Best Action Comedy movies of 1980s

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Dick Wei,

Fighting against pirates in "old Hong Kong". Chinese costume drama with plenty of over-the-top tongue in cheek action and music.

Actors : Michael Crawford, Barbara Carrera, James Hampton, Oliver Reed,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.

Actors : Melody Anderson, Louis Gossett Jr., Will Sampson, Chuck Norris,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.

Actors : Sharon Stone, Richard Chamberlain, Henry Silva, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Gary Nelson,

Allan Quatermain once again teams up with Jesse Huston where the discovery of a mysterious old gold piece sends Quatermain looking for his long-lost brother, missing in the wilds of Africa after seeking a lost white race.

Actors : Satish Kaushik, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father's invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac.

Actors : George Hamilton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman, Lauren Hutton,
Directors : Peter Medak,

Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the ...

Actors : Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Jackie Chan, Benny Urquidez,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in...

Actors : Darlanne Fluegel, Gregory Hines, Steven Bauer, Billy Crystal,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer who nearly killed them in the past.

Actors : John Candy, Robert Loggia, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Joe Piscopo, Lindsay Frost, Treat Williams,
Directors : Mark Goldblatt,

Two policemen are brought back to life to chase down supernatural criminals.

Actors : LeVar Burton, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

The story of professional bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson.

Actors : Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, John Fujioka, Louise Bennett,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

On a small pacific island, Alan and Charlie try to find a war treasure left behind by the Japanese army in World War II.

Actors : John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Fisher Stevens, Raphael Sbarge,
Directors : Jonathan R. Betuel,

A high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threaten mankind.

Actors : Buffy Dee, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, David Huddleston,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

Two men meet each other in a strange situation and end up being mistaken for robbers first, for secret service agents later.

Actors : Terence Hill, April Clough, Bud Spencer, Harold Bergman,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

A jazz musician and a stunt man are the spitting image of two millionaire brothers. They take the job to replace them in Rio de Janeiro when someone plans to assassinate them.

Actors : Harris Yulin, Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Tom Holland,

Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics police officer with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of "Fatal Beauty"...

Actors : Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan, Carina Lau, Rosamund Kwan,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.

Actors : Wu Ma, Wai Lam, Joey Wang, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Siu-Tung Ching,

Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. Unsurprisingly, no-one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up spending the night ...

Actors : Mr. T, Adam Baldwin, Charlie Barnett, Max Gail,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees ...