Best Martial Arts movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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 : 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.

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.

Actors : Lance Henriksen, James Ryan, John Fujioka, Arabella Holzbog,
Directors : Paul Mayersberg,

The quest for spiritual fulfilment be a Japanese businessman who comes to Africa following the trail of his samurai ancestor. Despite the title this is not a martial arts film.

Actors : Richard Harrison, Bruce Le, Jang Lee Hwang, 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 : Kara Hui, Alex Man, Tung-Shing Yee, On-On Yu,
Directors : Taylor Wong,

The Buddha's Palm, a technique by which an ordinary hand is transformed into a formidable force. Ku, a blind recluse living in a cave, knows its secret, which proves to be as much a blessing as a curse as it attracts all manner of mayhem.

Actors : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Li Wang, Feng Lu,
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 : Leanne Lau, Tony Liu, Jung Wang, Norman Chu,
Directors : Chin-Ku Lu,

Hsu Shao-chiang stars as a veritable "Spider-Swordsman" - master of the "Silkworm Style" - in this eye-filling, mind-bending martial arts phantasmagorical which truly warrants the description: "unforgettable."

Actors : Janet Pawlak, David Lord, Carrie Armstrong, Craig Boyett,
Directors : Karl Armstrong,

After he witnesses the death of a black law student, Chris, an American ninja, decides to clean little redneck town from the Ku Klux Klan.

Actors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Tien Hsiang Lung, Sheng Chiang, Hsueh-Erh Wen,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

"Godfather of the kung-fu film", Chang Cheh, made this treasured and beloved adventure featuring a sword, training manual, treasure map and a secret message. The kung-fu which ensues is as impressive as it is glorious.

Actors : Lung Chin, Cheung-Yan Yuen, Tin Shing Hoh, Eddy Ko,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A half man/demon is being guarded by a drunken Shaolin magician named Chan at the Shaolin temple. One day, Chan sneaks out to go on a drinking splurge, and the man/demon escapes. Chan, and ...

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Mike Kelly, George Nicholas, Cara Casey, Chuck Connors,

Ninjas steal a research tape. Colonel chuck connors sends two agents undercover to retrieve it. Ninjas are sent to scare them off. The two seek help and are trained by a ninja master to become Ninjas themselves.

Actors : Wu Ma, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Cherie Chung, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li helps Uncle to run the local funeral ...

Actors : Chan-Peng Chang, Chia-Hui Liu, 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 ...