Best Adventure movies of 1980s

Actors : Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Massimo Vanni, Romano Puppo,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

A clone/mix of PREDATOR and ROBOCOP gone nuts jungle flick with an international cast, exotic locale and good electronic music.

Actors : Edwin Neal, Gabriel Folse, Wade Reese, Marilyn Burns,
Directors : Ronald W. Moore,

The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.

Actors : Makio Inoue, Keiko Han, Fumi Hirano, Maki Carousel,

Lupin squares off with two criminal families and Inspector Zenigata's new female patrol to track down a hoard of biblical-era treasure.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuriko Yamamoto, Tarô Ishida, Mami Koyama,
Directors : Rintaro,

An orphan named Taro killed who Tein-Hei told her was the killer of his family. Taro found out, years later that Tein-Hei is the true killer and the man he killed was his father. Taro's ...

Actors : Michael Shaner, Peter Nelson, David Carradine, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : Luis Llosa,

Helen and Bone live in a repressive futuristic dystopian society they badly want to escape from. Mysterious Jason hires them to steal a disc for him. It's practically a suicide mission, but he claims he can smuggle them out, in return.

Actors : Anthony Steffen, Cintia Lodetti, Cristina Lay, Ajita Wilson,
Directors : Edoardo Mulargia,

A women's prison camp is located deep in the tropical rain forest. Sadistic guards and a warden from hell make life almost unbearable for the inmates, and any infraction of the rules is ...

Actors : Serdar Kebapçilar, Tugrul Meteer, Filiz Taçbas, Sami Hazinses,
Directors : Çetin Inanç,

A Turkish commando must infiltrate and capture a group of terrorists living in the mountains.

Actors : Reb Brown, Louise Kamsteeg, Christopher Connelly, Luciano Pigozzi,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is ...

Actors : Albert Salmi, Cassie Yates, Art Carney, David Huffman,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

Dramatization of the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens. The movie begins with the volcano's awakening on March 20 and ends with its eruption on May 18, 1980.

Actors : Elaine Lui, Alex Fong, Hideki Saijô, Moon Lee,

A crimefighting organization called the Angels goes up against a drug-smuggling ring headed by a female kung-fu killer.

Actors : François Cluzet, Christophe Malavoy, Claire Nebout, Jean-Pierre Bisson,
Directors : Claude Zidi,

Actors : Dan Vadis, Brad Harris, Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning,

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, ...

Actors : Kathy Shower, Brant von Hoffman, David Keith, Sydney Lassick,
Directors : David Keith,

A drunken, down-on-his-luck adventurer is hired by a wealthy man and his beautiful wife to take them on a hunting expedition in the jungle. After a while, though, the guide begins to ...

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Béatrix Van Til, Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Ritza Brown, Mark Harmon, Luis Prendes, Paolo Malco,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab ...

Actors : John Paizs, Darrell Baran, Eva Kovacs, Jeffrey Owen Madden,
Directors : John Paizs,

A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Toshihiro Asari, Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. One day, he orders Takechiyo to an initiation rite in Yedo (today's Tokio)....

Actors : Brad Ellingson, Richard Lange, Glenn Scherer, Paul Callaway,
Directors : Bill Rebane,

When Kelly Morgan was 11 years old he had a terrifying encounter with Rana, a strange half man/half frog monster living in a lake. The creature killed his father and many other people ...

Actors : Marco Merlo, Pio Maria Federici, Fabrizio Merlo, May Deseligny,
Directors : Antonio Climati,

Four friends head into the jungle to locate a lost professor but instead face off against treasure hunters who are torturing and killing natives.

Actors : Joss Ackland, Dominique Barnes, Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe,
Directors : Jack Bond,

A young boy's holiday at a seaside resort includes a crazy blind priest, nuns in suspenders and a whole bunch of fat ladies.