Crime movies from the 80s

Planes are circling, the radios are dead and John McClane has gone back to work.

Henry Hill, Scorsese’s appetite for story and the pretty cost of a life lived on the make.

A gun-toting cop, a glue stick and the slow undoing of a hard man.

Loyalty, lies and ledger books — Tom Reagan keeps the balance.

An author, his biggest fan, and a house you can’t simply walk out of.

Brotherhood, firefighting and obsession — flames at the heart of everything.

A playwright who wants to speak for the common man finds himself trapped between ideals and the Hollywood machine.

Fatherhood, lost chances and one friend who won't let you forget the street’s logic.

A small-town family, a returned grudge, and one man determined to make them pay.

One prosecutor’s obsession against the official story — and a movie that dares you to decide which to trust.

A portrait of ambition, spectacle and the moral mess that follows a drug empire.

Undercover, under the waves — Johnny Utah learns that belonging can come with a price.

Conversation as weapon: Clarice, Lecter and a very dangerous kind of listening.

Two women, one road and a choice that still makes you hold your breath.

Courtroom pressure, military orders and a young lawyer who decides to stop pleading out.

Sex, lies and an ice pick — but it's Nick Curran who keeps you watching.

A winter’s tale of outcasts, double lives and a city that loves its own spectacle.

Always be closing: sales, swagger and how persuasion becomes a weapon.

A proper buddy picture: Riggs, loyalty — and an opening explosion that really was a demolition.

Laura Palmer at the centre of a town that keeps looking away.

A late-career Clint Eastwood Western about revenge, the cost of violence and a man who thinks he’s put it all behind him.

Three cousins, one barrio — and Miklo walks the tightrope between belonging and betrayal.

A heatwave, a traffic jam and a man who walks until something finally gives.

A grief‑haunted secret agent, a clever would‑be assassin and a thriller that still centres on character as much as bullets.

A child’s wish ticket, a self-aware action hero and enough meta mayhem to make the genre look at itself in the mirror.

A coming‑of‑age that never softens its edges: Caine is why Menace II Society still lands.

A young lawyer, a gilded office and the slow price of getting ahead.

A wrong man on the run, a relentless marshal, and a conspiracy that keeps pulling the chase forward.

A road movie that thinks it’s a love letter — with bullets through the envelope.

A hitman, a 12-year-old, and a strange sort of family — Léon still asks the same awkward question: can a professional learn to care?

A love story dressed as a crime spree — and a TV camera that can’t look away.

Crime, chatter and small moral choices — and one very persuasive suitcase of mystery.

A high-velocity thriller about decisions, improvisation and what happens when a bus refuses to be boring.

A family holiday that goes horribly right — because Gail Hartman knows the river.

A slow-burning story of friendship, ledger books and stubborn hope.

Two cops, one friendship and a lot of noise — but Marcus keeps it real.

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein keeps the books — and loses the world.

A gunslinging musician, a guitar case full of trouble and a director who refuses to play small.

A film about teenagers who treat computers like motorbikes — loud, dangerous and worth the risk.

Two professionals on opposite sides of the law, both terrible at leaving their work at the office.

A lie told well turns into a legend.

A stolen telly, a filthy misunderstanding and an X‑5 — the road trip that never learns.

A small-town detective, a bungled ransom and the stubborn decency that keeps everything human.

Outlaws, a stuck Winnebago, and then — suddenly — vampires. It's rude, giddy and still worth the bite.

A father's public refusal to pay the ransom turns grief into a bounty — and a country into a jury.

Friendship, a bad prank and a long, ugly reckoning — Sleepers still asks what loyalty should cost.

Guilt, ghosts and a conman who actually sees the dead — Peter Jackson's offbeat haunted-house caper that still refuses to be tidy.

Escape artists, moral grudges and a very useful map of Alcatraz.

A loud, filthy, funny plunge into addiction and friendship — Renton keeps the moral argument honest.

Swinging ’60s cheek meets 1990s brass — and both are played for laughs.

Loyalty, lies and a friendship that collapses under its own truth.

Taciturn mentors, neuralyzers and a very small galaxy.

A birthday present that strips a man of control — and asks whether anyone ever really had it.

A film about hatred that keeps returning the gaze to the people who inherit it.

Amnesia, midnight architecture and one man who remembers enough to make trouble.

Cocky cards, catastrophic debts and a terrible week to be small-time in East London.

A law student's double life, an impossible friend, and a game that keeps calling him back.

Martial arts, fast talk and a missing consul’s daughter — friendship is the surprising action.

A missing rug, a reluctant detective and a man who would rather drink a White Russian than argue about anything.

A brilliant mind trapped in a body, a rookie in the street — and a city full of things you don't see coming.

Boston, brothers, and a very particular sense of divine duty.

A study in pretending: desire, envy and the many faces of Tom Ripley.