Best Action movies of 1980s

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 : Martin Balsam, Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter,
Directors : Michael Winner,

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Actors : Julian Sands, Richard E. Grant, 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 : 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 : 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 : Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Danny Lee, Yun-Fat Chow,
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.

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

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

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 : 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 : 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 : Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Richard Benjamin,

A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Sarah Rowland Doroff, Martin Short, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Francis Veber,

A reformed bank robber is taken hostage by a desperate man during a bank hold up, but is forced to go on the run with his captor when they're both mistakenly thought to be in cahoots.

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.