Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Katharine Ross, Kirk Douglas, James Farentino, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Don Taylor,

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Freddie Jones, Warren Clarke, David Huffman,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Sonia Braga, Raul Julia, Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Clint Eastwood plays a veteran detective who gets stuck with a rookie cop (Charlie Sheen) to chase down a German crook (Raul Julia.)

Actors : Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, Rae Dawn Chong, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.

Actors : Chris Haywood, Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.

Actors : Leonardo Cimino, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis,
Directors : David Lynch,

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.

Actors : David Forman, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Judith Hoag,
Directors : Steve Barron,

Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.

Actors : Fred Ward, Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, U.S.Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in POW camps in Laos.

Actors : David Johansen, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Joe Pytka,

A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?

Actors : Christopher Murney, Vanity, Julius Carry, Taimak,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

In New York City, a young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight a martial arts expert corrupted ...

Actors : Pat Morita, Eddie Smith, Ralph Macchio, Bruce Malmuth,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.

Actors : Michael Boatman, Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan,
Directors : John Irvin,

A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

Actors : John Agar, Mare Winningham, Lou Hancock, Anthony Edwards,
Directors : Steve De Jarnatt,

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Mary Woronov,
Directors : Steve Miner,

A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Actors : Pelé, Bobby Moore, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine,
Directors : John Huston,

As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Actors : Charles Bronson, J.D. Cannon, Vincent Gardenia, Jill Ireland,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.

Actors : Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee,
Directors : John Woo,

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.