Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, John P. Ryan, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Actors : René van 't Hof, Tatjana Simic, Nelly Frijda, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.

Actors : Jason Robards, Anne Archer, David Selby, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Actors : Mario Scarpetta, Marina Langner, Bud Spencer, Gianfranco Barra,
Directors : Steno,

A man is living happily on an island with his family, growing bananas. When a local mobster with an eye on man's property tries to take it from him, he must go to the town for the first time to get some help.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Terence Hill, Marc Lawrence, Joanne Dru,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.

Actors : Richard Herd, Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Le Tuan,
Directors : Graeme Clifford,

Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so...

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, ...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Pauline Yeung,

Three successful Hong Kong lawyers are hired by a chemical company of questionable ethics and must eventually make a difficult decision when their employer's motives become clear.

Actors : Taka Guadalcanal, Yuriko Ishida, Yûrei Yanagi, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach.

Actors : Edward Albert, Bernard Behrens, Ray Walston, Erin Moran,
Directors : Bruce D. Clark,

SciFi suspense thriller in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations.

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, David Rasche, Laila Robins, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and ...

Actors : Bob Hoskins, Lauren Hutton, Jane Seymour, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Roger Young,

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Emabassy to steal millions in gems.

Actors : Raymond Burr, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Ken Tanaka,

Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Robert F. Lyons, Carrie Snodgress, Kathleen Wilhoite,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer.

Actors : Aki Aleong, Roland Harrah III, Miki Kim, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp.

Actors : Anne-Marie Johnson, Gary Graham, Robert Sampson, Paul Koslo,
Directors : Stuart Gordon,

It is post-World War III. War is outlawed. In its place, are matches between large Robots called Robot Jox. These matches take place between two large superpowers over disputed territories....

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner, Robert Davi,
Directors : William Lustig,

A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.

Actors : Mark Herrier, C. Thomas Howell, Shirley Jones, James Garner,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

Sergeant Major Zak Carey is serving what is his final tour of duty at an Army base in Clemens, Georgia. Zak doesn't like the way the Army keeps the base and the bar is not what he's ...

Actors : William 'Bo' Jim, C.B. Seay, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber ...

Actors : Ron Fazio, Rick Collins, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere,

The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.