Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Antonio Fargas, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Steve James, Bernie Casey,
Directors : Keenen Ivory Wayans,

In this parody of blaxploitation movies, a black hero wannabe reunites former black heroes from the 70s to help him get revenge on Mr. Big.

Actors : Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Sam J. Jones,
Directors : Mike Hodges,

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Actors : Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack, Lawrence Dane,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.

Actors : Steven Berkoff, Richard Crenna, Sylvester Stallone, Charles Napier,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

Actors : Ronny Cox, Judge Reinhold, Eddie Murphy, Jürgen Prochnow,
Directors : Tony Scott,

Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of "alphabet crimes" associated with it.

Actors : Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Sean Penn, Randy Brooks,
Directors : Dennis Hopper,

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Actors : Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance,

Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

Actors : Bert Remsen, Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Mike Genovese,
Directors : Andrew Davis,

A Chicago cop is caught in a middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

Actors : Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Sean Connery, Jack Warden,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A San Francisco civilian police detective is forced to work on a series of murders with his former enemy commanding officer while dating his daughter.

Actors : Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke, William Smith, Clint Eastwood,
Directors : Buddy Van Horn,

A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.

Actors : John Glover, Mario Machado, Leeza Gibbons, Peter Weller,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

Cyborg law enforcer RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.

Actors : Kevin Peter Hall, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the citizens of Los Angeles and the only man between him and his prey is veteran L.A.P.D. officer, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan.

Actors : Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr.,
Directors : Roger Spottiswoode,

A young pilot finds himself recruited unwittingly into a covert and corrupt C.I.A. airlift organization operating in Vietnam War-era Laos.

Actors : Maggie Smith, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Harry Hamlin,
Directors : Desmond Davis,

Perseus must battle both Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.

Actors : Andrew Dice Clay, Lauren Holly, Wayne Newton, Priscilla Presley,
Directors : Renny Harlin,

A vulgar private detective is hired to find a missing groupie and is drawn into a mystery involving a series of murders tied to the music industry.

Actors : Billy Green Bush, Scott Grimes, M. Emmet Walsh, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Stephen Herek,

A race of small, furry aliens make lunch out of the locals in a farming town.

Actors : Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Clint Eastwood, Bradford Dillman,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.

Actors : Dabney Coleman, Christina Nigra, Henry Thomas, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Richard Franklin,

A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.

Actors : Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, Reggie Bannister, James Le Gros,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

Actors : Brian Keith, Burt Reynolds, Rachel Ward, Vittorio Gassman,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Tom Sharky is demoted to vice after a bust goes terribly wrong. He and his team stumble across a mob murder tied to prostitution and government.