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Best 80s Adventure Movies

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Okey, Mister Pancho Poster

#1. Okey, Mister Pancho (1981)

★ 8.4/10 29 votes

La India Maria becomes deeply embroiled in a large scale diamond heist.

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#2. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

★ 8.4/10 19,071 votes

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

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#3. Back to the Future (1985)

★ 8.3/10 22,688 votes

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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#4. ¡El que no corre... vuela! (1982)

★ 8.1/10 21 votes

After mistakenly going to jail, Maria makes friends with a woman whose kids live in the streets and Maria gets the idea to help them.

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#5. Katy Caterpillar (1984)

★ 8.0/10 25 votes

Katy Caterpillar lives in a cherry tree deep in the forest, but she longs to see the wide world. When she finally gets her chance, she meets lots of fascinating characters along the way.

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#6. Castle in the Sky (1986)

★ 8.0/10 4,864 votes

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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#7. Warriors of the Wind (1984)

★ 7.9/10 4,258 votes

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

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#8. Where Is The Friend's House? (1987)

★ 7.9/10 464 votes

An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

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#9. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

★ 7.9/10 14,172 votes

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

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#10. Return of the Jedi (1983)

★ 7.9/10 17,505 votes

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

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#11. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

★ 7.9/10 11,495 votes

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!

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#12. Secrets of the Heavenly Book (1983)

★ 7.8/10 46 votes

Yuangong, the deacon, opened the shrine and exposed the holy book to the human world. He is now punished to guard the book for life by the jade emperor for breaking heaven’s law. In order to pass this holy book to human beings, he would have to get by the antagonist fox.

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#13. Stand by Me (1986)

★ 7.8/10 6,828 votes

After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four boys decide to go see the body. Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, but they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys' adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.

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#14. The Plague Dogs (1982)

★ 7.8/10 314 votes

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They're pursued by search parties and then the military after rumours spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.

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#15. Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map (1987)

★ 7.8/10 24 votes

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This movie covers the first half of the book

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