Best Action movies of 1983

Actors : Eagle Han, Benny Tsui,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

A village is being oppressed by a four villains lead by chow chung until a beggar comes to town and teaches a young man and woman the 7 star grand mantis style of fighting. They stomp out ...

Actors : Ray Cordeiro, Suk-Chi Chan, Paul Chun, Yun-Chuen Fung,
Directors : Teddy Robin Kwan,

A private detective gets mixed up with stolen Nazi atomic bomb formulas.

Actors : Boy Tirayoh, Mangara Siahaan, Marisa Haque, Farida Ciptadi,
Directors : Jopi Burnama,

A women in prison movie set in a Japanese POW camp during World War 2.

Actors : Spiros Focás, Giorgos Moshidis, Mimi Denissi, Alexis Damianos,
Directors : Dimitris Stavrakas,

An ex-prisoner, a betrayal and a robbery that goes south.

Actors : Dan Kopper, Joy Curtis, Stephanie Jones, Lorraine Masterson,
Directors : David O'Malley,

The government calls one of its top agents out of retirement to battle an evil organization that is trying to put the silk industry out of business by using silkworms.

Actors : Hei-ling Cheung, Shing-chung Cheung, Fung Cham,
Directors : Zhiyu Wang,

Set during the last days of the Sung dynasty as Chin forces overrun the countryside. Only esteemed general Yao has managed to hold out. When the Chin kidnap Yao's mother in order to force ...

Actors : Silk Smitha, Vinod Kumar, Jamuna, Baby Sheetal,
Directors : Guna Prasad,

Raghu, a business tycoon, is driving through a forest with scenic views with Rani, his preteen daughter, when they are suddenly stopped and attacked by a group of thugs. They start hitting ...

Actors : Jing-Jing Yung, Kuan Tai Chen, Leanne Lau, Leslie Cheung,
Directors : Shan Hua,

Little Dragon Maiden mixes the old with the new to create pure golden magic as kung-fu fighting veterans Chen Kuan-Tai and Lo Lieh join relative newcomer Leslie Cheung in a far-out swordplay love story that rocks.

Actors : Sridevi, Jeetendra, Parveen Babi, Dharmendra,
Directors : K. Raghavendra Rao,

Two childhood friends face obstacles and challenges after they confront gangsters and each other.

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Ui-jeong Choi, Ryong Geo, Hwang-ki Baek,
Directors : Shi-hyeon Kim,

The Silver Fox batters untold men with his deadly Thunder Foot Technique and rules supreme in the martial world, until a young fighter develops the Lightning Mantis Strike.

Actors : Chitra, Prem Nazir, Lakshmi, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sasikumar,

The movie narrates the story of two brothers who got separated because of a very unfortunate incident in their life which destroys the family relationships.

Actors : Fei Meng, Ling Chang, Chun-piao Chen, Yu-Hsiang Chang,
Directors : Ling Chang,

A prince (Fei Meng) wants to marry a commoner, but that's a major no-no in feudal China. When the girl's parents are brutally murdered, however, a kung fu master known as the Silver Fox ...

Actors : Ben Ko Chu, Emily Chu, Yun-Kin Chow, Norman Chu,
Directors : Wilson Tong,

Ah-fei and Dragon, students under the brother kung-fu masters Shorty and Uncle, are sent to clear the ghosts out of a haunted house. After a brief search, they soon find that the "ghosts" ...

Actors : Barry Prima, Rukman Herman, Advent Bangun, Gino Makasutji,
Directors : Worod Suma,

Dutch colonial army in West Java holds a tournament to select the best warrior to confront local freedom fighter Parmin (Jaka Sembung). The winner is a blind swordsman. Things get complicated when magician seductress Dewi Magi intervenes.

Actors : Bjørg Marit Aga, Kristian Figenschow, Guri Johnson, Trond Peter Stamsø Munch,
Directors : Morten Kolstad,

Ronny and Jørgen live in a Norwegian town called Svolvær (Lofoten, Norway). They come up with the brilliant idea, starting up an illegal radio-channel called "Radio Feskslog".

Actors : Rakesh Roshan, Anita Raj, Rajinikanth, Ranjeeta Kaur,
Directors : R. Thyagaraajan,

Thakur Vikram Singh (Om Shivpuri) is informed by a museum curator that an ancestral sword donated by his father has been stolen. This is important because it bore half the location of a ...

Actors : Sikander Bharti, Yogesh Chhabra, Ved Goswami, Sudha Chopra,
Directors : Veerendra,

After her truck-driver husband, Harnam, is arrested for drug-trafficking, Laajo and her two sons, Nathuram and Jeet, are asked to leave the village by the Sarpanch. They re-locate to ...

Actors : Manjushree, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Ajit,
Directors : Bimal Rawal,

Sunil lives a middle-class life with his brother, Raju, and mom. Raju has fallen into bad company, and Sunil attempts to counsel him against this, but in vain, and as a result there are ...

Actors : Amjad Khan, Parveen Babi, Shatrughan Sinha, Shakti Kapoor,
Directors : Amjad Khan,

Inspector Sunil Rana (Shatrughan Sinha) has been assigned the case of triple-homicide of the Sinha family, namely Mr. Sinha (Ashok Kumar); his son Inspector Rohan (Vinod Mehra), and Rohan's...

Actors : Richard Harrison, Don Gordon Bell, Bruce Baron, Philip Gamboa,
Directors : Teddy Page,

"Hunter's crossing" is about a mercenary (Bruce Baron as Al Hunter) trying to rescue a millionnaire's son raptured by Filipino pirates.