Best action from the 80s
The catalogue's action films from 1980–1989, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
The Empire Strikes Back
bittersweetcerebralepic
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
foreign gembittersweettender
Scarface
gut punchneon soakedpitch black
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
foreign gemepicgut punch
Ran
foreign gemgut punchslow burn
Aliens
neon soakedparanoidunhinged
Akira
foreign gembody horrormindfuck
Return of the Jedi
cozyepicplayful
Raiders of the Lost Ark
comfort cultcozyepic
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
comfort cultepiccozy
Die Hard
playfulrawunhinged
Kagemusha
foreign gemepicslow burn
Platoon
gut punchraw
The Blues Brothers
comfort cultneon soakedsurreal
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
foreign gembittersweetslow burn
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
foreign gemepicuplifting
The Terminator
paranoidrawunhinged
Be Forever Yamato
foreign gembittersweetepic
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
foreign gembittersweetgut punch
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
foreign gem3am cultplayful
Predator
dreadraw
Police Story
foreign gemcozyplayful
Shuffle
foreign gem3am cultmindfuck
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
foreign gemepicoutsider
A Better Tomorrow
foreign gembittersweetraw
Godzilla vs. Biollante
foreign gem3am cultneon soaked
The Mission
bittersweetepicraw
Mad Max 2
epicrawunhinged
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
foreign gemepic
RoboCop
bittersweetneon soakedpitch black