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20 Overlooked 80s Thrillers That Are Worth Your Time

"The thriller genre was going full steam in the late 1970's, with the large scale success of John Carpenter's low budget film Halloween in 1978 propelling the thriller genre forward into the 1980's. Thrillers were generally made up of more conventional crime films and murder mysteries, or slasher films such as Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
This list will focus on the former, not the latter, particularly films that are underrated, either due to a lack of box office success on their release, or for some other reason. Here are 20 thriller films of the 1980's that were underrated and are definitely worth seeing".
Films are in reverse order.
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The Stepfather (1987)
The Stepfather (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
2
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   56%
3
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
4
The Star Chamber (1983)
The Star Chamber (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
5
52 Pick-Up (1986)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   47%
6
Cutter's Way (1981)
Cutter's Way (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
7
Dead Calm (1989)
Dead Calm (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
8
Target (1985)
Target (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
9
Frantic (1988)
Frantic (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
10
The Morning After (1986)
The Morning After (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
11
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
12
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
13
Dead of Winter (1987)
Dead of Winter (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   77%
14
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
15
Something Wild (1986)
Something Wild (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
16
Still of the Night (1982)
Still of the Night (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   63%
17
After Hours (1985)
After Hours (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
18
The Stunt Man (1980)
The Stunt Man (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
19
The Bedroom Window (1987)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
20
Thief (1981)
Thief (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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