Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Actors : Jordan Bennett, David Chung, Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Actors : Margaret Welsh, Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Joyce Chopra,

A free-spirited 15-year-old girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the Northern California suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.

Actors : Jason Robards, Anne Archer, David Selby, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Actors : Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries, Renée Soutendijk, Jeroen Krabbé,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

Actors : Elizabeth Cox, David Byrnes, Dan Hicks, Renée Estevez,
Directors : Scott Spiegel,

The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.

Actors : Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny, Lori Lethin,
Directors : Ed Hunt,

Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their family members.

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?

Actors : John Hurt, Richard Harris, Frances Tomelty, Sean Bean,
Directors : Jim Sheridan,

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing endlessly for the sake of the land, and when the widow, who owns the field, decides to sell the field in a public ...

Actors : Gregg Henry, George Kennedy, Chris Lemmon, Mike Kellin,
Directors : Jeff Lieberman,

Five campers arrive in the mountains to examine some property they have bought, but are warned by the forest ranger Roy McLean that a huge machete-wielding maniac has been terrorising the ...

Actors : Dorian Healy, Denzel Washington, Sean Chapman, Graham McTavish,
Directors : Martin Stellman,

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

Actors : Reb Brown, Annie McEnroe, Marsha A. Hunt, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

A young man whose sister was murdered by werewolves helps an investigator track down a gang of the monsters through the United States and Europe.

Actors : Annie McEnroe, Andrea Marcovicci, Bruce McGill, Michael Caine,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and ...

Actors : Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore, David Brandon, Robert Gligorov,
Directors : Michele Soavi,

A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.

Actors : Kate McNeil, Janis Ward, Eileen Davidson, Robin Meloy,
Directors : Mark Rosman,

After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

Actors : Richard Council, Robert Schenkkan, John Lithgow, Christopher Collet,
Directors : Marshall Brickman,

A teen and his girlfriend make an atomic bomb with plutonium stolen from a scientist dating his mother.

Actors : Andrew Stevens, Lisa Eilbacher, Charles Bronson, Gene Davis,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A LAPD detective is on the trail of a very handsome young man who had been seducing and slashing many young women to death.

Actors : Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Susan George,
Directors : Terence Young,

An MI6 defector has his appearance altered by the KGB and is sent back to Britain to retrieve top-secret documents.

Actors : James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Eric Freeman, Jean Miller,
Directors : Lee Harry,

The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.