Best Action movies of 1989

Actors : Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

Actors : Hulk Hogan, Joan Severance, Kurt Fuller, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister,
Directors : Thomas J. Wright,

Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his...

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Kim Miyori, Jeroen Krabbé, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as the Punisher.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Liam Neeson, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : John Irvin,

Truman, a Chicago cop, sets out to find the killer of his brother. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.

Actors : Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard, Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer,
Directors : Sean S. Cunningham,

At the bottom of the ocean, the DeepStar Six has just discovered a new and deadly alien menace.

Actors : Elizabeth Peña, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.

Actors : Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Robert Radler,

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--can they overcome their rivalry and work together to win?

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina, Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen,
Directors : David Webb Peoples,

A Mad Max-esque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Rutger Hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of "...

Actors : Makoto Ashikawa, Maiko Kawakami, Takeshi Kitano, Shirô Sano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

A violence prone police officer discovers that his colleague is trafficking drugs.

Actors : James Fox, Mimi Rogers, Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend,
Directors : Carl Schenkel,

When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.

Actors : Bob Balaban, William Forsythe, Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A cop is gunned down on Xmas eve. Jerry Beck, the homicide cop given the job of hunting the killer, investigates some leads which bring him into contact with a group of white supremacy ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Charles Heung, Andy Lau, Joey Wang, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Jing Wong,

A master gambler loses his memory, and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

Actors : Kôji Takahashi, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kunihiko Mitamura, Masanobu Takashima,
Directors : Kazuki Ohmori,

After rising from his volcanic grave, Godzilla is threatened by a mutated rosebush.