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
dreadslow burnsurreal
Aliens
neon soakedparanoidunhinged
Die Hard
playfulrawunhinged
The Terminator
paranoidrawunhinged
The Killer
Predator
dreadraw
After Hours
surrealunhinged
The Name of the Rose
cerebraldreadparanoid
Mad Max 2
epicrawunhinged
Blow Out
paranoidslow burn
RoboCop
bittersweetneon soakedraw
The Abyss
cerebraldreadraw
They Live
paranoid
Blood Simple
neon soakedpitch blackraw
Missing
Violent Cop
foreign gemrawunhinged
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 soakedrawunhinged
A Better Tomorrow II
rawuplifting
Witness
bittersweetoutsidertender
Law of Desire
bittersweetplayfulsexy
Angst
dreadparanoid
WarGames
cerebralparanoidraw