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Top 100 action movies from the 1980s
Find the best Action movies of the 1980s, from muscle-bound epics to neon-soaked thrillers. Brew curates the decade's most iconic cinematic firefights.
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YEAR
01
Runaway Train
movie•United States
1986
02
Lethal Weapon 2
movie•United States
1989
03
The Transformers: The Movie
movie•United States
1986
04
The Professional
movie•France
1981
05
The Road Warrior
movie•Australia
1982
06
The Karate Kid
movie•United States
1984
07
Project A
movie•Hong Kong
1983
08
Police Story
movie•Hong Kong
1985
09
They Live
movie•United States
1988
10
Go for It
movie•Italy
1983
11
A Chinese Ghost Story
movie•Hong Kong
1987
12
Beverly Hills Cop
movie•United States
1984
13
Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure
movie•Italy
1981
14
A Better Tomorrow II
movie•Hong Kong
1987
15
Southern Comfort
movie•United States
1981
16
RoboCop
movie•United States
1987
17
Casualties of War
movie•United States
1989
18
Aliens
movie•GB
1986
19
Dragons Forever
movie•Hong Kong
1988
20
No Way Out
movie•United States
1987
21
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
movie•United States
1989
22
Double Trouble
movie•Italy
1984
23
Ran
movie•Japan
1985
24
Blade Runner
movie•United States
1982
25
WarGames
movie•United States
1983
26
Predator
movie•United States
1987
27
The Killer
movie•Hong Kong
1989
28
Mr. India
movie•India
1987
29
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
movie•United States
1982
30
Lethal Weapon
movie•United States
1987
31
Batman
movie•United States
1989
32
Midnight Run
movie•United States
1988
33
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
movie•United States
1984
34
A Better Tomorrow
movie•Hong Kong
1986
35
Thief
movie•United States
1981
36
To Live and Die in L.A.
movie•United States
1985
37
Shogun Assassin
movie•Japan
1980
38
Willow
movie•United States
1988
39
Big Trouble in Little China
movie•United States
1986
40
Silverado
movie•United States
1985
41
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
movie•United States
1980
42
Raiders of the Lost Ark
movie•United States
1981
43
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
movie•United States
1983
44
Die Hard
movie•United States
1988
45
The Terminator
movie•GB
1984
46
Akira
movie•Japan
1988
47
Ghostbusters
movie•United States
1984
48
First Blood
movie•United States
1982
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