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A Better Tomorrow (英雄本色)
A Better Tomorrow (英雄本色) is John Woo's 1986 Hong Kong gangster action drama, produced by Tsui Hark, starring Ti Lung, Chow Yun-fat, and Leslie Cheung; it broke Hong Kong's box office record with HK$34.65 million and founded the hero-film genre.
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow II (英雄本色II) is John Woo's 1987 Hong Kong action sequel to A Better Tomorrow, starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-fat as Mark's twin Ken, and Dean Shek, known for its finale and troubled Woo–Tsui Hark production.
A Better Tomorrow III (英雄本色III夕阳之歌)
A Better Tomorrow III (英雄本色III夕阳之歌), also called Love and Death in Saigon, is Tsui Hark's 1989 Hong Kong prequel to A Better Tomorrow, starring Chow Yun-fat, Anita Mui, and Tony Leung Ka-fai in war-torn Saigon.
A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill (1985) is the 14th Eon James Bond film and Roger Moore's seventh and final outing as 007, directed by John Glen. Bond battles Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), who plans to flood Silicon Valley; Duran Duran's theme hit No. 1 on Billboard.
Aces Go Places (最佳拍档)
Aces Go Places (最佳拍档, Mad Mission) is a 1982 Cinema City Hong Kong action comedy directed by Eric Tsang, starring Sam Hui, Karl Maka, and Sylvia Chang; it broke 1982 box-office records and spawned four sequels.
Aces Go Places II (最佳拍档之大显神通)
Aces Go Places II (最佳拍檔之大顯神通, Mad Mission 2) is a 1983 Cinema City Hong Kong action comedy directed by Eric Tsang, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka; it topped the 1983 Hong Kong box office with HK$23,273,140.
Aces Go Places III (最佳拍档之女皇密令)
Aces Go Places III is a 1984 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Tsui Hark, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka as a James Bond-style spoof.
Aces Go Places IV (最佳拍档之千里救差婆)
Aces Go Places IV (最佳拍档之千里救差婆, Mad Mission IV: You Never Die Twice) is a 1986 Cinema City action comedy directed by Ringo Lam, starring Sam Hui and Karl Maka, grossing HK$27,012,748 in Hong Kong.
American Ninja
American Ninja (1985) is a Cannon Films martial arts action film directed by Sam Firstenberg, starring Michael Dudikoff as Pvt. Joe Armstrong fighting ninjas in the Philippines; it spawned sequels and grossed $9.7M in the US.
Any Which Way You Can
Any Which Way You Can, 1980 Warner Bros. action comedy sequel to Every Which Way But Loose, directed by Buddy Van Horn, starring Clint Eastwood as brawler Philo Beddoe with orangutan Clyde, released December 17, 1980.
Cannonball Run II
Cannonball Run II is a 1984 American action comedy centering on an illegal cross-country dash between the Pacific and Atlantic, featuring con men and mobsters.
Conan the Destroyer
Conan the Destroyer is a 1984 American sword-and-sorcery film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, the sequel to Conan the Barbarian (1982), released by Universal Pictures.
Crocodile Dundee II
Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian-American action comedy sequel directed by John Cornell, starring Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee, who lures drug dealers from New York into the outback.
Death Wish 3
Death Wish 3 (1985) is a Michael Winner action thriller starring Charles Bronson as vigilante Paul Kersey, produced by Cannon Films, released 1 November 1985, grossing $16.1 million domestically and panned by critics.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is a 1987 American vigilante action film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson in his fourth appearance as Paul Kersey.
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, starring Bruce Willis as a detective fighting terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper.
Disciples of the 36th Chamber (霹雳十杰)
Disciples of the 36th Chamber (霹雳十杰, aka Disciples of the Master Killers) is a 1985 Shaw Brothers kung fu comedy directed by Lau Kar-leung, third in his Shaolin trilogy, starring Hsiao Hou as Fang Shiyu and Gordon Liu as monk San Te.
Dragnet (1987 film)
Dragnet is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks as mismatched LAPD detectives in a parody of the classic television series.
F/X
F/X is a 1986 American action thriller directed by Robert Mandel, starring Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy, in which a movie special-effects artist must use his illusions to survive a real double-cross.
First Blood (1982 film)
First Blood, also known as Rambo outside the United States, is a 1982 American action thriller directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo.
For Your Eyes Only (film)
For Your Eyes Only (1981) is the twelfth Eon James Bond film, John Glen's directorial debut, starring Roger Moore recovering the ATAC device in Greece; filmed in Corfu and Meteora.
Highlander (film)
Highlander (1986) is a Russell Mulcahy fantasy action film starring Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, and Clancy Brown about immortal swordsmen fighting for "the Prize"; a box office flop that became a Queen-soundtracked cult classic spawning a franchise and a Henry Cavill reboot.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 American action-adventure film, the third in the series, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is Spielberg's prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark, set in 1935, starring Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, and Ke Huy Quan; its violence spurred the PG-13 rating.
Jagratha (ജാഗ്രത)
Jagratha (ജാഗ്രത), also CBI Diary Part II, is a 1989 Malayalam crime thriller, the second CBI-series film, directed by K. Madhu, written by S. N. Swamy, starring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer investigating actress Ashwathy's death; a good film that underperformed at the box office.
K-9 (film)
K-9 is a 1989 American buddy cop comedy directed by Rod Daniel, starring James Belushi as a San Diego narcotics detective whose partner is a German shepherd named Jerry Lee.
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon (1987) is a Richard Donner action film from Shane Black's first produced screenplay, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as Vietnam-veteran L.A. cop partners; it grossed about $64 million domestically and spawned three sequels.
Licence to Kill
Licence to Kill, originally titled Licence Revoked, is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth James Bond film and Timothy Dalton's second and final outing as the agent.
Long Arm of the Law II (省港旗兵2)
Long Arm of the Law II (省港旗兵2, 省港旗兵续集) is a 1987 Hong Kong crime film directed by Michael Mak, the second entry in the Long Arm of the Law series, about undercover operatives infiltrating a criminal gang.
Lucky Stars Go Places (最佳福星)
Lucky Stars Go Places (最佳福星, aka The Luckiest Stars, Japanese 十福星) is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy directed by Eric Tsang, the fourth Lucky Stars film, a crossover with Aces Go Places starring Sammo Hung, Andy Lau, and Karl Maka.