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Best Action Movies of the 1980s
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PGAction, Adventure, Fantasy2h04After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on the ice planet Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader and a bounty hunter named Boba Fett all over the galaxy.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
PGAction, Adventure1h55In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.
Aliens (1986)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi2h17Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PGAction, Adventure, Fantasy2h11After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap.
Die Hard (1988)
RAction, Thriller2h12An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
PG-13Action, Adventure2h07In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Professor Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.
Ran (1985)
RAction, Drama, War2h42In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Blade Runner (1982)
RAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller1h57A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Akira (1988)
RAnimation, Action, Sci-Fi2h04A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics.
The Terminator (1984)
RAction, Sci-Fi1h47A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
The Blues Brothers (1980)
RAction, Adventure, Comedy2h13Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
Ghostbusters (1984)
PGAction, Comedy, Fantasy1h45Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Predator (1987)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h47A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Empire of the Sun (1987)
PGAction, Drama, History2h33A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II.
First Blood (1982)
RAction, Adventure1h33A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
PGAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h53With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
Lethal Weapon (1987)
RAction, Crime, Thriller1h49Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h36In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
RoboCop (1987)
RAction, Crime, Sci-Fi1h42In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
Batman (1989)
PG-13Action, Adventure2h06The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being Jack Napier, a criminal who becomes the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
PGAction, Adventure1h58In 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Midnight Run (1988)
RAction, Comedy, Crime2h06An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the F.B.I., and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
RAction, Comedy, Crime1h45A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
PG-13Action, Adventure, Comedy1h39A rough-and-tumble trucker helps rescue his friend's fiancée from an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
PGAction, Adventure, Comedy1h59To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
The Karate Kid (1984)
PGAction, Drama, Family2h06A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
They Live (1988)
RAction, Horror, Sci-Fi1h34They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
Willow (1988)
PGAction, Adventure, Drama2h06A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen.
Escape from New York (1981)
RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi1h39In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
RAction, Crime, Thriller1h54Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Silverado (1985)
PG-13Action, Crime, Drama2h13A misfit bunch of friends comes together to right the injustices which exist in a small town.
Highlander (1986)
RAction, Adventure, Fantasy1h56An immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize".
No Way Out (1987)
RAction, Crime, Drama1h54A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.
WarGames (1983)
PGAction, Adventure, Drama1h54A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
48 Hrs. (1982)
RAction, Comedy, Crime1h36A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Clash of the Titans (1981)
PGAction, Adventure, Family1h58Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
RAction, Adventure, Fantasy2h09A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. When he grows up he becomes a fearless, invincible fighter. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom.
Romancing the Stone (1984)
PGAction, Adventure, Comedy1h46A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
Top Gun (1986)
PGAction, Drama1h50As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom.
Young Guns (1988)
RAction, Western1h47A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.