Best Training movies of 1980s

Actors : Doug Wright, Cynthia Rothrock, Keith Cooke, Richard Norton,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

China O'Brien; big city police woman; martial arts trainer, is forced to hand in her badge and head home to her father and the small town where she grew up. The peaceful town she knew is ...

Actors : Lennart Hjulström, Stellan Skarsgård, Philip Zandén, Krister Henriksson,
Directors : Per Berglund,

His name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When a group of terrorists based in Sweden threatens to initiate their diabolic plans - the Coq Rouge Carl Hamilton is activated.

Actors : Joe Mari Avellana, Rob Kaman, Billy Blanks, Don Wilson,
Directors : Terence H. Winkless,

Don Wilson plays retired kickboxer Jake Raye, who travels to Manila, where his brother is favored to win a kickboxing competition. His brother is killed, and Jake realizes he must enter the...

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Pamela Stephenson, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael O'Keefe,
Directors : Richard Lester,

On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. The ...

Actors : Ronnie Hawkins, Lorenzo Lamas, Robert Scott, Josie Bell,
Directors : George Erschbamer,

The Snake Eaters are an elite division of the Marines especially trained for search and destroy missions. This actioner chronicles the exploits of one of them who has become a cop. Known as...

Actors : Rudolf Hrusínský, Jirí Zahajský, Blazena Holisová, Marek Brodský,
Directors : Ladislav Smoljak,

A police inspector and inexperienced trainee search for a mysteriously disappeared manufacturer of ointments for hair growth.

Actors : Mark Keyloun, Jennifer Cooke, Beth Miller, Stephen Shellen,
Directors : Paul Justman,

Can a squad of misfit cheerleaders with an over-age trainer possibly win the big cheerleading competition? Looked down upon by the other teams, it will be an difficult. Their lack of skill ...

Actors : Cynthia Rothrock, Kara Hui, Regina Kent, Sibelle Hu,
Directors : Wellson Chin,

Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu) has been assigned to the Hong Kong Police Academy to train female Banshee Squad Members, next door to the male Tiger Squad Members lead by Inspector Kan (Shui-Fan ...

Actors : Talia Balsam, Nichelle Nichols, Bradford Bancroft, Maxwell Caulfield,
Directors : Armand Mastroianni,

Nichelle Nichols is an army sergeant who leads her platoon into the woods of the deep south on a training exercise. Unfortunately, it is the site where a bunch of yankee soldiers murdered a...

Actors : Edowan Bersmea, Thomas Hartham, Dewey Bosworth, Pierre Kirby,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Ethan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, ...

Actors : Chip McAllister, D.W. Brown, Peter Ellenstein, Patrick Houser,
Directors : Lawrence Bassoff,

Three rookie sailors who have just completed basic training are out on their first weekend pass. As they hit one bar after another, they soon forget everything the Navy ever taught them.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Stacy Keach, Bruce Dern, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Jason Miller,

It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal ...

Actors : Edd Byrnes, Lynda Aldon, Edy Williams, Gail Fisher,
Directors : David A. Prior,

A female CIA agent is assigned to train and lead an all-female squad to Colombia to stop a renegade agent who has hired himself out to a drug cartel.

Actors : Zachi Noy, Moshe Ish-Kassit, Joseph Shiloach, Devora Bakon,
Directors : Tzvi Shissel,

A spin-off film that centers around Yudale/Huey's mandatory Israeli army service, post boot camp. This time he helps his sergeant Shemesh beat a rival base, while also beating him to score with the visiting Swiss Ambassador's wife.

Actors : Kristy Swanson, Burt Young, Matt Adler, Yolanda Jilot,
Directors : Strathford Hamilton,

A high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team. He gets onto the team, only to find that he must dive the high platform in order to compete. His problems are...

Actors : Victor French, Lelia Goldoni, Paul Carafotes, Val Avery,
Directors : Silvio Narizzano,

Partially deaf teenager Carafotes becomes alienated when prevented from playing football because of his handicap. He must deal with his parents, coach, teammates, his new girlfried and a ...

Actors : Bruce Dern, Bill Bailey, Jim Haynie, Pam Grier,
Directors : Rob Nilsson,

In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race.

Actors : Hal Terrance, Greg Ward, Jeremy Shamos, Jim Stafford,
Directors : David O'Malley,

A Boston boy escapes from spies and survives in the wild with tricks from his mountain-man father.

Actors : Kerry Wall, Billy Jayne, Andrew Ross, Dean R. Miller,
Directors : Gary Graver,

A teenage boy takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp. He finds that the camp is run like a military training camp, and he resolves to turn it into Party Central.

Actors : Kathy Hasty, Bill Gribble, Earl Owensby, Robert Bloodworth,
Directors : Worth Keeter,

A pack of Rottweilers, bred and trained by the U.S. military to kill humans, escape to ravage the peaceful mountain resort town of Lake Lure. It is up to the local sheriff to protect his small community.