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'80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures

by stallonerocker • Created 9 months ago • Modified 9 months ago
Every movie featured in Daniel R. Budnik's book "'80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures!" The movies covered are 1 - 285, and as a bonus, I've added every movie he included in his lists of action movies from each year.
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  • Bolo Yeung, Brad Harris, Richard Harrison, Bruce Le, Jeong-lee Hwang, Tao Chiang, and Nadiuska in Challenge of the Tiger (1980)

    1. Challenge of the Tiger

    19801h 28m
    5.1 (525)
    Two CIA agents - a kung fu master and a suave womanizer - track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.
    DirectorsBruce LeLuigi BatzellaRichard HarrisonStarsBruce LeRichard HarrisonJeong-lee Hwang
  • The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)

    2. The Clones of Bruce Lee

    19801h 31mR
    4.4 (580)
    A brilliant professor gathers cells from the late Bruce Lee and creates three clones, who are trained in martial arts and sent out to fight crime.
    DirectorsKi-nam NamJoseph VelascoStarsRyong KeoIrina ShevchenkoBruce Le
  • Enter the Game of Death (1978)

    3. Enter the Game of Death

    19781h 30mNot Rated
    5.4 (626)
    WWII looms, China fears German/Japanese invasion. Espionage group hires Bruce Le to retrieve secret document from 6-floor tower's top level by fighting his way up.
    DirectorsKuo-Hsiang LinJoseph VelascoStarsBruce LeBolo YeungChi Ling Chiu
  • Robert Ginty in The Exterminator (1980)

    4. The Exterminator

    19801h 44mR
    5.7 (7K)
    A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
    DirectorJames GlickenhausStarsRobert GintySamantha EggarChristopher George
  • Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)

    5. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

    19801h 22mR
    2.4 (1.3K)
    A reporter interviews fighters and promoters about Bruce Lee, intercut with footage from old Bruce Lee films and pseudo-documentary footage.
    DirectorMatthew MallinsonStarsBruce LeeFred WilliamsonRon Van Clief
  • Jack Palance, Bernard Bresslaw, Ray Charleson, Warren Clarke, Catriona MacColl, Patricia Quinn, William Morgan Sheppard, and John Terry in Hawk the Slayer (1980)

    6. Hawk the Slayer

    19801h 30mPG
    5.3 (4.4K)
    With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage.
    DirectorTerry MarcelStarsJack PalanceJohn TerryBernard Bresslaw
  • Intrépidos Punks (1988)

    7. Intrépidos Punks

    19881h 31m
    5.5 (385)
    A gang of punks, led by a masquerader named Tarzan; terrorizing a small Mexican city, robbing banks, raping women, and killing people with cruelties. Two enforcers Marco and Javier fight this gang of punks.
    DirectorFrancisco GuerreroStarsJuan ValentínJuan GallardoAna Luisa Peluffo
  • The Last Hunter (1980)

    8. The Last Hunter

    19801h 35m
    5.9 (1.1K)
    During the Vietnam war, an American soldier gets trapped behind enemy lines. A squad of his buddies sets out to rescue him.
    DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsDavid WarbeckTisa FarrowTony King
  • Terence Hill in Super Fuzz (1980)

    9. Super Fuzz

    19801h 37mPG
    6.3 (8.8K)
    Red powder from a nuclear explosion gives a police officer super powers as long as he doesn't see anything red. He is eventually framed for murder and is unsuccessfully executed by many different methods.
    DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsTerence HillErnest BorgnineJoanne Dru
  • Shô Kosugi in Enter the Ninja (1981)

    10. Enter the Ninja

    19811h 39mR35Metascore
    5.2 (5.9K)
    After passing a ninja master test in Japan, Cole visits a war buddy in the Philippines. He helps him fight men, who want his buddy's plantation.
    DirectorMenahem GolanStarsFranco NeroSusan GeorgeShô Kosugi
  • Weng Weng in Y'ur Height Only (1981)

    11. Y'ur Height Only

    19811h 28m
    5.6 (1.3K)
    The diminutive Agent 00 must rescue a kidnapped scientist and stop a mysterious warlord from taking over the world.
    DirectorEddie NicartStarsWeng WengYehlen CatralCarmi Martin
  • Lee Majors, Chris Makepeace, Burgess Meredith, Alexandra Stewart, and George Touliatos in The Last Chase (1981)

    12. The Last Chase

    19811h 41mPG
    4.4 (1.3K)
    A former race car driver's car is confiscated. He rebuilds it and drives to Free California with a teen's help. Agents dispatch a jet pilot to stop him, fearing his autonomy threatens their control.
    DirectorMartyn BurkeStarsLee MajorsBurgess MeredithChris Makepeace
  • Lovely But Deadly (1981)

    13. Lovely But Deadly

    19811h 35mR
    4.1 (435)
    A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.
    DirectorDavid SheldonStarsLucinda DoolingJohn RandolphMel Novak
  • Mad Foxes (1981)

    14. Mad Foxes

    19811h 20mNot Rated
    5.1 (1.1K)
    A man seeks revenge after a biker gang murders his family.
    DirectorPaul GrauStarsJosé GrasLaura PremicaAndrea Albani
  • The Weapons of Death (1981)

    15. The Weapons of Death

    19811h 30mR
    4.5 (144)
    In San Francisco's Chinatown, a band of thugs kidnaps a girl for a large Chinese gang. Her half-brother gathers a team of expert fighters to get her back.
    DirectorPaul KyriaziStarsEric LeeBob RamosRalph Castellanos
  • Laura Gemser, Ritza Brown, Dakar, Miles O'Keeffe, and Sabrina Siani in Ator: The Fighting Eagle (1982)

    16. Ator: The Fighting Eagle

    19821h 38mPG
    3.3 (3.1K)
    The son of Torren learns of his heritage, goes to avenge the deaths of his fellow villagers, and rescue his sister from the evil Dakkar and his spider cult.
    DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsMiles O'KeeffeSabrina SianiRitza Brown
  • Battletruck (1982)

    17. Battletruck

    19821h 31mPG
    5.0 (1.7K)
    Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
    DirectorHarley CokelissStarsMichael BeckAnnie McEnroeJames Wainwright
  • The Beastmaster (1982)

    18. The Beastmaster

    19821h 58mPG18Metascore
    6.2 (27K)
    A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.
    DirectorDon CoscarelliStarsMarc SingerTanya RobertsRip Torn
  • Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters (1982)

    19. Ferocious Female Freedom Fighters

    19821h 33mR
    4.7 (280)
    A female wrestler who has decided that she no longer wants to wrestle, but whose mother (a former wrestler herself) wants her to keep wrestling to make money so her brother can have the operation.
    DirectorsJopi BurnamaCharles KaufmanStarsEva ArnazBarry PrimaLeily Sagita
  • The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980)

    20. The Great Skycopter Rescue

    19801h 36m
    4.7 (73)
    When oil is discovered in a small-town, some greedy prospectors hire a gang of wild bikers to scare the townsfolk away. However, when a group of young pilots stumble across the underhanded plot, they plan an effective retaliation.
    DirectorLawrence David FoldesStarsAldo RayWilliam MarshallTerry Michos
  • The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)

    21. The Hunters of the Golden Cobra

    19821h 32mTV-PG
    5.1 (439)
    An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers.
    DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsDavid WarbeckAlmanta SuskaLuciano Pigozzi
  • The Impossible Kid (1982)

    22. The Impossible Kid

    19821h 21m
    5.4 (552)
    Weng Weng is now working for the Manila branch of Interpol. The Chief sends him in the pursuit of Mr X, an arch villian with a white sock on his head, who is holding the Philippines to ransom. Two businessmen, Maolo and Simeon, pay the demands but Weng Weng suspects foul play and goes deep undercover to reveal the identity of Mr X.
    DirectorEddie NicartStarsWeng WengRomy DiazNina Sara
  • Kill Squad (1981)

    23. Kill Squad

    19811h 25mR
    4.9 (688)
    After their ex-platoon leader is paralyzed and his wife is raped and murdered, his former squadron of five soldiers reunite to seek revenge. But an unknown figure in black is personally hunting the squadron down too.
    DirectorPatrick G. DonahueStarsJean GlaudéJeff RiskJerry Johnson
  • Warriors of the Wasteland (1983)

    24. Warriors of the Wasteland

    19831h 31mR
    4.6 (3.3K)
    Two mercenaries help wandering caravans fight off an evil and aimless band of white-clad bikers after the nuclear holocaust.
    DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsGiancarlo PreteFred WilliamsonGeorge Eastman
  • Mark Gregory in 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

    25. 1990: The Bronx Warriors

    19821h 29mR
    5.2 (4.4K)
    In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
    DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsMark GregoryFred WilliamsonVic Morrow

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