Best Action movies of 1980s

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 : John Agar, Mare Winningham, Lou Hancock, Anthony Edwards,
Directors : Steve De Jarnatt,

A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.

Actors : Pelé, Bobby Moore, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine,
Directors : John Huston,

As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

Actors : Charles Bronson, J.D. Cannon, Vincent Gardenia, Jill Ireland,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Mary Woronov,
Directors : Steve Miner,

A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.

Actors : Keith David, Basil Wallace, Steven Seagal, Joanna Pacula,
Directors : Dwight H. Little,

A retired DEA agent is out to hunt down and take out a Jamaican drug posse that has targeted he and his family for murder.

Actors : Noble Willingham, Brandon Call, Terry O'Quinn, Rutger Hauer,
Directors : Phillip Noyce,

A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.

Actors : Geraldine Page, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts,
Directors : Stuart Rosenberg,

Two cousins unknowingly rob the mob and face the dangerous consequences.

Actors : Norman Alden, Leonard Nimoy, Orson Welles, Robert Stack,
Directors : Nelson Shin,

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Actors : Bruce Campbell, Richard Roundtree, Laurene Landon, Tom Atkins,
Directors : William Lustig,

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.

Actors : Joel Grey, Fred Ward, J.A. Preston, Wilford Brimley,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinarily unique assassin in service of the US president.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Matt Salinger,
Directors : Albert Pyun,

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull.

Actors : Jim Nabors, Parker Stevenson, Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.

Actors : Kevin Tighe, James Belushi, Ed O'Neill, Mel Harris,
Directors : Rod Daniel,

To stop an elusive criminal, a maverick detective enlists the aid of a police dog who's an unusually intelligent smart alec.

Actors : Pamela Gidley, Jennifer Balgobin, David Andrews, Melanie Griffith,
Directors : Steve De Jarnatt,

In the year 2017, a rich man travels to the ends of the earth to find that the perfect woman is always under his nose. When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his animatronic ...

Actors : Lance Henriksen, Jenny Wright, Adrian Pasdar, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Kathryn Bigelow,

A small-town farmer's son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is turned by a beautiful drifter.

Actors : Powers Boothe, Yara Vaneau, William Rodriguez, Meg Foster,
Directors : John Boorman,

After the son of engineer Bill Markham is abducted by an aboriginal tribe on the edge of the rain forest, the engineer spends the next 10 years searching for him.

Actors : Paul Shenar, Sam Wanamaker, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : John Irvin,

A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

In 1881, cattle baron John Chisum pays a bounty to Patrick Floyd Garrett to kill outlaw Billy the Kid.

Actors : Roddy McDowall, Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten,
Directors : Mark L. Lester,

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.