#1. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Best 80s Crime Movies
Explore the top-rated 80s Crime movies ranked by audience and critic scores. Iconic classics and hidden gems from the 80s.
#2. Scarface (1983)
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
#3. Kisapmata (1981)
A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.
#4. Perro callejero (1980)
An abandoned child steals to survive and has problems when he decides to steal from the priest who helps him.
#5. Decalogue V (1989)
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
#6. Nayakan (1987)
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
#7. El ratero de la vecindad 2 (1985)
Roberto y su nueva familia estan pasando por dificultades economicas por lo que decide formar otra vez su vieja banda y comienzan a tratar de organizar algunos robos que resultan mal. La esposa de Roberto y su abuelita recurren al engaño disfrazandose de monjitas para poder vender galletas y rompope, sin embargo la abuelita hace de las suyas y se meten en problemas.
#8. Pixote (1980)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
#9. Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper (1984)
Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of them end up pursuing a drug dealer who killed their respective partners.
#10. The Untouchables (1987)
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
#11. El ratero de la vecindad (1982)
Roberto es un ladrón que le hace creer a su hijo Pepito y a todos sus vecinos que es un honesto Mecánico. La güerita recién llegada a la vecindad es la muchacha de la que Roberto se ha enamorado. Pero Roberto tiene una doble vida, ya que también es Bobby "El elagante" jefe de una banda de ladrones, quienes siempre fallan en todos sus robos y juntos se ven envueltos en persecuciones graciosas y equivocaciones constantes. Una divertida comedia para toda la familia.
#12. Mississippi Burning (1988)
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
#13. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger (1980)
Dr. Watson executes Sherlock Holmes' will, who faced death after exposing Moriarty and his gang in the previous episode.
#14. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from teenager David Harris. Harris is driving a stolen vehicle and, later that night, when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulls the car over to check its headlights, he is shot and killed. A jury believes Adams is the killer, but stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.
#15. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Mortal Fight (1980)
After upsetting the criminal underground in 'the Master Blackmailer' case, Sherlock Holmes has to face his archenemy: Prof. Moriarty.