Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Valentine Monnier, Michael Sopkiw, Gianni Garko, William Berger,
Directors : Lamberto Bava,

A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.

Actors : Lorie Griffin, Betsy Russell, Lucinda Dickey, Leif Garrett,
Directors : John Quinn,

A group of cheerleaders become the targets of an unknown killer at a remote summer camp.

Actors : Caroline Williams, Meg Foster, Terry O'Quinn, Jonathan Brandis,
Directors : Jeff Burr,

After escaping the insane asylum in which he was incarcerated, the Stepfather impersonates a marriage counselor and manages to win over a patient and her young son.

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Frank Sinatra, David Dukes, George Coe,
Directors : Brian G. Hutton,

A police inspector, nearing retirement, tracks a serial killer who is terrorizing New York.

Actors : John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight High School discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and ...

Actors : Ricky Addison Reed, Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Andrew Duggan,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A man and his son vacation to the quiet vampire populated town of Salem's Lot.

Actors : Adam Ferency, Krystyna Janda, Agnieszka Holland, Janusz Gajos,
Directors : Ryszard Bugajski,

Tonia goes out drinking. She wakes up in prison, not having a clue why she's there. She is tortured to encourage her to confess to a crime she is not aware of.

Actors : Nils Brandt, Gösta Ekman, Ulf Brunnberg, Björn Gustafson,
Directors : Mikael Ekman,

Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins ...

Actors : Meg Tilly, Doug Savant, Rob Lowe, Kim Cattrall,
Directors : Bob Swaim,

A recently orphaned millionairess, Olivia, really hates her scheming step-father. Olivia finds love with a young yacht racing captain, Tim, who isn't completely truthful with her. When the ...

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ, Mary Steenburgen,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Jan Gan Boyd, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Jane Lapotaire, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Nicolas Roeg,

In 1925, Arctic prospector Jack McCann becomes a rich man when he strikes gold but 20 years later he faces major personal and family problems.

Actors : Jayne Smith, Margaret Trigg, James Cole, Richard Gesswein,
Directors : Cullen Blaine,

Robotic Officer Tactical Operation Research. A prototype robot intended for crime combat escapes from the development lab and goes on a killing rampage.

Actors : Willem Nijholt, Herman van Veen, Danny de Munk, Willeke van Ammelrooy,
Directors : Guido Pieters,

11 year old Amsterdam schoolboy Ciske, a scamp with a heart of gold, causes havoc in the classroom pouring ink over his teacher. Yet when a polio-crippled boy joins the class Ciske is one ...

Actors : Laurie Moran, Sean Garlick, Elaine Cusick, Rachel Ward,
Directors : Arch Nicholson,

An Australian school teacher and her students are kidnapped. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors.

Actors : Leo Rossi, Judd Nelson, Robert Loggia, Meg Foster,
Directors : William Lustig,

Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

Actors : Vic Morrow, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory, Christopher Connelly,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.

Actors : David Sandford, Garry Who, Peter Ford, Cassandra Delaney,
Directors : Mario Andreacchio,

A young woman running a wildlife sanctuary in the Australian outback is in for trouble when she is confronted by three kangaroo hunters. Bored with killing kangaroos, they decide to kill ...

Actors : Mitch Maglio, Asaph Livni, Rick Giovinazzo, Veronica Stork,
Directors : Buddy Giovinazzo,

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle.

Actors : Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Lewis Collins, Edward Woodward,
Directors : Ian Sharp,

A trooper with the British Special Air Service (SAS) infiltrates a radical political group who are planning a terrorist operation against American dignitaries. A glamourized look at the ...