Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Adrienne Barbeau, Shannon Tweed, Karen M. Waldron, Bill Maher,
Directors : J.F. Lawton,

The government hires a feminist at the local university to track down the Piranha Women living in the uncharted Avocado Jungle (westernmost outpost is San Bernardino) to convince them to ...

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.

Actors : Christopher Gable, Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe, Sammi Davis,
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 : Srividya, Kamal Haasan, Gautami, Nagesh,
Directors : Singeetham Srinivasa Rao,

Two brothers separated at birth meet as adults and settle old scores.

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

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

Actors : Red Buttons, Eric Roberts, Megan Gallagher, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

Josh Baker meets a very special woman, Cheryl, in the streets of New York. Suddenly she collapses, and she's picked up by an ambulance. When Josh wants to visit her in the hospital, it ...

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Raj Kiran, Simi Garewal, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Ravi is killed by his wife after his marriage. He is reborn as Monty and is now a singer he goes to holiday in Ooty where he recollects his memories from previous life and inquires about his family from first life and his evil wife Kamini.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Sam Neill, Mel Gibson, Chris Haywood,
Directors : Tim Burstall,

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.

Actors : Mumtaz Begum, Vikas Anand, Zeenat Aman, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat (Shreeram Lagoo), young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now a young man (Amitabh ...

Actors : Fred Ward, Richard Masur, Peter Coyote, Belinda Bauer,
Directors : William Dear,

Lyle, a motorcycle champion is traveling the Mexican desert, when he find himself in the action radius of a time machine. So he find himself one century back in the past between rapists, ...

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan, Smita Patil,
Directors : Prakash Mehra,

Brought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.

Actors : George Eastman, Fred Williamson, Anna Kanakis, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocuast.

Actors : Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Ferdinand Fairfax,

A swashbuckling adventure which takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where bloody raids and battles were once the rule of the day.

Actors : Valeria D'Obici, Henry Silva, Mark Gregory, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

Actors : Carlos Sotto Mayor, Pierre Vernier, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.

Actors : Sean Connery, Miles O'Keeffe, Cyrielle Clair, Leigh Lawson,
Directors : Stephen Weeks,

Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. No knights stand to defend their king's honor. Except for the ...

Actors : Kjersti Holmen, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Helge Jordal, Hans Ola Sørlie,

A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station. The they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.

Actors : Ned Manning, Wilbur Wilde, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

In the near future, a teenage couple are trapped in a drive-in theater which has become a concentration camp for social outcasts. The inmates are treated to drugs, exploitation films, junk food, and new wave music.

Actors : James Booth, Steve James, William Wallace, Michael Dudikoff,
Directors : Sam Firstenberg,

A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group kidnaps the agent's sister and tries to hunt him down, "The Most Dangerous Game" style.

Actors : Jet Li, Keith Anthony, Kaiming Chen, Wing Cho,
Directors : Jet Li,

Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people.