# What are your favorite action movies of the 1980s?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-action-movies-of-the-1980s/513366 "2009-10-11T02:03:03Z")\
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The golden age of badass, ultra-macho, blow-shit-up-real-good, action pics ran roughly from 1977 with “Smokey and the Bandit” to 1994 with “True Lies,” probably hitting a peak around 1985 to 1987 with movies like “Rambo: First Blood Part II,” “Aliens” “Predator,” “Die Hard” and “Top Gun.”  
I’d also throw out an honorable mention to “The Blues Brothers.” Though much more of a comedy than anything else, it had many of the hallmarks of a great action movie - guns blazing, awesome car chase scenes, wanton destruction of public property, even shit blowing up.

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