Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Cynthia Gibb, Burt Reynolds, Kenneth McMillan, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Harley Cokeliss,

Ex-CIA hit-man running from his past (Malone) finds just how difficult it is to retire when he runs accross a small town controlled by mercenaries and a family that's resisting their ...

Actors : Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, George Segal, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Ernest 'Stick' Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Hired by a rich investor, he tries to walk the line, ...

Actors : Richard Roundtree, Christopher Lee, Matt Clark, Chuck Norris,
Directors : Steve Carver,

Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail...

Actors : James Belushi, Barbara Barrie, John Ritter, Bill Morey,
Directors : Dennis Feldman,

A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

Actors : Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, Leslie Jordan, T.K. Carter,
Directors : Rich Correll,

A developer attempts to sabotage the safety record of a ski resort.

Actors : Jerry Calà, Bud Spencer, Kallie Knoetze, Stefano Mingardo,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

Bud "Bomber" Graziano (Bud Spencer) retired from boxing as heavyweight champion and has sworn to never fight again. While living his life on a ship he meets Jerry Cala' (Jerry Cala) who ...

Actors : Fred Gwynne, Rubén Blades, Hoyt Axton, Corbin Bernsen,
Directors : Jim Kouf,

Career criminal Frank plans a bank heist and sends for his buddies to help pull the job. Before his buddies arrive, he's caught, forcing his cohorts to pull the job alone. Frank soon escapes, setting off a search by the bumbling cops.

Actors : Moushumi Chatterjee, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sunny Deol, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Rajkumar Santoshi,

Ajay Mehra, an amateur boxer, takes revenge against Balwant Rai, a crooked businessman, after his elder brother is killed.

Actors : Barry Bostwick, Edward Mulhare, Michael Beck, Persis Khambatta,
Directors : Hal Needham,

Story about a rapid deployment defense unit that is called into action whenever freedom is threatened.

Actors : Jackie Chan, Mars, Wai-Man Chan, Shirley Yim,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

The adventures of a restless martial arts student called Dragon, who, while constantly pursuing a girl, gets involved in the affairs of a gang of thieves.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Rossano Brazzi, Patrizia Pellegrino, Venantino Venantini,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Homicidal Sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta; when the prisoner escapes, Geronimo goes rogue to catch him.

Actors : Ricky Hui, Siu-Ho Chin, Moon Lee, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Ricky Lau,

The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.

Actors : Billy Beck, Mike Bacarella, Don Bovingloh, Toni Attell,
Directors : Thomas K. Avildsen,

Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.

Actors : Nana Patekar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kamal Chopra, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Vidhu Vinod Chopra,

Two brothers are caught on the different sides of a gang war.

Actors : John Stockwell, Carey Lowell, Bradford Bancroft, J. Eddie Peck,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight High School discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and ...

Actors : Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ranjeeta Kaur,
Directors : Raj N. Sippy,

After the death of their parents; Ravi Anand the eldest of seven brothers becomes the guardian to his other six siblings. His dictatorship and measures to get things done are frustrated by ...

Actors : Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Chuck Norris, Jack O'Halloran,
Directors : William Tannen,

Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the ...

Actors : John Saxon, Cinzia De Carolis, Elizabeth Turner, Giovanni Lombardo Radice,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

Giovanni Lambardo Radice and John Saxon are Vietman vets that bring back contagious virus that turn people into cannibals when bitten.

Actors : Biao Yuen, Frankie Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a ...

Actors : Darren McGavin, Gary Collins, Robert Vaughn, James Hampton,
Directors : James L. Conway,

Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with an UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campaign some politicians try to hide the...