Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : John Pankow, Willem Dafoe, William Petersen, Debra Feuer,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

Actors : Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Paula Irvine, James Le Gros,
Directors : Don Coscarelli,

Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, continues his journey to stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.

Actors : Pat Morita, Thomas Ian Griffith, Robyn Lively, Ralph Macchio,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Ostracised villain John Kreese attempts to gain revenge on Daniel and Miyagi, with the help of a Vietnam War comrade, the wealthy owner of a toxic waste disposal business.

Actors : Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Amy Ingersoll, Tom Savini,
Directors : George A. Romero,

A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a growing sense of delusion from their leader.

Actors : Yeardley Smith, Pat Hingle, Emilio Estevez, Laura Harrington,
Directors : Stephen King,

A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.

Actors : Nick Cassavetes, Charlie Sheen, Randy Quaid, Sherilyn Fenn,
Directors : Mike Marvin,

A mysterious figure suddenly appears to challenge a gang of motorhead thugs.

Actors : Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Rick Zumwalt,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

Tough trucker Lincoln Hawk is determined to win back his son and triumph at the world arm wrestling championships.

Actors : Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

A tough bouncer is hired to tame a dirty bar.

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Sandahl Bergman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

A vengeful woman sets out to retrieve a magic orb from an evil queen whom she vows vengeance upon after the evil queen slain her family and her loyal warriors raped her.

Actors : Spiros Focás, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

This is the sequel to "Romancing the Stone" where Jack and Joan have their yacht and easy life, but are gradually getting bored with each other and this way of life. Joan accepts an ...

Actors : Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi, Jean-Claude Van Damme,

Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.

Actors : James Woods, Alex Karras, Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.

Actors : Richard Marcus, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together ...

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, Eric Roberts, Jon Voight,
Directors : Andrey Konchalovskiy,

Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a train with no brakes and nobody driving.

Actors : Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne,

A young boy and a bunch of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diabolical tyrant can.

Actors : Moses Gunn, Clint Eastwood, Everett McGill, Marsha Mason,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

Actors : Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Billy Barty, Dolph Lundgren,
Directors : Gary Goddard,

The heroic warrior He-Man battles against lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.

Actors : Vincent Hirsch, Joseph Diamand, Y.K. Kim, Maurice Smith,

A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.

Actors : Bill Duke, David Carradine, Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn,
Directors : John Badham,

An old flame discovers her ex-boyfriend from the past is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.