Most awarded
1The Piano1993 · 31 awards2Mad Max: Fury Road2015 · 16 awards3The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · 15 awards4The Great Gatsby2013 · 14 awards5Lion2015 · 14 awards6Somersault2004 · 13 awards7Hacksaw Ridge2016 · 12 awards8Animal Kingdom2010 · 12 awards9Moulin Rouge!2001 · 11 awards10Shine1996 · 11 awards
theReel
Wrd
Australia & New Zealand on screen
Advertise
theReel
Wrd
AboutContact
  1. The Reel Word
  2. Genres
  3. Crime
  4. 1980s

Crime films of the 1980s

19 crime films from Australia and New Zealand released 1980–1989, in order of release.

Films per year

19803
19810
19824
19833
19840
19852
19863
19871
19880
19893

Directors

More crime by decade

1970s · 141990s · 132000s · 232010s · 19All 97

Other genres of the 1980s

Drama · 150Documentary · 22Comedy · 42Horror · 27Thriller · 35Action · 39Adventure · 20Science fiction · 20Fantasy · 12Biographical · 11Comedy drama · 17Romance · 14Romantic comedy · 10LGBTQ · 10Musical · 12Sport · 10All 1980s films
TitleYearDirectorGenreMinAwards
Blood Money 1980 Chris Fitchett Drama, Crime 62
Nutcase 1980 Roger Donaldson Crime 49
The Mirror Crack'd 1980 Guy Hamilton Crime, Mystery 105
A Dangerous Summer 1982 Quentin Masters Drama, Crime 88
Dead Easy 1982 Bert Deling Action, Crime —
Evil Under the Sun 1982 Guy Hamilton Drama, Crime 116
The Scarecrow 1982 Sam Pillsbury Horror, Crime 90
BMX Bandits 1983 Brian Trenchard-Smith Action, Crime 87
Kitty and the Bagman 1983 Donald Crombie Crime —
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four Animated film 1983 — Crime 50
Hot Target 1985 Dennis Lewiston Crime, Thriller 93
The Holcroft Covenant 1985 John Frankenheimer Crime, Spy 112
Death of a Soldier 1986 Philippe Mora Drama, Crime 93
Fortress 1986 Arch Nicholson Drama, Crime 91
Mona Lisa 1986 Neil Jordan Drama, Crime 104
White Mischief 1987 Michael Radford Biographical, Crime 105
Meet the Feebles 1989 Peter Jackson Comedy, Action 93
The Boys in the Island 1989 Geoff Bennett Adventure, Crime 100
The Punisher 1989 Mark Goldblatt Action, Crime 87