Best thriller from the 80s
The catalogue's thriller films from 1980–1989, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Twin Peaks
paranoiddreadslow burn
Aliens
neon soakedparanoidunhinged
Die Hard
playfulrawunhinged
The Terminator
paranoidrawunhinged
Predator
dreadraw
After Hours
pitch blackrawsurreal
The Name of the Rose
cerebraldreadparanoid
Mad Max 2
epicrawunhinged
Blow Out
cerebralparanoidslow burn
RoboCop
bittersweetneon soakedpitch black
The Abyss
cerebraldreadraw
They Live
paranoid
Blood Simple
neon soakedparanoidpitch black
Missing
gut punchparanoidraw
Violent Cop
foreign gemoutsiderpitch black
Escape from Sobibor
dreadgut punchraw
Clue
comfort cult3am cultbittersweet
Thief
bittersweetneon soakedraw
Midnight Run
cozyplayful
The Long Good Friday
gut punchparanoidraw
Santa Sangre
gut punchsurrealtender
Music Box
cerebralgut punchparanoid
Dead Ringers
body horrorcerebralgut punch
To Live and Die in L.A.
neon soakedparanoidraw
A Better Tomorrow II
pitch blackrawuplifting
Witness
bittersweetoutsidertender
Law of Desire
bittersweetplayfulsexy
Angst
dreadparanoidraw
WarGames
cerebralparanoidraw
Salvador
gut punchparanoidraw