RD80s Challenge: R-Rated Action Movies

Jason Gross November 21, 2013
Yesterday, I shared an article on Facebook and Twitter that challenged everyone with "how many 80s teen movie have you seen?" The list contained 100 movies and quite frankly, my score wasn't that great (33.) I've never claimed to be a movie buff and teen movies were never really my genre. But I do enjoy the popular ones like Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

I did find this new List Challenges website intriguing and thought I'd create my own list (using one if my favorite movie genres.) So here is your first RD80s Challenge:

R-rated '80s Action Movies 

Arnold, Stallone, Willis, Norris, Van Damme, Gibson...those aren't just stars of the Expendables movie series but some of the greatest action movie stars of all time. Back in the '80s, they unleashed hell on the bad guys using machine guns, knives, grenades, rocket launchers, and even their bare hands. How many of this list of 50 R-rated '80s action movies have you seen?


Share your score in the comments below and with your Facebook friends from the List Challenges site.

My score: 38
What I need to rediscover: the Death Wish series, a few Chuck Norris and Clint Eastwood movies that I don't remember watching.

Image Credit: thenerdpocalypse.com
Jason Gross

Posted by Jason Gross

'80s kid and '90s grad. I've been writing and podcasting about 1980s pop culture since 2011. I like collecting vinyl, G.I. Joe comics, Batman memorabilia, and whatever nostalgia I can find at thrift stores.

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9 Comments

  1. OldSchool80sNovember 21, 2013 at 11:22 AM

    My score was 37 on this one.

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  2. Brian (Cool and Collected)November 21, 2013 at 12:04 PM

    48. That list is basically what comprised my formative years. ;)

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  3. Jason GrossNovember 21, 2013 at 12:12 PM

    Wowsers, nice!

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  4. Shawn RobareNovember 21, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    Wow, 29, that solid wall of Chuck Norris flicks round-housed me in the face (all while I pathetically mumbled, "But I saw Sidekicks and Lonewolf McQuade sob cry")

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  5. Jason GrossNovember 21, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    Yeah there were a ton more not rated R. Figured I'd go for the throat first.

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  6. More0_0ThanNovember 22, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    44 thanks to HBO and distracted parents...LOL

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    1. Jason GrossNovember 22, 2013 at 5:46 PM

      Nice.Didn't have HBO, but had a neighbor friend who did!

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  7. The Sewer DenNovember 24, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    23?! Bah. Chuck Norris killed me. Never really got into his flicks.

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