Best Thriller Movies of the 80s

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

1
They Live
1988 - 3,388 TMDB votes
93%
2
The Terminator
1984 - 14,369 TMDB votes
91%
3
RoboCop
1987 - 5,617 TMDB votes
91%
4
Lethal Weapon 2
1989 - 3,671 TMDB votes
91%
5
Escape from New York
1981 - 3,456 TMDB votes
91%
6
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 - 1,979 TMDB votes
91%
7
The Hitcher
1986 - 1,030 TMDB votes
91%
8
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 - 742 TMDB votes
91%
9
Police Story 2
1988 - 610 TMDB votes
91%
10
Aliens
1986 - 10,661 TMDB votes
90%
11
Predator
1987 - 8,923 TMDB votes
90%
12
The Abyss
1989 - 3,357 TMDB votes
90%
13
Mississippi Burning
1988 - 1,894 TMDB votes
90%
14
Lock Up
1989 - 1,287 TMDB votes
90%
15
The Entity
1982 - 542 TMDB votes
90%
16
Die Hard
1988 - 12,105 TMDB votes
89%
17
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988 - 1,573 TMDB votes
89%
18
The Shining
1980 - 18,695 TMDB votes
88%
19
First Blood
1982 - 6,788 TMDB votes
88%
20
For Your Eyes Only
1981 - 2,038 TMDB votes
88%

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