Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Helle Beck Figenschow, Henning Syverud, Håvard Bakke, Tommy Karlsen,
Directors : Eva Isaksen,

A young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen tries to save her from the drugs.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Jerrold Freedman,

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb partner's murder.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Joe Pesci, Jade Malle, Brooke Adams,
Directors : Élie Chouraqui,

A former CIA agent, John Creasy, is hired as a bodyguard for a girl in Italy, who becomes the daughter he never had. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and despite being badly wounded, embarks on a bloody revenge spree.

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 : Rishi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Naseeb, a story of destiny and fate, begins with a lottery ticket. A drunk who cannot pay his tab trades his 'winning' ticket to the waiter, Namdev (Pran), instead. Namdev decides to share ...

Actors : Claudia Angelique Rademaker, Joseph P. McGlynn, Barbara Anne Constable, Christopher J. Hart,
Directors : H. Tjut Djalil,

The spirit of an ancient evil queen posesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage.

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Fabio Testi, Ivana Monti, Saverio Marconi,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler. Full of violence, including a women's face being burned off with a blow torch and a...

Actors : Cynthia Rothrock, Loren Avedon, Max Thayer, Patra Wanthivanond,
Directors : Corey Yuen,

In this sequel, Scott Wylde, an American kickboxer, must go to Cambodia to rescue his Vietnamese girlfriend from Russian and Vietnamese troops.

Actors : Jet Li, Lan Ding, Chun Hua Ji, Qiuyan Huang,
Directors : Hsin-Yen Chang,

Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The ...

Actors : Loren Avedon, Billy Blanks, Richard Jaeckel, Don Stroud,
Directors : Lucas Lowe,

A cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.

Actors : Hou Hsiao, Jason Pai Piao, Chia-Hui Liu, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Gordon Liu Chia-hui reprises his famous Monk San Te role as he tries to support and protect Shaolin her Fang Shih-yu who purposely attacks corrupt Ching officials. Fights by legendary action director Liu Chia-liang are to die for.

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 : John Stockwell, Michele Little, Lisa Blount, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in a bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave ...

Actors : Dulari, Mithun Chakraborty, Arun Govil, Asrani,
Directors : K. Muralimohana Rao,

Ravi Kumar is the younger brother of Judge Soumitra Devi and Mohan Kumar. He and his sister have different views and ideas. They lack understanding and that is why he decides to be apart ...

Actors : Suzane Carvalho, Michael Sopkiw, Marta Anderson, Milton Rodríguez,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

A plane crashes in the Amazon jungle, and its passengers must battle their way through cannibals, slave traders, wild animals and murderous piranha fish to safety.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Darras, Daniel Ceccaldi, Anne Parillaud, Alain Delon,
Directors : Alain Delon,

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

Actors : Jeremy Child, Ray McAnally, Alison Doody, Pierce Brosnan,
Directors : Francis Megahy,

An Irish tough-guy debt collector is asked by his local community to help rid the town of developers bent on building a chemical plant on the outskirts of town. The developers are ruthless ...

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 : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Rosamund Kwan, Olivia Cheng,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Multi-genre flick (western, martial arts, comedy, adventure, etc.) with an all-star cast about a man who returns to his home town, buys everything in sight, and tries to improve its ...

Actors : Conan Lee, Nina Li Chi, Norman Chu, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker.