Best Action movies of 1980

Actors : Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Nenji Kobayashi, Kôji Nanjô,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly...

Actors : Mihai Mereuta, Stela Furcovici, Adrian Pintea, Radu Beligan,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he's torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich.

Actors : Tsui Ling Yu, Jason Pai Piao, Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Ku,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

Director Kuei Chih Hung was famous for his modern day crime thrillers, his horror flicks, and even his comedies. But if the only kung-fu film he ever made was this one, he'd still be spoken...

Actors : James Gammon, Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke,
Directors : Robert Fowler,

A New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.

Actors : Franco Nero, Licinia Lentini, Mario Maranzana, Sybil Danning,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses...

Actors : Juan Valentín, Juan Gallardo, Princesa Lea, Ana Luisa Peluffo,
Directors : Francisco Guerrero,

Actors : Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Li Wang,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Three refugees become sworn brothers during a war. One (Kuo Chui/Philip Kwok) works in a whore house, one (Chiang Sheng) in a gambling house, and the other (Lo Mang) in a martial arts ...

Actors : Berta Cabré, Bernard Seray, Isabel Mestres, Ángel Fernández Franco,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

Actors : Sha-Li Chen, Fei Meng, Chung Chien Li, Nancy Yen,
Directors : Kei Law,

Two Ming patriots spend their days helping the weak and rescuing damsels in distress. This alum gets them in trouble, though, as they are captured and then volunteered to go after the ...

Actors : Karine Gambier, Brigitte Lahaie, Nadine Pascal, France Lomay,
Directors : Erwin C. Dietrich,

A bunch of delinquent women are shipped to an island prison run by the sadistic warden Carla. Forced into situations of sexual perversion and violence and torture, the prisoners band ...

Actors : Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman, Raj Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Sanjay Khan,

Abdullah is a devout Muslim who lives in a small hut the middle of a desert in Persia, and looks after a well so that it provides water to thirsty travelers. One day a friend, Ameer, ...

Actors : Albert Salmi, Woody Strode, Stuart Whitman, Robert Vaughn,
Directors : Chuck Workman,

Adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.

Actors : Anthony Steffen, Cristina Lay, Stelio Candelli, Ajita Wilson,
Directors : Edoardo Mulargia,

Girls kept prisoner under appalling conditions to dig emeralds for an evil tyrant are rescued by revolutionaries disguised as soldiers.

Actors : R. Muthuraman, Pandharibai, Kamal Haasan, Mohan Babu,
Directors : I.V. Sasi,

Actors : Deepti Naval, Mithun Chakraborty, Shabana Azmi, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Bapu,

The wealthy and lecherous Zamindar Thakur Vir Pratap Singh lord over a small region in rural India mercilessly killing anyone who opposes his rule. He gets the male villagers addicted to ...

Actors : Gary Waddell, Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller,
Directors : Stephen Wallace,

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.

Actors : Jade Hsu, Adam Cheng, Qiqi Chen, Norman Chu,
Directors : Patrick Tam,

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Yi Lung Huang, Feng Cheng, Fu-Chien Chang,
Directors : Wing-Cho Yip,

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a ...

Actors : Milo O'Shea, Frank Converse, Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker,
Directors : Cliff Robertson,

Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.

Actors : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Fu, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples.