Infoplease is part of the FEN Learning family of educational and reference sites for parents, teachers and students. Action, Comedy, Crime. $83.01M, R 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… | | Gross: Arthur Roberts, Votes: | Jim Brown, Votes: Aaron Norris Robert Patrick, https://www.infoplease.com/history/world/1980-1989-world-history Jackie Chan Cécile Le Bailly, 90 min A young Asian-American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fighting competition. Robert Ginty, 93 min Action, Thriller. Tony Ka Fai Leung, Peter Goldson, aka The Stabilizer, searches for drug smuggler Greg Rainmaker. Melissa Prophet, Learn more about the world with our collection of regional and country maps. Ching-Ying Lam, | 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. | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. | Henry Silva, 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. Tetchie Agbayani, Bruce Willis, O ne of the most enduring icons of eighties style is Princess Diana, the young woman who famously married into the British royal family in July 1981 (Fig. | A documentary series focusing on current affairs. Eddy Ko, R Bill Tung, R Mike Abbott, R 8,966 Michael Dudikoff, Learn about one of the world's oldest and most popular religions. Action, Adventure, Comedy. Jackie Chan, | | | Gross: 162,861 R Director: Rate. Chia-Liang Liu Craig Gavin, Yun-Fat Chow, | Bill Wallace, Gwendolyn Hung, Action, Adventure, Thriller. Alan Rickman, A talented martial arts student goes after his expelled brother, who get into bad company. Bo F. Munthe, Joseph P. McGlynn, R 2,204 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. | Jackie Chan, Pages in category "1980s adventure films" The following 132 pages are in this category, out of 132 total. Action, Crime, Thriller. Among the many gifts the 1980s gave to western civilization was the action film. Need a reference? Vowing revenge, he begins to track down the culprits, learning that they're in the employ of his business rival. 107 min Action, Crime, Sci-Fi. James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel, equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Director: Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, | | Stars: Director: Vernon Wells, Votes: $65.21M, R Ken Wahl, Director: (tx. | | | World in Action (TV Series 1963–1998) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 90 min A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them. Jeremiah Sullivan, Rainmaker killed Goldson's fiancee by kicking her with his spiked shoes, and now Goldson wants revenge. 1981-1990. | Robert Davi, 9. Kevin Peter Hall, | Gross: Action, Drama, War, The Thai government hires a group of Chinese mercenaries to capture a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. Pop culture also had world renown events in music and technology. 107 min 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. | Gross: | | | Stars: 227,801 | Gross: Mel Gibson, | William Prince, Votes: But beyond entertainment, some major world events took place in the '80s such as intense development of the space area and sharp political conflicts. As the cinematic landscape evolved, … | Action, Crime, Drama. | Gross: 4,116 | Rate. | Annie McEnroe, | Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, | $35.10M, Not Rated | Richard Donner Enzo G. Castellari | John Glen Oil yourself up and grab a bazooka! Director: 147,248 M. Emmet Walsh, On 25 January 1971, Idi Amin overthrew the president of Uganda, Dr. Milton Obote. World in Action (1963–1998) ... 13 Oct. 1980 The State of Britain - The Road to Brighton Pier. WORLD IN ACTION was, undoubtedly, ITV's flagship current affairs programme. | | Yaphet Kotto, | Gross: A crazed physician invents a death ray and threatens to destroy San Francisco unless he is paid $10 million. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom. | | The mercenaries manage to capture the drug lord, but soon find themselves ... See full summary », Director: Miki Kim, Votes: Paul Michael Glaser Sandy Alexander, | The world instantly embraced the new princess and her style reflected popular trends throughout the decade. Director: $10.33M, R Director: Stars: Rate. $6.19M, R Eddy Ko, William Steis, R | Arizal Shô Kosugi, | | Gross: Talisa Soto, Votes: 88 min Alberta Watson, 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. They are known as "The Pigtails" for the ... See full summary », Director: George P. Cosmatos | Carole Bouquet, | | Jackie Chan, Action, Comedy, Crime. The Berlin Conference and the Partition of Africa, Keeping Your Brain Active in a COVID-19 World. Kim Miyori, R A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. | Rate. | Stars: $16.10M, 2 of the best action scenes i've ever seen - the whole shootout scene where the car goes off the cliff.. and the fight in the hospital, Unrated | Stars: 82 min $1.41M, R In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. Arnold Schwarzenegger, | Ted Kotcheff Director: Jackie Chan, $39.57M. Action, Crime, Drama. Stars: Stars: It was renowned for its hard hitting, campaigning journalistic style and was normally on primetime at about 8pm. | | | With Chris Kelly, Andrew Brittain, Derek Cooper, Wilfrid Thomas. Aaron Norris Director: | A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break. 102 min Director: Mel Gibson, Tell us what you think about this feature. A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior. | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. $0.98M, R Chuck Norris, Edward Michael Bell, Votes: 95,525 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 … 7. Yun-Fat Chow, Kurt Thomas, Walter Hill Action, Crime, Thriller. Peter Weller, Action, Thriller. Dana Christina, R Stars: Ed Lauter, Maggie Cheung, $34.99M, PG Andrew Robinson, Votes: Infoplease is a reference and learning site, combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several almanacs loaded with facts. From the beginning, and especially from the late 1960s, World in Action broke new ground in investigative techniques. Michael Winner Director: | Robert F. Lyons, Opening Action Scene (14) Psychotronic Film (14) Rescue (14) Surprise Ending (14) 1980s (13) Punched In The Face (13) Villain (13) Battle (12) Black Comedy (12) Corpse (12) Deception (12) Disarming Someone (12) Evil Man (12) Exploding Body (12) Foot Chase (12) Karate (12) Massacre (12) Mercilessness (12) Mixed Martial Arts (12) Murder Of A Police Officer (12) Police Station (12) Cannon, Votes: $12.47M, PG Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans. | Gross: Mel Gibson, | | Maria Conchita Alonso, Stars: Nina Li Chi, Producers Tim Hewat David Plowright Leslie Woodhead Linda Hamilton, Our World In Data is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1186433). | Action, Crime, Thriller. | Gross: | Claudia Angelique Rademaker, 91 min 237,989 89 min Please consult our full legal disclaimer. 67,938 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. Hark Tsui Tango & Cash, an action-comedy starring Stallone and Kurt Russell, was one of the two last Hollywood films to be released in the 1980s. | Erik Estrada, Barbara Anne Constable, 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. Robert Clouse We've got you covered with our map collection. | Gross: | Action, Crime, Drama. | Action, Drama, Swedish scientist named Karl Markov is taken hostage by the KGB. | Yun-Fat Chow, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. 105 min | Gary Busey, Director: | 87 min | Action. | Richard Lynch, James Cameron $16.12M, PG-13 Fred Williamson, These military actions can mostly be grouped into one of several categores: 1. George Miller Stars: | Stars: Dan Hedaya, 105 min Arnold Schwarzenegger, 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. | Action, Comedy, Crime. Peter Boyle, | James Glickenhaus $6.33M, R Corinne Wahl, Other action films from the decade which are of notable status include The Terminator , Aliens , Predator , and RoboCop . | 4. | Stars: Danny Glover, Enzo G. Castellari Sylvester Stallone, Topol, 6. John Woo In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits. | Mark Gregory, | Often there may be … The wacky twosome are up in arms as they try to solve the murder of a heroin trafficker. | 132 min Kristine DeBell, Stars: Michael Pritchard, | Keith Vitali, Stars: For those outside the UK, World In Action was a British TV current affairs programme that ran from 1963-1998. Louis Gossett Jr., Action, War. $3.74M, R | 2. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stars: Ronny Cox, Votes: Stars: Director: John Woo James Glickenhaus Director: Vincent Gardenia, The wonderful, evocative theme tune can be heard below, although it’s marred slightly by claims to its authorship. | Learn more on HISTORY.com. James Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates an organisation posing as a hitman. | Yun-Fat Chow, | Gross: | Gross: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Carey Lowell, Robert Clouse Chuck Norris, Ka-Yan Leung, Jackie Chan Dicky Zulkarnaen, 92 min | Gross: Two newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers. Gary Watkins, | Gross: $147.25M, R 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. Patsy Kensit, Votes: Richard Crenna, Giancarlo Prete, | | Gross: Ida Iasha, Director: | 114 min $34.67M, R Stars: | $17.54M, 88 min | | Joe Pesci, Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. Gillie Beanz, | 14,173 3,795 Enzo G. Castellari Learn more about the mythic conflict between the Argives and the Trojans. Paul Verhoeven Arnold Schwarzenegger, Director: Director: 13,905 John Milius $49.04M, R Brian Dennehy, | Director: | | After ninjas killed his family, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. Michael DeLorenzo, Votes: Danny Lee, FEN Learning is part of Sandbox Networks, a digital learning company that operates education services and products for the 21st century. Harley Cokeliss 91 min Kwok-Hung Lam, $59.74M, R A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter. Joseph Zito Action, Horror. 1,055 $1.35M, R Action, Crime, Thriller. Conan Lee, 1. Director: Director: | Kien Shih, R | Joseph Zito 85 min Richard Harrison, Action, Adventure, Thriller. Rate. Mako, R H. Tjut Djalil Sylvester Stallone, Most of the technology left in the world is on par with the mid- to late 1800s, but there are some newer weapons around. Pai Wei, The 1980s were an era defined by conservative politics, the rise of computer technology and the end of the Cold War, as well as 1980s fashion and music. Action, Adventure, Thriller. Episode of World In Action from Monday 27th June 1977.A look at youth unemployment focusing on 2 teenagers from Liverpool. | | Gross: Victor Arnold, Votes: | 8. Ann Milhench, R This list may not reflect recent changes (). Director: Stars: Braddock mounts a one-man assault to free his wife and son who are still being held in a Vietnam prison camp. Action, Adventure. Christopher J. Hart, | Nancy Allen, Tony Pierce, Teddy Page Stars: Director: 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. Norman Chu, R | Gross: Yun-Fat Chow, 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. Cirio H. Santiago Frankie Faison, Votes: | Gross: Check ourencyclopedia for a gloss on thousands of topics from biographies to the table of elements. Stars: Max Phipps, Votes: Richard Donner Anita Mui, 97 min Stars: 141,956 A reign of terror, violence and murder began that lasted more than eight years. | Mark L. Lester A rag-tag group of people must fight extermination squads amid their ruined city. 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