Best Psychopath movies of 1980

Cruising(1980)

Actors : Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Richard Cox, Karen Allen,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.

Maniac(1980)

Actors : Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper, Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro,
Directors : William Lustig,

A psychopath, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in New York City, kills young women and takes their scalps as his trophies. Will he find the perfect woman in a photographer, and end his killing spree?

He Knows You're Alone(1980)

Actors : Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, Caitlin O'Heaney, Don Scardino,
Directors : Armand Mastroianni,

A young bride-to-be is being stalked upon by a serial killer in Staten Island. She gets help from a former lover, but will they manage to escape?

You Better Watch Out(1980)

Actors : Brandon Maggart, Andy Fenwick, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull,
Directors : Lewis Jackson,

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

The First Deadly Sin(1980)

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, George Coe,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.

Don't Answer the Phone!(1980)

Actors : James Westmoreland, Nicholas Worth, Ben Frank, Flo Lawrence,
Directors : Robert Hammer,

A deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran terrorizes the young women of Los Angeles and taunts a radio psychologist with descriptions of his grisly crimes.

Night of the Juggler(1980)

Actors : Linda Miller, James Brolin, Richard S. Castellano, Cliff Gorman,

A tough, New York City ex-cop relentlessly searches for his kidnapped teenage daughter whom is held by a twisted psycho after mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Scared to Death(1980)

Actors : David Moses, Diana Davidson, Toni Jannotta, John Stinson,
Directors : William Malone,

An ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the ...

Patrick vive ancora(1980)

Actors : Carmen Russo, Mariangela Giordano, Sacha Pitoëff, Gianni Dei,
Directors : Mario Landi,

A bedridden psycho is able to receive evil "vibrations" from hardened criminals and use them for his telekinetic powers.

Yajû shisubeshi(1980)

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Journeys from Berlin/1971(1980)

Actors : Cynthia Beatt, Ilona Halberstadt, Annette Michelson, Vito Acconci,
Directors : Yvonne Rainer,

An epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia.

Depravação(1980)

Actors : Mirlaine França, Jair Delamare, Sheila Diniz, Alice Dantas,
Directors : Élio Vieira de Araújo,

A psychoanalyst will try anything to help one of his patients, a sexually impotent publicist - and that includes seducing the man's wife.