Its easy to stereotype the 1980s as a sunny, flashy, colorful, vibrant, and synthpop-heavy decade.

These ones go darker than the likes ofThe Untouchablesor evenScarface.

ItsthePortrait of a Serial Killerpartthats far more ominous.

The 10 Darkest Crime Movies of the 1980s, Ranked

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It throws you into a particular scene and doesnt seem to care whether you’ll stay afloat.

But things get complicated as they get older.

The crimes intensify, and somepeople start wanting to take a bigger piece of the action for themselves.

Blood Simple - 1984

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Well, thats worth the price of admission on its own.

Anyone who can sit through it will be shaken to their core by it.

Now, kindly get away from me,Angst.

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Stop looking at me funny.

Would you is that a knife?

Put the knife down,Angst.

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Stop stepping toward me.

Put the knife down.

Youre number one,Angst.

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What more could you wa — AAAGHGGHHHHH!

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Henry, wearing a tank top, looks in the mirror moodily in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

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Al Pacino in a crowded bar in Cruising

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Cruising (1980)

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Once Upon a Time in America - 1984 (3)

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Helen Mirren as Georgina Spica sitting at a fancy dinner table in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

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Fernando Ramos da Silva as Pixote, Jorge Julião as Lilica and Gilberto Moura as Dito stting on a rocky hill eating in Pixote

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Violent Cop 1989

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A Short Film About Killing - 1988

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Erwin Leder as the Psychopath hiding around a corner in Angst

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