Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Franc Luz, Penelope Windust, Catherine Hickland, Jimmie F. Skaggs,

A modern-day deputy tracks an abducted girl to a ghost town, and the spirits of the past who took her.

Actors : Leigh Harris, David Millbern, Lynette Harris, Roberto Nelson,
Directors : Jack Hill,

Sword and sorcery story of the cosmic struggle between white magic and black magic.

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 : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Shûichi Ikeda, Maria Kawamura,
Directors : Yoshiyuki Tomino,

Amuro Ray and Char Aznable settle their rivalry once and for all during the Second Neo Zeon War.

Actors : Powers Boothe, Donald Pleasence, Rutger Hauer, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.

Actors : George Lazenby, Vanity, John Stamos, Gene Simmons,
Directors : Gil Bettman,

A top secret agent is murdered, so his estranged son - a high school gymnast - teams up with his dad's attractive female partner to stop the psychopathic hermaphroditic gang leader who killed him and now plans a major terrorist attack.

Actors : Brett Cullen, Mary Cadorette, Don Most, Sandahl Bergman,
Directors : Ken Blancato,

A typical 80's teen pseudo-sex comedy. A group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see more than 6 inches in front of his face) enter a school ...

Actors : Jere Burns, Thomas F. Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Michael Schoeffling,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

When Harry Burck (Harmon), an American engineer on loan to Colombia, is taken hostage and held for ransom, his brother Corey (Schoeffling) and friend Jack (Busey) are among a group of men, ...

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

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

Actors : Charles Rocket, Trudy Dochterman, Carey Lowell, Thom Mathews,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

When a levelheaded waitress decides to help her shady friend against her better judgment, she becomes a target of a deadly international gang of thieves who are after a priceless San Lucas' relic. A bumbling stranger helps her.

Actors : Tony King, Gioia Scola, Stefano Mingardo, Christopher Connelly,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient Atlantean relic from the sea floor and ...

Actors : Ekta Sohini, Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Aditya Pancholi,
Directors : Dev Anand,

The DGP of Police discovers a terrorist plot hatched by a sacked cricketer to blow up the stadium where an important cricket match is in progress.

Actors : Nikki Coghill, Dean Stockwell, Tom Burlinson, Carrie Fisher,
Directors : Brian Hannant,

In the distant future, the human race nears extinction and a new race of beast-like creatures rule the earth. The few surviving people live in the City, a huge protected construction with ...

Actors : Steve Bond, Harold Diamond, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

With his brother eliminated by operatives of the L.E.T.H.A.L. team, a world-class crime lord will trigger a ruthless hunt against all Agents.

Actors : Michael Sopkiw, George Eastman, Valentina Forte, Stefano Mingardo,
Directors : Lamberto Bava,

A former policeman sets out to unleash violent vengeance upon deer poachers when they rape and kill his long lost daughter.

Actors : Atsuko Asano, Naomi Zaizen, Takaaki Enoki, Masahiko Tsugawa,
Directors : Haruki Kadokawa,

In 16th century Japan, two samurai engage in massive battles across the countryside; one attempting to conquer and the other attempting to defend his land while repressing his love for a woman after taking a vow of celibacy.

Actors : Meshach Taylor, Clare Beresford, Mark Bringelson, Dack Rambo,

After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must ...

Actors : Wai-Man Chan, Brandon Lee, Regina Kent, Michael Wong,
Directors : Ronny Yu,

Brandon plays Brandon Ma, a regular working Joe who holds down two jobs, so he can support his girlfriend May and his dream of owning a motorcycle. Brandon's best friend is Michael (played ...

Actors : Ed Harris, Horst Buchholz, Max von Sydow, Helmut Berger,
Directors : Jonathan Sanger,

In April 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans. (An "overlord" is one of the few men who know the date and place of the "D" day). ...

Actors : Zeenat Aman, Shatrughan Sinha, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

Vijay Varma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Kapoor (Shatrughan Sinha) are two close childhood friends. When they thought they have matured enough they decides to enter law policy: one as a ...