No Retreat, No Surrender (1986)
Action | Drama
Jason Stillwell, a Bruce Lee fan, is beaten numerous times and trains from the ghost of Lee. Jason then must use his newly acquired skills to save Seattle from a crime syndicate, whose top martial artist is the deadly Ivan.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kurt McKinney, J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, Tai Chung Kim
Director: Corey Yuen
Alien Uprising (2012)
Sci-Fi
A group of friends awake one morning to find all electricity and power shut off, and an immense alien aircraft hovering in the air above their heads. Suddenly this regular group of friends is battling to survive, as the entire human race is threatened by the alien army hovering ominously above.
Starring: Bianca Bree, Sean Brosnan, Simon Phillips, Maya Grant, Jazz Lintott, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Director: Dominic Burns
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Nowhere to Run (1993)
Action | Drama | Romance
An escaped prisoner hiding from authorities, Sam always manages to be in the wrong place at the right time. Risking his hard-fought freedom, he aids a beautiful young widow against a ruthless developer who wants her land. Hunted by the police and the developer's hired killers, Sam pulls no punches in his furious fight for survival.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kieran Culkin, Rosanna Arquette, Ted Levine, Joss Ackland, Allan Graf
Director: Robert Harmon
Bloodsport (1988)
Action | Biography | Drama | Sport
Inside a hidden Hong Kong arena, elite combatants clash in the Kumite, the little-known but hotly contested world championship of full-contact fighting. No Westerner had ever won this titanic tournament – until iron-willed American Frank Dux entered it.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Forest Whitaker, Bolo Yeung, Norman Burton, Leah Ayres, Donald Gibb
Director: Newt Arnold
Sudden Death (1995)
Action | Drama | Thriller
A disgraced former fireman takes on a group of terrorists holding the Vice President and others hostage during the seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup finals.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry, Michael Gaston, Audra Lindley, Dorian Harewood
Director: Peter Hyams
Inferno / Desert Heat (1999)
Action | Drama | Romance
Eddie Lomax (Van Damme) is a vetern soldier sick of life, wandering the desert looking for a reason to die. An incident with a few thugs from the nearby town who steal Eddies motorbike and beat him almost to death, starts in Eddie a flame for revenge. Helped by Mr. Early, and some other good fellows, Eddie is out for vengeance.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Pat Morita, Danny Trejo, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Larry Drake, Vincent Schiavelli, David Fralick
Director: John G. Avildsen
Legionnaire (1998)
Action | Adventure | Drama | War
A 1920s boxer who wins a fight after having been hired by gangsters to lose it, then flees to join the French Foreign Legion.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Steven Berkoff
Director: Peter MacDonald
Universal Soldier (1992)
Action | Drama | Sci-Fi
Luc Devreaux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Sgt. Andrew Scott (Dolph Lundgren) are two soldiers who kill each other in Vietnam and are brought back to life 25 years later for a secret government program. Known as "Unisols," they are genetically enhanced, unstoppable killing machines without memory, feelings or free will. But when Devreaux's memory starts to return and he escapes the program, a superhuman chase across the country begins.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Orbach
Director: Roland Emmerich
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning / Universal Soldier IV (2012)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
John awakens from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Scott Adkins, David Jensen, Kristopher Van Varenberg
Director: John Hyams
Double Team (1997)
Action | Comedy | Thriller
Counter-terrorist Jack Quinn misses his target, Stavros, on the eve of his final mission.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke
Director: Hark Tsui
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Action | Thriller
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth
Director: Simon West
The Order (2001)
Action | Adventure | Comedy
Rudy's father, Oscar is an archaeologist. His father goes to Israel. When his father disappears, he goes to Israel to find him. The chief of police claims that his father never entered the country, but an old friend of his father's was expecting him and before he could tell him more, some people start shooting at them. He manages to get away, and when he goes back to the police chief, he still refuses to believe that a crime has been committed. He then has Rudy deported, but Rudy convinces the police woman assigned to bring him to the airport not to and help him find his father.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Charlton Heston, Sofia Milos, Brian Thompson, Ben Cross, Vernon Dobtcheff
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Death Warrant (1990)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Al Leong
Director: Deran Sarafian
Double Impact (1991)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alonna Shaw, Bolo Yeung
Director: Sheldon Lettich
Dragon Eyes (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
St. Jude Square is a neighborhood living in fear and despair. The dueling gangs of local kingpins Dash and Antuan terrorize the streets and the citizens live without a shred of hope… until mysterious stranger Ryan Hong arrives in town. He begins to play one gang against the other using his unparalleled martial arts skills, and by calling on the teachings of his brilliant mentor Tiano to find the strength to battle back. However, just as he begins to bring the community under control, Hong is confronted by Mr. V, the town's ruthless and corrupt police chief. At first Mr. V is impressed by Hong's skill, but soon sees Hong as a threat to his regime, and the two warriors are locked in a head-to-head battle, pitting the fear and corruption of Mr. V's regime versus the new beginning Hong represents for the people of St. Jude Square.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Weller, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, Kristopher Van Varenberg
Director: John Hyams
Derailed (2002)
Action | Thriller
On an out of control train holding hostages and high-tech bio-weapons agent Kristoff (Van Damme) becomes a one man army to derail the terrorists and save the lives of everyone on board!
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tomas Arana, Laura Harring
Director: Bob Misiorowski
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Universal Soldier: Regeneration / Universal Soldier III (2009)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
When a Chechen Islamic extremist threatens the world with another nuclear disaster centered in Chernobyl, Ukraine, futuristic supersoldier Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads a team to recapture the power plant and disarm the madman. But when the terrorist turns a clone of Deveraux's old sergeant (Dolph Lundgren) against him, the hero must first take out his old pal. John Hyams directs this installment in the Universal Soldier saga.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei Arlovski
Director: John Hyams
Universal Soldier: The Return / Universal Soldier II (1999)
Action | Sci-Fi
Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. With the Cold War over and defense budgets slashed, the entire Universal Soldier team is facing elimination, including SETH, the super-computer that controls the ultra-warriors. Knowing that his days are numbered, SETH decides to seek revenge by destroying his creators and implementing a reign of terror on the outside world. Morphing into human form as the quintessential Universal Soldier (Michael Jai White), SETH begins to unleash his wicked plan with the aid of his top soldier (Bill Goldberg). When conventional military strength fails to thwart his efforts, Luc must take charge. As Luc faces SETH and his team of unstoppable soldiers, a battle pitting man against machine and good against evil ensues, offering the kind of high-intensity sci-fi action you've come to expect from Van Damme in a story you won't soon forget.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Heidi Schanz, Xander Berkeley, Justin Lazard
Director: Mic Rodgers
The Quest (1996)
Action | Adventure | Thriller
Chris Dubois, an idealistic street criminal on the run from the police, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe, from the slums of 1920's New York City to the mysterious Lost City of Tibet, high in the Himalayas. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers, sold by pirates and thrust into the murky underworld of gambling and kickboxing, Chris' journey takes him to forbidding Muay Thai Island where deadly martial arts are taught, the colonial splendor of British East Asia, the dank back alleys of Bangkok, desolate deserts once trod by the warriors of Genghis Khan and finally, the ancient Lost City.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, Jack McGee, James Remar
Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme
Kickboxer (1989)
Action | Drama | Sport
When U.S. kickboxing champ Eric Sloane is crippled in the ring by the dastardly Tong Po, his younger brother Kurt (Jean-Claude Van Damme) vows revenge. But if he is to defeat Po, Kurt must first learn a martial art known as Muay-Thai, so he seeks out the expertise of fight guru Xian Chow. Thanks to Chow's unconventional training methods, Kurt becomes an expert kickboxer. But is he good enough to defeat Tong Po?
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Tong Po, Haskell V. Anderson
Director: Mark di Salle, David Worth
