Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Rutger Hauer, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Ridley Scott,

A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.

Actors : John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh,

A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple.

Actors : Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

Actors : Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.

Actors : Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : David Lynch,

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : John McTiernan,

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Actors : JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Beatrice Straight,

A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.

Actors : Frances Sternhagen, Richard Farnsworth, Kathy Bates, James Caan,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.

Actors : Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, John Travolta,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Actors : John Wood, Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman,
Directors : John Badham,

A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.

Actors : Mitchell Ryan, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey,
Directors : Richard Donner,

A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he?

Actors : Albert Finney, Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden,

Tom Regan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.

Actors : Barbara Gordon, Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.

Actors : Joe Pesci, Patsy Kensit, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover,
Directors : Richard Donner,

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.

Actors : Sean Connery, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : John McTiernan,

In November 1984, the Soviet Union's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect or to start a war?

Actors : Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Kim Basinger, Max von Sydow,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

A SPECTRE agent has stolen two American nuclear warheads, and James Bond must find their targets before they are detonated.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.

Actors : Herbert Lom, Christopher Walken, Tom Skerritt, Brooke Adams,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.