Best Action Movies of the 80s

The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 84%
Scarface (1983) - 82%
Aliens (1986) - 80%
Castle in the Sky (1986) - 80%
Ran (1985) - 80%
Return of the Jedi (1983) - 79%
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 79%
Akira (1988) - 79%
Die Hard (1988) - 78%
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) - 78%

Best Action Movies of the 80s

The top 20 action films from the 80s, ranked by real audience scores.

1

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 - 18,164 votes

84%

2

1983 - 12,806 votes

82%

3

1986 - 10,661 votes

80%

4

Castle in the Sky

1986 - 4,613 votes

80%

5

1985 - 1,766 votes

80%

6

Return of the Jedi

1983 - 16,727 votes

79%

7

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981 - 13,451 votes

79%

8

1988 - 4,672 votes

79%

9

1988 - 12,105 votes

78%

10

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989 - 10,918 votes

78%

11

1980 - 720 votes

78%

12

1984 - 14,369 votes

77%

13

1986 - 5,015 votes

77%

14

The Blues Brothers

1980 - 4,514 votes

77%

15

1989 - 875 votes

76%

16

1987 - 8,923 votes

75%

17

1982 - 6,788 votes

75%

18

1985 - 1,012 votes

75%

19

1987 - 5,617 votes

74%

20

1981 - 4,101 votes

74%

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