Best Action movies of 1980

The Pilot(1980)

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.

Terra e...(1980)

Actors : Jun'ichi Inoue, Masaya Oki, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Tarô Shigaki,
Directors : Hideo Onchi,

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.

Bei pan shi men(1980)

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Tak Yuen, Kuan Tai Chen, Hsueh-Erh Wen,
Directors : Chin-Ku Lu,

Although injured, a martial-arts expert teaches an orphan his methods.

Xi gan xian(1980)

Actors : Siu-Lung Leung, Kwok-Wah Au, Yee-Hing Chan, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Fung Wong,

Jishin rettô(1980)

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.

Running Scared(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.

Iancu Jianu, zapciul(1980)

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.

Intrépidos punks(1980)

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

Mie jue qi qi(1980)

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.

Shen wei san meng long(1980)

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 ...

Yajû shisubeshi(1980)

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Yûsaku Matsuda, Asami Kobayashi,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

A journalist steals a gun from a cop after killing him and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.

Stir(1980)

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.

Nan wang bei gai(1980)

Actors : Chung Wang, Wei-Wei Chang, Hui Lou Chen, Chiang-Lung Wen,
Directors : Ching-Chen Yang,

Four grotesque masters of Kung Fu are destined to fight each other. Two only wish good for their people. The other two want to become the only two living masters. Thus, they hire and train an assassin to murder the others.

Galyon(1980)

Actors : Ron Hayes, Lloyd Nolan, Stan Brock, Ina Balin,
Directors : Ivan Tors,

An oil tycoon hires Galyon, a jungle survival expert and soldier of fortune, to rescue his daughter and her husband from South American terrorists.

1958(1980)

Actors : Rune Dybedahl, Cecilie Holter, Anders Volle, Margot Alfstad,
Directors : Oddvar Bull Tuhus,

Handlingen utspilles i 1958, året da Amerikanerne skjøt opp Explorer og Russerne Sputnik III. Det er imidlertid ikke slike begivenheter som opptar filmens ungdommelige hovedpersoner, ...

Bhumi Par Aaye Bhagwan(1980)

Actors : Jai Jagdish, Lokesh, Lakshmi, Vajramuni,
Directors : Ravi,

An Alm-seeking sage informs Ganga, who lives a poor lifestyle with her widower father, that she will have two men in her life. She will soon find out that the first one is Ranga - a ...

Chuang wang li zi cheng(1980)

Actors : Carter Wong, Hsieh Wang, Nancy Yen, Lieh Lo,

The kingdom of the Ming Emperor is being over run. He decides to kill himself and his daughter - but she escapes with a severe injury. She is helped by a female warrior and hopes to defeat the invaders.

Xun bu fang(1980)

Actors : Phillip Ko, Jang Lee Hwang, Shao-Hung Chan, Lau Chan,
Directors : Chin-Ku Lu,

Based on actual events that took place in Shanghai 1919. Kung fu superstar Hwang Jang Lee portrays a ruthless Police Captain, who will stop at nothing in his quest for power, even framing ...

Bruce's Fists of Vengeance(1980)

Actors : Romano Kristoff, Bruce Le, Manny Luna, Eve Wong,
Directors : Bill James,

To compete in his friend Peter's martial arts tournament, Jack flies into Manila from Hong Kong and brings along a book of secret Jeet Kune Do techniques that was entrusted to him by the ...

Ba jue(1980)

Actors : Mien Fang, Ching Ku, Feng Hsu, Wai-Man Chan,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

A new bandit with superb kung fu causes panic and fear among the merchants of Wuiyang County. The merchants hire Wu Chin Ping to escort boxes of beautiful and previous stones to Wuiyang ...