Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Norman Burton, Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford,
Directors : Vernon Zimmerman,

A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.

Actors : Sarah Maur Thorp, David Lodge, Glynis Barber, Anthony Perkins,
Directors : Gérard Kikoïne,

When Henry Jekyll's experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As Hyde he searches the London streets at night for his prey in ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Jeff Osterhage, Patrick Macnee, Clare Hoak, Adrian Paul,
Directors : Larry Brand,

With a deadly plague ravaging his Renaissance kingdom, Prince Prospero invites his friends to retire to the protection of his castle for ongoing revels, leaving the peasantry to die. But ...

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 : 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 : Valeria D'Obici, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Fritz Matthews, Ted Prior, Troy Donahue,
Directors : David A. Prior,

A group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.

Actors : Cynthia Bain, William Prince, Jon Cypher, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Tobe Hooper,

A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.

Actors : Sara Botsford, Cec Linder, Sam Groom, Scatman Crothers,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

Contaminated grain breeds overgrown, killer rats in this Golden Harvest production. Dachshunds were dressed up as rats for the special effects.

Actors : Kjersti Holmen, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hans Ola Sørlie, Helge Jordal,

A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station. The they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.

Actors : Aleksandra Yakovleva-Aasmyae, Anatoliy Vasilev, Leonid Filatov, Georgi Zhzhyonov,
Directors : Aleksandr Mitta,

Story of the lives of three Soviet pilots who are united by disaster in a small town in the mountains.

Actors : James Booth, Steve James, William Wallace, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group kidnaps the agent's sister and tries to hunt him down, "The Most Dangerous Game" style.

Actors : Sarah Miles, Klaus Kinski, Nicol Williamson, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Piers Haggard,

Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.