Alexander Zale, Votes: Action, Crime, Drama. 0. Kristine DeBell, Sally Yeh, Action, Adventure, Drama. 129 min 13,905 Jill Ireland, Action, Drama, War, The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. Mats Helge Olsson | 91 min Reni Santoni, | Rae Dawn Chong, Action, A weapons expert is sent to Vietnam to demonstrate a new weapon he has just invented, but he is captured during a Viet Cong attack and imprisoned in a POW camp. Action. | 87 min | Director: 8,966 | | Michael Winner James Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates an organisation posing as a hitman. Director: The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker. Arthur Roberts, Votes: World in Action (TV Series 1963–1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. $34.67M, R Lung Ti, Hanna Bieniuszewicz, | Sylvester Stallone, Rate. | John McTiernan | Stars: Yun-Fat Chow, $39.57M. Action, Crime, Drama. Lynn-Holly Johnson, Votes: Richard Donner Joe Pesci, Paul Verhoeven 109 min Action, War. Lung Ti, Stars: Director: Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age. Yun-Fat Chow, 104 min A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate. 797,093 | | Gross: | A scientist who helped saved the ozone layer in the 1980s weighs in on why it's been harder for science to lead to action on climate change. Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. 2. Tony Pierce, | $1.35M, R Director: Stars: Director: Stars: Peggy Rowe, R https://www.infoplease.com/history/world/1980-1989-world-history Kevin Peter Hall, James Cameron Director: Action, Horror. Its production teams often took audacious risks and gained a solid reputation for its often unorthodox, some said left-wing, approach. | Gross: | George P. Cosmatos Jim Belushi, Dan Hedaya, | Gross: James Glickenhaus Leslie Cheung, Henry Silva, Director: Stars: Giancarlo Prete, Votes: A talented martial arts student goes after his expelled brother, who get into bad company. John McTiernan Stars: | | 105 min Carl Weathers, Andrew Robinson, Votes: Yun-Fat Chow, Rate. Emily Chu, R The 1980s were a time of very active American military intervention around the world. Yun-Fat Chow, Stars: | Michael Biehn, Stars: Cannon, Votes: $147.25M, R | Gross: A ruthless vehicular gang rules the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Stars: 167,290 This is chronological list of action films released in the 1980s. | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Richard Lynch, Michael Dudikoff, Director: Stars: The most popular of these were the Beverly Hills Cop , Die Hard , Lethal Weapon , and Rambo franchises. We say "1980s" and our imagination is drawn to the bright lights of dance halls and neon lights of video arcades. Stars: Arizal | Gross: | | Gross: | | | Roger Moore, Action, Crime, Thriller. Stars: | | Gross: | | Carole Bouquet, Director: Director: | | | | 8. Director: Stars: Kwok-Hung Lam, Not sure about the geography of the middle east? | | Gwendolyn Hung, | 656,093 Miki Kim, Votes: | Bill Wallace, Anita Mui, An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves ... See full summary », Director: $53.42M, R Mark Goldblatt Several action film franchises were also launched during the 1980s. When his friend betrays him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle. In the 1980s, the World … | Richard Norton, A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. Robert Ginty, Teddy Page 137 min Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust. Action, Crime, Thriller. | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Arizal The wonderful, evocative theme tune can be heard below, although it’s marred slightly by claims to its authorship. | Gross: R Action, Crime, Sci-Fi. Talisa Soto, Votes: Nancy Allen, 91 min Robert F. Lyons, These military actions can mostly be grouped into one of several categores: 1. Stars: Stars: 373,354 | Jim Brown, Votes: 81 min Dan O'Herlihy, William Prince, Votes: In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. Action, War. Stars: | Bruce Spence, Another pioneering aspect of World in Action's approach was the dramatised reconstruction; the long Birmingham Six campaign eventually resulted in a feature-length drama-documentary, Who Bombed Birmingham? Landmark investigations included the Poulson Affair, corruption in the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad, the exposure of the shadowy and violent far-right group Combat 18, investigations into L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology and, most notably, a long campaign which resulted in the release from prison of the Birmingham Six, six Irishmen falsely accused of planting Provisional Irish Republican Army(I… | | With Paul Greengrass. | Action, Adventure, Thriller. Vernon Wells, Votes: Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape. | Oil yourself up and grab a bazooka! It was renowned for its hard hitting, campaigning journalistic style and was normally on primetime at about 8pm. Director: 89 min 132 min Cherie Chung, 7. William Steis, R | A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation. $62.30M, PG-13 Jackie Chan, Director: Meanwhile, Hong Kong action cinema was being revolutionized by Jackie Chan, Tsui Hark, and John Woo; garnering increased attention all over the world with films like Police Story (1985) and The Killer (1989). Director: Walter Hill Director: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. | Nuclear particles go missing at Britain's leading re-processing plant - a World in Action investigation. 91 min | Enzo G. Castellari 5. Chuck Norris, | 107 min Tony Ka Fai Leung, $22.81M, R Virgil Frye, | Action, Adventure, Comedy. Robert Clouse Director: $5.73M, R A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion. | Gross: J.D. Danny Glover, $59.74M, R Lenore Kasdorf, Votes: $0.98M, R Paul Michael Glaser Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Action, Crime, Drama. Rate. | | Director: Bo F. Munthe, Check ourencyclopedia for a gloss on thousands of topics from biographies to the table of elements. Action, Comedy, Crime. Chuck Norris, 105 min That's until a muscled hero named Slade builds the ultimate machine gun - Equalizer 2000, and declares a one man war on the gang's "piece of garbage" leader. John Milius | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Norman Chu, R | Gross: Stars: Director: Mike Abbott, Timothy Dalton, | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rate. Action, Adventure, Thriller. $38.12M, R 92,946 A Vietnam War veteran who now living in Indonesia discovers that gunmen invaded his home, murdered his son and his wife. Rate. 93 min A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country. Infoplease is part of the FEN Learning family of educational and reference sites for parents, teachers and students. | Valeria D'Obici, Giancarlo Prete, Director: 1,055 93 min Richard Harrison, 3. 107 min | Stars: He brings hell down upon them. (tx. Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. After capturing a drug lord, Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. 89 min Sigourney Weaver, From the beginning, and especially from the late 1960s, World in Action broke new ground in investigative techniques. | Fred Williamson, Ronny Yu Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators. | Curt Broberg, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon. Stars: | | $83.01M, R Infoplease is a reference and learning site, combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several almanacs loaded with facts. Colonel Braddock launches a mission deep into the jungles of Vietnam to find the POW camp that he escaped from and free the Americans still held captive there. In a postapocalyptic future, a ruthless vehicular gang called the Highway Warriors is conquering the wasteland through murder and plunder. | Gross: Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge. $47.21M, 16+ 111 min Episode of World In Action from Monday 27th June 1977.A look at youth unemployment focusing on 2 teenagers from Liverpool. | Director: 95 min Louis Gossett Jr., 162,861 95 min Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Keith Vitali, Ann Milhench, R Director: Linda Hamilton, Bill Tung, R Stars: 103 min | Gross: | Learn about one of the world's oldest and most popular religions. As the cinematic landscape evolved, … Stars: The world instantly embraced the new princess and her style reflected popular trends throughout the decade. Pages in category "1980s adventure films" The following 132 pages are in this category, out of 132 total. George Eastman, Director: 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. | Michael Winner | A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city. Add Image. Tetchie Agbayani, Director: Stars: | 101 min Laura Banks, Conan Lee, Director: $6.33M, R | Bonnie Bedelia, Action. Dolph Lundgren, | Anna Kanakis, R Stars: 97 min When he grows up he becomes a fearless, invincible fighter. | 127 min Jeremiah Sullivan, A reign of terror, violence and murder began that lasted more than eight years. Elpidia Carrillo, Votes: Director: Kong Chu, 82 min | Stars: 14,628 | Stars: 234,382 | Gross: Action, Adventure. Director: $34.99M, PG | Mike Abbott, R | Gross: 67,938 Krzysztof Kolberger, Director: Jackie Chan Ida Iasha, | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, TV-MA Alberta Watson, Jackie Chan, 6. Often there may be … Michael Beck, Learn more about the world with our collection of regional and country maps. 101 min Deborah Geffner, 237,989 Arnold Schwarzenegger, | Please consult our full legal disclaimer. World in Action (1963–1998) ... 13 Oct. 1980 The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier. Robert Clouse 88 min Jackie Chan Tell us what you think about this feature. Linda Grovenor, R Action, Crime, Thriller. Learn more on HISTORY.com. | We've got you covered with our map collection. Richard Donner Rate. Yun-Fat Chow, Mitchell Ryan, Votes: 14,173 | | 28/3/1990). | John Woo Robert Patrick, The Berlin Conference and the Partition of Africa, Keeping Your Brain Active in a COVID-19 World. 89 min Aki Aleong, Eddy Ko, R Director: Director: | 96 min Deborah Raffin, | Director: Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities. 102 min H. Tjut Djalil In a special report by the World In Action team, the full extent of the horror of Amin's regime is revealed for the first time on 1970's television. After ninjas killed his family, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. 5,863 War, Drama, A young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don't respect him until he gets wounded and returns to be a wiser soldier and a better commander, Director: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Michael DeLorenzo, Votes: 107 min A documentary series focusing on current affairs. Cabinet ministers fell victim to its probings. | Gross: Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko. Director: | 96 min Action, Adventure, Crime. | Gross: | Tango & Cash, an action-comedy starring Stallone and Kurt Russell, was one of the two last Hollywood films to be released in the 1980s. Ted Kotcheff A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans. Michael Biehn, 4. Vincent Gardenia, Stars: The spirit of an ancient evil queen posesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage. Brigitte Nielsen, | Lynda Wiesmeier, 1). | | | Mark L. Lester Eddy Ko, Action, Thriller. | 85 min Action, Adventure, Drama, The Republiic of China was still young, Shihai and the warlords were against Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. Long and his gang roamed the northern mountain areas. 2,204 Action, Adventure, Thriller. Pai Wei, The Hong Kong supercop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers, while the villains of Police Story (1985) are out for revenge. Creator Tim Hewat. | A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joseph P. McGlynn, R Barbara Anne Constable, | Peter Weller, Stars: | Director: All other material, including data produced by third parties and made available by Our World in Data, is subject to the license terms from the original third-party authors. George Miller Danny Aiello, | Gross: Action, Comedy, Crime. Christopher Mitchum, 87 min $49.04M, R Ken Wahl, John Woo During a raid, they kidnap the sister of a road warrior named Trace. James Cameron | Gross: Action, Thriller. Stars: Vowing revenge, he begins to track down the culprits, learning that they're in the employ of his business rival. | $65.21M, R | Arnold Schwarzenegger, | Stars: $3.74M, R When Frank Castle's family is murdered by criminals, he wages war on crime as a vigilante assassin known only as The Punisher. | Sam Firstenberg Dean Shek, R | | A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them. Peter Boyle, An American gymnast travels to a foreign country to compete in a deadly game not won by anyone other than a native in more than 900 years. | Gross: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Baron, James Earl Jones, | He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. $16.12M, PG-13 | James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel, equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. | | Gross: David Tress, Arizal Most of the technology left in the world is on par with the mid- to late 1800s, but there are some newer weapons around. Arnold Schwarzenegger, | On 25 January 1971, Idi Amin overthrew the president of Uganda, Dr. Milton Obote. | Dicky Zulkarnaen, 92 min | Maggie Cheung, | Carrie Henn, Victor Arnold, Votes: Cirio H. Santiago Stars: Claudia Angelique Rademaker, Lasting four decades (from the 60s to the 90s) this Granada-produced programme was fearless, trailblazing and hard-hitting, choosing subjects that other programmes would not dare to touch and regularly getting into trouble with the ITV regulators and - at times - the Government. | He is rescued not long ... See full summary », Director: Director: 90 min Action, Adventure, Thriller. | | Enzo G. Castellari Martin Balsam, Votes: | Chia-Liang Liu | | | Ching-Ying Lam, | 1. Peter O'Brian, Action, Comedy, Crime. Roland Harrah III, Hark Tsui Joseph Zito Lily Li, R Action, Crime, Drama. 92 min Novel 1987– Unspecified Wraeththu: A series of novels set in a world created by Storm Constantine – humanity is replaced as the planet's dominant species by a race of mystic hermaphrodites. Stars: | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Leslie Cheung, Reginald VelJohnson, Votes: Director: M. Emmet Walsh, Mario Van Peebles, Mark Buntzman Bill McKinney, Votes: $85.16M, Not Rated | Richard Norton, Erik Estrada, Paul Winfield, Votes: | | Shô Kosugi, Biao Yuen, Action, Crime, Thriller. Brian Dennehy, | Stars: But beyond entertainment, some major world events took place in the '80s such as intense development of the space area and sharp political conflicts. Carey Lowell, Bruce Willis, You wouldn't expect a gritty Willem Dafoe–Diane Lane action musical to spawn a soft-rock warhorse, but hey, this is the ’80s we're talking about. | | 87 min Director: Melissa Prophet, Action, Crime, Thriller. | Cirio H. Santiago Director: Charles Bronson, | The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York City of a drug lord and his gang. | Gross: Director: | John Woo Stars: A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. | Gross: Kien Shih, R Kurt Thomas, | A lethal hunter of bad guys tries to retrieve a microfilm containing information that would cause a Wall Street panic and an economic crisis for Western governments. | | Stars: Enzo G. Castellari | Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Mel Gibson, 4,540 Harley Cokeliss | Director: Ida Iasha, James Glickenhaus Pop culture also had world renown events in music and technology. Mel Gibson, Ed Lauter, 147,248 Kim Miyori, R | | | Gross: 141,956 Aaron Norris Brush up on your geography and finally learn what countries are in Eastern Europe with our maps. | A young Asian-American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fighting competition. Cold War Actions--The Cold War with the Soviet Union and its allies Cuba and Nicaragua, was still in full swing, and American deployements to Grenada and Central American nations of El Salvador and Honduras were done in … Action, Crime, Drama. Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Stars: Our editors update and regularly refine this enormous body of information to bring you reliable information. | 137,923 Michael Preston, Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. 82 min Director: A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter. Edward Michael Bell, Votes: | 86 min | Gross: Director: 64,894 Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers. Gary Busey, This list may not reflect recent changes (). A crazed physician invents a death ray and threatens to destroy San Francisco unless he is paid $10 million. Annie McEnroe, 90 min Director: Sandahl Bergman, Votes: $12.47M, PG After his daughter Nadia is also kidnapped and brought deep into the heart of Russia, a group of highly trained ninjas, led ... See full summary », Director: Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom. Action, Sci-Fi. A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of 'Lethal Weapon'. Danny Glover, Mako, R | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. 1,611 Probably the most famous product of The World In Action is the 7 Up series of documentaries with Michael Apted monitoring a dozen school children every seven years; 7 Up in 1963, 14 Up in 1970, 21 Up in 1977, 28 Up in 1984, 35 Up in 1991 and 42 Up in 1998. In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. | $17.54M, 88 min Joseph Zito Our World In Data is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1186433). Charles Bronson, Stars: Producers Tim Hewat David Plowright Leslie Woodhead | ... and the activities of the controversial Animal Liberation Front who believe more militant action is needed to end unnecessary cruelty to animals. John Glen Yun-Fat Chow, $35.10M, Not Rated | Max von Sydow, | Philippe Loffredo, 105 min Corinne Wahl, | Stars: Jackie Chan, | A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded. | A man travels from China to Vietnam, on the brink of war with America, to retrieve his uncle and cousin but find complications when he falls in love with a female gangster with a dangerous ex. Chuck Norris, Stars: Robert Davi, Director: Maria Conchita Alonso, | Patsy Kensit, Votes: Jackie Chan, WORLD IN ACTION was, undoubtedly, ITV's flagship current affairs programme. 227,801 9. Stars: With Chris Kelly, Andrew Brittain, Derek Cooper, Wilfrid Thomas. | 3,795 Other action films from the decade which are of notable status include The Terminator , Aliens , Predator , and RoboCop .