Best Action movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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 : Mimi Rogers, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Crouse,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

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 : Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, 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 : Hidde Maas, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't ...

Actors : Mark Herrier, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, 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 : Nick Nolte, Frank McRae, Gerry Lopez, Nigel Havers,
Directors : John Milius,

An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told...

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.

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 : Kim Richards, James Spader, Matt Clark, Paul Mones,
Directors : Fritz Kiersch,

The new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.

Actors : Kenji Utsumi, Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Chikao Ohtsuka,
Directors : Toyoo Ashida,

A practitioner of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two children and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to fight against the rivals who kidnapped his lover and threaten the prosperity of mankind.

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka,
Directors : Daisuke Nishio,

A group of aliens visit Earth to plant the Tree of Might, a plant that grants cosmic power by draining the Earth's life force.

Actors : Lilli Palmer, Victoria Tennant, Michael Caine, Anthony Andrews,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.

Actors : Angela Punch McGregor, David Warner, Michael Caine, Frank Middlemass,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

In New York, the journalist Blair Maynard convinces his editor to travel to Florida to investigate the mysterious disappearance of ships in the Bermuda's Triangle area. Maynard is divorced ...

Actors : Yueh Sun, Danny Lee, Yun-Fat Chow, Carrie Ng,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.

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 : Toni Kalem, Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats,
Directors : Michael Miller,

A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a mute maniacal murderer who, as the result of years of medical experimentation, has the ability to self-heal.