Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Michael Crawford, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.

Actors : Satish Kaushik, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.

Actors : Kirstie Alley, Tom Berenger, Sidney Poitier, Clancy Brown,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

An FBI agent teams up with a tracker to pursue a murderer after he vanishes into the mountains and infiltrates a hiking group.

Actors : Melody Anderson, Louis Gossett Jr., Will Sampson, Chuck Norris,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Henry Silva, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Gary Nelson,

Allan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Huston where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race.

Actors : Marie-Christine Descouard, Jean Desailly, Cyrielle Clair, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Victim of a plot which has resulted in his imprisonment in a Central African jail for two years, a French secret agent arrives in Paris to settle accounts.

Actors : Satoko Kifuji, Michie Tomizawa, Seizô Katô, Kaneto Shiozawa,
Directors : Toyoo Ashida,

A young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her, and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

Actors : Elizabeth Peña, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.

Actors : Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Andrea Marcovicci, Ernie Hudson,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only ...

Actors : Simon Yam, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee,
Directors : John Woo,

When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal's life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Treat Williams,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

Two policemen are brought back to life to chase down supernatural criminals.

Actors : John Candy, Robert Loggia, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.

Actors : Lee Horsley, Kathleen Beller, George Maharis, Simon MacCorkindale,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage's dangerous future when he is recruited to help a princess foil the designs of a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer in conquering a land.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Actors : Darlanne Fluegel, Gregory Hines, Steven Bauer, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina, Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen,
Directors : David Webb Peoples,

A Mad Max-esque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Rutger Hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of "...

Actors : James Fox, Mimi Rogers, Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend,
Directors : Carl Schenkel,

When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Robert Ginty, Steve James,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.

Actors : Makoto Ashikawa, Maiko Kawakami, Takeshi Kitano, Shirô Sano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.