Film Noir the 1980s
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1. Body Heat (1981)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson
Votes: 40,153 | Gross: $24.06M
2. Blood Simple (1984)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh
Votes: 105,311 | Gross: $2.15M
3. Blue Velvet (1986)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern
Votes: 215,780 | Gross: $8.55M
4. Hammett (1982)
PG | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fictional account of real-life mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, and his involvement in the investigation of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress' mysterious disappearance in San Francisco.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 3,693 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Thief (1981)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi
Votes: 39,038 | Gross: $11.49M
6. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner
Votes: 25,796 | Gross: $12.38M
7. Slow Burn (1986 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
Jacob Asch is hired by Gerald McMurty to find his ex-wife Laine and their son in Palm Springs. Jacob finds Laine and a teenager named Donnie who may or may not be Gerald's son. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Chapman | Stars: Eric Roberts, Beverly D'Angelo, Dennis Lipscomb, Raymond J. Barry
Votes: 933
8. A Flash of Green (1984)
TV-MA | 121 min | Drama
A local reporter gets involved with a corrupt county commissioner.
Director: Victor Nunez | Stars: Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan, George Coe
Votes: 272
9. 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former police detective, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into L.A's criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks
Votes: 5,950 | Gross: $1.31M
10. Against All Odds (1984)
R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras
Votes: 13,704 | Gross: $25.10M
11. No Way Out (1987)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton
Votes: 45,999 | Gross: $35.51M
12. Repo Man (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash
Votes: 41,125 | Gross: $3.57M
13. I, the Jury (1982)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
Votes: 1,821 | Gross: $1.52M
14. Flashpoint (1984)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car.
Director: William Tannen | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway
Votes: 3,168 | Gross: $3.85M
15. L.A. Takedown (1989 TV Movie)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tough Los Angeles cop Vincent Hanna takes on a gang of professional bank robbers led by the precise, enigmatic Patrick McLaren.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Scott Plank, Alex McArthur, Michael Rooker, Ely Pouget
Votes: 2,572
16. The Hit (1984)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp
Votes: 9,541 | Gross: $0.88M
17. The Border (1982)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
A corrupt border Agent decides to clean up his act when an impoverished woman's baby is put up for sale on the black market.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Warren Oates
Votes: 7,086 | Gross: $6.12M
18. Mona Lisa (1986)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 18,714 | Gross: $5.79M
19. Union City (1980)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A man is so obsessed with finding the person responsible for stealing his milk bottles that he ignores his beautiful young wife, who has other ideas on her mind.
Director: Marcus Reichert | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Debbie Harry, Sam McMurray, Terry Walsh
Votes: 464
20. American Gigolo (1980)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Los Angeles escort is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina van Pallandt
Votes: 29,457 | Gross: $23.00M
21. Atlantic City (1980)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 18,301
22. Body Double (1984)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry, Deborah Shelton
Votes: 38,241 | Gross: $8.80M
23. Backfire (1987)
R | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Disgruntled wife cheats on her well off husband, who's been suffering from PTSD ever since he came home from the Vietnam War. After an incident he ends up in a catatonic state. Soon, she begins to suspect that someone is after her.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Bernie Casey
Votes: 732
24. At Close Range (1986)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Reunited with his career criminal father, tough teen Brad thinks he's found his ticket to an exciting life of crime, only to find out he's wrong.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn
Votes: 17,754 | Gross: $2.35M
25. Angel Heart (1987)
X | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 95,853 | Gross: $17.19M
26. 52 Pick-Up (1986)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover
Votes: 7,017 | Gross: $5.19M
27. Cat Chaser (1989)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Peter Weller, Kelly McGillis, Charles Durning, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 1,515
28. Black Widow (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A federal investigator tracks down a gold-digging woman who moves from husband to husband to kill them and collect the inheritance.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 11,021 | Gross: $25.21M
29. Blow Out (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz
Votes: 63,321 | Gross: $13.75M
30. Butterfly (1981)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.
Director: Matt Cimber | Stars: Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 1,556
31. Cop (1988)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid
Votes: 6,174 | Gross: $1.88M
32. Cutter's Way (1981)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Director: Ivan Passer | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn, Ann Dusenberry
Votes: 7,639 | Gross: $1.73M
33. Dead Calm (1989)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar
Votes: 43,712 | Gross: $7.83M
34. Gotham (1988 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Thriller
A private detective is hired to stop his client's ex-wife from harassing him, but she's supposed to have died 10 years ago.
Director: Lloyd Fonvielle | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Virginia Madsen, Colin Bruce, Denise Stephenson
Votes: 1,035
35. Dead of Winter (1987)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ
Votes: 4,676 | Gross: $2.41M
36. D.O.A. (1988)
R | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a freshman girl's dorm. The next day: more murders around him. Will he find the killer in time?
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern
Votes: 10,967 | Gross: $12.71M
37. Double Negative (1980)
96 min | Thriller
Mentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Director: George Bloomfield | Stars: Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony Perkins, Howard Duff
Votes: 182
38. Dressed to Kill (1980)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon
Votes: 48,245 | Gross: $31.90M
39. Gloria (1980)
PG | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen, Tony Knesich
Votes: 11,435
40. The Hitcher (1986)
R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitchhiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.
Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 52,561 | Gross: $5.84M
41. House of Games (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Thriller
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Director: David Mamet | Stars: Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala
Votes: 24,040 | Gross: $2.59M
42. Kill Me Again (1989)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Pat Mulligan, Nick Dimitri
Votes: 5,687 | Gross: $0.28M
43. The Kill-Off (1989)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Business at The Pavilion bar is down so Pete and Rags decide that the best way to get The Pavilion off the skids is to turn it into a strip joint.
Director: Maggie Greenwald | Stars: Loretta Gross, Andrew Lee Barrett, Jackson Sims, Steve Monroe
Votes: 222 | Gross: $8.40M
44. Poussière d'ange (1987)
95 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner, and former pimp, but befriends a young woman which isn't at all who she claims to be.
Director: Edouard Niermans | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottençon, Michel Aumont
Votes: 346
45. Kiss Daddy Goodnight (1987)
R | 90 min | Thriller
A popular woman who enjoys her nights on the town gets more than she bargained for when a stalker murders a loved one and begins hunting her down.
Director: Peter Ily Huemer | Stars: Uma Thurman, Paul Dillon, Paul Richards, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 739
46. Ms .45 (1981)
R | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A timid and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York City after dark and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Zoë Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys, Darlene Stuto
Votes: 12,560
47. Road Games (1981)
PG | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller
A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia suspects that the driver of a green van is killing young women along his route, and plays a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page
Votes: 9,100
48. Siesta (1987)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
An American skydiver wakes up in the middle of nowhere in Spain and must recount the last five agonizing days to figure out how she got there.
Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 2,449 | Gross: $0.70M
49. Slam Dance (1987)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Tom Hulce, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Virginia Madsen, Don Keith Opper
Votes: 1,808 | Gross: $0.41M
50. Still of the Night (1982)
PG | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Roy Scheider, Meryl Streep, Jessica Tandy, Joe Grifasi
Votes: 5,808 | Gross: $5.98M
51. Subway Riders (1981)
120 min | Thriller
A Psychotic saxophone player (played both by Amos Poe and John Lurie) lures victims to deserted spots with his music and then guns them down.
Director: Amos Poe | Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Charlene Kaleina, Cookie Mueller, John Lurie
Votes: 163
52. Street of No Return (1989)
93 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a woman, reclaims his forgotten past after viewing a music video and seeks revenge against the mobster who maimed him.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Keith Carradine, Valentina Vargas, Bill Duke, Andréa Ferréol
Votes: 598
53. Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.
Director: Norman Mailer | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini, Debra Stipe, Wings Hauser
Votes: 1,847 | Gross: $0.86M
54. Trouble in Mind (1985)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 2,428 | Gross: $0.02M
55. Arch of Triumph (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance, War
In Paris, before the Nazis penetrate into the city, an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Pleasence, Frank Finlay
Votes: 631
56. The Bad Seed (1985 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Carrie Wells
Votes: 534
57. Cat People (1982)
R | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole
Votes: 23,916 | Gross: $7.00M
58. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner
Votes: 23,751 | Gross: $18.20M
59. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 823,339 | Gross: $32.87M
60. The Terminator (1984)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
Votes: 924,504 | Gross: $38.40M
61. The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In contemporary Hollywood, private investigator Sam Marlow gets plastic surgery to look like Humphrey Bogart and solves various cases just like Bogart's silver-screen detective characters from the 1940s.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Sacchi, Franco Nero, Michelle Phillips, Olivia Hussey
Votes: 667
62. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer
Votes: 216,922 | Gross: $156.45M
63. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey
Votes: 40,689 | Gross: $57.92M
64.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
The McGuffin
(1986)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama
From his window, film critic Paul Hatcher watches neighbour Mrs. Forbes-Duthie and her transvestite grandson, Gavin. He sees two men attacking them and Gavin falling to his death. The men were looking for something and believe he has it.
Director: Colin Bucksey | Stars: Charles Dance, Ann Todd, Mark Rylance, Bill Shine
Votes: 68
65. Angel (1982)
R | 92 min | Drama, Music
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a non-verbal deaf girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers' leader. So begins his quest to avenge them.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Veronica Quilligan, Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey
Votes: 975
66. Empire State (1987)
R | 104 min | Crime, Thriller
In London's yuppie-dominated docklands of the 1980s Paul tries to make a deal with an American businessman However, he underestimates the clout of his old boss, a powerful Eastender.
Director: Ron Peck | Stars: Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy, Jamie Foreman
Votes: 253
67. Stormy Monday (1988)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.
Director: Mike Figgis | Stars: Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean
Votes: 4,441 | Gross: $1.79M
68. Straight to Hell (1987)
R | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, Dick Rude, Courtney Love
Votes: 2,782 | Gross: $0.21M
69. Clean Slate (1981)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life - and resorts to drastic means to do so.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Votes: 6,716
70. The Grilling (1981)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand
Votes: 5,343
71. The Cry of the Owl (1987)
102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After separation from his wife Robert moves to Vichy where he observes beautiful Juliette. Her fiance Patrick becomes jealous and attacks Robert. When Patrick disappears Robert is suspected to have killed him.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Votes: 1,068
72. Descent Into Hell (1986)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A famous writer and his young wife struggle with their their marriage while on vacation in Haiti.
Director: Francis Girod | Stars: Claude Brasseur, Sophie Marceau, Betsy Blair, Hippolyte Girardot
Votes: 702
73. Diva (1981)
R | 117 min | Crime, Music, Thriller
Two tapes, two Parisian mob killers, one corrupt policeman, an opera fan, a teenage thief, and the coolest philosopher ever filmed all twist their way through an intricate and stylish French-language thriller.
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Frédéric Andréi, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer
Votes: 14,318 | Gross: $0.11M
74. L'étoile du Nord (1982)
PG | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1934, a mysterious Frenchman returns to Europe from Egypt.
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre | Stars: Simone Signoret, Philippe Noiret, Fanny Cottençon, Julie Jézéquel
Votes: 608
75. The Hatter's Ghost (1982)
120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Labbé is a quiet hatter in a small town, living with his handicapped wife who never goes out. His neighbour, a tailor, is fascinated by him. A series of female murders shakes the town. Is Labbé involved?
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Michel Serrault, Charles Aznavour, Monique Chaumette, François Cluzet
Votes: 1,272
76.
Black Sequence (1984–1991)
Episode:
Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma
(1986)
52 min | Crime, Thriller
Filmmaker Gaspard Bazin is preparing a new feature film, so he urgently needs to find funding. And, although he asked for help from a fashion producer, Bazin is now in the lurch, because of... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Marie Valera, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Caroline Champetier
Votes: 421
77. Inspector Lavardin (1986)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspector Lavardin investigates on the murder of a famous writer, whose widow happens to be Helen, a woman Lavardin once loved. She has a daughter from a first marriage, who actually killed her stepfather, as he was trying to abuse her.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Luc Bideau
Votes: 1,599
78. Cop Au Vin (1985)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a small provincial French town, Dr Morasseau, Mr Lavoisier and butcher Filiol decide to create a significant estate business but Mrs Cuno and her son Louis do not want to sell their house. Louis presumably provokes the death of Filiol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet, Jean Topart
Votes: 2,233
79. I Married a Shadow (1983)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.
Director: Robin Davis | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Francis Huster, Richard Bohringer, Madeleine Robinson
Votes: 534
80. The Moon in the Gutter (1983)
R | 137 min | Drama
He is a revenge-obssessed stevedore whose sister was brutally raped and murdered. She is a wealthy, elusive woman. They try hard to get together... or do they?
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Nastassja Kinski, Victoria Abril, Bertice Reading
Votes: 1,538
81. M. le maudit (1982 TV Short)
13 min | Short
A short remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic "M" made by French New Wave director Claude Chabrol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Francis Arnaud, Henri Attal, Marie-France Caron, Serge Feuillard
Votes: 171
82. Masks (1987)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Hired to write a biography of a television personality, a reporter spends a few days at the man's country estate with the eccentric extended family.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette
Votes: 1,715
83. Bad Blood (1986)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
As a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Hans Meyer
Votes: 9,322 | Gross: $0.02M
84. Monsieur Hire (1989)
PG-13 | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A recluse is accused of murdering a young woman simply because his neighbors think he is strange.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Michel Blanc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Luc Thuillier, André Wilms
Votes: 7,137 | Gross: $1.42M
85. Poussière d'ange (1987)
95 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A tired and alcoholic police investigator has lost his wife to a hotel owner, and former pimp, but befriends a young woman which isn't at all who she claims to be.
Director: Edouard Niermans | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottençon, Michel Aumont
Votes: 346
86. Barbarous Street (1984)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Daniel Chetman is tired of the violent neighborhood, and takes on the local gangster Mathias Hagen and his tugs.
Director: Gilles Béhat | Stars: Bernard Giraudeau, Christine Boisson, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michel Auclair
Votes: 538
87. Confidentially Yours (1983)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent hides out from the cops while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach
Votes: 7,499
88. Thieves After Dark (1983)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A couple goes on the run after being accused for a crime they didn't commit.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Véronique Jannot, Bobby Di Cicco, Victor Lanoux, Stéphane Audran
Votes: 232
89. Choice of Arms (1981)
Not Rated | 114 min | Crime, Drama
The powerful story of a reformed underworld kingpin whose stable lifestyle is turned upside-down when a desperate, escaped killer hides out at his rural estate.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Galabru
Votes: 2,032
90. Veronika Voss (1982)
R | 104 min | Drama
Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward. Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports journalist.
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Rosel Zech, Hilmar Thate, Cornelia Froboess, Annemarie Düringer
Votes: 7,789
91. Die zwei Gesichter des Januar (1986)
113 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Wolfgang Storch | Stars: Charles Brauer, Mihalis Giannatos, Yolanda Jilot, Kiriakos Katrivanos
Votes: 23
92. Yasha (1985)
127 min | Crime, Drama
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Ayumi Ishida, Hisamitsu Nakamura, Kenichi Kobayashi
Votes: 279
93. Violent Cop (1989)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano
Votes: 12,997 | Gross: $0.00M
94. A Dama do Cine Shanghai (1987)
115 min | Crime, Mystery
Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He ... See full summary »
Directors: Guilherme de Almeida Prado, Sara Silveira | Stars: Maitê Proença, Antônio Fagundes, José Lewgoy, Jorge Dória
Votes: 292
95. The Element of Crime (1984)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells
Votes: 11,292
96. The New Mike Hammer (1984–1989)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of Mickey Spillane's classic private eye character.
Stars: Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Kent Williams
Votes: 1,277
97. Murder Me, Murder You (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Mickey Spillane's private eye Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Stacy Keach, Tanya Roberts, Don Stroud, Delta Burke
Votes: 381
98. Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989 TV Movie)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Mike is asked by a Las Vegas entertainer to come to Vegas. Mike refuses, he is then knocked out and dropped (literally) into Las Vegas. He is led to believe that the entertainer had him ... See full summary »
Director: John Nicolella | Stars: Stacy Keach, Lynda Carter, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud
Votes: 434
99. More Than Murder (1984 TV Movie)
96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A high-stakes poker game is robbed and Pat intervenes as the thieves make their getaway. He is shot in the back and then framed as a drug dealer. Hammer makes it his job to clear Pat and find out who nearly killed him.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Stacy Keach, Lindsay Bloom, Don Stroud, Kent Williams
Votes: 305
100. The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A young girl is kidnapped and there is an attempt on the daughter of an well-known actress. The kidnapper then turns up dead. Hammer is hired to protect the girl and travels to Los Angeles, where she is then kidnapped.
Director: Ray Danton | Stars: Stacy Keach, Don Stroud, Lindsay Bloom, Kent Williams
Votes: 260
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