Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Chun Hsiung Ko, Anita Mui, Jackie Chan, Ya-Lei Kuei,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.

Actors : Richard Ng, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, John Sham,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Fresh from prison, five friends try to stay crime free but inadvertently find themselves caught in a Triad war.

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

Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.

Actors : Victor Arnold, Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Sandy Alexander,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

Two New York cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.

Actors : Jet Li, Lan Ding, Jianqiang Hu, Chun Hua Ji,
Directors : Hsin-Yen Chang,

The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, ...

Actors : Hoi Mang, Emily Chu, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan,

Story of a cop who forsakes his dreams of sailing around the world so that he can care for his mentally disabled brother. Innocently caught up in a gangland fight, the brother is kidnapped ...

Actors : Shô Kosugi, Virgil Frye, Keith Vitali, Arthur Roberts,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds...

Actors : Miles O'Keeffe, Charles Borromel, Lisa Foster, Kiro Wehara,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

Muscle-bound Ator and his mute East Asian sidekick travel from the ends of the earth to save his aged mentor from the evil, mustachioed Zor.

Actors : Tisha Campbell-Martin, Eddie Velez, Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.

Actors : David Niven, Roger Moore, Gregory Peck, Trevor Howard,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

A true World War II story: the British must attack a German ship, but it's safe, in neutral Goa. So they send civilians, ex-soldiers about sixty-years-old.

Actors : John Vernon, Tamara Dobson, Linda Blair, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Paul Nicholas,

Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after killing a man (by accident). The prison turns out to be brimming with decadence, corruption and sleaze, where...

Actors : Graeme Campbell, Corey Haim, Christopher Cary, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Jon Hess,

A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unknown to him, the dog is being stalked.

Actors : Gayle Hunnicutt, Gene Hackman, Randy Moore, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Arthur Penn,

When American Donna Lloyd is kidnapped during a trip to Europe, her son Chris and her husband Walter start searching for her.

Actors : Lukas Haas, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Alan Johnson,

In a post-apocalyptic future ruled by the military, a group of renegade teenage orphans find a legendary orb, Bohdai, that can supposedly bring the rain back to dried up Earth.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Theresa Saldana, José Ferrer, Joseph Maher,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.

Actors : Beatrice Ring, Massimo Vanni, Deran Sarafian, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua,

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.

Actors : Richard Ng, Eric Tsang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Kiu Wai Miu,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

A police informant sent a letter containing sensitive information on an illegal drug operation to his friend, Yi-Ching. While on vacation in Thailand, the informant is assassinated by the ...

Actors : Vincent Price, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

Actors : Ronald Allen, Al Pillay, Kevin Allen, Dave Beard,
Directors : Peter Richardson,

Alex is a disgruntled waitress at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a ...

Actors : Pamela Gidley, Josh Brolin, Brooke McCarter, Robert Rusler,
Directors : David Winters,

Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.