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Action Movies of 1983

Never Say Never Again

The title of the 1983 James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again is a self-mocking reference ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Superman III

In a major departure from the tone of the preceding two Superman adventure films, this mix of vile deeds and fantasy heroics drops the "S" out of cosmic and goes for comic instead. ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Fearless Hyena 2

Four years after his rift with actor/director Jackie Chan, triad-linked Hong Kong producer Lo ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Osterman Weekend

A man discovers that his best friends are actually spies -- or are they? -- in this thriller based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling novel. John Tanner (Rutger Hauer) is the host of ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Blue Thunder

Ex-Vietnam chopper pilot Roy Scheider is now in charge of Blue Thunder, a high-tech copter designed to quell possible terrorism during the 1984 LA Olympics. His onetime ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Tank

James Garner plays an Army officer who puts his hobby to practical use in Tank. Zach (James Garner) moves to a new post in a backwoods Georgia town. Accompanying him is his family --his wife LaDonna ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Big Score

A Chicago cop is wrongly accused of theft and dismissed from the force. In order to clear his name, he goes after the real culprits -- without the ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Uncommon Valor

Ted Kotcheff continues his First Blood fervor with Uncommon Valor. Gene Hackman stars as Cal Rhodes, a former Marine Colonel who has been getting the run-around for ten years from the government ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Lone Wolf McQuade

In this Spaghetti-western-like martial arts actioner, Texas Ranger J. J. McQuade (Chuck Norris) is up against the weapons-dealer Rawley Wilkes (David Carradine) after Wilkes kidnaps McQuade's partner and daughter and ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Timerider

Given the off-the-wall premise in this sci-fi western -- that a motorcyclist rides his bike through a time warp right into the Wild West, into the middle of a gang of outlaws, and cannot figure out what happened -- the ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Octopussy

This (13th) time around, "007" receives the usual call to come and visit "Mother" when another agent drops off a fake Faberge jeweled egg at the British embassy in East Berlin and is later killed at a ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The A-Team: Season 01

Unfairly imprisoned for committing a bank robbery during the waning days of the Vietnam War (no one could ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The A-Team: Season 02

Still officially fugitives from justice as The A-Team begins its second season, the members of the titular team nonetheless continue to surface from time to time to perform ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Knight Rider: Season 02

Season two of Knight Rider finds professional do-gooder Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff) still ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Krull

Meant to be a whimsical sword-and-sorcery film about a prince out to save his princess from the jaws of the Beast, Krull has enough scenes ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The New Gladiators

In this futuristic Italian crime drama, 21st-century Romans devise an ingenious way to take care of criminals -- they make them fight each other gladiator-style on national television. ~ Sandra Brennan, ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Fire and Ice

Ralph Bakshi's last stab at epic fantasy takes place shortly after the Ice Age. The evil queen Juliana (voice of Eileen O'Reill) plots to conquer the world and raises her son Nekron (Sean Hannon) as a master of ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

V

In this sprawling television miniseries, originally aired in May 1983 on NBC, a race of seemingly human-like aliens arrive en masse on Earth. These "Visitors" promise cooperation and friendship -- then launch a clandestine takeover ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

2019: After the Fall of New York

Cult filmmaker Sergio Martino directed this violent sci-fi actioner, one of many to pour out of Italy in the wake of Mad Max (1979). Michael Sopkiw stars as Parsifal, who travels to New York in order to rescue the last fertile ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Bruce vs. Bill

Enemy martial artists go foot-to-head in this ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Gods of Wu Tang

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Lola la Trailera

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Ninja in the Claws of the C.I.A.

In this actioner, brave CIA ninjas kick the stuffing out of KGB fighters in hopes of preserving world peace. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Jackie Chan's Project A

Jackie Chan directs himself and fellow martial arts ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Raiders of Buddhist Kung Fu

In this martial arts film, rebels conspire against the Buddhist government ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Revenge of the Ninja

Sam Firstenberg directs Sho Kosugi in the martial arts action film ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Shogun's Ninja

Shogun's Ninja revolves around two rival ninja clans whose constant battle for ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow 2

This "sequel" is by most accounts a movie called "Snaky Knight Fight Against Mantis" with footage from Snake in the Eagle's Shadow ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Todos Eran Valientes

Having reconciled their differences to unite against a common enemy, at the end of the Mexican Revolution two families resume their personal feud. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Matching Escort

Pearl Cheung essays the title role in Venus the Ninja. In this "female-martial-arts-fighter" ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Winds of War

This World War II epic drama, based on the book by Herman Wouk, follows the life and trials of a ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Hundra

In this routine, violent, and often trite female version of Conan, Hundra (Laurene Landon) is an Amazon whose tribe is slaughtered one day while she is away hunting, now it is up to her to find a suitable mate ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Shaolin Intruders

Their longtime friends suddenly taken from them in a senseless act of violence, a man and a woman ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Eagle vs. Silver Fox

Godfrey Ho directs Hwang Jang Lee and Mike Wong in the martial arts action film Eagle vs. Silver Fox. After the dissolution of the Manchu dynasty, ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Fist of Golden Monkey

When a kung fu warrior is besieged on all sides by mortal enemies looking to hasten his death, he must place his faith in the Golden Monkey King Fu ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Martial Monks of Shaolin Temple

Three Shaolin monks with three deadly styles -- the Shaolin Buddhist Fist, Thunderkick, and ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Boxer's Omen

The director of Killer Snakes returns to terrify viewers with this ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Shaolin Drunkard

Legendary martial arts choreographer Yuen Wo Ping takes the helm for this wild and unconventional epic action adventure. When the Shaolin Temple comes under the attack of ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Super Dimension Century Orguss [Anime Series]

An incredible bomb with the power to shatter the boundaries between dimensions creates ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Professional: Golgo 13

Duke Togo is Golgo 13, a stone-faced, stone-cold killer for hire. Utterly amoral and usually ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Ninety-Nine Cycling Swords

Tyron Hsu directs Lo Lieh, Yueh Hua, and Sang ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Deadly Sword

Fung How directs Hue An An, Lin Yuen, and Hwai Zi Yuen in the Hong Kong action film The Deadly Sword. The film centers on Superintendent ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Last Duel

Lin Yuen directs Nora Miao, Hwai Zi Yuen, and Lin Yuen in the Hong Kong action film The Last Duel. The film opens with marital artist Luk Siu-Fung ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Masters of Tiger Crane

Sammy Lee directs Billy Chen, Kathy Lee, and Wong Cheng Lee in the Hong Kong action film Masters of Tiger Crane. When the abbot of a Shaolin Temple is murdered and another monk is kidnapped, the ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Shaolin Drunken Monk

The Shaolin Drunken Monk, directed by Lau Ka-Liang, stars Gordon Liu as the son of a martial arts teacher who is murdered by his students. The ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Eagle's Claw vs. Butterfly Palm

Martial artist Lo Lieh stars as the leader of a guerilla resistance movement ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Green Jade Statuette

Lee Tso Nam's Hong Kong action film The Green Jade Statuette features a pair of martial arts experts who set ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

The Dukes of Hazzard: Season 06

Season six of Dukes of Hazzard finds hot-rodding cousins Luke and Bo Duke returning to Hazzard County for good and all, cueing ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Secret Life of the Ninja

A band of ruthless ninjas operating out of modern day Japan has set their sites on Elsa Leung, a Kendo champion and the daughter of a prominent crime family. Being the target of a ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

Secret Of the Dragon

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Aura Battler Dunbine [Anime Series]

Sho Zama injures himself in a motocross accident and finds himself in another dimension called Byston Well. In this world where concepts from science ... [ Action movie - 1983 ]

El Vengador del 30-06

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Con el Odio en la Piel

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