Best Thriller movies of 1983

Actors : Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, Matthew Broderick,
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 : Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Sean Connery, Kim Basinger,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

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

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

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

Actors : Roger Moore, Kristina Wayborn, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan,
Directors : John Glen,

A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death lead James Bond to uncover an international jewel-smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on N.A.T.O. forces.

Actors : Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, James Woods, Debbie Harry,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

When he acquires a different kind of programming for his station, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a terrifying new reality.

Actors : Danny Pintauro, Christopher Stone, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.

Actors : Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Clint Eastwood, Bradford Dillman,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Bess Armstrong, Dennis Quaid, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : Joe Alves,

The sons of police chief Brody must protect civilians at a SeaWorld theme park after a 35-foot shark becomes trapped in the park with them.

Actors : Fred Ward, Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, U.S.Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in POW camps in Laos.

Actors : Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken, Cliff Robertson, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Douglas Trumbull,

Brilliant researchers Lillian Reynolds and Michael Brace have developed a system of recording and playing back actual experiences of people. Once the capability of tapping into "higher ...

Actors : Jason Robards, Royal Dano, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd,
Directors : Jack Clayton,

In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.

Actors : John Hurt, Dennis Hopper, Craig T. Nelson, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the C.I.A. that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country, are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security, ...

Actors : Eric Gurry, Jim Moody, Reni Santoni, Sean Penn,
Directors : Rick Rosenthal,

Chicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.

Actors : Robert Hunger-Bühler, Karin Springer, Silvia Ryder, Erwin Leder,
Directors : Gerald Kargl,

A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.

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 : 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 : 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 : Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, John Vernon, Anne Ditchburn,
Directors : Richard Ciupka,

Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

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 : Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, David Keith, G.D. Spradlin,
Directors : Franc Roddam,

In 1960s America, a black cadet is allowed acceptance into a seemingly prestigious military academy, unleashing a barrage of corruption within the system that another cadet is willing to expose.