Best Assassin movies of 1980s

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Chung Wang, Wei-Wei Chang, Hui Lou Chen, Chiang-Lung Wen,
Directors : Ching-Chen Yang,

Four grotesque masters of Kung Fu are destined to fight each other. Two only wish good for their people. The other two want to become the only two living masters. Thus, they hire and train an assassin to murder the others.

Actors : Christopher Crabb, Helen Shaver, Scott Hylands, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Don McBrearty,

A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.

Actors : Stanislaw Igar, Jerzy Kryszak, Jerzy Bonczak, Piotr Dejmek,
Directors : Witold Orzechowski,

A spy thriller set in 1943 when the Polish Resistance was killing SS- officers and collaborators in Lublin and Zamosc. Polish hitman romances with "officer's lady" while he is setting up ...

Actors : Yuen Man Meng, Alan Chung San Chui, Wilson Tong, Lily Li,

Chy Chi Chong (Man Yuen Men) is determined to become a Kung Fu Expert, yet each time he begins to train, his master is mysteriously killed. Killer bah (WIlson Tong) is a professional ...

Actors : David Chiang, Sha Chao, Chung-Kuei Chang, Ting Chao,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

Historic swordplay of epic proportions tells the story about a hired assassin paid to assassinate the king

Actors : Roy Dhlamini, Pepsi Mabizela, Emanuel Shangase,
Directors : Tony Cunningham,

A hard-working police sergeant is tasked with an under-cover assignment where he must pose as a mysterious assassin known as "Jakalasi". His mission is to execute a hit on the local police ...

Actors : Henry Gibson, Bernadette Peters, Al Waxman, Gabe Kaplan,

Leland is suicidal, so he hires a hitman called Avocado to kill him. Code word for the hit will be "tulips". However, that's when Leland meets his suicidal soulmate Rutanya and changes his mind. Now they must try to stop Avocado.

Actors : Paola Senatore, Alvaro Vitali, Renzo Palmer, Gianni Ciardo,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

Paola Senatore plays a doctor in a hotel where a man repeatedly fails to commit suicide, a pair of window washers witness a murder by a hit man, a suspicious wife checks up on her husband ...

Actors : Mi-hie Jang, Kang-jo Lee, Wu-cheol Shin, Mi-kyeong Won,
Directors : Hyo-cheon Kim,

Kim, Du-han earns the wrath of the Yakuza boss, Konoe, when he saves the life of Korean freedom fighter Hwang Ryong. Konoe hopes to hire the assassin Shirasoni to kill his enemies but ...

Actors : Vera Gimenez, Otávio Augusto, Marta Anderson, Jece Valadão,
Directors : Antônio Calmon,

Zionists hire a hitman to kill a war criminal nazi who's exiled in a Latin American country, protected by the local dictator.

Actors : Liang Chen, Philip Chan, Flora Cheung, Rosamund Kwan,
Directors : Shing Hon Lau,

A hit man played by Chow Yun Fat is unorthodox and gruesome in this crime.

Actors : Dan Kopper, Joy Curtis, Stephanie Jones, Lorraine Masterson,
Directors : David O'Malley,

The government calls one of its top agents out of retirement to battle an evil organization that is trying to put the silk industry out of business by using silkworms.

Actors : Willie Colón, Darlanne Fluegel, Fred Williamson, Rubén Blades,
Directors : Fred Williamson,

Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave (Ruben Blades) signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas (Willie Colon). But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs kill Clave's girlfriend when he thinks about backing out of the contract. While seeking a way to get revenge against Vargas, Clave learns that he has a blood clot in his head. But nothing will deter him from getting his ...

Actors : Hung Lieh Chen, Kuan Tai Chen, Yasuaki Kurata, Ching Feng Chiang,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

A man receives a Ninjitsu death threat and needs to enlist in the aid of someone trained in the art of the Ninja to catch the would be assassin.

Actors : Fernando Poe Jr., Coney Reyes, Fred Montilla, Rey Langit,
Directors : Fernando Poe Jr.,

Portrayed the character of the hired assassin who plots the slaying of the lead character, played by FPJ.

Actors : Izumi Ayukawa, Makoto Fujita, Kiyoshi Nakajyoo, Kunihiko Mitamura,
Directors : Masahisa Sadanaga,

A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they must act quickly to find the culprit.