Best Action movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : Andrew Stevens, Charles Bronson, Carl Weathers, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

In 1931 Canada, Yukon trapper Johnson has a feud with a dog owner who later retaliates by publicly accusing Johnson of murder and thus triggering a police manhunt in the wilderness.

Actors : Juhi Chawla, Aamir Khan, Goga Kapoor, Dalip Tahil,
Directors : Mansoor Khan,

A young man and young woman fall in love against their feuding fathers' wishes in this version of 'Romeo and Juliet' set in contemporary India.

Actors : John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge,
Directors : Jonathan R. Betuel,

A high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threaten mankind.

Actors : LeVar Burton, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

The story of professional bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson.

Actors : George Hamilton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman, Lauren Hutton,
Directors : Peter Medak,

Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the ...

Actors : Brian Benben, Matthias Hues, Betsy Brantley, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Craig R. Baxley,

Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst ...

Actors : Dean Shek, Yun-Fat Chow, Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : John Woo,

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

Actors : Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Fujioka, Louise Bennett,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.

Actors : Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

Actors : Art Metrano, Valérie Kaprisky, John P. Ryan, Richard Gere,
Directors : Jim McBride,

Jesse has to get out of Las Vegas quickly, and steals a car to drive to L.A. On the way he shoots a police man. When he makes it to L.A. he stays with Monica, a girl he has only known for a...

Actors : April Clough, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Harold Bergman,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

A jazz musician and a stunt man are the spitting image of two millionaire brothers. They take the job to replace them in Rio de Janeiro when someone plans to assassinate them.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Malcolm McDowell, Traci Lind, Bradley Gregg,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

Robot teachers have been secretly placed in the schools where the students have run riot. The teachers do a good job of controlling the unruly youngsters, until they go too far and some ...

Actors : Alexander Zale, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Joseph Zito,

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

Actors : Harris Yulin, Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Tom Holland,

Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics police officer with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of "Fatal Beauty"...

Actors : Edward Bell, Kurt Thomas, Tetchie Agbayani, Richard Norton,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

An American gymnast travels to a foreign country to compete in a deadly game not won by anyone other than a native in more than 900 years.

Actors : Wu Ma, Wai Lam, Joey Wang, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Siu-Tung Ching,

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night ...

Actors : Buffy Dee, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, David Huddleston,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Two men meet each other in a strange situation and end up being mistaken for robbers first, for secret service agents later.