Best Spy & Agent movies of 1980s

Actors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Alan Tam,
Directors : Kent Cheng,

Set in China during the Japanese occupation. A young man breaks out of a POW camp to marry his sweetheart, but finds she is now a spy for the resistance, code-named "Number 3". With the ...

Actors : Chris Noth, Suzee Pai, Frans Tumbuan, Ronald Hunter,
Directors : Charles Kaufman,

A CIA agent roams the streets of New York haunted by the death of the beautiful woman he fell in love with while on assignment in Jakarta. When he is kidnapped and drugged, the destination ...

Actors : Joe Davis, Brian Leonard, Lysa Heslov, Muneer Katchi,
Directors : John Myhers,

The president's daughter is held for ransom in Beverly Hills by a group of middle eastern terrorists. Retired special forces agent and karate master, Hack Stone, is sent on a risky operation to get her back.

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 : 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 : Olivia Hussey, Vernon Wells, Danny Lee, Peter Liapis,
Directors : Ringo Lam,

A Hong Kong Special Branch cop and a CIA agent reluctantly team up to bring down a major international terrorist.

Actors : Terence Knox, Charlotte Lewis, David Warner, Isabella Hofmann,
Directors : James Lemmo,

A terrorist (Warner) and an FBI agent (Knox) fight out a personal feud with one another.

Actors : Deborah Moore, Franco Nero, Mary Stavin, William Berger,
Directors : Nello Rossati,

Author Ted Angelo discovers an UFO in the Columbian jungle. When he tries to spread the word, he earns more than the usual disbelief: suddenly he's hunted by almost every organization, like...

Actors : Rick Washburn, J. Christian Ingvordsen, Amanda Zinsser, Stuart Garrison Day,
Directors : J. Christian Ingvordsen,

Inside the stately Senate Hearing Room, Frank White, professional soldier, Vietnam vet and CIA operative, is fighting the toughest battle of his life: he's on trial for the assassination of...

Actors : Elisabeth Zündel, Johannes Herrschmann, Alfred Edel, Adriana Altaras,
Directors : Helma Sanders-Brahms,

Germany in the 50ies: A love story between an eastern spy and a western secretary who detects him (and her love) ...

Actors : Alan Fawcett, Mark Duffus, Dan Dunlop, Ludek Bogner,
Directors : John Blanchard,

Geeky accountant with a boring life is given a pair of magic red sneakers by an angel, which turns him into an amazingly fast runner. He enters an important race and soon is noticed by the CIA and the KGB.

Actors : Lisa Kreuzer, Tusse Silberg, Jean-François Stévenin, Paul Freeman,
Directors : Christopher Petit,

A woman is being taken from her German hotel to be interrogated by police agents.

Actors : David Scott King, Michi McGee, John Henry Richardson, Gerald Okamura,
Directors : Peter Yuval,

Several different factions compete in the search for ancient Japanese tablets that have the secret of immortality.

Actors : John Dresden, Nick Nicholson, David Anderson, Max Thayer,
Directors : Junn P. Cabreira,

A US lieutnant is turned into a guinea pig for deadly KGB experiments.

Actors : Brigitte Barry, Bo Hopkins, John E. Coleman, Martin Kove,
Directors : Yvan Chiffre,

A squad of narcotics agents is ambushed by a gang of masked terrorists. Only one agent survives, and after he recovers he vows to avenge the deaths of his comrades.

Actors : Ken Gampu, Norman Anstey, Brenda Bakke, Kip Gilman,
Directors : Dee McLachlan,

A college professor and his ex-girlfriend find themselves being hunted by the CIA, the KGB and an African drug smuggler. Seems they have inadvertently gotten information that would show how...

Actors : Kurt Eberhard, Philip Gordon, Alphonse Beni, Mike Smith,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Once the head of a special anti-terrorist surveillance unit, CIA agent Mike Graves has gone bad and has now put together his own terrorist organization. Colonel Noble of the CIA assigns two...

Actors : Chester Howe, Michel Stevens, Jim Davis, Mark Tyler,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

As gangster boss Cole continues his violent rivalry with the White Ninja, an interpol agent appears on the scene to try and put a stop to their antics.

Actors : Ying-Lung Lau, Man-Kit Fung, Shu-Pau Ho, Cheng-Hua Chou,
Directors : Chiu Jun Lee,

Jouan appears to be a dedicated Volumeiple of Shaolin Temple but is really a Manchu spy. As the favorite to succeed the Temple Master, he cannot stand competition from Rock, a true ...

Actors : Henry Cele, Arnold Vosloo, Susan Anspach, David Dukes,
Directors : David Lister,

A U.S. agent (David Dukes) saves a journalist (Susan Anspach) and her son from an East German/Libyan chemical-warfare plot in Africa.