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 : 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 : 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 : Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Robert Radler,

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?

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 : 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 : 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 : Marie-Christine Descouard, Cyrielle Clair, Jean Desailly, 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 : Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughn, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Harley Cokeliss,

A professional thief is hired by the FBI to steal a data tape from a company under investigation. The analysis of this tape, will prove the criminal activities of this company. As this ...

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

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

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 : Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina, Joan Chen, Rutger Hauer,
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 : Allison Balson, James Woods, Victoria Tennant, Brian Dennehy,
Directors : John Flynn,

Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right,...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Benny Urquidez,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in...