Best Action movies of 1982

Actors : Camila Griggs, Mary Louise Weller, Chuck Norris, Michael Cavanaugh,
Directors : James Fargo,

A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.

Actors : Pepe Serna, Gary Swanson, Season Hubley, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

A Los Angeles businesswoman, known only by her street name of Princess, turns to prostitution to support herself and her young daughter when she's forced by Detective Tom Walsh and his vice...

Actors : Judy Davis, Richard Widmark, Lewis Collins, Edward Woodward,
Directors : Ian Sharp,

A trooper with the British Special Air Service (SAS) infiltrates a radical political group who are planning a terrorist operation against American dignitaries. A glamourized look at the ...

Actors : Vic Morrow, Fred Williamson, Mark Gregory, Christopher Connelly,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

Brought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.

Actors : Fred Ward, Richard Masur, Peter Coyote, Belinda Bauer,
Directors : William Dear,

Lyle, a motorcycle champion is traveling the Mexican desert, when he find himself in the action radius of a time machine. So he find himself one century back in the past between rapists, ...

Actors : Conan Lee, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Lee Hwang, Tai-Bo,
Directors : Corey Yuen,

Two rival warriors, a Japanese and a Chinese, are forced to work together after their master has been killed by a mighty ennemy.

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Rakhee Gulzar, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Ramesh Sippy,

A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son...

Actors : Meng Lo, Tien Hsiang Lung, Wai-Man Chan, Tien-Chi Cheng,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A young martial artist seeks revenge on the Ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher. He finds help in the form of a new teacher (who knows Ninjitsu) and new brothers. Together...

Actors : Algis Arlauskas, Svetlana Amanova, Mikhail Kokshenov, Mikhail Pugovkin,
Directors : Leonid Gayday,

Adventurous comedy about a bunch of people hunting the winning lottery ticket.

Actors : Dean Shek, Sylvia Chang, Karl Maka, Samuel Hui,
Directors : Eric Tsang,

A "James Bond" type burglar named King Kong (Sam Hui) tries to redeem himself and joins forces with Albert "Baldy" Au (Karl Maka), a bumbling police detective from the states, to try to ...

Actors : Raf Mauro, Pam Huntington, Johnny Yune, Margaux Hemingway,
Directors : Elliott Hong,

A goofy Korean finds his life hopelessly complicated with people continually confusing him with Bruce Lee.

Actors : Miles O'Keeffe, Ritza Brown, Sabrina Siani, Dakar,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister/love interest from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult. Ator battles giant...

Actors : Yoshiko Sakakibara, Toshiko Fujita, Akiko Nakamura, Shigeru Matsuzaki,
Directors : Osamu Dezaki,

Cobra, a famous space pirate with a psycho-gun hidden in his left arm, supposed dead for two years, is back in action. He falls for bounty huntress Jane Flower, whom crime lord Necron wants dead, and tries to help her save her world.

Actors : Patti LuPone, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

It's a hard crime story about a Philadelphia shop owner who has enough of the criminals' violences and ravages. He organizes a patrol of civil people. It all starts to go wrong because his ...

Actors : Leigh Harris, David Millbern, Lynette Harris, Roberto Nelson,
Directors : Jack Hill,

Sword and sorcery story of the cosmic struggle between white magic and black magic.

Actors : Hope Holiday, Cameron Mitchell, Geoffrey Binney, Jillian Kesner,
Directors : Edward D. Murphy,

A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a ...

Actors : William Prince, Alberta Watson, Ken Wahl, Jeremiah Sullivan,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

Actors : Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright, Bruno Lawrence,
Directors : Harley Cokeliss,

Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.

Actors : Kara Hui, Hou Hsiao, Chia Yung Liu, Chia-Liang Liu,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A band of killers from an ailing kung fu and magic society are sent on a manhunt for a former member of the society, whose bad mouthing threatens it's existence.