Best Action movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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...

Actors : Valentine Monnier, Michael Sopkiw, Gianni Garko, William Berger,
Directors : Lamberto Bava,

A marine biologist, a dolphin trainer, a research scientist, and a local sheriff try to hunt down a large sea monster, a shark/octopus hybrid, that is devouring swimmers and fishermen off a south Florida coast.

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 : 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 : John Vernon, Johnny Venocur, Robert Dryer, Linda Blair,

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.

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 : Anita Mui, Kien Shih, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex.

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 : Adrienne Barbeau, Shannon Tweed, Karen M. Waldron, Bill Maher,
Directors : J.F. Lawton,

The government hires a feminist at the local university to track down the Piranha Women living in the uncharted Avocado Jungle (westernmost outpost is San Bernardino) to convince them to ...

Actors : Bert Remsen, Seymour Cassel, Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.

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 : Ross Hill, Norman Bowler, Terence Hill, Robert Vaughn,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Renegade Luke has been living an easy life so far, travelling through the southwest with his horse Joe, making money by running small-time scams. All this comes to an end when he encounters...

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 : Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella, Sam Elliott, Peter Weller,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.

Actors : Kiran Kumar, Salman Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Nagma,
Directors : Deepak S. Shivdasani,

Saajan is a college youth, enjoying his life, meets with Kajal the girl of his dreams at a brothel. Kajal is an innocent victim of Dhanraj, who runs this brothel. Saajan eventually falls in...

Actors : Srividya, Kamal Haasan, Gautami, Nagesh,
Directors : Singeetham Srinivasa Rao,

Two brothers separated at birth meet as adults and settle old scores.

Actors : Red Buttons, Eric Roberts, Megan Gallagher, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

Josh Baker meets a very special woman, Cheryl, in the streets of New York. Suddenly she collapses, and she's picked up by an ambulance. When Josh wants to visit her in the hospital, it ...