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Crime Films 80's

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  • Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon in Atlantic City (1980)

    1. Atlantic City

    19801h 44mR85Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    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.
    DirectorLouis MalleStarsBurt LancasterSusan SarandonKate Reid
  • Contraband (1980)

    2. Contraband

    19801h 37mUnrated
    6.5 (2.3K)
    Someone is muscling in on the two brothers' cigarette smuggling into Italy at Naples. The police is tipped off, then Mickey's stable burns down, then the killing etc. starts. Luca responds.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsFabio TestiIvana MontiMarcel Bozzuffi
  • Robert Ginty in The Exterminator (1980)

    3. The Exterminator

    19801h 44mR
    5.7 (7K)
    A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
    DirectorJames GlickenhausStarsRobert GintySamantha EggarChristopher George
  • The Long Good Friday (1980)

    4. The Long Good Friday

    19801h 54mR82Metascore
    7.5 (28K)
    An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
    DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul Freeman
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Geraldine Chaplin, Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, and Edward Fox in The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    5. The Mirror Crack'd

    19801h 45mPG47Metascore
    6.2 (10K)
    Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned, but a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsAngela LansburyTony CurtisRock Hudson
  • Jeff Bridges, John Heard, and Lisa Eichhorn in Cutter's Way (1981)

    6. Cutter's Way

    19811h 49mR70Metascore
    6.8 (8.1K)
    Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
    DirectorIvan PasserStarsJeff BridgesJohn HeardLisa Eichhorn
  • Paul Newman, Edward Asner, and Ken Wahl in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)

    7. Fort Apache the Bronx

    19812h 5mR49Metascore
    6.7 (7.4K)
    In New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost.
    DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsPaul NewmanEdward AsnerKen Wahl
  • Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)

    8. Ms .45

    19811h 20mR62Metascore
    6.8 (13K)
    After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress goes insane, takes to the streets of New York City after dark, and randomly shoots men with a .45 caliber pistol.
    DirectorAbel FerraraStarsZoë LundBogeyAlbert Sinkys
  • Prince of the City (1981)

    9. Prince of the City

    19812h 47mR80Metascore
    7.4 (10K)
    A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsTreat WilliamsJerry OrbachRichard Foronjy
  • Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

    10. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19812h 2mR61Metascore
    6.6 (27K)
    The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
    DirectorBob RafelsonStarsJack NicholsonJessica LangeJohn Colicos
  • James Caan in Thief (1981)

    11. Thief

    19812h 3mR78Metascore
    7.4 (44K)
    After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsJames CaanTuesday WeldWillie Nelson
  • Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall in True Confessions (1981)

    12. True Confessions

    19811h 48mR68Metascore
    6.3 (9.5K)
    A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
    DirectorUlu GrosbardStarsRobert De NiroRobert DuvallCharles Durning
  • Pia Zadora in Butterfly (1981)

    13. Butterfly

    19811h 48mR
    4.7 (1.7K)
    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.
    DirectorMatt CimberStarsStacy KeachPia ZadoraOrson Welles
  • Stefan Arngrim, Neil Clifford, Lisa Langlois, and Timothy Van Patten in Class of 1984 (1982)

    14. Class of 1984

    19821h 38mR49Metascore
    6.5 (14K)
    A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.
    DirectorMark L. LesterStarsPerry KingMerrie Lynn RossTimothy Van Patten
  • Charles Bronson in Death Wish II (1982)

    15. Death Wish II

    19821h 29mR11Metascore
    6.0 (19K)
    Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.
    DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCharles BronsonJill IrelandVincent Gardenia
  • James Mason, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, and Denis Quilley in Evil Under the Sun (1982)

    16. Evil Under the Sun

    19821h 57mPG61Metascore
    7.0 (22K)
    Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, solves the murder of an actress at a Balkan resort.
    DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsPeter UstinovJames MasonMaggie Smith
  • Armand Assante in I, the Jury (1982)

    17. I, the Jury

    19821h 51mR
    5.9 (2K)
    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.
    DirectorRichard T. HeffronStarsArmand AssanteBarbara CarreraLaurene Landon
  • Meryl Streep and Roy Scheider in Still of the Night (1982)

    18. Still of the Night

    19821h 33mPG43Metascore
    6.0 (6.9K)
    A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
    DirectorRobert BentonStarsRoy ScheiderMeryl StreepJessica Tandy
  • Jack Nicholson in The Border (1982)

    19. The Border

    19821h 48mR66Metascore
    6.4 (7.4K)
    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.
    DirectorTony RichardsonStarsJack NicholsonHarvey KeitelValerie Perrine
  • Charles Bronson in 10 to Midnight (1983)

    20. 10 to Midnight

    19831h 41mR12Metascore
    6.3 (10K)
    An LAPD detective and his rookie partner are on the trail of a psychopathic young man who is murdering young women.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsCharles BronsonLisa EilbacherAndrew Stevens
  • Bad Boys (1983)

    21. Bad Boys

    19832h 3mR53Metascore
    7.2 (18K)
    Chicago crime kid, Mick O'Brien, is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
    DirectorRick RosenthalStarsSean PennReni SantoniJim Moody
  • Gorky Park (1983)

    22. Gorky Park

    19832h 8mR60Metascore
    6.7 (17K)
    A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsWilliam HurtLee MarvinBrian Dennehy
  • Slayground (1983)

    23. Slayground

    19831h 29mR
    4.9 (516)
    Thieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.
    DirectorTerry BedfordStarsPeter CoyoteMel SmithBillie Whitelaw
  • Mariel Hemingway in Star 80 (1983)

    24. Star 80

    19831h 43mR63Metascore
    6.8 (8.5K)
    A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.
    DirectorBob FosseStarsMariel HemingwayEric RobertsCliff Robertson
  • Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact (1983)

    25. Sudden Impact

    19831h 57mR52Metascore
    6.6 (51K)
    When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockePat Hingle

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