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Top 100 thriller movies from the 1980s
Find the best Thriller movies of the 1980s, from gritty noir to high-stakes suspense. Brew curates a list of 100 essential picks to uncover your next obsession.
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YEAR
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Christine
movie•United States
1983
02
Tenebrae
movie•Italy
1984
03
Dead Calm
movie•Australia
1989
04
Gloria
movie•United States
1980
05
The Hitcher
movie•United States
1986
06
Fatal Attraction
movie•United States
1987
07
The Fog
movie•United States
1980
08
Angst
movie•Austria
1983
09
Absence of Malice
movie•United States
1981
10
Hamburger Hill
movie•United States
1987
11
Day of the Dead
movie•United States
1985
12
Eye of the Needle
movie•GB
1981
13
The Stepfather
movie•GB
1987
14
Bad Timing
movie•GB
1980
15
F/X
movie•United States
1986
16
Angel Heart
movie•GB
1987
17
Licence to Kill
movie•GB
1989
18
Die Hard
movie•United States
1988
19
Road House
movie•United States
1989
20
Child's Play
movie•United States
1988
21
Brazil
movie•GB
1985
22
The Blob
movie•United States
1988
23
First Blood
movie•United States
1982
24
Lethal Weapon
movie•United States
1987
25
The Living Daylights
movie•GB
1987
26
Lethal Weapon 2
movie•United States
1989
27
Poltergeist
movie•United States
1982
28
Talk Radio
movie•United States
1989
29
House of Games
movie•United States
1987
30
Manhunter
movie•United States
1986
31
The Dead Zone
movie•United States
1983
32
Bad Boys
movie•United States
1983
33
Law of Desire
movie•Spain
1987
34
Southern Comfort
movie•United States
1981
35
The Hit
movie•GB
1985
36
Hellraiser
movie•GB
1987
37
Matador
movie•Spain
1986
38
Altered States
movie•United States
1980
39
The 'Burbs
movie•United States
1989
40
Ms .45
movie•United States
1981
41
Come and See
movie•SUHH
1985
42
Threads
movie
1984
43
The Untouchables
movie•United States
1987
44
The Name of the Rose
movie•Italy
1986
45
The Vanishing
movie•Netherlands
1988
46
Blood Simple
movie•United States
1985
47
Salvador
movie•United States
1986
48
Dead Ringers
movie•Canada
1988
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