Best Action movies of 1988

Actors : Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Reginald VelJohnson,
Directors : John McTiernan,

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Actors : John Ashton, Charles Grodin, Robert De Niro, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Martin Brest,

An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.

Actors : George 'Buck' Flower, Keith David, Meg Foster, Roddy Piper,
Directors : John Carpenter,

A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.

Actors : Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Christopher Cain,

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Marc de Jonge,
Directors : Peter MacDonald,

Colonel Trautman is captured by Soviets during a mission in Afghanistan so Rambo sets out to rescue him while taking on the invading Russian forces.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim,
Directors : Buddy Van Horn,

Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.

Actors : Norman Burton, Leah Ayres, Donald Gibb, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Newt Arnold,

Follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.

Actors : Ed O'Ross, Peter Boyle, James Belushi, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

Actors : Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, James Caan, Kevyn Major Howard,
Directors : Graham Baker,

In 1988, Earth makes the first contact with an alien civilization. In 1991, these aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after three years of quarantine.

Actors : Tesshô Genda, Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Katsuhiro Ôtomo,

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Steve James, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Keenen Ivory Wayans,

In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.

Actors : Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Sean Penn, Randy Brooks,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Actors : Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Jack Warden, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter.

Actors : Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Paula Irvine, James Le Gros,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

Actors : Ron Dean, Steven Seagal, Henry Silva, Pam Grier,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

A former Special Operations Vietnam vet works as a Chicago cop, and uncovers C.I.A. wrongdoing.

Actors : John Agar, Mare Winningham, Lou Hancock, Anthony Edwards,
Directors : Steve De Jarnatt,

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.

Actors : Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Ernie Dingo,
Directors : John Cornell,

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Richard Roundtree, Laurene Landon, Tom Atkins,
Directors : William Lustig,

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Carl Weathers, Vanity, Craig T. Nelson,
Directors : Craig R. Baxley,

Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.