Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Darren McGavin, Gary Collins, Robert Vaughn, James Hampton,
Directors : James L. Conway,

Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with an UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campaign some politicians try to hide the...

Actors : Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Chuck Norris, Jack O'Halloran,
Directors : William Tannen,

Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the ...

Actors : Bruce Lee, Jang Lee Hwang, Roy Horan, Tae-jeong Kim,

While investigating his friend Chin Ku's (Hwang Jang Lee) death, martial artist Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) is killed. His younger brother, Bobby Lo (Kim Tai Chung), investigates both deaths. His ...

Actors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Tony Ka Fai Leung,
Directors : Yen-Ping Chu,

A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled.

Actors : Howie Mandel, Richard Mulligan, Ted Danson, Stuart Margolin,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But also have to deal with the two men who fixed it who are trying to silence them. And ...

Actors : Donna Dixon, Peter Boyle, John Candy, Matt Frewer,
Directors : Jim Drake,

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this ...

Actors : Billy Beck, Mike Bacarella, Don Bovingloh, Toni Attell,
Directors : Thomas K. Avildsen,

Cheech and Chong are hired to drive a limo from Chicago to Las Vegas by two shady Arabs - Mr. Slyman (Cheech) and Prince Habib (Chong). Unbeknownst to them, five million dollars of dirty money has been stuffed throughout the car.

Actors : Lun Hua, Lung Wei Wang, Hou Hsiao, Chia-Hui Liu,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

The workers of a dye factory have their pay cut by 20% when the factory owner brings in some Manchu thugs to try and increase production. Desperate to reclaim their full wages, the workers ...

Actors : Frankie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Ching-Ying Lam,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

A rich man's son (Yuen Biao) believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his opponents to lose. After a ...

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Robert Knepper, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jami Gertz,
Directors : Jack Sholder,

An undercover cop forms an alliance with a Native American to help him hunt down the criminals who stole an ancient Lakota tribal lance.

Actors : Nana Patekar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Kamal Chopra, Suresh Oberoi,
Directors : Vidhu Vinod Chopra,

Two brothers are caught on the different sides of a gang war.

Actors : Thomas Crnkovich, Susan Byun, Rick Gianasi, Bill Weeden,

A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.

Actors : Pepe Serna, Gary Swanson, Season Hubley, Wings Hauser,
Directors : Gary Sherman,

A Los Angeles businesswoman, known only by her street name of Princess, turns to prostitution to support herself and her young daughter when she's forced by Detective Tom Walsh and his vice...

Actors : Christopher Gable, Paul McGann, Sammi Davis, Amanda Donohoe,
Directors : Ken Russell,

A young woman deals in her own personal way with the trials of adolescence and young adulthood in early 1900s England.

Actors : Valentine Monnier, Michael Sopkiw, George Eastman, Anna Kanakis,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which ...

Actors : Baldwyn Dakile, Bud Spencer, Angelo Infanti, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Steno,

Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell...

Actors : Camila Griggs, Mary Louise Weller, Chuck Norris, Michael Cavanaugh,
Directors : James Fargo,

A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.

Actors : Mari Iijima, Mika Doi, Arihiro Hase, Michio Hazama,

In the next century, a reconfiguring ship (think "Transformer" with a pilot) called Macross carries fifty thousand refugees within its hold as it returns to Earth pursued by giant humanoid ...

Actors : Ferruccio Amendola, Claudio Undari, Bud Spencer, Cary Guffey,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

Bud Spencer is, as always, getting into fights - especially after getting a job as sheriff. He's looking after a small boy who's actually an extraterrestrial with special abilities thus the military wants him. Bud's got his hands full.

Actors : Perry Lopez, Charles Bronson, James Pax, Juan Fernández,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.