Best Action movies of 1980s

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Warren Clarke, Freddie Jones, David Huffman,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Kirk Douglas, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Martin Sheen,
Directors : Don Taylor,

A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Sonia Braga, Clint Eastwood, Raul Julia, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

Clint Eastwood plays a veteran detective who gets stuck with a rookie cop (Charlie Sheen) to chase down a German crook (Raul Julia.)

Actors : Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, Rae Dawn Chong, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A retired elite Black Ops Commando launches a one man war against a group of South American criminals who have kidnapped his daughter.

Actors : Chris Haywood, Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.

Actors : David Forman, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Judith Hoag,
Directors : Steve Barron,

Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.

Actors : Leonardo Cimino, Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis,
Directors : David Lynch,

A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis when they assassinate his father and free their desert world from the emperor's rule.

Actors : David Johansen, Teri Garr, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Joe Pytka,

A nosy cab driver gets a hot tip on a race horse and wins big, but he can't seem to stop gambling. Will he go broke or walk home with a pretty penny?

Actors : Pat Morita, Eddie Smith, Ralph Macchio, Bruce Malmuth,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

Daniel accompanies his mentor, Mr. Miyagi, to Miyagi's childhood home in Okinawa. Miyagi visits his dying father and confronts his old rival, while Daniel falls in love and inadvertently makes a new rival of his own.

Actors : Fred Ward, Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Ted Kotcheff,

Ten years after his son went MIA in Vietnam, U.S.Marine retired Colonel Jason Rhodes assembles a private rescue team to find Americans held in POW camps in Laos.

Actors : Michael Boatman, Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan,
Directors : John Irvin,

A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

Actors : Christopher Murney, Vanity, Julius Carry, Taimak,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

In New York City, a young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way, he must fight a martial arts expert corrupted ...

Actors : Tiffany Gail Robinson, Clint Eastwood, Timothy Carhart, Bernadette Peters,
Directors : Buddy Van Horn,

Skip tracer Tommy Nowak is tracking Lou Ann McGuinn for a bail bondsman in California. Lou Ann is also being chased by her husband Roy McGuinn and his birth right/neo-nazi friends for ...

Actors : Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Charlie Korsmo, Madonna,
Directors : Warren Beatty,

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Actors : Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Leonard Termo, Ariane,
Directors : Michael Cimino,

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Menahem Golan,

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force are sent in to resolve the crisis.

Actors : Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Ernie Dingo,
Directors : John Cornell,

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Actors : Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee,
Directors : John Woo,

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.