Best Action movies of 1980

Actors : Milo O'Shea, Frank Converse, Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker,
Directors : Cliff Robertson,

Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.

Actors : R. Muthuraman, Pandharibai, Kamal Haasan, Mohan Babu,
Directors : I.V. Sasi,

Actors : Deepti Naval, Mithun Chakraborty, Shabana Azmi, Sanjeev Kumar,
Directors : Bapu,

The wealthy and lecherous Zamindar Thakur Vir Pratap Singh lord over a small region in rural India mercilessly killing anyone who opposes his rule. He gets the male villagers addicted to ...

Actors : Berta Cabré, Bernard Seray, Isabel Mestres, Ángel Fernández Franco,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

Actors : Tatsuo Yamada, Masamitsu Ohike, Nenji Kobayashi, Kôji Nanjô,
Directors : Gakuryû Ishii,

When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the gang feels betrayed. Especially the reputedly...

Actors : James Gammon, Regina Baff, John C. Becher, Mildred Burke,
Directors : Robert Fowler,

A New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.

Actors : Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Li Wang,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Three refugees become sworn brothers during a war. One (Kuo Chui/Philip Kwok) works in a whore house, one (Chiang Sheng) in a gambling house, and the other (Lo Mang) in a martial arts ...

Actors : Gary Waddell, Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller,
Directors : Stephen Wallace,

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.

Actors : Jade Hsu, Adam Cheng, Norman Chu, Qiqi Chen,
Directors : Patrick Tam,

Actors : Juan Valentín, Juan Gallardo, Princesa Lea, Ana Luisa Peluffo,
Directors : Francisco Guerrero,

Actors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Lung Ti, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Fu-Chien Chang, Feng Cheng, Yi Lung Huang,
Directors : Wing-Cho Yip,

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a ...

Actors : Max H. Boulois, Tom Hernández, Virginia Mataix, Guillermo Antón,
Directors : Max H. Boulois,

Mr. Boulois is presented with a key to a Grand Central Station locker containing a million dollars, which will be his if he survives the ordeal. He's then blindfolded, bundled onto a ...

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Feng Ku, Wah Yuen, Yue Wong,
Directors : Chung Sun,

Starring kung-fu comedienne Wang Yu, a kid on a mission of justice, this film features plentiful ripsnorting martial arts by Jackie Chan's kung-fu classmates Yuen Hua and Yuan Pin, and Shaw...

Actors : Richard Losee, David Fitzen, Kristin Kelly, Dahl Gleave,
Directors : Richard Losee,

A madman kidnaps an innocent child and only an ex-race car driver can deliver the ransom, a fortune in gold, in time.

Actors : Danny Denzongpa, Neetu Singh, Shatrughan Sinha, Ajit,
Directors : Harmesh Malhotra,

Anju lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Dhanraj, on a privately owned island. She studies in a hostel, plays on the football team, but is known for getting into fights with ...

Actors : Dev Anand, Nirupa Roy, Mehmood, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Dev Anand,

Indian Air Force pilot Bhagat lives with his wife, Raksha, and a young son. While going to the bank one day, the family find that the bank is being held up. The bank-robbers panic at the ...

Actors : Victoria Loveland, W.T. Zacha, Pugil Kwon, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : George Vieira,

A Russian scientist who discovers the formula for a new synthetic fuel becomes the "Desperate Target" of a group of desperate men.

Actors : Fei Meng, Wu Ma, Sung Young Chen, Sing Chen,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Chang Fung is a young man studying kung fu under the perpetually inebriated Wu Tseng, who seems to have made a few enemies along the way. When a gang of four warriors show up intent on ...

Actors : Min-jeong Kim, Ryong Geo, Yeong-il Kim, Bong Choi,

A famous action movie star suddenly dies and goes to hell. Realizing that this is a plot against him by demons and that he was sent there unjustly, he battles his way through the 12 gates ...