Best Martial Arts movies of 1980s

Actors : Lance Henriksen, John Fujioka, James Ryan, Arabella Holzbog,
Directors : Paul Mayersberg,

The quest for spiritual fulfilment be a Japanese businessman who comes to Africa following the trail of his samurai ancestor. Despite the title this is not a martial arts film.

Actors : Lung Chin, Cheung-Yan Yuen, Tin Shing Hoh, Eddy Ko,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

A half man/demon is being guarded by a drunken Shaolin magician named Chan at the Shaolin temple. One day, Chan sneaks out to go on a drinking splurge, and the man/demon escapes. Chan, and ...

Actors : Richard Harrison, Jang Lee Hwang, Bruce Le, Nadiuska,

Two CIA agents - a kung fu master (Bruce Le) and a suave womanizer (Richard Harrison) - track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.

Actors : Mike Kelly, George Nicholas, Cara Casey, Chuck Connors,

Ninjas steal a research tape. Colonel chuck connors sends two agents undercover to retrieve it. Ninjas are sent to scare them off. The two seek help and are trained by a ninja master to become Ninjas themselves.

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 : 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 : John Wilford, Glen Carson, Jeff Houston, Peter Davis,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Amazonia, a lady fighter, battles the Shrew; a ruthless lady crime lord.

Actors : Rick Wilson, Leo Fong, Kelly Steve, Alan Hemmings,
Directors : Timothy Ashby,

A CIA operative in Hong Kong must become a Ninja in order to retrieve a stolen Top Technical Secret Film from a Clan of Ninjas sent by the KGB.

Actors : Ling Chang, Ya-Lei Kuei, Ping Chang, Hua Tsung,
Directors : Hao Fang,

An orphan girl becomes a martial arts expert to revenge her murdered family, and discovers that the evil monk behind the play has turned her loved ones against her.

Actors : Fa Yuan Li, Shao Hua Liang, Li-Li Chiang, Yu Lung Hsiao,
Directors : Yang Kao,

Haunted by the memories of his father's violent death, a young boy joins the shaolin temple and masters the skills of martial arts, so he can take one the killers in a bid for revenge.

Actors : Roger Paschy, John Liu, Casanova Wong, Mirta Miller,
Directors : John Liu,

Kung fu champ John is given the chance to train CIA agents in martial arts by using self-hypnosis. But when he discovers the reason he escapes and the CIA go after him. John must fight for ...

Actors : Yung-Hsin Chao, Ling Chang, Yi Tao Chang, Lung Ti,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

A naïve kung-fu student (Lung Ti) falls under the influence of a corrupt master. Soon the student realizes his master plans to dominate the martial arts community by stealing a legendary ...

Actors : Chiu-Sing Hau, Billy Chong, On-Lai Liu, Dan Lau,
Directors : Chan Wei Lin,

A dying Manchu Kung Fu fighter sends his three sons on a mission of revenge against the five Southern champs who defeated him a generation ago. The Manchus beat down the families but one ...

Actors : Dai Ling, Ti Ai, Hung Wei, Ju Hua Pei,
Directors : Chi Lu,

Three lotharios vie to become principal of the Macho Man Training School, an extremely non-monastic institution dedicated to extremely non Shaolin-types of physical exertion, in this ...

Actors : Rosemarie Gil, Roland Dantes, Perry Baltazar, Veronica Jones,
Directors : Ave C. Caparas,

In this martial arts adventure, a vengeful young man learns to use the weapons, "sticks of death", from his wise grandfather, in order to avenge himself on the criminals who beat him.

Actors : Alexander Rei Lo, Hao-Yi Liu, Shun Chien, Chi Ping Chang,
Directors : Robert Tai,

After the massacre of a small village a group of survivors lead by one of man called Ah Tien is trained by a mysterious monk in the deadly arts of the Shaolin Chastity Kung Fu. The group of...

Actors : Chung Kwan, Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Yin-Tze Pan, Linda Jui-Chi Liu,
Directors : Wei-Lan Wang,

A supernatural tale of demonic possession and martial arts mayhem.

Actors : Chiang Chen, Carl Scott, Billy Chong, Sing Chen,
Directors : Chan Wei Lin,

Li, a martial artist, returns home to find out that his father is being harassed by a crime syndicate. Together with an American kung fu champion he vows revenge when the syndicate kills his father.

Actors : Kaajal Kiran, Mithun Chakraborty, Deb Mukherjee, Yogeeta Bali,
Directors : Deb Mukherjee,

A scientist creates a diamond that can focus sun-rays to burn through anything. The villain, in a bid to get the diamond, kills the scientist. The scientist's karate-learning sons, Desh and...

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...