1980s action films

The list of action films of the 1980s includes movies of the action genre released between 1980 and 1989. It does not claim to be complete.

year	title	Country of production	Director	main actor	annotation
1980	The puppeteer	Italy France	Georges Lautner	Jean-Paul Belmondo
1980	The supercop	United States Spain Italy	Sergio Corbucci	Terence Hill
1980	Buddy hits Luke	Italy	Michele Lupo	Bud Spencer	continuation
1980	Every head has its price	United States	Buzz Kulik	Steve McQueen
1980	Full throttle to San Fernando	United States	Buddy Van Horn	Clint Eastwood	continuation
1980	Superman II - Alone Against All	United States United Kingdom	Richard Lester	Christopher Reeve	Continuation , continued , comic adaptation
1980	The Exterminator I	United States	James Glickenhaus	Robert Ginty	Continued
1980	The big fight	Hong Kong United States	Robert Clouse	Jackie Chan
1980	Penalty for the great bull	Italy	Bruno Corbucci	Tomás Milián
1980	Mercenaries have no mercy	Hong Kong	Tsui Hark	Lo Lieh
1981	Night hawk	United States	Bruce Malmuth	Sylvester Stallone
1981	The loner	United States	Michael Mann	James Caan
1981	the rattlesnake	United Kingdom United States	John Carpenter	Kurt Russell	Continued
1981	Condorman	United Kingdom	Charles Jarrott	Michael Crawford	Book adaptation
1981	All hell breaks loose on the highway	United States Hong Kong	Hal Needham	Burt Reynolds	Continued
1981	Hunter of the lost treasure	United States	Steven Spielberg	Harrison Ford	Continued
1981	Two aces come up trumps	Italy United States	Sergio Corbucci	Bud Spencer , Terence Hill
1981	The professional	France	Georges Lautner	Jean-Paul Belmondo
1981	The giant	United States	Steve Carver	Chuck Norris
1981	Mad Max II - The Executor	Australia	George Miller	Mel Gibson	Continuation , continued
1981	Sharky and his pros	United States	Burt Reynolds	Burt Reynolds
1982	Blade runner	United States Hong Kong United Kingdom	Ridley Scott	Harrison Ford	Book adaptation
1982	The man without mercy	United States	Michael Winner	Charles Bronson	Continuation , continued
1982	Conan the barbarian	United States	John Milius	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Continued
1982	Cold anger	United States	James Fargo	Chuck Norris
1982	The 1984 class	Canada	Mark L. Lester	Perry King
1982	Rocky III - The Eye of the Tiger	United States	Sylvester Stallone	Sylvester Stallone	Continuation , continued
1982	The Riffs - We are the violence	Italy	Enzo G. Castellari	Vic Morrow
1982	Rambo	United States	Ted Kotcheff	Sylvester Stallone	Continued
1982	48 hours only	United States	Walter Hill	Eddie Murphy	Continued
1982	If he wants to go to hell, let him go	United States Japan	John Frankenheimer	Scott Glenn
1983	The flying eye	United States	John Badham	Roy Scheider
1983	A man like dynamite	United States	J. Lee Thompson	Charles Bronson
1983	McQuade the wolf	United States	Steve Carver	Chuck Norris
1983	never say Never	United Kingdom United States Federal Republic of Germany	Irvin Kershner	Sean Connery	Remake
1983	Dirty Harry comes back	United States	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood	Continuation , continued
1983	Superman III - The Steel Lightning	United Kingdom United States	Richard Lester	Christopher Reeve	Continuation , continued , comic adaptation
1983	The Last Warrior - fighters of a lost world	Italy United States	David Worth	Robert Ginty
1984	The liquidator	Mexico United States United Kingdom	J. Lee Thompson	Charles Bronson
1984	Down	BR Germany	Carl Schenkel	Götz George
1984	Streets on fire	United States	Walter Hill	Michael Paré
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	United States	Steven Spielberg	Harrison Ford	Continuation , continued
1984	All hell has broken loose on the highway again	United States Hong Kong	Hal Needham	Burt Reynolds	continuation
1984	Conan the destroyer	United States	Richard Fleischer	Arnold Schwarzenegger	continuation
1984	Four fists against Rio	Italy	Enzo Barboni	Bud Spencer , Terence Hill
1984	Missing in action	United States	Joseph Zito	Chuck Norris	Continued
1984	Terminator	United Kingdom United States	James Cameron	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Continued
1984	Supergirl	United Kingdom United States	Jeannot Szwarc	Faye Dunaway	Film adaptation
1984	Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve this case	United States	Martin Brest	Eddie Murphy	Continued
1984	City Heat - The cop and the snoop	United States	Richard Benjamin	Clint Eastwood
1985	Cusack - The silent one	United States	Andrew Davis	Chuck Norris
1985	James Bond 007 - In the Face of Death	United Kingdom United States	John Glen	Roger Moore	Continuation , continued
1985	Missing in Action 2 - The Return	United States	Lance Hool	Chuck Norris	Continuation , continued
1985	Red Sonja	Netherlands United States	Richard Fleischer	Arnold Schwarzenegger , Brigitte Nielsen	Book adaptation
1985	Rambo II - The Order	United States	George P. Cosmatos	Sylvester Stallone	Continuation , continued
1985	Mad Max - Beyond the Thunderdome	Australia	George Miller , George Ogilvie	Mel Gibson	continuation
1985	The specialists	France	Patrice Leconte	Bernard Giraudeau , Gérard Lanvin
1985	Quatermain - In search of the treasure of the kings	United States	J. Lee Thompson	Richard Chamberlain	Book adaptation , continued
1985	The Phantom Command	United States	Mark L. Lester	Arnold Schwarzenegger
1985	The Miami cops	Italy	Bruno Corbucci	Bud Spencer , Terence Hill
1985	Invasion USA	United States	Joseph Zito	Chuck Norris
1986	Delta Force	United States Israel	Menahem Golan	Chuck Norris	Continued
1985	Remo - unarmed and dangerous	United States	Guy Hamilton	Fred Ward	Continued
1985	To live and die in LA	United States	William Friedkin	William Petersen
1985	American fighter	United States	Sam Firstenberg	Michael Dudikoff	Continued
1985	Express to hell	United States	Andrei Konchalovsky	Jon Voight
1985	Police story	Hong Kong	Jackie Chan	Jackie Chan	Continued
1985	Target - target	United States	Arthur Penn	Gene Hackman
1985	Death Wish III - The Avenger of New York	United States	Michael Winner	Charles Bronson	Continuation , continued
1986	F / X - Deadly Tricks	United States	Robert Mandel	Bryan Brown
1986	Top Gun - you fear neither death nor the devil	United States	Tony Scott	Tom Cruise
1986	The city shark	United States	John Irvin	Arnold Schwarzenegger
1986	Number 5 is alive!	United States	John Badham	Ally Sheedy	Continued
1986	The City Cobra	United States	George P. Cosmatos	Sylvester Stallone
1986	Aliens - The Return	United States United Kingdom	James Cameron	Sigourney Weaver	Continuation , continued
1986	These two are beyond belief	United States	Peter Hyams	Gregory Hines
1986	Rhea M - It started without warning	United States	Stephen King	Emilio Estevez	Book adaptation
1986	Quatermain II - In search of the mysterious city	United States	Richard Chamberlain	Gary Nelson	Continuation , book adaptation
1986	Karate tiger	United States Hong Kong	Corey Yuen	Kurt McKinne	Continued
1987	Over the top	United States	Menahem Golan	Sylvester Stallone
1987	Extinguished	United States	Walter Hill	Nick Nolte
1987	James Bond 007 - The Living Daylights	United Kingdom	John Glen	Timothy Dalton	Continuation , continued
1987	Predator	United States	John McTiernan	Arnold Schwarzenegger	continuation
1987	Lethal Weapon - Two tough professionals	United States	Richard Donner	Mel Gibson , Danny Glover	Continued
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	United States	Tony Scott	Eddie Murphy	Continuation , continued
1987	Masters of the Universe	United States	Gary Goddard	Dolph Lundgren
1987	RoboCop	United States	Paul Verhoeven	Peter Weller	Continued
1987	Karate Tiger 2	Hong Kong United States	Corey Yuen	Loren Avedon	Continuation , continued
1987	Braddock - Missing in Action 3	United States	Aaron Norris	Chuck Norris	continuation
1988	The cat	BR Germany	Dominik Graf	Götz George
1987	Superman IV - The world on the brink	United Kingdom United States	Sidney J. Furie	Christopher Reeve	Continuation , comic adaptation
1987	Running man	United States	Paul Michael Glaser	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Book adaptation
1987	Death Wish IV - The white in the eye	United States	J. Lee Thompson	Charles Bronson	Continuation , continued
1988	Little Nikita	United States	Richard Benjamin	Sidney Poitier
1988	Bloodsport	United States	Newt Arnold	Jean-Claude van Damme	Continued
1988	Action Jackson	United States	Craig R. Baxley	Carl Weathers
1988	Nico	United States Hong Kong	Andrew Davis	Steven Seagal
1988	Rambo III	United States	Peter MacDonald	Sylvester Stallone	Continuation , continued
1988	Murderous lead	United States	Roger Spottiswoode	Sidney Poitier
1988	Red Heat	United States	Walter Hill	Arnold Schwarzenegger
1988	Die Hard	United States	John McTiernan	Bruce Willis	Book adaptation, continued
1988	The game of death	United States	Buddy Van Horn	Clint Eastwood	continuation
1988	Hero - The Supercop	United States	William Firs	Chuck Norris	Book adaptation
1988	tequila Sunrise	United States	Robert Towne	Mel Gibson
1989	Karate Tiger 3 - The kickboxer	United States	Mark DiSalle , David Worth	Jean-Claude Van Damme	continuation
1989	Cyborg	United States	Albert Pyun	Jean-Claude van Damme	Continued
1989	Road House	United States	Rowdy Herrington	Patrick Swayze	Continued
1989	James Bond 007 - License to Kill	United Kingdom United States	John Glen	Timothy Dalton	Continuation , continued
1989	Focus LA	United States	Richard Donner	Mel Gibson , Danny Glover	Continuation , continued
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	United States	Steven Spielberg	Harrison Ford	Continuation , continued
1989	Batman	United States United Kingdom	Tim Burton	Michael Keaton	Continued , comic adaptation
1989	Black Rain	United States	Ridley Scott	Michael Douglas
1989	Tango and Cash	United States	Andrei Konchalovsky	Sylvester Stallone , Kurt Russell
1989	The killer	Hong Kong	John Woo	Chow Yun-Fat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ information from IMDb taken