Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

In 1881, cattle baron John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill outlaw Billy the Kid.

Actors : Paul Shenar, Sam Wanamaker, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : John Irvin,

A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.

Actors : John Hurt, Dennis Hopper, Craig T. Nelson, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the C.I.A. that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country, are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security, ...

Actors : Madeleine Stowe, Emilio Estevez, Richard Dreyfuss, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : John Badham,

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Actors : Edward Fox, Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : Roger Donaldson,

Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Bill Cosby, Moses Gunn, Tom Courtenay,
Directors : Paul Weiland,

A secret agent is called out of retirement to save the world from an evil genius.

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.

Actors : Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin,

A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his good name when the drug lords he is after frame him for the murder of a dirty cop.

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., David Suchet, Jason Gedrick, Larry B. Scott,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

Heroic young pilot Doug Masters launches a rescue mission when his father, an Air Force veteran, is shot down over enemy territory and captured.

Actors : Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Christopher Walken,
Directors : John Irvin,

Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.

Actors : Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister,
Directors : Thomas J. Wright,

Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his...

Actors : Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

Actors : Emily Chu, Yun-Fat Chow, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : John Woo,

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, Michael D. Roberts, Mary Crosby, Robert Urich,
Directors : Stewart Raffill,

In the far future water is the most valuable substance. Two space pirates are captured, sold to a princess, and recruited to help her find her father who disappeared when he found ...

Actors : Sean Young, Tommy Lee Jones, Bryan Kestner, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Green,

Elite Apache helicopter pilots are tasked with destroying powerful armed drug cartels operating in South America.

Actors : J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Kurt McKinney, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Corey Yuen,

Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top ...

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Kim Miyori, Jeroen Krabbé, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.

Actors : Lola Forner, Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan,

Jackie Chan and his bumbling sidekick are sent on a quest through Europe to find a mysterious treasure held by a shadowy organization of monks.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Liam Neeson, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : John Irvin,

Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Shôgen Nitta, Tomisaburô Wakayama,

When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.