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
epicraw
Tomorrow's Joe The Movie
Scarface
gut punchneon soakedpitch black
Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked
Ran
Aliens
dreadraw
Akira
foreign gemmindfuckneon soaked
Raiders of the Lost Ark
epicplayfuluplifting
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
epicplayful
Die Hard
playfuluplifting
Kagemusha
Platoon
gut punchraw
The Blues Brothers
neon soakedplayfulsurreal
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
The Terminator
paranoidraw
Be Forever Yamato
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
Predator
dreadraw
Police Story
Shuffle
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
A Better Tomorrow
Godzilla vs. Biollante
The Mission
Mad Max 2
outsiderrawunhinged
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
RoboCop
neon soakedpitch blackraw
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
epicneon soakedplayful