1980s chase films

1982 film directed by Ted Kotcheff

1980 film directed by John Landis

1985 film by Mark L. Lester

1981 film directed by George Miller

1982 film by Walter Hill

The Running Man is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser from a screenplay by Steven E. de Souza. It is loosely based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Stephen King. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura, the film is set in a dystopic and totalitarian future United States, where a state-controlled broadcaster airs a deadly game show in which convicted criminals, known as "runners", must survive pursuit by themed gladiatorial assassins called "stalkers". The story follows Captain Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger), a framed police officer forced to compete on the show, who becomes an unlikely symbol of resistance against a corrupt government and its manipulative media machine.

1986 film by George P. Cosmatos

1988 film by Martin Brest

1987 film by Menahem Golan

Moonwalker is a 1988 American anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, several of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after the dance technique known as the moonwalk, which Jackson was known for performing.

1989 film by Neil Jordan

1985 film by William Friedkin

1989 film by Buddy Van Horn

1986 film directed by Robert Harmon

1989 film by Ridley Scott

1987 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow

1987 film directed by Chris Columbus

1986 film directed by Penny Marshall

1988 film by Craig R. Baxley

1985 film by James Glickenhaus

1988 film by Roger Spottiswoode

1987 crime film directed by Peter Werner

1980 film directed by Ronald Neame

1985 film directed by Matthew Robbins

F/X (also known as or subtitled Murder by Illusion) is a 1986 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel, written by Gregory Fleeman and Robert T. Megginson, and starring Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young, and Angela Bassett in her film debut. The film follows a special effects expert who is hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to stage the murder of a mobster about to enter the Witness Protection Program, but complications arise when he is targeted for murder himself; meanwhile, an NYPD detective becomes suspicious of the circumstances of the case.

1980 film by Hal Needham

1987 film by Ringo Lam

1983 film by Dick Lowry

1980 film directed by Ian Barry

Roadgames (stylised as Road Games) is a 1981 Australian thriller film directed by Richard Franklin and starring Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis. The film follows a truck driver travelling across Australia who, with the help of a hitchhiker, seeks to track down a serial killer who is butchering women and dumping their dismembered bodies along desolate highways.

1990 film by René Manzor

1982 film by Sidney Poitier

1989 film by Steven Lisberger

1988 film by Lau Kar-leung

1982 film by Mika Kaurismäki

Japanese manga series

1984 film by Chang Cheh

1982 film by H. B. Halicki

1981 film by Geoff Murphy

1981 film by Martyn Burke

1989 film by H. Tjut Djalil