Best Action movies from 1950 to 1990

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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
8.7
8.4

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 …

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
8.6
8.2

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team …

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Seven Samurai
8.6
8.5

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach …

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Harakiri
8.6
8.4

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second …

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Raiders of the Lost Ark
8.4
7.9

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, …

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Aliens
8.4
7.9

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially …

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
8.3
7.9

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all …

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North by Northwest
8.3
8.0

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

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Die Hard
8.2
7.8

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 …

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
8.2
7.8

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 …

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