1980s
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Die Hard (1988) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
Die Hard
8.3 (14 ratings) director: John McTiernan actor: Bruce Willis / Alan Rickman …
other title: Trappola di cristallo / Assalto ao Arranha-Céus …
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Dec. 27, 2025 watched
One of my all time faves! An action movie with just the right sprinkling of vulnerability, character and humour.

1st watched in the cinema, in Leicester Square.
Last rewatched: in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
USA JohnMcTiernan Action BruceWillis 1980s
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Come and See (1985) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
Иди и смотри
8.4 (5 ratings) director: Elem Klimov actor: Aleksei Kravchenko / Olga Mironova …
other title: Va' e vedi / Gå og Se …
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
Nov. 19, 2025 watched
Wrenching tale of a boy during the Nazi invasion of the USSR and the horrors he witnesses. Based on tales of survivors brought to the screen by director Elem Klimov after a years-long battle with Soviet censors in his last film, and especially scary now that fascism is on the rise again.

Watched in #EuroKino #WatchParty on Mastodon
War Tragedy USSR 1980s Drama
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Top Secret! (1984) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Top Secret!
7.2 (6 ratings) director: Jim Abrahams / Jerry Zucker … actor: Val Kilmer / Lucy Gutteridge …
other title: Ultra Secreto / Top Secret ! …
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
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Alligator (1980) IMDb TMDB
Alligator
director: Lewis Teague actor: Robert Forster / Robin Riker …
other title: Alligator: Uhyret under byens gader / Der Horror-Alligator …
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
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The Octagon (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Octagon
director: Eric Karson actor: Chuck Norris / Karen Carlson …
other title: Mænd uden nåde / A Fortaleza Secreta …
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
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Yes, Madam! (1985) TMDB IMDb
皇家師姐
director: Corey Yuen Kwai actor: Michelle Yeoh / John Shum Kin-Fun …
other title: Yes, Madam / Ultra Force 2 …
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
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The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Draughtsman's Contract
director: Peter Greenaway actor: Anthony Higgins / Janet Suzman …
other title: I misteri del giardino di Compton House / Tegnerens kontrakt …
A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
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Mona Lisa (1986) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mona Lisa
director: Neil Jordan actor: Bob Hoskins / Cathy Tyson …
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
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Over the Top (1987) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Over the Top
director: Menahem Golan actor: Sylvester Stallone / Robert Loggia …
other title: O Lutador / Over the Top : Le Bras de fer …
Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
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Descent Into Hell (1986) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Descente aux enfers
director: Francis Girod actor: Claude Brasseur / Sophie Marceau …
other title: Discesa all'inferno / Abstieg zur Hölle …
The marriage of the famous writer Alan and his young wife Lola is in a crisis. On a vacation in Haiti Lola wants to decide if their relationship still has a future...
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Kamikaze (1986) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Kamikaze
director: Didier Grousset actor: Richard Bohringer / Dominique Lavanant …
other title: Kamikaze - TV-Tod live / Kamikaze – TV-Tod live
1986 film by Didier Grousset
Nov. 11, 2025 to watch > A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill whoever is being filmed.
Thriller LucBesson SciFi 1980s RichardBohringer
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Terminus (1987) WikiData IMDb
Terminus
director: Pierre-William Glenn actor: Johnny Hallyday / Karen Allen …
A lone driver navigates a high-tech truck through dangerous territory in a deadly cross-country racing sport. After the guidance system fails, a new driver must bond with the truck's AI while dodging attacks and uncovering sinister plots.
Nov. 12, 2025 watched
Mad Max influenced-sci-fi that's an incomprehensible mess by the end of which I didn't know or care what happened to the characters.

Only earns that half-star by having Jürgen Prochnow in a red troll wig.
JohnnyHallyday JurgenProchnow ActionSciFi Action 1980s
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Red Scorpion (1988) IMDb WikiData
Red Scorpion
director: Joseph Zito actor: Dolph Lundgren / M. Emmet Walsh …
other title: Scorpione Rosso / Escorpião Vermelho …
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission and his loyalty.
Nov. 10, 2023 watched
Propaganda from apartheid regime to support them, especially in their war in Angola & occupation of Namibia
Action DolphLundgren 1980s