1980s action drama films

1985 film by Akira Kurosawa

1984 film directed by John G. Avildsen

1986 film by George P. Cosmatos

1986 American film directed by John G. Avildsen

1989 American film directed by John G. Avildsen

1989 film by John Flynn

1985 film by Wolfgang Petersen

1985 film directed by Sammo Hung and Fruit Chan

1985 film by John Boorman

1988 film by Aleksandr Proshkin

Knightriders is a 1981 American action drama film written and directed by George A. Romero and starring Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll, Patricia Tallman, and Christine Forrest. It was filmed entirely on location in the Pittsburgh metro area, including Fawn Township and Natrona during the summer of 1980.

1985 film directed by Matthew Robbins

1988 film by Wong Kar-wai

1983 film by Tatineni Rama Rao

1989 film by Tsui Hark

1986 film by Richard C. Sarafian

1981 film by Mikhail Tumanishvili

1986 film by Mikhail Tumanishvili

1980 Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla

1989 film by John Milius

Navajeros () is a 1980 Spanish-Mexican action drama film, written and directed by Eloy de la Iglesia and starring José Luis Manzano, Isela Vega and Jaime Garza. The plot follows the misadventures of El Jaro, a teen delinquent. It is based on the real life of José Joaquín Sánchez Frutos, aka "El Jaro". The film was a co-production between Spain and Mexico where it was released as Dulces navajas. The film was a commercial success in Spain and Mexico. It is considered one of the classics of the quinqui film genre.''''

1985 film

1981 film directed by Andrey Igorevitsj Maljukov

1982 film by Mikhail Tumanishvili

Ghulami () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by J. P. Dutta (in his directorial debut). The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Reena Roy, Anita Raj, Raza Murad and Om Shivpuri. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Gulzar and the music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal, who would go on to collaborate with Dutta in all his films until Kshatriya (1993). It was shot at Fatehpur, Rajasthan. Amitabh Bachchan narrated the film.

1989 film by B. Gopal

Geraftaar () is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Prayag Raaj. The movie produced by S. Ramanathan. It starred Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Madhavi, Poonam Dhillon in lead roles. Rajinikanth played a cameo role as friend of Amitabh Bachchan. The film is one of the highest-grossing movie of the year 1985.

1983 film by S. Ramanathan

1983 film by Rudolf Fruntov

1986 film by Ashim Samanta

1984 film by Rajendra Singh Babu

1988 television film directed by Jerry Schatzberg

1986 film by Gil Bettman

1987 Hindi film directed by Tatineni Rama Rao

1983 Hindi film directed by Pramod Chakravorty

1985 film by Jonathan Sanger

1985 film by Stephen Gyllenhaal

1988 film by Kovelamudi Bapayya

1987 film by Aleksei Saltykov

1987 film directed by Patrick Tam

1982 Hindi action film

Joshilaay () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi and Shekhar Kapur (). The film stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajesh Vivek and Satish Kaushik in the lead roles.

Dacait () is a 1987 Indian epic dacoit Western film, produced and directed by Rahul Rawail. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Urmila Matondkar, Rakhee Gulzar, Shafi Inamdar, Suresh Oberoi, Paresh Rawal and Raza Murad.

1985 film by José Giovanni

1987 film by Fabrizio De Angelis

1989 film

1980 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

1983 Tamil film directed by S. P. Muthuraman

1989 film

1982 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

1985 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

1989 Telugu-language crime drama film directed by Ram Gopal Varma

1983 film by K. Raghavendra Rao

1980 Telugu action-drama film directed by O.S.R.

1989 film by Wong Jing, Jimmy Heung

1987 Hindi film directed by Deepak Shivdasani

1988 film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy

1983 film by Deb Mukherjee

Daata () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed and produced by Sultan Ahmed. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure, Suresh Oberoi, Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Amrish Puri in pivotal roles. The film was a big hit.

Diljalaa is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film, starring Jackie Shroff, Farah in lead roles. It was written by Vinay Shukla and directed by director Bapu. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. The film was produced by Romesh Sharma.