Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Janardanan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi,
Directors : K. Madhu,

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) led by Sethuram Iyer investigate an unnatural death.

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.

Actors : Nick Mancuso, John Marley, Kim Basinger, Charlton Heston,

A couple of youngish adventurers go into the wilderness of British Columbia in search of a lost colleague. Their plane crashes and they find themselves at the mercy of a crazed old Scottish...

Actors : Vinod Mehra, Vinod Khanna, Jeetendra, Dharmendra,
Directors : Ravi Chopra,

A dedicated railway employee's plan to introduce an express train result in sabotage.

Actors : Takis Spiridakis, Dora Masklavanou, Takis Moschos, Despina Tomazani,
Directors : Nikos Nikolaidis,

The diary of the life and death of a group of "amoral" young people, who have reached the point of no return and seek something to believe in and to die for. Their behavior brings them to ...

Actors : Robin Lilly, Lori Romero, Rich Hamilton, Michael Robertson,
Directors : Mik Cribben,

A mentally-disturbed teenager kidnaps and brainwashes children into cannibalistic psychopaths - but not when the adults intervene.

Actors : Michel Auclair, Pascale Roberts, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

A man is pursued by killers after helping someone at a car crash.

Actors : Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, Gautami, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sibi Malayil,

A qawwali singer passes as a Brahmin in order to infiltrate a palace and kill the king.

Actors : Kathy LaCommare, Ric Randig, Dick Biel, Forbes Riley,
Directors : Richard W. Haines,

A patient escapes from a mental hospital, killing one of his keepers and then a University professor after he makes his way to the local college. Next semester, the late prof's replacement ...

Actors : Ed Flanders, Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold,

A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains, has Cooper following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite ...

Actors : Wolfgang Kieling, Götz George, Renée Soutendijk, Hannes Jaenicke,
Directors : Carl Schenkel,

It's Friday evening. The lift repairman leaves the building and wants to finish his work on Monday. But he doesn't know there are four men in the building. They use the lift but stay in it ...

Actors : Scott Glenn, Edward Fox, Barbara Carrera, Laurence Olivier,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.

Actors : Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Praed, John Standing, Lisa Blount,
Directors : Robert Collector,

Professor hires a spaceship to get to the source of weird signals from deep space. The trip is cut short however when the ship's computer gets jealous because the captain is in love with one of the female passengers and it gets homicidal.

Actors : Telly Savalas, Brigitte Lahaie, Helmut Berger, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

When model Barbara Hallen disappears in France, her father's private detective traces her steps to a private plastic surgery clinic run by Dr.Flamand.

Actors : Barry Morse, Kay Hawtrey, Dean Garbett, Lesleh Donaldson,
Directors : William Fruet,

A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.

Actors : Brigitte Fossey, Sam Neill, Derek Jacobi, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Jeannot Szwarc,

A CIA agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.

Actors : Jason Robards, Mark Joy, Tom Hulce, Rosanna Arquette,
Directors : Mike Hodges,

Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a ...

Actors : John Gielgud, Lesley-Anne Down, Maurice Ronet, Frank Langella,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs: murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse.

Actors : Jack Hallett, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nicholas Love,
Directors : Matthew Chapman,

Carol inherits a night club from her weird uncle. She moves into the place, only to find out just how weird her uncle really was. She begins to remember more about her very special ...

Actors : Shô Kosugi, Blackie Dammett, Brent Huff, Emilia Crow,
Directors : Emmett Alston,

Two anti-terrorist agents are assigned to free a busload of American schoolchildren in the Philippines who are taken hostage by terrorists.