What are the best action movies of the 1980s?
From muscle-bound icons to slick cops and cyborg killers, the decade delivered a relentless parade of adrenaline-fueled classics. Which one reigns supreme?
Die Hard
Bruce Willis plays a cop trapped in a skyscraper taken over by terrorists on Christmas Eve.
The Terminator
A cyborg assassin is sent back in time to kill a woman whose son will lead the human resistance.
RoboCop
A slain police officer is resurrected as a cyborg law enforcer in a crime-ridden future Detroit.
Predator
An elite military team is hunted in a jungle by an alien creature with advanced camouflage technology.
Lethal Weapon
A suicidal detective and a by-the-book cop become partners to take down a drug trafficking ring.
First Blood
Vietnam veteran John Rambo is pushed to his limits by a small-town sheriff and wages a one-man war.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can weaponize it.
Top Gun
A hotshot Navy pilot competes at the elite fighter weapons school while falling for his instructor.
Aliens
Ellen Ripley returns to the alien planet with a unit of marines to face a terrifying colonial infestation.
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Max helps a group of settlers defend their oil refinery from a brutal gang.
Beverly Hills Cop
A street-smart Detroit detective goes undercover in Beverly Hills to solve his friend's murder.
Commando
A retired Special Forces operative is forced back into action when his daughter is kidnapped.
Total Recall
A construction worker discovers his memories are implants and that he may be a secret agent on Mars.
Escape from New York
Snake Plissken must rescue the U.S. President from Manhattan, which has been turned into a maximum-security prison.
The Running Man
A wrongly convicted man must survive a deadly televised game show where the penalty for losing is death.
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