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Heart of Dragon (龙的心)
Heart of Dragon (龙的心, First Mission) is a 1985 Hong Kong action drama directed by Sammo Hung, starring Hung and Jackie Chan as brothers, released 16 October 1985, grossing HK$20,335,429 and winning Best Film Song at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire (1993) is a Wolfgang Petersen political thriller starring Clint Eastwood as haunted Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan and John Malkovich as ex-CIA assassin Mitch Leary; it earned $102.2M US and an Oscar nomination for Malkovich.
Iron Eagle
Iron Eagle is a 1986 American military action film directed by Sidney J. Furie, in which a teenager steals F-16 jets to rescue his captured father.
Judgment Night (film)
Judgment Night (1993) is a Stephen Hopkins action thriller starring Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Denis Leary, about four friends hunted through Chicago after witnessing a murder; its rap-rock soundtrack outshone the poorly received film.
La Femme Nikita (film)
La Femme Nikita, known as Nikita in France, is a 1990 French-Italian action thriller by Luc Besson where Anne Parillaud is a sentenced killer trained as a government assassin.
Laser Mission
Laser Mission (1989), also released as Soldier of Fortune and Battle Dragon, is a West German-South African-US direct-to-video action film directed by BJ Davis, starring Brandon Lee as a CIA agent rescuing laser expert Ernest Borgnine from the KGB; it contains no lasers.
Lock Up
Lock Up is a 1989 American prison drama directed by John Flynn, starring Sylvester Stallone as a model prisoner targeted by a vengeful warden, played by Donald Sutherland.
Lone Wolf McQuade
Lone Wolf McQuade is a 1983 Orion Pictures action film directed by Steve Carver, starring Chuck Norris as a solitary Texas Ranger fighting arms dealer David Carradine; it earned $4.3 million its opening weekend and inspired Walker, Texas Ranger.
Malone
Malone is a 1987 American action thriller directed by Harley Cokeliss, starring Burt Reynolds as an ex-CIA assassin in an Oregon town menaced by Cliff Robertson's right-wing paramilitary leader. Based on Wingate's novel Shotgun; Orion Pictures; $10M budget, $3M gross.
Man on Fire (1987 film)
Man on Fire (1987) is Élie Chouraqui's French-Italian thriller, the first adaptation of A.J. Quinnell's 1980 novel, starring Scott Glenn as ex-CIA bodyguard Creasy and Jade Malle as Sam; it grossed $519,596 domestically and preceded the 2004 Denzel Washington remake.
Marked for Death
Marked for Death (1990) is a Steven Seagal action film directed by Dwight H. Little, in which retired DEA agent John Hatcher fights Jamaican drug lord Screwface; a $12 million Fox release that grossed about $46 million domestically.
Maximum Risk
Maximum Risk is a 1996 American action thriller directed by Ringo Lam, his Hollywood debut, in which Jean-Claude Van Damme plays twin brothers on opposite sides of the law.
Navy SEALs (film)
Navy Seals (1990), also Navy SEALs, is a Lewis Teague action film starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Biehn, written by former SEAL Chuck Pfarrer, budgeted at $20 million, shot in Virginia and Spain without active Navy support.
Next of Kin (1989 film)
Next of Kin is a 1989 American action thriller directed by John Irvin, starring Patrick Swayze as a Chicago cop whose brother is murdered by a mobster.
Nick of Time (film)
Nick of Time is a 1995 American real-time thriller directed by John Badham, in which Johnny Depp plays an accountant ordered to kill California's governor.
North Sea Hijack
North Sea Hijack, aka ffolkes and Assault Force, is a 1979-80 British action thriller by Andrew V. McLaglen starring Roger Moore as eccentric counter-terrorist Rufus Excalibur ffolkes, with James Mason and Anthony Perkins, about a £25 million North Sea oil rig ransom.
Nowhere to Run (1993 film)
Nowhere to Run is a 1993 American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as an escaped convict who defends a widow's farm from a land developer.
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground is a 1994 American action film, Steven Seagal's directorial debut, in which oil-company trouble-shooter Forrest Taft turns against his corrupt employer in Alaska, co-starring Michael Caine.
Out for Justice
Out for Justice (1991) is a Warner Bros. action film directed by John Flynn, written by David Lee Henry (R. Lance Hill), starring Steven Seagal as Brooklyn detective Gino Felino hunting Richie Madano (William Forsythe), his partner's killer; grossed $36.8M.
Rapid Fire
Rapid Fire (1992) is a Dwight H. Little martial arts action film starring Brandon Lee as Jake Lo, developed for Lee by producer Robert Lawrence, released by Fox, grossing $15 million.
Raw Deal (1986 film)
Raw Deal is a 1986 American action film directed by John Irvin and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an ex-FBI agent who goes undercover against a Chicago mob family.
Red Dawn
Red Dawn (1984) is John Milius's Cold War invasion film in which Soviet and Cuban forces occupy Colorado and teen guerrillas, the Wolverines, fight back; first film released with the PG-13 rating, remade in 2012 with North Korean villains.
Righting Wrongs (执法先锋)
Righting Wrongs (执法先锋, aka Above the Law) is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen, starring Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock as a vigilante prosecutor and the cop pursuing him, with an 83-meter building stunt and multiple cuts.
Road House (1989 film)
Road House (1989) is a Rowdy Herrington action film starring Patrick Swayze as bouncer Dalton, hired to clean up the Double Deuce bar in Jasper, Missouri, against Ben Gazzara's Brad Wesley; a critical flop that became a cult classic, later remade in 2024.
Ronin (film)
Ronin (1998) is John Frankenheimer's action thriller starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, and Natascha McElhone, about mercenaries chasing a mysterious briefcase in France, famed for real high-speed car chases through Paris and Nice.
Royal Warriors
Royal Warriors (皇家戰士, Wong ga jin si) is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed by David Chung for D&B Films, starring Michelle Yeoh, Michael Wong, and Hiroyuki Sanada; the second In the Line of Duty film, about cops hunted after foiling a hijacking.
Runaway Train (film)
Runaway Train is a 1985 American action thriller directed by Andrei Konchalovsky for Cannon Films, starring Jon Voight and Eric Roberts as convicts trapped on a driverless runaway train in Alaska, based on an unproduced Akira Kurosawa screenplay and nominated for three Oscars.
Samurai Cop
Samurai Cop is a 1991 direct-to-video action film by Iranian expatriate director Amir Shervan, starring Mathew Karedas as Joe Marshall fighting the Yakuza Katana gang in Los Angeles; a so-bad-it's-good cult classic with a 2015 sequel.
Showdown in Little Tokyo
Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 Warner Bros. buddy cop action film directed by Mark L. Lester, starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee (his U.S. film debut) as L.A. detectives fighting yakuza drug dealers, released 23 August 1991, 78 minutes, rated R.
Southern Comfort (1981 film)
Southern Comfort is Walter Hill's 1981 survival thriller in which Louisiana National Guardsmen steal Cajun canoes during a training exercise and are hunted through the bayou; read as a Vietnam allegory, it stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, and Fred Ward, with music by Ry Cooder.