Best Martial Arts movies of 1980s

Actors : Lan Ding, Jet Li, 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 : Joe Mari Avellana, Rob Kaman, Billy Blanks, Don Wilson,
Directors : Terence H. Winkless,

Don Wilson plays retired kickboxer Jake Raye, who travels to Manila, where his brother is favored to win a kickboxing competition. His brother is killed, and Jake realizes he must enter the...

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Michelle Yeoh, Ying Bai, Michael Wong,
Directors : David Chung,

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto ...

Actors : Hope Holiday, Cameron Mitchell, Geoffrey Binney, Jillian Kesner,
Directors : Edward D. Murphy,

A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a ...

Actors : Kara Hui, Lung Wei Wang, Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Lieh Lo,

The monk Hung Wen-Ting fights against the evil priest White Lotus.

Actors : Qingfu Pan, Hangcheng Dong, Mark Salzman, Xihong Jiang,
Directors : Shirley Sun,

Mark Salzman always was interested in Kung-Fu and the Chinese culture, claims to have seen every Kung-Fu movie. 1982, with a degree in Chinese literature, he visits a province university in...

Actors : Doug Wright, Cynthia Rothrock, Keith Cooke, Richard Norton,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

China O'Brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is ...

Actors : Richard Harrison, Jang Lee Hwang, Jonathan Wattis, Maria Francesca,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Three martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers.

Actors : Kara Hui, Hou Hsiao, Chia Yung Liu, Chia-Liang Liu,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A band of killers from an ailing kung fu and magic society are sent on a manhunt for a former member of the society, whose bad mouthing threatens it's existence.

Actors : Joseph Campanella, Loren Avedon, Wanda Acuna, Keith Vitali,
Directors : Lucas Lowe,

Two feuding brothers (one a policeman, the other a martial arts expert) of different political views, join forces to avenge the death of their father, a retired agent, killed by the mafia.

Actors : Hanna Bieniuszewicz, Krzysztof Kolberger, Bo F. Munthe, Curt Broberg,
Directors : Mats Helge Olsson,

Swedish scientist named Karl Markov is taken hostage by the KGB. After his daughter Nadia is also kidnapped and brought deep into the heart of Russia, a group of highly trained ninjas, led ...

Actors : Idy Chan, Adam Cheng, Chia-Hui Liu, Li Ching,
Directors : Chia-Hui Liu,

Two friends from rival schools are turned against one another by a jealous chief who wants to eliminate those whose fighting styles may rival his own.

Actors : Jet Li, Stephen Chow, Nina Li Chi, Dick Wei,
Directors : Hin Sing 'Billy' Tang,

Two martial artist friends from China are performing a show in the States. Trouble starts when one of them decides to defect and stay in America.

Actors : Anneline Kriel, James Ryan, Michael Mayer, Marloe Scott Wilson,
Directors : Ivan Hall,

Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (...

Actors : Hou Hua Chen, Yi Tao Chang, Kuo Chung Ching, Chi Ping Chang,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

Skilled fighter Sung Li Ting is looking for a Kung Fu master who can beat him in battle and teach him new techniques. Shaolin monk Shao Si Yer introduces Sung Li to the Shaolin teachings, ...

Actors : Edowan Bersmea, Thomas Hartham, Dewey Bosworth, Pierre Kirby,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Ethan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, ...

Actors : Rey Malonzo, Darby Hinton, Ken Metcalfe, Jillian Kesner,
Directors : Cirio H. Santiago,

Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.

Actors : Jim Kelly, Fred Williamson, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.

Actors : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Ke Chu, Siu-Ho Chin,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Philip Kwok (Lizard venom) plays a repentant killer who vows to destroy the masked gang of which he was a member. A young fighter and his martial arts brothers (incl Chiang Sheng, venom ...

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

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