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Action movies – 1980s

Genre: Action. Period: 1980s. 26 movies, best first.

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · Action · ⭐ 8.4
    Archaeologist Indiana Jones races the Nazis to find the Ark of the Covenant.
  2. Die Hard (1988) · Action · ⭐ 8.2
    A cop single-handedly fights a group of terrorists in a skyscraper on Christmas Eve.
  3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · Action · ⭐ 8.2
    Indiana Jones and his father search for the Holy Grail against the Nazis.
  4. Predator (1987) · Action · ⭐ 7.8
    A commando team is hunted in the jungle by an invisible alien.
  5. First Blood (1982) · Action · ⭐ 7.7
    A Vietnam veteran is drawn into a fight with a small-town sheriff.
  6. The Killer (1989) · Action · ⭐ 7.7
    A hitman seeks to help a singer he blinded while a cop hunts him.
  7. Lethal Weapon (1987) · Action · ⭐ 7.6
    Two very different cops must team up to take down a drug ring.
  8. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) · Action · ⭐ 7.6
    A lone drifter helps settlers defend their gasoline from marauding gangs.
  9. Batman (1989) · Action · ⭐ 7.5
    Batman fights Gotham's criminals and faces the unhinged Joker.
  10. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) · Action · ⭐ 7.5
    Indiana Jones ends up in an Indian village where children are enslaved.
  11. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) · Action · ⭐ 7.3
    A truck driver follows his friend and his fiancee into the hidden world of Chinatown.
  12. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) · Action · ⭐ 7.2
    Riggs and Murtaugh take on a South African drug-smuggling ring.
  13. Top Gun (1986) · Action · ⭐ 6.9
    A young fighter pilot named Maverick competes at an elite flight school and faces personal challenges.
  14. For Your Eyes Only (1981) · Action · ⭐ 6.8
    Bond chases a lost secret device through the mountains and the ocean depths.
  15. Superman II (1980) · Action · ⭐ 6.8
    Superman faces three Kryptonian criminals who are freed on Earth.
  16. The Living Daylights (1987) · Action · ⭐ 6.7
    Bond helps a Soviet defector and uncovers an arms dealing conspiracy.
  17. Licence to Kill (1989) · Action · ⭐ 6.6
    Bond goes rogue on a personal revenge mission against a drug lord.
  18. Octopussy (1983) · Action · ⭐ 6.5
    Bond uncovers a Soviet general's plot connected to jewel smuggling and a circus.
  19. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) · Action · ⭐ 6.5
    Rambo returns to Vietnam to search for missing prisoners of war.
  20. A View to a Kill (1985) · Action · ⭐ 6.3
    Bond tries to stop billionaire Zorin's plan to destroy Silicon Valley.
  21. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) · Action · ⭐ 6.2
    Max ends up in Bartertown and must fight in Thunderdome.
  22. Never Say Never Again (1983) · Action · ⭐ 6.2
    An older Bond returns to action when SPECTRE steals nuclear warheads.
  23. Rambo III (1988) · Action · ⭐ 5.8
    Rambo goes to Afghanistan to rescue his captured mentor.
  24. Superman III (1983) · Action · ⭐ 4.9
    Superman deals with a gifted computer programmer being used by a tycoon.
  25. King Kong Lives (1986) · Action · ⭐ 3.9
    Kong is kept alive with an artificial heart while scientists discover a female Kong.
  26. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) · Action · ⭐ 3.7
    Superman tries to rid the world of nuclear weapons and faces Nuclear Man.