Thriller Movies of 1984
Dreamscape
Great special effects do not always make for a great film, but Dreamscape comes awfully close. Dr. Paul Novotny (Max Von Sydow) and Dr. Jane Devries (Kate Capshaw) run a clinic for the study of dreams. Hoping to alleviate the pain of those ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
To Catch a King
Teri Garr and Robert Wagner play a cafe owner and nightclub singer who vacation in Lisbon in 1940. They ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
The Evil That Men Do
In yet another slick, formulaic Charles Bronson vengeance film ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Tightrope
Clint Eastwood plays a New Orleans detective determined to track down a serial killer of prostitutes. Complicating matters is the fact that the unknown culprit ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Crimes of Passion
Joanna Crane (Kathleen Turner) is a cold, workaholic sportswear designer, divorced and ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Impulse
Bad behavior turns deadly in this science-fiction drama. Jennifer (Meg Tilly) is a woman who grew up in the small town of Sutcliffe, which much of her family still calls home. One day, Sutcliffe is hit with a minor ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
American Dreamer
In this farcical look at a female detective/mystery story writer, Cathy Palmer (JoBeth Williams) is an ordinary housewife living in Ohio with a condescending husband who is far from ideal. When Cathy wins a writing contest and has the chance ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Thief of Hearts
After her home is burglarized, a married woman finds that the diary containing her sexual fantasies has been stolen. She doesn't put two and ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Body Double
In Body Double, director Brian DePalma pays homage to the Alfred Hitchcock movies Vertigo and Rear Window, adding a few grotesque touches all his own. Craig Wasson plays Jake, a struggling actor who keeps ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Fleshburn
In Fleshburn Calvin Duggai (Sonny Landham) is a Native American who can't put his wartime experiences behind him. His main beef is against the team of psychiatrists who shipped him off to an institution. After making his ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Hunter: Season 01
The long-running NBC cop drama Hunter got under way in September of 1984 with the two-hour pilot, in which ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
The Glory Boys
Set in London, this three-part British miniseries was adapted by Gerald Seymour from his own novel. A visiting Israeli scientist was targeted for assassination by two different terrorist organizations: one Irish, one ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Perfect Strangers
In this violent, off-beat thriller, a toddler witnesses a gang murder. As a result, the hit man sets ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
Asalto En Tijuana
In a rather far-fetched action thriller about horse thieving, an otherwise upright rancher is blackmailed into stealing a pricey, champion racehorse that some gangsters want for their ... [ Thriller movie - 1984 ]
