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 : A.J. Clarke, Terence Stamp, Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

Ten years later, after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

Oldman plays a lawyer who defends a killer, but, soon after he wins he finds out that the killer is guilty.

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 : Alfre Woodard, James Russo, Diana Scarwid, Farrah Fawcett,
Directors : Robert M. Young,

A woman takes revenge on the man who invades her home and tries to rape her.

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 : 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 : 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 : John Hurt, Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty,
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 : 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 : 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 : Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Janis Ward, 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 : 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 : Andrea Marcovicci, Annie McEnroe, 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 : Andrew Stevens, Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, 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 : Julie Brown, Melinda Cordell, 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 : 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 : Todd Graff, Tim Robbins, John Turturro, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Tony Bill,

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

Actors : John Heard, Tom Berenger, Debra Winger, Betsy Blair,
Directors : Costa-Gavras,

An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.