Best Mystery Movies of the 80s

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The top 20 mystery films from the 80s, ranked by real audience scores.

1
The Great Mouse Detective
1986 - 1,778 TMDB votes
93%
2
Angel's Egg
1985 - 557 TMDB votes
91%
3
Maniac Cop
1988 - 522 TMDB votes
91%
4
Mississippi Burning
1988 - 1,894 TMDB votes
90%
5
The Entity
1982 - 542 TMDB votes
90%
6
Cocoon
1985 - 1,381 TMDB votes
88%
7
The Thing
1982 - 7,768 TMDB votes
87%
8
The Name of the Rose
1986 - 3,271 TMDB votes
87%
9
Videodrome
1983 - 2,425 TMDB votes
87%
10
Opera
1987 - 524 TMDB votes
87%
11
Angel Heart
1987 - 1,696 TMDB votes
85%
12
Day of the Dead
1985 - 1,356 TMDB votes
85%
13
Psycho II
1983 - 707 TMDB votes
84%
14
Clue
1985 - 1,913 TMDB votes
83%
15
Fanny and Alexander
1982 - 863 TMDB votes
83%
16
Society
1989 - 612 TMDB votes
82%
17
Blow Out
1981 - 1,638 TMDB votes
81%
18
The Vanishing
1988 - 785 TMDB votes
81%
19
The Secret of NIMH
1982 - 918 TMDB votes
80%
20
Tenebre
1982 - 681 TMDB votes
80%

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