Best Assassin movies of 1980s

Actors : Leo Rossi, Lance Henriksen, Charles Napier, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : William Lustig,

A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.

Actors : Beano, Darwyn Carson, John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe,
Directors : Mark Pirro,

Chuck Toedan's the host of a gameshow featuring death row convicts competeing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes ...

Actors : Kylie Clare, Tony Blackett, Allen Leong, Matthew Nicholls,
Directors : Chris Roache,

As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and together they set out to expose the crimes of her father.

Actors : Omero Antonutti, José Luis López Vázquez, Ovidi Montllor, Charles Denner,
Directors : Antonio Drove,

Barcelona between the years 1917 and 1923. It is the time of the gun law, during which the confrontation between anarchist gunmen and hired assassins paid by the employers gave a scandalous...

Actors : Lisa Eilbacher, Temuera Morrison, Tony Barry, George Wendt,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

A couple end up running for their lives from South African hit-men and the Police.

Actors : Mel Smith, Peter Coyote, Philip Sayer, Billie Whitelaw,
Directors : Terry Bedford,

Thieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.

Actors : Billy Chow, Joe Bryan Baker, Cynthia Khan, Chuen-Yee Cha,
Directors : Chuen-Yee Cha,

When he is framed for being a spy because of his friend's illegal activities, David must escape from police, CIA, and assassins with the help of his cousin.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Beverly D'Angelo, Kim Coates, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Allan A. Goldstein,

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.

Actors : Edwige Fenech, Alvaro Vitali, Edith Peters, Giacomo Rizzo,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

A Texan travels to Rome to hire two police officers to impersonate a mobster's girlfriend and his most ruthless hitman.

Actors : Eiko Nagashima, Lautaro Murúa, Silvia Aguilar, Paul Naschy,
Directors : Paul Naschy,

A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen, Stephen Collins, Janet Julian,
Directors : Charles Bail,

A "cowboy"-scientist is fighting a corporation who wants to dump atomic waste on a piece of land he has leased.

Actors : Lee Majors, Abe Vigoda, Tracy Brooks Swope, Don Rickles,
Directors : Robert Burge,

Ex-mobster Keaton, now living in a retirement home, narrowly misses being the target of a mob hit. Policemen Jake, an old friend of Keaton's, and Gable, a violent cop who takes an immediate...

Actors : Joe Silver, Harvey Atkin, Mike MacDonald, Jan Smithers,
Directors : Henry Wolfond,

A hitman by the name of Mr. Nice Guy is about to be married and his fiancee doesn't know his true profession. On top of that, his future father-in-law has a contract out on him. A zany mafia comedy!

Actors : Soledad Silveyra, Federico Luppi, Julio De Grazia, Ulises Dumont,
Directors : Adolfo Aristarain,

The story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.

Actors : Mariko Ishihara, Mari Natsuki, Masanori Sera, Takuzô Kawatani,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

After their executions are faked by the authorities, three criminals are forced to become assassins under the Shogun's command

Actors : Nick Mather, Ramya Krishnan, Monisha, Mohanlal,
Directors : Priyadarshan,

Dispossessed Brahmin Mohanlal priest moves to Bombay where he finds a new calling in the hitman business.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Ricardo Sibelo, Kitty Aldridge, Guy Bertrand,
Directors : Maurice Hatton,

Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying ...

Actors : Keith Carradine, Bill Pullman, Tom Waits, Sally Kirkland,
Directors : Robert Dornhelm,

A psycho-killer with mommy issues, a charming crooked cowboy and their girl steal some jewels. The cowboy decides not to share and goes on the run with the loot. A crazy chase across the country between former partners in crime begins.

Actors : Yasuhiro Shikamura, Simon Yam, Phillip Ko, Joey Wang,
Directors : Phillip Ko,

A triad assassin is sent to kill a female witness to a murder only to fall in love with her instead. A Hong Kong remake of the Japanese manga Crying Freeman.

Actors : John Woehrle, Matthew Stockley, Anne Carlisle, Brad Rijn,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A hit-man tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.