Best Thriller movies of 1980s

Actors : Eb Lottimer, Christina Applegate, Jane Chung, David Mendenhall,
Directors : Katt Shea,

Serious, well-made story of runaways living in Venice, California, under the threat of a psychotic cop who is a serial killer of prostitutes.

Actors : Bo Hopkins, Patrick Macnee, Don Stroud, Susan Strasberg,
Directors : Jim Sotos,

Teenager Melissa moves into a small town filled with racial prejudice and bullying and each time she meets up with one of the boys in town, they end up murdered - but who is the killer?

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Sarah Miles, Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland,

Dr Calgary returns home from an expedition and goes looking for a hitchhiker whom he gave a lift to two years previously in order to return the man's address book. He discovers the man has been executed for his mother's murder.

Actors : Amol Palekar, Shabana Azmi, Sudhir Mishra, Soni Razdan,
Directors : Vidhu Vinod Chopra,

When a starlet is murdered on a film location, her detective brother arrives there to solve the mystery.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Savina Gersak, Mark Hamill, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Bob Bralver,

A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin Mckay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.

Actors : Aachi Manorama, R.S. Manohar, K. Balaji, Ashokan,
Directors : R. Krishnamurthy,

A village bumpkin poses as a Mafia don to uncover the gang.

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Richard Roundtree, Tom Skerritt, Lisa Eichhorn,
Directors : Eric Karson,

The commander of an Air Force camp simulates prisoner-of-war conditions for realistic training goes too far, creating all too real torture situations. He preys on the only woman in the experiment.

Actors : Lance Henriksen, Michael Allen Ryder, Steve Antin, Mark Rolston,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same ...

Actors : Cameron Dye, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal, Karen Lorre, Karen Black,
Directors : Michael Schroeder,

Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychotic killer.

Actors : Leonard Frey, Frederikke Borge, Bruce Dern, Maud Adams,
Directors : Bob Brooks,

A troubled tattoo artist has designs on a model.

Actors : Rekha, Sonu Walia, Kader Khan, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : Rakesh Roshan,

A man marries a rich widow for her money and tries to murder her but she survives, gets a new face due to plastic surgery and returns for revenge.

Actors : W.D. Mochtar, Sofia W.D., Ilona Agathe Bastian, Yos Santo,
Directors : H. Tjut Djalil,

Researching a book that takes her to Bali and the black magic cult of Leák, Cathy meets an evil witch which promises to train her in the dark arts. Tricked, Cathy is turned into a ...

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom, Frank Stallone,
Directors : Alan Birkinshaw,

Ten people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

Actors : Andrew Stevens, Morgan Fairchild, Vince Edwards, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : David Schmoeller,

A popular anchorwoman, Jaime Douglas is stalked by an obsessed fan with a camera who wants more than just her picture.

Actors : Caren L. Larkey, Anita Skinner, Kurt Johnson, Robin Davidson,
Directors : Thom Eberhardt,

A lone survivor of a plane crash is haunted by a feeling unworthy of survival. Dead people start coming after her to collect her.

Actors : James Brewster Thompson, Aya Enjôji, Brenda Bakke, Masahiro Takashima,
Directors : Masato Harada,

In a cyberpunk future, Kyron-5 supercomputer attempts to exterminate the human race, but Gunhed mechs stop it. In 2038, five thieves break into a condemned island facility to steal Kyron's dead CPU. The place turns out to be a deathtrap.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Dennis Farina, Katherine Borowitz, John Turturro,
Directors : William Reilly,

A hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on ...

Actors : Forrest Swanson, Linda Gentile, Jennifer Runyon, William Lauer,
Directors : David Hess,

A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

Actors : Roger Lebel, Corrado Mastropasqua, Gilles Maheu, Lorne Brass,
Directors : Jean-Claude Lauzon,

Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long...

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Lino Ventura, Bernard Fresson, Michel Piccoli,
Directors : Yves Boisset,

Sébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.