Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Rick Hearst, Jon Stafford, Vernon Wells,
Directors : Gary Graver,

A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.

Actors : Fausto Lombardi, Haven Tyler, Christopher Ahrens, Geretta Geretta,
Directors : Bruno Mattei,

In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.

Actors : Chang Son Hui, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri, Gwon Ri,
Directors : Sang-ok Shin,

In feudal Korea, the evil King becomes aware that there is a peasant rebellion being planned in the country. He steals all the iron farming tools and cooking pots from the people so that he...

Actors : David Chiang, Kuan Tai Chen, Tien Niu, Danny Lee,

A respected and well liked gang-boss is betrayed and killed. One of his three adopted sons are to take his place. One of them is the traitor.

Actors : John Aprea, Bruce Penhall, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

On their way to make an air delivery, two drug enforcement agents will need to do an emergency landing on a remote island, rumoured to have a gold treasure.

Actors : Cheung-Yan Yuen, Lydia Shum, Shun-Yee Yuen, Donnie Yen,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A spoiled young man - on the run from a ruthless killer - hooks up with a puppeteer and his wife who are masters of the art of tai chi; the only style that can defeat the killer.

Actors : Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Yves Boisset,

A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. The tables turn when the family turns out to be even more criminally ...

Actors : Robin Mackay, Joe Browne, Nian Watts, Harry Myles,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Narcotics agent Tom Wilde is given a second chance at life after being shot and killed. In a futuristic experiment, agent Wilde is returned to life as an Android Robot. He is sent on a very...

Actors : Carlene Watkins, Stan Shaw, Pam Grier, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

An aspiring country/western singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. ...

Actors : Reena Roy, Rajinikanth, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Rama Rao Tatineni,

Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan works as a Forest Officer, and lives with his wife Zakhiya. One day while on duty he comes across some poachers who were cutting sandal wood trees illegally. When ...

Actors : Mako, David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Lois Hamilton,
Directors : Fred Olen Ray,

One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between the local Yakusa and Chinese Tong. He hires two private investigators to ...

Actors : Yi Chang, Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fanny Wang,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase ...

Actors : Jared Martin, Adam Coleman Howard, Daphne Ashbrook, James Remar,
Directors : Clay Borris,

Joe Dylanne is a plainclothes NYC cop with a badge... and a robust personality. He always resorts to unconventional methods in order to capture the city's slickest criminals. When Dylanne ...

Actors : Kara Hui, Hou Hsiao, Te-Lo Mai, Chia-Hui Liu,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

When you combine "Kung-fu" Liu Chia-liang with the greatest kung-fu film character of all time, Huang Fei-hung, you get one of the finest "pure" kung-fu films ever made, with martial arts mastery in every scene.

Actors : Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Li Wang, Feng Lu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The Wu Tang chief sends out his men, each of whom is given a symbol so they can recognize each other. The largest is given to Lee, whom the others are to obey.

Actors : Ranjeet, Kamal Haasan, Poonam Dhillon, Madhavi,
Directors : Prayag Raj,

Kishan Kumar Khanna is a well-rate film actor who falls head over heels in love with young, beautiful and attractive Anuradha Saxena much to the dislikeness of her gangster brother who ...

Actors : Susan Shaw, H.B. Halicki, Christopher Stone, Lang Jeffries,
Directors : H.B. Halicki,

Junkman and movie-maker Harlan Hollis struggles to stay alive when a jealous partner in his company hires goons to kill him. Full of amazing car chases, fantastic crashes, and edge-of-your-seat action.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Toshihiro Asari, Ken Ogata, Norihito Arai,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. One day, he orders Takechiyo to an initiation rite in Yedo (today's Tokio)....

Actors : Charles Lampkin, Hiroshi Fujioka, John Calvin, Janet Julian,
Directors : J. Larry Carroll,

A deep-frozen 400-year-old samurai is shipped to Los Angeles, where he comes back to life. Dazed and confused, he goes on a rampage. Can the female scientist and her colleague who revived him stop him before it's too late?

Actors : Kaoru Sugita, Renji Ishibashi, Kanako Higuchi, Yoshio Harada,

A group of masterless samurai living in Edo's red light district must fend off a militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.