Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Jordan Bennett, Shô Kosugi, David Chung, 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 : 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 : Mimi Rogers, Kathy Baker, Jay Patterson, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

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

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 : Elizabeth Cox, David Byrnes, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks,
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 : 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 : Gregg Henry, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Corey Haim, Teri Garr, Christopher Collet, Peter Weller,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A teen must protect his family, when his mother's sinister new boyfriend begins exerting his authority in their house.

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 : 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 : Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore, Robert Gligorov, David Brandon,
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 : 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.

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.