Title	Year	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
The Chain Reaction	1980	Ian Barry	Action, Thriller	91
Deadline	1981	Arch Nicholson	Thriller	—
Hoodwink	1981	Claude Whatham	Thriller	89	1
Lady Stay Dead	1981	Terry Bourke	Thriller	95
Levkas Man	1981	Carl Schultz	Thriller	—
Mad Max 2	1981	George Miller	Action, Adventure	95	7
Roadgames	1981	Richard Franklin	Slasher, Thriller	99
The Killing of Angel Street	1981	Donald Crombie	Thriller	96
The Survivor	1981	David Hemmings	Horror, Thriller	100	1
Heatwave	1982	Phillip Noyce	Drama, Thriller	91
Turkey Shoot	1982	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Action, Horror	93
Who Dares Wins	1982	Ian Sharp	Action, Thriller	102
Beyond the Limit	1983	John Mackenzie	Drama, Romance	102
Double Deal	1983	Brian Kavanagh	Thriller	90
Chase Through the Night	1984	Howard Rubie	Drama, Thriller	108
Every Move She Makes	1984	Catherine Millar	Thriller	—
Trial Run	1984	Melanie Rodriga	Thriller	—
Hot Target	1985	Dennis Lewiston	Crime, Thriller	93
Lifeforce	1985	Tobe Hooper	Drama, Horror	100
The Big Hurt	1985	Barry Peak	Thriller	93
The Holcroft Covenant	1985	John Frankenheimer	Crime, Spy	112
Wild Geese II	1985	Peter R. Hunt	Action, Thriller	114
Bridge to Nowhere	1986	Ian Mune, Larry Parr	Thriller	—
Fair Game	1986	Mario Andreacchio	Action, Thriller	86
The Humpty Dumpy Man	1986	P. J. Hogan	Drama, Thriller	94
Dangerous Game	1987	Stephen Hopkins	Thriller	98
The Fourth Protocol	1987	John Mackenzie	Spy, Thriller	114
Act of Betrayal TV film	1988	Lawrence Gordon Clark	Drama, Thriller	240
Georgia	1988	Ben Lewin	Thriller	91
Nightmare At Bittercreek	1988	Tim Burstall	Thriller	100
To Make a Killing	1988	Karl Zwicky	Drama, Thriller	88
Dead Calm	1989	Phillip Noyce	Thriller	95	4
Jigsaw	1989	Marc Gracie	Thriller	—
The Punisher	1989	Mark Goldblatt	Action, Crime	87
The Sword of Bushido	1989	Adrian Carr	Action, Martial arts	104