Best 27 Crime Movies Hits from 1989

The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker. See more about Batman / IMDB / YouTube

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities. Details on Lethal Weapon 2 / IMDB / YouTube

At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count. Learn about Heathers / IMDB / YouTube

Two FBI agents with wildly different styles arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights activists. See more about Mississippi Burning / IMDB / YouTube

Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison. See more about Tango & Cash / IMDB / YouTube

A detective must adopt a rambunctious dog in order to help him find a killer. Get info on Turner & Hooch / IMDB / YouTube

Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off. Read about Weekend at Bernie's / IMDB / YouTube

An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman. Learn about Crimes and Misdemeanors / IMDB / YouTube

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan. Get info on Black Rain / IMDB / YouTube

Dave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening. Get info on See No Evil, Hear No Evil / IMDB / YouTube

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded. More about The Killer / IMDB / YouTube

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager, for their sexual enjoyment. Look into Casualties of War / IMDB / YouTube

With only six months left of his sentence, inmate Frank Leone is transferred from a minimum security prison to a maximum security prison by a vindictive warden. Explore Lock Up / IMDB / YouTube

A detective investigating a series of murders becomes involved with a woman who may be the culprit. Learn about Sea of Love / IMDB / YouTube

A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law. Get info on Drugstore Cowboy / IMDB / YouTube

To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec. Details on K-9 / IMDB / YouTube

Those bumbling cadets take to the streets when three inept goons successfully orchestrate a metropolitan crime wave. Get info on Police Academy 6: City Under Siege / IMDB / YouTube

Three stories are connected by a Memphis hotel and the spirit of Elvis Presley. Info on Mystery Train / IMDB / YouTube

During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business. Check out Harlem Nights / IMDB / YouTube

Two fugitives pass themselves off as priests in the hope of evading capture and passing the police blockade at the border with Canada. See more about We're No Angels / IMDB / YouTube

After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irwin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble. Find out about Fletch Lives / IMDB / YouTube

After an encounter with a neck-biter, a publishing executive thinks that he's turning into a vampire. Get info on Vampire's Kiss / IMDB / YouTube

Anthology movie by, and starring, Michael Jackson in his prime, combining a number of music videos from his bestselling Bad album with a fantasy tale of Michael's confrontation with a ruthless drug dealer known as Mr. Big. Check out Moonwalker / IMDB / YouTube

Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping. Check out Who's Harry Crumb? / IMDB / YouTube

Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperon, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job. Check out The Dream Team / IMDB / YouTube

In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big. Learn about I'm Gonna Git You Sucka / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to get some plasmids from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join? Find out about Family Business / IMDB / YouTube