Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Tetsurô Sagawa, Kôsei Tomita, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita,
Directors : Osamu Dezaki,

After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an assassin-for-hire becomes the target of American soldiers and superhuman killers.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Jan Gan Boyd, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

A presidential bodyguard is assigned to protect an objecting first lady, as repeated attempts are made on her life.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert, Paul Newman,
Directors : James Goldstone,

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Actors : Biao Yuen, Damian Lau, Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

Chinese soldiers in an ancient civil war get caught up in a fantastical quest to save the universe.

Actors : Kara Hui, Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

The Yang family was the loyal strong-arm of the Imperial army. But a jealous General betrays the Eilte Spearman and their father to the opposing Mongol army. After an ambush of a battle, ...

Actors : Roy Cheung, Ka-Kui Ho, Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

Inside a Chinese prison two inmates form a friendship and face the difficulty of life on the inside.

Actors : Gino Samil, Magnus Nilsson, Johan Ulveson, Björn Skifs,
Directors : Jonas Frick,

Conny is a chemistry teacher who is framed for drugpossesion. Unable to prove his innocence he ends up in prison. When he finds a secret exit some inmates "persuades" him to participate in ...

Actors : George Eastman, Fred Williamson, Anna Kanakis, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocuast.

Actors : Valeria D'Obici, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

Actors : Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Rakhee Gulzar,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Sharda (Raakhee) vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber (Amrish Puri) and Bhanu (Paresh Rawal), and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the...

Actors : Carlos Sotto Mayor, Pierre Vernier, Henry Silva, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.

Actors : Amala Akkineni, Raghuvaran, J.D. Chakravarthi, Nagarjuna Akkineni,
Directors : Ram Gopal Varma,

Shiva is a new student in the community college. He is welcomed by a group of collegians, including the lovely Asha, to whom Shiva is instantly attracted. Shiva notices that there is ...

Actors : Kjersti Holmen, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hans Ola Sørlie, Helge Jordal,

A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station. The they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.

Actors : Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung, Brigitte Lin, Mark Cheng,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the ...

Actors : Joe Turkel, Will Bledsoe, Robert Sampson, Camilla More,
Directors : D.J. Webster,

In 2022, a repair crew is sent to fix an orbital weapon but their spaceship malfunctions and ends up heading towards the dark side of the moon. There, in a mysterious, seemingly abandoned space shuttle, a sinister force lies in wait.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Fritz Matthews, Ted Prior, Troy Donahue,
Directors : David A. Prior,

A group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.

Actors : Laurence Luckinbill, Daniel Benzali, Charles Bronson, Trish Van Devere,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the...

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Corey Haim, Christopher Collet, Julius Harris,
Directors : Rick King,

Set in an unspecified time in the future, USA has declined and become a country of violence and racial prejudice. Griffin earns his living delivering pizzas while he tries to take care of ...

Actors : Cecilia Yip, Samuel Hui, Man Cheung, Jacky Cheung,

When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. Blademaster, a young martial arts expert, accidentally ends up ...

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, ...