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1980s Mystery Movies

Public list by WPS with 94 movies or TV shows/series

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Angel Heart(1987)

R
| 1h 53min | Horror, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 636 votes)

Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.

The Fog(1980)

R
| 1h 29min | Horror
3.4/5 (with 633 votes)

Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

The Great Mouse Detective(1986)

3.5/5 (with 715 votes)

When the diabolical Professor Ratigan kidnaps London's master toymaker, the brilliant master of disguise Basil of Baker Street and his trusted sidekick Dawson try to elude the ultimate trap and foil the perfect crime.

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning(1985)

R
| 1h 32min | Horror, Mystery
2.6/5 (with 478 votes)

Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway house for troubled teens where he now lives, it seems like his nightmarish nemesis, Jason, is back for more sadistic slaughters.

Psycho II(1983)

R
| 1h 53min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 260 votes)

After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by 'her' demands and begins to question his own sanity.

Silver Bullet(1985)

R
| 1h 35min | Horror
3.3/5 (with 237 votes)

The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside, he's preparing the barbecue.

Fletch(1985)

PG
| 1h 38min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 278 votes)

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Evil Under the Sun(1982)

PG
| 1h 57min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
3.4/5 (with 175 votes)

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

Young Sherlock Holmes(1985)

PG-13
| 1h 49min | Adventure
3.4/5 (with 264 votes)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

Sleepaway Camp(1983)

R
| 1h 25min | Horror
3.2/5 (with 268 votes)

Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.

The Long Good Friday(1980)

R
| 1h 54min | Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.6/5 (with 132 votes)

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

Appointment with Death(1988)

PG
| 1h 42min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
3.0/5 (with 51 votes)

Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the children, and her daughter-in-law on holiday to Europe and the Holy Land. At a dig, Emily is found dead and Hercule Poirot investigates.

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Psycho III(1986)

R
| 1h 33min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 155 votes)

Norman Bates is still running his little motel, and he has kept the dressed skeleton he calls 'mother'. One day a nosey journalist comes to see him to ask questions about his past.

Hell Night(1981)

R
| 1h 41min | Horror
2.8/5 (with 64 votes)

Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds.

Maniac Cop(1988)

R
| 1h 25min | Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 183 votes)

In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police search and find a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, suspected of murdering his own wife and the rest of the unfortunate individuals to die by the Maniac Cop’s reign of terror. To prove his innocence, he investigates the case with his partner, Theresa Mallory.

The Draughtsman's Contract(1982)

3.6/5 (with 90 votes)

A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.

Evil Angels(1988)

PG-13
| 2h | Drama
3.4/5 (with 89 votes)

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.

Cloak & Dagger(1984)

PG
| 1h 41min | Adventure, Action, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 60 votes)

11-year-old Davey's mother is dead and his father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent. When he accidentally comes into possession of a spy group's secret plans, and winds up on the run from them, he must learn to rely on himself and his imaginary pal to save his skin. But, in the end, Dad proves to be his real hero.

Amsterdamned(1988)

R
| 1h 45min | Action, Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 72 votes)

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't suspect that both his new girlfriend and twelve-year-old daughter may be closer than he is to finding the killer.

Dead & Buried(1981)

R
| 1h 34min | Horror, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 113 votes)

After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.

The House on Sorority Row(1982)

R
| 1h 31min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 85 votes)

After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

Dead Man's Folly(1986)

3.0/5 (with 18 votes)

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Graduation Day(1981)

R
| 1h 36min | Horror
2.6/5 (with 39 votes)

A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon completion of a 30 second 200-meter race.

Fatal Games(1984)

R
| 1h 28min | Horror, Thriller
2.0/5 (with 9 votes)

A group of amazing athletes are systematically stalked and killed by a crazed, hoodie wearing psychopath.

Directed by Michael Elliot - With Sean Masterson, Michael O'Leary, Spice Williams-Crosby

Thirteen at Dinner(1985)

1h 27min | Crime, Mystery
2.7/5 (with 27 votes)

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.

The Initiation(1984)

R
| 1h 37min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 37 votes)

An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.

Tough Guys Don't Dance(1987)

2.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Writer, ex-con and 40-something bottle-baby Tim Madden, who is prone to black-outs, awakens from a two-week bender to discover a pool of blood in his car.

Murder in Three Acts(1986)

1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
2.7/5 (with 24 votes)

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

A Soldier's Story(1984)

PG
| 1h 41min | Drama, Mystery, War, Crime
3.4/5 (with 72 votes)

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.

The Hound of the Baskervilles(1982)

29min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

When a young heir inherits a noble title that apparently has a deadly curse to it, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. A British television serial based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.

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