Top 20 Thriller Movies Highly Rated Released in 1984

A cyborg assassin from the future attempts to find and kill a young woman who is destined to give birth to a warrior that will lead a resistance to save humankind from extinction. Learn about The Terminator / IMDB / YouTube

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. Info on Beverly Hills Cop / IMDB / YouTube

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body. Learn about Star Trek III: The Search for Spock / IMDB / YouTube

It is the dawn of World War III. In the western mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces. Check out Red Dawn / IMDB / YouTube

After being announced dead and taken to a morgue, Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital, and stalks a group of friends renting a house in the countryside near Crystal Lake. See more about Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter / IMDB / YouTube

A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed. Get info on Children of the Corn / IMDB / YouTube

A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the Discovery and its H.A.L. 9000 computer. Look into 2010: The Year We Make Contact / IMDB / YouTube

A young punk, recruited by a car repo agency, finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu with a huge, $20,000 bounty--and something otherworldly stashed in its trunk. Learn about Repo Man / IMDB / YouTube

A young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences. More about Body Double / IMDB / YouTube

A couple who participated in a potent medical experiment gain telepathic ability and then have a child who is pyrokinetic. Look into Firestarter / IMDB / YouTube

An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work. Read about Tenebrae / IMDB / YouTube

A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. Get info on Streets of Fire / IMDB / YouTube

The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. Details on Threads / IMDB / YouTube

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant. Details on Silkwood / IMDB / YouTube

New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted. Learn about Tightrope / IMDB / YouTube

Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself. Get info on Silent Night, Deadly Night / IMDB / YouTube

A man who can enter and manipulate people's dreams is recruited by a government agency to help cure the President of the United States of his nightmares about nuclear war but stumbles upon an assassination plot. Info on Dreamscape / IMDB / YouTube

Colonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held captive there. Learn about Missing in Action / IMDB / YouTube

A United States Navy destroyer escort participates in a Navy invisibility experiment that inadvertently sends two sailors forty years into the future. More about The Philadelphia Experiment / IMDB / YouTube

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his estranged girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love and things get complicated. Get info on Against All Odds / IMDB / YouTube