Best Action movies of 1980

Actors : Annie McEnroe, Bradford Dillman, Judge Reinhold, Ken Wahl,
Directors : Paul Glickler,

It's 1961. Two servicemen smuggle a box of military gear to USA. Leroy tries out a military camera and accidentally takes a picture of some military facilities. Army finds one of the pictures and thinks they're communist spies.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Yi Lung Huang, Fu-Chien Chang, Feng Cheng,
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 : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Lung Ti, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

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

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hiroshi Katsuno, Yumi Takigawa,
Directors : Kenjirô Ohmori,

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

Actors : Licinia Lentini, Franco Nero, 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 : K. Balaji, Surulirajan, Rajinikanth, Sridevi,
Directors : J. Mahendran,

A parsimonious Barbar must flee from the Police after meeting with a look-alike gangster.

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 : Richard Harrison, Jang Lee Hwang, Bruce Le, Nadiuska,

Two CIA agents - a kung fu master (Bruce Le) and a suave womanizer (Richard Harrison) - track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.

Actors : Hsi Chang, Siu Ming Tsui, Shun-Yee Yuen, Lung Chan,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

Aspiring barber and experienced kung-fu fighter Shang learns that his childhood friend, Siu Ming, has been framed for murder by an unknown villain. When Shang begins looking into the crime,...

Actors : Robert Lansing, Anita Ekberg, Cornelia Sharpe, Omar Sharif,
Directors : Robert Michael Lewis,

Security Hazards Expert Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal and blackmailer Cesare Magnasco.

Actors : Rajinikanth, Rati Agnihotri, Jaishankar, Sumalatha,
Directors : S.P. Muthuraman,

Kaaliyan and Jaishankar are like dictators in neighboring villages separately, but in contrast to Kaaliyan, Jaishankar is selfish and bad. Engagement of Jaishankar's sister with Kaaliyan triggers rivalry between the two villages.

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

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

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 : 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 : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Feng Lu, Li Wang,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

When director Chang Chen found new talent and blood with "The Five Venoms" actors, most of which were trained in the highly acrobatic Chinese opera and well versed with exotic martial arts ...

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

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.