Best Assassin movies of 1980s

Actors : Andy Garcia, Ricardo Sibelo, Kitty Aldridge, Guy Bertrand,
Directors : Maurice Hatton,

Carlos Quintas, the democratically-elected president of an unnamed South American country, has been deposed by a military coup. He is in London, the head of a government in exile, rallying ...

Actors : Omero Antonutti, José Luis López Vázquez, Ovidi Montllor, Charles Denner,
Directors : Antonio Drove,

Barcelona between the years 1917 and 1923. It is the time of the gun law, during which the confrontation between anarchist gunmen and hired assassins paid by the employers gave a scandalous...

Actors : Soledad Silveyra, Federico Luppi, Julio De Grazia, Ulises Dumont,
Directors : Adolfo Aristarain,

The story of a hitman, a man who kills other people for money, and the dangers that come with the job.

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 : 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 : Patrick Tam, Jacky Cheung, Joey Wang, Kenneth Tsang,
Directors : Guy Lai,

Two assassins KK (Patrick Tam, Director Of My Heart Is That Eternal Rose) and Ah Dee (Jacky Cheung, Swordsman) start a chain of revenge by executing another professional killer. KK's father...

Actors : Duilio Marzio, Michael Cavanaugh, Don Stroud, Adrianne Sachs,
Directors : Héctor Olivera,

Jim Conrad, a reluctant hitman, is ordered to Buenos Aires to complete one last contract. The task becomes complicated when the intended victim proves to be a well-protected man accompanied...

Actors : William Zipp, Jill Foors, Perry Hill, Frank Stallone,
Directors : Thomas Baldwin,

A teenage Eagle Scout accidentally discovers the lost plans for America's Star Wars missile defense program and soon becomes a target for a squad of ruthless industrial espionage hit men.

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 : Yoshiko Kayama, Hiroki Matsukata, Hitomi Kuroki, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Tatsuichi Takamori,

The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

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 : Eric Blanc, Michel Galabru, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

During the broadcast of a live game show, a surprise guest is shot by an armed assassin.The victim, Martin Gaillard, recounts the bizarre series of events that led to this extraordinary denouement.

Actors : Leslie Toth, Page Fletcher, Laura Cruickshank, Jeff Schultz,
Directors : Mitchell Gabourie,

Two city kids specializing in small-time scams are blackmailed by the police to help nail a mobster. Going undercover at a correctional resort, they meet a hit man who runs an illegal horse race.

Actors : Cliff De Young, Tracy Scoggins, Chris Mulkey, Steven Keats,
Directors : Ruben Preuss,

A beautiful woman seduces and tricks a hitman in order to save her own skin.

Actors : Stanislaw Igar, Jerzy Kryszak, Piotr Dejmek, Jerzy Bonczak,
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 : Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Rosemarie Gil, Dawn Zulueta, Suzanne Gonzales,
Directors : Jose N. Carreon,

Daniel is a hired assassin of Roman who is the leader of a criminal group. Daniel is torn between choosing to start a new life with Dolores or returning Roman's favors.

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 : Gloria Romero, Gina Alajar, Nora Aunor, Rio Locsin,
Directors : Mario O'Hara,

Yolly (Nora Aunor), a flower vendor and her brother Efren (Dan Alvaro), who works as a driver and hired assassin for a ruthless money laundering lady Connie (Gloria Romero), live a ...

Actors : Simon Yam, Jacky Cheung, Lieh Lo, Dick Wei,
Directors : Jun-Man Yuen,

Two hitmen, both good friends who work for the Triad, get a new partner, a nervous young rookie who starts off badly by blowing an assignment, but soon becomes proficient at his bloody work...

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 ...