey, Woody StrodeUnited StatesGangster filmCrackersLouis MalleDonald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean PennUnited StatesFatal VisionDavid GreeneKarl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Gary ColeUnited StatesFear CityAbel FerraraTom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, María Conchita AlonsoUnited StatesThe GunrunnerNardo CastilloKevin Costner, Sara Botsford, Paul SolesCanadaThe HitStephen FrearsJohn Hurt, Tim Roth, Laura del SolUnited KingdomCrime dramaJohnny DangerouslyAmy HeckerlingMichael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu HennerUnited StatesOnce Upon A Time In AmericaSergio LeoneRobert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Jennifer Connelly, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, Joe Pesci, William Forsythe, Darlanne Fluegel, James RussoUnited StatesItalyThe Pope of Greenwich VillageStuart RosenbergEric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl HannahUnited StatesRepo ManAlex CoxHarry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Olivia BarashUnited StatesCrime comedy 19858 Million Ways to DieHal AshbyJeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul United StatesCrimewaveSam RaimiReed Birney, Sheree J. Wilson, Louise LasserUnited StatesCrime comedyDétectiveJean-Luc Godard, Don LeaverClaude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Johnny HallydayFranceSwitzerlandCrime dramaL'Homme Aux Yeux D'ArgentPierre Granier-DeferreAlain Souchon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Lambert WilsonFranceKiss of the Spider WomanHéctor BabencoWilliam Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sônia BragaUnited StatesBrazilPrison filmOn ne meurt que deux foisJacques DerayMichel Serrault, Charlotte Rampling, Xavier DelucFranceCrime thrillerLe PactoleJean-Pierre MockyRichard Bohringer, Pauline Lafont, Patrick SébastienFrancePrizzi's HonorJohn HustonJack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, Michael LombardUnited StatesStickBurt ReynoldsBurt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal, Charles Durning, Richard Lawson, Cástulo Guerra, Dar Robinson, Tricia Leigh FisherUnited StatesTo Live and Die in L.A.William FriedkinWilliam L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John PankowUnited StatesWitnessPeter WeirHarrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef SommerUnited StatesCrime thrillerYear of the DragonMichael CiminoMickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane KoizumiUnited States 198652 Pick-UpJohn FrankenheimerRoy Scheider, Ann-Margret, VanityUnited StatesBand of the HandPaul Michael GlaserStephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren HollyUnited StatesA Better TomorrowJohn WooChow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, Ti LungHong KongBig TroubleJohn CassavetesPeter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'AngeloUnited StatesCrime comedyBlue CityMichelle ManningJudd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David CarusoUnited StatesBlue VelvetDavid LynchKyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, George Dickerson, Priscilla Pointer, Frances Bay, Jack Harvey, Brad Dourif, Jack NanceUnited StatesCrime thrillerComic MagazineYōjirō TakitaYuya Uchida, Yumi Asō, Yoshio HaradaJapanDescente Aux EnfersFrancis GirodClaude Brasseur, Sophie Marceau, Sidiki BakabaFranceCrime dramaHenry: Portrait of a Serial KillerJohn McNaughtonMichael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy ArnoldUnited StatesThe HitcherRobert HarmonRutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey DeMunnUnited StatesCrime thrillerManhunterMichael MannWilliam L. Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan AllenUnited StatesCrime thrillerMauvais SangLeos CaraxDenis Lavant, Michel Piccoli, Juliette BinocheFranceMona LisaNeil JordanBob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael CaineUnited KingdomIrelandCrime dramaOut of BoundsRichard TuggleAnthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff KoberUnited States Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)Yves SimoneauMarie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Jacques GodinCanadaFranceRuthless PeopleJim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, David ZuckerDanny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bill PullmanUnited StatesCrime comedyTough GuysJeff KanewBurt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Dana Carvey, Charles Durning, Alexis Smith, Darlanne Fluegel, Eli Wallach, Monty Ash, Billy Barty, Graham Jarvis, Darlene Conley, Nathan DavisUnited StatesCrime comedyWise GuysBrian De PalmaDanny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel United StatesCrime comedy 1987A Better Tomorrow 2John WooChow Yun-fat, Emily Chu, Waise LeeHong KongBellman and TrueRichard LoncraineBernard Hill, Kieran O'Brien, Richard HopeUnited KingdomThe Big TownBen BoltMatt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee JonesUnited StatesCrime dramaCity on FireRingo LamChow Yun-fat, Sun Yueh, Danny LeeHong KongDernier Ete A TangerAlexandre ArcadyValeria Golino, Thierry Lhermitte, Roger HaninFranceItalyHouse of GamesDavid MametLindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike NussbaumUnited StatesCrime thrillerJust HeroesJohn WooStephen Chow, Danny LeeHong KongNight ZooJean-Claude LauzonRoger Le Bel, Gilles Maheu, Lynne Adams CanadaFranceCrime dramaNo Man's LandPeter WernerCharlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy QuaidUnited StatesPrison on FireRingo LamChow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Roy CheungChinaHong KongPrison filmRaising ArizonaJoel CoenNicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey WilsonUnited StatesCrime comedyRampageWilliam FriedkinMichael Biehn, Alex McArthur, Nicholas CampbellUnited StatesA Short Film About KillingKrzysztof KieślowskiMirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan TesarzPolandCrime dramaThe SicilianMichael CiminoChristopher Lambert, Terence Stamp, Joss AcklandUnited StatesSlam DanceWayne WangTom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen United KingdomUnited StatesCrime dramaSomeone to Watch Over MeRidley ScottTom Berenger, Mimi RogersUnited StatesCrime thrillerStreet SmartJerry SchatzbergChristopher Reeve, Morgan FreemanUnited StatesCrime dramaThrow Momma from the TrainDanny DeVitoDanny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Anne RamseyUnited StatesCrime comedyThe UntouchablesBrian De PalmaKevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Andy García, Charles Martin Smith, Patricia Clarkson, Billy Drago, Richard Bradford, Jack Kehoe, Clifton JamesUnited StatesWisdomEmilio EstevezEmilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Tom Skerritt, Veronica CartwrightUnited States 1988As Tears Go ByWong Kar-waiAndy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Maggie CheungHong KongThe Blue IguanaJohn J. LafiaDylan McDermott, Jessica Harper, James RussoUnited StatesCall MeSollace MitchellPatricia Charbonneau, Stephen McHattie, Boyd GainesUnited StatesDe Bruit et de FureurJean-Claude BrisseauBruno Cremer, François Négret, Vincent GasperitschFranceJuvenile delinquency film, crime dramaDeja VuJuliusz MachulskiJerzy Sztur, Vladimir Golovin, Nikolai KarachentsovPolandSoviet UnionDirty Rotten ScoundrelsFrank OzSteve Martin, Michael Caine United StatesCrime comedyThe DrifterLarry BrandKim Delaney, Timothy Bottoms, Al ShannonUnited StatesA Fish Called WandaCharles CrichtonJohn Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline United KingdomUnited StatesCrime comedyThe Fruit MachinePhilip SavilleEmile Charles, Tony Forsyth, Robert StephensUnited KingdomKansasDavid StevensMatt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie HopeUnited StatesL.A. HeatJoseph MerhiJim Brown, Kevin Benton, Pat JohnsonUnited StatesManiac CopWilliam LustigTom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene LandonUnited StatesCrime thrillerMarried to the MobJonathan DemmeMichelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Nancy Travis, Tracey Walter, Chris Isaak, Charles NapierUnited StatesMississippi BurningAlan ParkerGene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormandUnited StatesCrime thrillerStormy MondayMike FiggisMelanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, StingUnited KingdomStory of WomenClaude ChabrolIsabelle Huppert,