Best Martial Arts movies of 1980s

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

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

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, 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Yi Chang, Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fanny Wang,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase ...

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

Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.

Actors : Ke Chu, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, 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 : Kara Hui, Hou Hsiao, Te-Lo Mai, Chia-Hui Liu,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

When you combine "Kung-fu" Liu Chia-liang with the greatest kung-fu film character of all time, Huang Fei-hung, you get one of the finest "pure" kung-fu films ever made, with martial arts mastery in every scene.

Actors : Jim Kelly, Richard Roundtree, Fred Williamson, 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 : Ni Tien, Kuan Tai Chen, Tony Liu, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Chung Sun,

A psychotic craftsman pits two rival Kung-Fu masters against each other while designing special lanterns from a disturbing source.