Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Marjoe Gortner, David Bradley, Steve James, Michele B. Chan,
Directors : Cedric Sundstrom,

Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no ...

Actors : Carol Kane, Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Hopper, Paul Dooley,
Directors : Franco Amurri,

In 1989, clean-cut FBI man John Buckner is detailed to escort heavily-bearded Huey Walker back to jail for offenses dating back to his days as a celebrated hippie radical. After Walker ...

Actors : Klaus Büchner, Andi Feldmann, Kulle Westphal, Rötger Feldmann,

Broesel has to make a Werner animation film but right now he has no real ideas for new stories. Thus he simply draws some stories from Werner's youth.

Actors : Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hiromi Tsuru,
Directors : Daisuke Nishio,

The Z-Fighters must stop a mad scientist out to take over the world.

Actors : Roger Moore, James Mason, Michael Parks, Anthony Perkins,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.

Actors : Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras,

A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies.

Actors : Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Donald Pleasence, Walter George Alton, Sydne Rome,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

Low-budget film about a young man given a mystical medallion by an Aztec shaman, in order to become a puma-empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to initially locate the ...

Actors : Kristine DeBell, José Ferrer, Mako, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.

Actors : Richard Widmark, Kathleen Quinlan, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner,
Directors : Sidney Poitier,

Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.

Actors : Theresa Saldana, Charles Bronson, José Ferrer, Joseph Maher,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.

Actors : Richard Ng, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Charlie Chin,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Two Hong-Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets ...

Actors : Alexandra Paul, Rosanna Arquette, Jeff Bridges, Randy Brooks,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his ...

Actors : Anthony Zerbe, Lisa Niemi, Christopher Neame, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Lance Hool,

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

Actors : Kôji Takahashi, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kunihiko Mitamura, Masanobu Takashima,
Directors : Kazuki Ohmori,

After rising from his volcanic grave, Godzilla is threatened by a mutated rosebush.

Actors : C. Thomas Howell, Frank Finlay, Michael York, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Richard Lester,

It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort....

Actors : Nick Dimitri, Pat Mulligan, Joanne Whalley, Val Kilmer,
Directors : John Dahl,

A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.

Actors : Doug Erholtz, Toshio Furukawa, Mîna Tominaga, David Jarvis,
Directors : Mamoru Oshii,

The screwball cops of Special Vehicles Section 2 Division 2 must investigate and stop a spree of rampaging construction robots.

Actors : Ron Fazio, Rick Collins, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere,

Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.

Actors : Charles Heung, Andy Lau, Joey Wang, Yun-Fat Chow,
Directors : Jing Wong,

A master gambler loses his memory, and is befriended by a street hustler who discovers his supernatural gambling abilities.

Actors : Chun Hsiung Ko, Anita Mui, Jackie Chan, Ya-Lei Kuei,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

A country boy becomes the head of a gang through the purchase of some lucky roses from an old lady. He and a singer at the gang's nightclub try to do a good deed for the old lady when her daughter comes to visit.