Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Kenji Utsumi, Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Chikao Ohtsuka,
Directors : Toyoo Ashida,

A practitioner of the deadly martial art "Hokuto Shinken" allies with two children and an expert in "Nanto Suicho-Ken" to fight against the rivals who kidnapped his lover and threaten the prosperity of mankind.

Actors : Robert F. Lyons, Charles Bronson, Carrie Snodgress, Kathleen Wilhoite,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

An action-packed thriller starring Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy, a cop who is running to stay alive long enough to even the score with his wife's killer.

Actors : René van 't Hof, Tatjana Simic, Nelly Frijda, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.

Actors : Doran Clark, Shô Kosugi, Bruce French, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Eric Karson,

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircraft, an F-111 Aardvark with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly ...

Actors : Hidde Maas, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Huub Stapel,
Directors : Dick Maas,

A mysterious diver hiding in Amsterdam's canal system embarks on a rampage of gruesome murders, terrifying city officials and leaving few clues for the city's best detective, who doesn't ...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Pauline Yeung,

Three successful Hong Kong lawyers are hired by a chemical company of questionable ethics and must eventually make a difficult decision when their employer's motives become clear.

Actors : Richard Herd, Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Le Tuan,
Directors : Graeme Clifford,

Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so...

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Harvey Keitel, Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Directors : Pat O'Connor,

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, ...

Actors : Mimi Rogers, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Crouse,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Actors : Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Aaron Norris,

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Actors : Tôru Furuya, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Masako Nozawa, Mayumi Tanaka,
Directors : Daisuke Nishio,

A group of aliens visit Earth to plant the Tree of Might, a plant that grants cosmic power by draining the Earth's life force.

Actors : Angela Punch McGregor, David Warner, Michael Caine, Frank Middlemass,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

In New York, the journalist Blair Maynard convinces his editor to travel to Florida to investigate the mysterious disappearance of ships in the Bermuda's Triangle area. Maynard is divorced ...

Actors : Edward Albert, Bernard Behrens, Ray Walston, Erin Moran,
Directors : Bruce D. Clark,

SciFi suspense thriller in which a rescue space ship crew meets up with horrors projected by their own imaginations.

Actors : Shô Kosugi, Christopher George, Franco Nero, Susan George,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

After just completing his training at a ninja school, an army vet travels to the Phillippines and finds himself battling a land grabber who wants his war-buddy's property. He must also ...

Actors : Toni Kalem, Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats,
Directors : Michael Miller,

A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a mute maniacal murderer who, as the result of years of medical experimentation, has the ability to self-heal.

Actors : Scott Glenn, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura, Toshirô Mifune,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

Actors : Mark Herrier, C. Thomas Howell, Shirley Jones, James Garner,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

Sergeant Major Zak Carey is serving what is his final tour of duty at an Army base in Clemens, Georgia. Zak doesn't like the way the Army keeps the base and the bar is not what he's ...

Actors : Raymond Burr, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Ken Tanaka,

Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan.

Actors : Bob Hoskins, Lauren Hutton, Jane Seymour, Tom Selleck,
Directors : Roger Young,

A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Emabassy to steal millions in gems.

Actors : Kim Richards, James Spader, Matt Clark, Paul Mones,
Directors : Fritz Kiersch,

The new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.