15 Action Films From The 1980s You Must Watch

Arnold Schwarzenegger enjoyed some of the biggest success of his career during the 1980s and it all started with the film that earned him worldwide recognition - Conan The Barbarian.

Based on the work of Robert E Howard from the 1930s, the film follows Conan, a young member of the Cimmerian tribe, who watches his mother and father die at the hands of Thulsa Doom, played by James Earl Jones.

Conan grows up as a slave and as a result of intense physical labour, becomes a massively muscular man He earns his freedom as a gladiator and makes new friends on his journey across the wastelands. When they are asked by a King to rescue his daughter from Doom and his cult, Conan sets off in an attempt to seek vengeance on Doom.

Conan The Barbarian is an epic hard-R fantasy film, featuring well choreographed sword fights, magic, huge monsters and plenty of blood. Although the film fell just shy of being remembered at the time as a box office success, it earned a massive cult following and has sold incredibly well on home video.