Movie List for "thriller"

Savage Encounter (1980)

After his traumatized wife is raped in the countryside by two bums, a husband hunts the men responsible. Year 1980.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Bernard Buys
Writer: Bernard Buys (story and screenplay)
Actors: John Parsonson, Lieb Bester, Tessa Ziegler, Marcel van Heerden

Savage Hunt (1980)

Movie Year 1980.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Romano Scavolini
Writer: Maxine Julius (adaptation), Romano Scavolini
Actors: George Ayer, Mairi Hronopoulou, Joanne Jackal, Mary Mark

Delirium (1979)

An ex-soldier is hired by local right-wingers as a vigilante to clean up criminals and street people. However, he freaks out and starts killing off everybody. Year 1979.

Generes: Thriller
Director: Peter Maris
Writer: Eddie Krell (story), Jim Loew (story), Peter Maris, Richard Yalem
Actors: Turk Cekovsky, Debi Chaney, Terry TenBroek, Barron Winchester

Avalanche Express (1979)

Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Mark Robson, Monte Hellman
Writer: Abraham Polonsky (screenplay), Colin Forbes (novel)
Actors: Lee Marvin, Robert Shaw, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell

…and justice for all. (1979)

A lawyer is forced to defend a guilty judge, while defending other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg

Plague (1979)

An ambitious lab assistant carries out a forbidden experiment and accidentally creates a deadly bacteria which kills her and rapidly engulfs the city. The authorities order a curtain of … Year 1979.

Generes: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ed Hunt
Writer: Ed Hunt, Barry Pearson
Actors: Daniel Pilon, Kate Reid, Céline Lomez, Michael J. Reynolds

The Glove (1979)

A bounty hunter is offered $20,000 – off the record – for the capture of a very large man who dons body armor and steel-plated gauntlets for his regular beatings of some unfortunate individuals. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ross Hagen
Writer: Hugh Smith (screenplay), Julian Roffman (screenplay), Hugh Smith (story), Ross Hagen (story)
Actors: John Saxon, Roosevelt Grier, Joanna Cassidy, Joan Blondell

The Great Train Robbery (1978)

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay by), Michael Crichton (based on his novel)
Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb

Wendigo (1978)

Movie Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Director: Paul Kiener
Writer: Algernon Blackwood (short story), Paul Kiener (screenplay)
Actors: Van Washburn Jr., Victor Lawrence, Ron Berger, Carole Cocherelle

The Swarm (1978)

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Irwin Allen
Writer: Arthur Herzog III (novel), Stirling Silliphant (screenplay)
Actors: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain

Gray Lady Down (1978)

A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge. Year 1978.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller
Director: David Greene
Writer: David Lavallee (novel), James Whittaker (screenplay), Howard Sackler (screenplay), Frank P. Rosenberg (adaptation)
Actors: Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty

F.I.S.T. (1978)

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall. Year 1978.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Norman Jewison
Writer: Joe Eszterhas (story), Joe Eszterhas (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer. Year 1978.

Generes: Mystery, Thriller
Director: Irvin Kershner
Writer: John Carpenter (screenplay), David Zelag Goodman (screenplay), John Carpenter (story)
Actors: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Actors: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross

Coma (1978)

When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital she uncovers a horrible conspiracy. Year 1978.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Crichton
Writer: Michael Crichton (screenplay), Robin Cook (novel)
Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn

The Comeback (1978)

A singer holes up at a sinister estate to write new songs for his act. The ghost of his murdered wife begins to haunt him, then the person who actually killed her shows up at the mansion. Year 1978.

Generes: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Pete Walker
Writer: Murray Smith (screenplay), Michael Sloan (additional script material)
Actors: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David Doyle, Bill Owen