Best Action movies of 1981

Actors : Niu Niu, Tien-Chi Cheng, Sheng Fu, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

This is "The brave archer 3"

Actors : Barry Prima, Dana Christina, Eva Arnaz, W.D. Mochtar,
Directors : Sisworo Gautama Putra,

Indonesia is a country in turmoil. The people are poor and oppressed by the Dutch Government. However one hope remains in the form of rebel leader Djaka Semboeng. His rebels and his famous ...

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Chiang Wang, Mei Sheng Fan, Eddy Ko,
Directors : Yun-Kyo Park,

A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. ...

Actors : Chan-Peng Chang, Chia-Hui Liu, Yung Chan, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Chia Yung Liu,

A rich young man seeks to make a name for himself by being the one to discover a lost treasure. He teams up with a streetwise kung-fu artist and together, they set out to not only find the ...

Actors : Kei-Ying Cheng, Billy Chong, Lau Chan, Kang-Yeh Cheng,
Directors : Shan Hua,

A criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting his own hands dirty, he hires a Taoist wizard to animate some zombies to do the job for him...

Actors : Marioara Sterian, Mihai Mereuta, Stela Furcovici, Adrian Pintea,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : John Randolph, Lucinda Dooling, Marie Windsor, Mel Novak,
Directors : David Sheldon,

A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.

Actors : Yuet Sang Chin, Meng Lo, Pan Pan Yeung, Yue Wong,

The traditional lion dance never looked so good as in Lion vs. Lion which captures the most impressive sequences of lion dancing on film. Lo Mang teams up with Wong Yu, as they ...

Actors : Feng Ku, Lung Ti, Sheng Fu, Li Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Many feel that this, one of the Shaw Studio's biggest moneymakers, is one of those rare sequels which superior to its original. In any case, the charming title hero is back in action, ...

Actors : Valentina Berezutskaya, Anatoliy Kuznetsov, Boris Galkin, Vadim Spiridonov,
Directors : Mikhail Tumanishvili,

Sequel of "In the Zone of Special Attention" about military training of Soviet paratroopers and marines.

Actors : Rakhee Gulzar, Amjad Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Utpal Dutt,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

A young blind woman named Rajni lives in India with her dad, Suresh, who is employed as a Manager with a business marketing tea leaves. The region where they live has a lax police force run...

Actors : Tien Hsiang Lung, Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Hsueh-Erh Wen,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

"Godfather of the kung-fu film", Chang Cheh, made this treasured and beloved adventure featuring a sword, training manual, treasure map and a secret message. The kung-fu which ensues is as impressive as it is glorious.

Actors : Shen-Lin Chen, Sheng Chiang, Chung-Kuei Chang, Peng Chang,
Directors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok,

Actors : Jenny Liang, Kuan-Chung Ku, Jason Pai Piao, Tony Liu,
Directors : Shan Hua,

An expert swordsman is suspected of being the thief of a treasure sent to Emperor. The swordsman who has nothing to do with the theft investigates and is led on the trail of the supernatural "Bloody Parrot".

Actors : Timothy Patrick Murphy, Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Mike Starr,
Directors : Tsugunobu Kotani,

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Doug McClure, George Touliatos, Robert Wisden,
Directors : David M. Robertson,

In one of many unpopular and unsupported policy decisions, the US government of the near future outlaws vehicle petrol in an effort to curb the overuse of limited natural resources - except...

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Rentarô Mikuni, Yuki Kazamatsuri,
Directors : Shinji Sômai,

Actors : Joe Lewis, Sonny Barnes, Bong Soo Han, Richard Norton,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

A martial-arts expert leads a team of fellow martial artists to rescue a senator's daughter from an island ruled by the evil leader of a fanatical religious cult.

Actors : Kumar Gaurav, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Vijayata Pandit,

Vijay Mehra loves Suman, but Suman is attracted to Ram, and marries Ram shortly thereafter. Vijay is angered by this. Subsequently, Vijay marries, and his wife gives birth to a baby boy, ...

Actors : Michel Galabru, Gérard Lanvin, Renée Saint-Cyr, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Comedy/detective story, involving a young hood on the run and a woman journalist who thinks he's a judge who will help her investigate a case she is covering.