Best Martial Arts movies of 1980s

Actors : Richard Harrison, Edowan Bersmea, Geoffrey Ziebart, Gary Carter,

Gordon the ninja learns from his master that the ancient sword he carries has a great power locked within it. Should the leaders of the five ninja clans be killed, this power would grow to ...

Actors : Ryong Dan, Shin-yeong Choi, So-Yeong Lee,
Directors : Dong-joon Choi,

Lee and Jang open martial arts centers in Shanghai for Korean and Chinese students but their schools are actually fronts for the resistance movement struggling against their Japanese ...

Actors : Yuwen Li, Zhengbang Ma, Quan Lin, Changjun Zhao,
Directors : Sha Sun,

China, 1889: Quan Lin as the daughter of a kung fu master. When her father is slain by Japanese fighters in a rigged match, the girl vows revenge and consults a Taoist priest who was once her father's colleague.

Actors : David Heavener, Allan Rich, Sam Bottoms, Charlene Tilton,
Directors : William Byron Hillman,

After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an entertainer, Cage is forced into a death...

Actors : Eagle Han, Elton Chong,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

A young boy must learn Kung-Fu like his father while helping keep the "secret manual" out of the wrong hands.

Actors : Yiu-Sing Cheung, Ying-Ying Hui, Kuo Hua Chang, Hsin Nan Hung,
Directors : Sze Yu Lau,

Some of the best kung-fu actors star in this rare, colorful, action-packed story of one of the legendary Ching Dynasty Kwangtung Tigers. "Beggar Su" must train incessantly to defeat the ...

Actors : Fei Meng, Wu Ma, Sung Young Chen, Sing Chen,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Chang Fung is a young man studying kung fu under the perpetually inebriated Wu Tseng, who seems to have made a few enemies along the way. When a gang of four warriors show up intent on ...

Actors : Hoi-Ming Chan, Dung-Yue Faan, Hai-Hua Han, Jian-Guo Chiu,

(Cantonese with English subtitles) In this no-nonsense 1985 classic, a young man evades arranged marriage by joining the Shaolin Temple. There, he and a group of fellow disciples face the ...

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Tien Niu, Mars, Kien Shih,

Jackie Chan's stunt man, Mars portrays a sprightly kung fu kid who has a running feud with a young girl who's disguised as a boy (Tien Niu). Her dad is Shek Kin, who teaches Mars his Dragon...

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Kil-won Ahn, So-yeong Choi, Tae-seon Mun,
Directors : Yeong-cheol Choi,

Hwang Ryong, a martial arts master, trains in the ten ways of the sword in order to defend his nation from the barbarians to the north and would-be invaders from the east.

Actors : R. Jaafar, Tantiana, Siti Rohani Wahid, Faizal Hussein,
Directors : Z. Lokman,

Bujang is a village boy who is always bullied by the villager's martial art team. One day, it was announced that a martial arts tournament will be held in the village. Bujang register ...

Actors : John Wilford, Glen Carson, Jeff Houston, Christine Wells,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

A ninja prisoner at a hard labour camp is released when he agrees to accept a mission to take down a criminal organization.

Actors : Bin Zhang, Yingjie Hu, Qun Wang, Xida Li,
Directors : Tianhong Gao,

Once upon a time there was young Yang Luchan, degraded into slavery and robbery, who at last became the Yang Tai Chi master... this is his story.

Actors : David Chiang, Paul Chun, Siu Tin Yuen, Hua Yueh,
Directors : Tien-Yung Hsu,

David Chiang, star of many classic Shaw Brothers films, and the great Yuen Hsiao Tien (Jackie Chan's Drunken Master) star in this kung fu bonanza set in China's warlord period. When a ...

Actors : Martin Chan, Lo Kei, Man Fei, Daniel Garfield,
Directors : Chi Lo,

A group of Russians, a Chinese terrorist group and a Japanese ninja are trying to capture a Japanese WWII scientist and steal his formula for germ warfare.

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Jeong-suk Guk, Billy Chan, Mu-woong Choi,
Directors : Wu-Hyeong Choi,

Li-Siu, a young Shaolin Monk finds the opportunity to practice his Kung-Fu teachings. During his practice he stumbles onto the murder of the Abbot as the Shaolin Temple and the kidnapping ...

Actors : Hyo-seon Choi, Ki-Ju Kim, Il-su Kwon, Hu-seong Ha,
Directors : Hyeok-su Lee,

The pupils of rival martial arts schools attempt to destroy each other using super-martial arts and spells raising the dead.

Actors : Linda Chu, Chia-Hui Liu, Yue Wong, Fei Ai,
Directors : Shan Hua,

Superstar Gordon Liu Chia-hui teams up with the kung-fu comedian Wang Yu in Tales Of A Eunuch. Don't let the title fool you, it is "balls to the walls" martial arts action.

Actors : Richard Harrison, Paul Branney, Alan Friss, Stuart Smith,

There is a Ronald MacDonald ninja who fights. Some stuff on it happened.

Actors : Chien-Chang Chen, Yi Kuei Chang, Chien-Ho Chen, Chi Ping Chang,
Directors : Da Chiao Lin,

Set during the Sung Dynasty, patriotic monks of the Shaolin Temple fight against foreign invasion