Shoot to Kill 1988

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Le Reste...

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From Trakt to Plex

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Library for Kodi import

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One man's journey to watch 3650 movies of the 80s

Bit of action also. Some obvious ones missing

https://trakt.tv/users/hdlists/lists/action-movies-top-rated-from-1980-to-today?sort=released,desc

Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.

Notable entries missing include:
Legend (1985)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Hellraiser (1987)
Scanners (1981)
The Thing (1982)
They Live (1988)
Labyrinth (1986)
Bloodsport (1988)
Brazil (1985)

Action Film Collection

Shows and movies released between 1980 and 1989.

The "250 key movies" rated and reviewed in the book Action! The Action Movie A-Z (1997) by Marshall Julius.

Author's ratings:
1-14: 5*
15-22: 4.5*
23-51: 4*
52-92: 3.5*
93-140: 3*
141-182: 2.5*
183-211: 2*
212-226: 1.5*
227-244: 1*
245-250: 0.5*

"Vengeful cops and car chases, lunatic villains and martial arts masters, male-bonding, gun fights and super secret agents, swords and sorcerers, wartime Nazi-bashing, boys' own adventures, casual destruction and general death-defiance... this is what we want to see, and if you feel the same way, "Action!" is for you, a fan's guide to the wackiest genre of 'em all, with 250 key movies rated and reviewed" -Introduction