Best award winning movies with a thrilling suspense from 1980
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a thrilling suspense from 1980! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a thrilling suspense from 1980, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Dressed to Kill (1980)
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
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- 1980-07-25 | Thriller / Mystery
Cast
- Nancy Allen, Michael Caine
Rating
6.935
2 The Shining (1980)
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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- 1980-05-23 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
Rating
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8.215
3 Fade to Black (1980)
A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.
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- 1980-10-14 | Drama / Horror
Cast
- Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson
Rating
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5.53
4 The Stunt Man (1980)
A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
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- 1980-06-27 | Action / Comedy
Cast
- Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback
Rating
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6.7
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5 The Hunter (1980)
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
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- 1980-08-01 | Thriller / Action
Cast
- Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
Rating
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5.909
6 Gloria (1980)
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
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- 1980-10-01 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry
Rating
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6.8
7 Altered States (1980)
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
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- 1980-12-25 | Horror / Science Fiction
Cast
- William Hurt, Blair Brown
Rating
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6.686
8 The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
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- 1980-02-29 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson
Rating
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6.55
9 The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
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- 1980-05-20 | Adventure / Action
Cast
- Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
Rating
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8.392
10 Don't Answer the Phone! (1980)
A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.
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- 1980-02-29 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- James Westmoreland, Ben Frank
Rating
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4.567
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