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1980s Action Movies

Public list by WPS with 314 movies or TV shows/series

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Top Gun(1986)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Action, Adventure
3.5/5 (with 3,907 votes)

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

Aliens(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 17min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
4.0/5 (with 4,429 votes)

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
3.3/5 (with 1,711 votes)

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

First Blood(1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
3.7/5 (with 2,872 votes)

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

Rambo III(1988)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 42min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
3.1/5 (with 1,367 votes)

Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.

Commando(1985)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,208 votes)

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.

Red Dawn(1984)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 54min | Action, Thriller, War, Drama
3.2/5 (with 315 votes)

It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.

Superman II(1980)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.4/5 (with 1,043 votes)

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.

Cobra(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 27min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 731 votes)

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.

They Live(1988)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 34min | Science Fiction, Action
3.7/5 (with 1,265 votes)

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.

Never Say Never Again(1983)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 14min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 653 votes)

James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge.

Young Guns(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 47min | Western, Crime, Action, Adventure
3.3/5 (with 388 votes)

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

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American Ninja(1985)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 35min | Action
3.0/5 (with 172 votes)

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.

Sheena(1984)

2.9/5 (with 59 votes)

Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.

The Delta Force(1986)

FSK: 18+ years
| 2h 5min | Action, Thriller, Adventure
3.0/5 (with 168 votes)

A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.

Raw Deal(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 46min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 330 votes)

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.

Iron Eagle(1986)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 57min | Action
2.7/5 (with 124 votes)

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.

Game of Death II(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 36min | Drama, Action
2.8/5 (with 71 votes)

In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. When Lo's younger brother Lo hears about the incident, he leaves his Buddhist master to investigate the truth. His trail soon leads him to the Castle of Death, the last place Chin Ku was seen alive. There, he meets and befriends an unlikely ally--a cruel and merciless martial arts expert who is also the tower's master. But when the master dies under mysterious circumstances, Lo ends up dueling with someone far more terrifying.

Vampire Hunter D(1985)

1h 20min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
3.3/5 (with 204 votes)

In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.

Directed by Toyoo Ashida

Missing in Action(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 41min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
2.9/5 (with 196 votes)

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure starring martial arts superstar Chuck Norris.Following a daring escape from a Vietnamese POW camp, Special Forces Colonel James Braddock (Norris) is on a mission to locate and save remaining MIAs.

Scanners(1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 43min | Science Fiction, Horror
3.4/5 (with 536 votes)

After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them.

The Millionaires' Express(1986)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 34min | Action, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 21 votes)

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Wanted: Dead or Alive(1987)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 44min | Action, Crime
3.0/5 (with 44 votes)

Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, and Randall's employers tell him where to find him. This results in the death of his best friend, Sgt. Danny Quintz, and his girlfriend, Terry, eventually forcing a showdown on the waterfront.

A Better Tomorrow II(1987)

1h 45min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 107 votes)

A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.

Invasion U.S.A.(1985)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 47min | Action
2.9/5 (with 126 votes)

A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.

The Philadelphia Experiment(1984)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 160 votes)

Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.

Eastern Condors(1987)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 37min | Action, Adventure, War
3.6/5 (with 36 votes)

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missiles that the US left behind during the pull-out.

Action Jackson(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Action, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 94 votes)

Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

Ninja III: The Domination(1984)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 32min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
3.0/5 (with 48 votes)

A female aerobic instructor is possessed by the soul of a fallen ninja when coming to his aid. The spirit seeks revenge on those who killed him and uses the instructor's body to carry out his mission. The only way the spirit will leave her body is with the help of another ninja.

The Incredible Hulk Returns(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 40min | Action, Drama, Adventure, TV Movie
3.1/5 (with 52 votes)

Dr. David Banner meets a former student, who has a magical hammer that summons Thor, a Norse god who is prevented from entering Valhalla. When the two superheroes stop feuding long enough to breathe, they are a team unmatched by any of their enemies.

Directed by Nicholas J. Corea - With Bill Bixby
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