Best 30 Crime Movies Fan Favorites from 1984

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Get info on Once Upon a Time in America / IMDB / YouTube

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. Look into Beverly Hills Cop / IMDB / YouTube

The mayor declares that anyone can enroll in the police academy irrespective of their physical condition or education level, and many misfits descend on the academy, including a young troublemaker who's forced to apply or go to jail. Read about Police Academy / IMDB / YouTube

An American rock and roll singer is invited to a cultural festival in East Germany in order to distract from a plot to destroy NATO submarines, but he accidentally becomes involved in a resistance plot to rescue an imprisoned scientist. See more about Top Secret! / IMDB / YouTube

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. Get info on Repo Man / IMDB / YouTube

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences. Explore Body Double / IMDB / YouTube

A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. Learn about Streets of Fire / IMDB / YouTube

New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted. Find out about Tightrope / IMDB / YouTube

Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem. Get info on The Cotton Club / IMDB / YouTube

Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills. Details on Johnny Dangerously / IMDB / YouTube

Two Chinese friends, who operate a food truck in Barcelona, Spain, use their martial arts expertise to help their private investigator friend protect the pickpocket Sylvia, who's been targeted by a ruthless gang. Look into Wheels on Meals / IMDB / YouTube

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his estranged girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love and things get complicated. Learn about Against All Odds / IMDB / YouTube

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target. Get info on Runaway / IMDB / YouTube

An African-American officer investigates a murder in a racially charged situation in World War II. Find out about A Soldier's Story / IMDB / YouTube

A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor. Learn about The Element of Crime / IMDB / YouTube

Slick Private Investigator Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) and tough Police Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood), once partners, now bitter enemies, reluctantly team up to investigate a murder. Read about City Heat / IMDB / YouTube

Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences. Find out about The Pope of Greenwich Village / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher. Check out Crimes of Passion / IMDB / YouTube

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget. Details on Cloak & Dagger / IMDB / YouTube

A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures. See more about Trancers / IMDB / YouTube

A woman, whose troubled son has left home, informs two different men from her past that each of them is a real father. Too different men. Explore The ComDads / IMDB / YouTube

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend. Get info on Savage Streets / IMDB / YouTube

A disturbed young taxidermist exhumes his recently-deceased girlfriend, takes her body to his family villa, and embalms her corpse with help from his strange housekeeper. But his bouts of insanity are just beginning. Read about Beyond the Darkness / IMDB / YouTube

High-schooler Molly secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She must survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession. Learn about Angel / IMDB / YouTube

A former assassin comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship. Info on The Evil That Men Do / IMDB / YouTube

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again. Look into Fear City / IMDB / YouTube

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob. See more about First Name: Carmen / IMDB / YouTube

A mentally-disturbed flower seller starts killing young girls on the streets of Belgrade. While the frustrated police inspector is trying to stop him, an aspiring musician finds his life and work deeply intertwined with that of a killer. Explore Strangler vs. Strangler / IMDB / YouTube

An abused battered wife has had enough of her husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep. Details on The Burning Bed / IMDB / YouTube

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. More about Flashpoint / IMDB / YouTube