Best Martial Arts movies of 1980s

Actors : Joe Mari Avellana, Robert Marius, Rina Reyes, Don Wilson,
Directors : Andy Blumenthal,

Kickboxing champion Jake Raye thought his fighting days were over, until a call from an old friend draws him to the Far East and into the hands of a madman. This time Jake's fighting for ...

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 : Leon Isaac Kennedy, Steve Antin, Anthony Geary, Ric Mancini,
Directors : Jamaa Fanaka,

A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison's worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.

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.

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 : 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 : 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 : Olivier Gruner, Theresa Saldana, Frank Aragon, Peter Kwong,
Directors : Eric Karson,

Tenant helps landlord fight off local street gang.

Actors : Joey Travolta, Pat Paulsen, Johnny Yune, David Mendenhall,

A Korean man comes to America to thank the American GI who saved his life, but instead winds up running a struggling karate studio.

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

Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.

Actors : Te-Lo Mai, Leanne Lau, Kuan Tai Chen, Lung Ti,
Directors : Chia Tang,

A Kung Fu master finds out that an opium den is destroying the lives of the town he lives in, and vows to put an end to the den, but first he must try to defeat the strongest enemy he has ever faced: his addiction to the drug itself.

Actors : René Weller, Jacqueline Elber, Peter Althof, Bea Fiedler,
Directors : Alexander Titus Benda,

A boxing-champion and a karate master fight the drug scene of Nuremberg

Actors : Irina Shevchenko, Bruce Le, Yi Tao Chang, Dragon Lee,
Directors : Joseph Kong,

Bruce Lee has just died, but the BSI is swinging into action to salvage the situation. Aided by the brilliant Professor Lucas, cells from the martial arts master's body are removed and ...

Actors : Anne Aswatep, Bruce Baron, Stuart Smith, Sorapong Chatree,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

A twenty year old feud between Ronald, a benevolant village leader and Roger, an evil tyrant, leaves Ronald dead and Roger running the village with an evil bunch of ruffians. Ronald's three...

Actors : Jannelle Barretto, Jared Martin, Kim Rossi Stuart, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Fabrizio De Angelis,

Anthony is in the Phillipines visiting his father. He inadvertently interferes with the affairs of local gangster Quino, who also happens to be a champion Karate fighter. After embarrassing...

Actors : Chia-Hui Liu, Chan-Peng Chang, Yung Chan, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Chia Yung Liu,

A rich young man seeks to make a name for himself by being the one to discover a lost treasure. He teams up with a streetwise kung-fu artist and together, they set out to not only find the ...

Actors : Harold Sakata, Bruce Le, Jang Lee Hwang, André Koob,

Reformed criminal and ace martial artist Bruce decides to go straight and settle down with his girlfriend after being released from prison. The gang he used to be part of kidnap the ...

Actors : Jean Glaudé, Francisco Ramírez, Jeff Risk, Jerry Johnson,
Directors : Patrick G. Donahue,

A wealthy business man is a victim of an assault and is shot and wheelchair bound while his wife is gang raped and murdered. He then assembles his motley squad of Vietnam buddies to kung fu...

Actors : Richard Harrison, Don Wong, Barbara Yuen, Yasuaki Kurata,

The Ninja Empire has been run by an evil master and one member decides to leave the empire. The ex-Ninja wants a Hong Kong detective to track down the new leader and end his reign of terror.

Actors : Alexander Rei Lo, Fei Meng,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Tiger is the owner of a brothel who moonlights as a kung fu artist under the watchful eye of "Master." They run into serious trouble when ninjas inexplicably show up and jeopordize Tiger's prostitution ring.