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.

Info

1980-07-25 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Nancy Allen, Michael Caine

Rating

rating icon 6.935
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #34 for
    lurid
  2. Ranked #57 for
    cross-cut editing
  3. Ranked #77 for
    bludgeoned to death

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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.

Info

1980-05-23 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall

Rating

rating icon 8.215
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #41 for
    lovecraftian
  2. Ranked #97 for
    for Stephen King's fans
  3. Ranked #138 for
    bloodcurdling

Trailer

The Shining trailer
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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.

Info

1980-10-14 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson

Rating

rating icon 5.53
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #81 for
    techno-geek
  2. Ranked #90 for
    socially awkward
  3. Ranked #116 for
    like Clue

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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.

Info

1980-06-27 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback

Rating

rating icon 6.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #18 for
    monomaniacal
  2. Ranked #104 for
    vivid depiction
  3. Ranked #120 for
    vertiginous

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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.

Info

1980-08-01 | Thriller / Action

Cast

Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach

Rating

rating icon 5.909
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #74 for
    lumberjack
  2. Ranked #123 for
    nifty
  3. Ranked #139 for
    gun-for-hire

Trailer

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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.

Info

1980-10-01 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #59 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #142 for
    most accessible
  3. Ranked #151 for
    seedy topic

Trailer

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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.

Info

1980-12-25 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

William Hurt, Blair Brown

Rating

rating icon 6.686
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    sensory overload
  2. Ranked #118 for
    mind bending
  3. Ranked #126 for
    altered state

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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.

Info

1980-02-29 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson

Rating

rating icon 6.55
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #193 for
    desperately hoping
  2. Ranked #199 for
    nutcase
  3. Ranked #208 for
    highly quotable

Trailer

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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.

Info

1980-05-20 | Adventure / Action

Cast

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Rating

rating icon 8.392
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    mythology extending
  2. Ranked #102 for
    popular
  3. Ranked #130 for
    interplanetary

Trailer

The Empire Strikes Back trailer
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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.

Info

1980-02-29 | Horror / Thriller

Cast

James Westmoreland, Ben Frank

Rating

rating icon 4.567
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #9 for
    scuzzy
  2. Ranked #38 for
    lurid
  3. Ranked #40 for
    bludgeoned to death

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