Best Crime Movies of the 80s

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The top 20 crime films from the 80s, ranked by real audience scores.

1
Scarface
1983 - 12,806 TMDB votes
91%
2
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 - 3,671 TMDB votes
91%
3
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 - 742 TMDB votes
91%
4
Police Story 2
1988 - 610 TMDB votes
91%
5
Brubaker
1980 - 509 TMDB votes
91%
6
Mississippi Burning
1988 - 1,894 TMDB votes
90%
7
Lock Up
1989 - 1,287 TMDB votes
90%
8
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 - 6,096 TMDB votes
89%
9
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989 - 1,054 TMDB votes
89%
10
Police Story
1985 - 1,012 TMDB votes
89%
11
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 - 5,936 TMDB votes
88%
12
The Blues Brothers
1980 - 4,514 TMDB votes
88%
13
Down by Law
1986 - 825 TMDB votes
88%
14
La Chèvre
1981 - 693 TMDB votes
88%
15
Lethal Weapon
1987 - 4,950 TMDB votes
87%
16
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
1985 - 1,694 TMDB votes
87%
17
Red Heat
1988 - 1,572 TMDB votes
87%
18
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 - 1,340 TMDB votes
87%
19
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 - 937 TMDB votes
87%
20
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986 - 766 TMDB votes
87%

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