Best Action movies of 1970s that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Alec Guinness, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford,
Directors : George Lucas,

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

Actors : Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : William Friedkin,

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.

Actors : Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Charles Gray,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas, where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

Actors : Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens, Richard Kiel,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. Agent, whose lover he killed.

Actors : Roger Moore, Clifton James, Jane Seymour, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Guy Hamilton,

007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Richard Donner,

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Actors : Billy Dee Williams, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford,
Directors : Irvin Kershner,

After the rebels are overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Master Yoda. His friends accept shelter from a questionable ally as Darth Vader hunts them in a plan to capture Luke.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Sally Field, Burt Reynolds, Mike Henry,
Directors : Hal Needham,

The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.

Actors : Roger Moore, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

Actors : Nancy Allen, Treat Williams, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

Actors : Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg,

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Michael York, Roscoe Lee Browne, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at the age of 30.

Actors : William Holden, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Newman,
Directors : John Guillermin,

At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Actors : Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Sô Yamamura,

A series of mistakes made by the US Navy in the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor prove disastrous when Japan strikes.

Actors : Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn, Richard Roundtree, Charles Cioffi,
Directors : Gordon Parks,

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters,

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Fernando Rey,
Directors : John Frankenheimer,

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Actors : Barbara Hershey, Steve Railsback, Peter O'Toole, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Richard Rush,

A fugitive stumbles on a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out, and falls for the leading lady.

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Steve McQueen, Sally Struthers,
Directors : Sam Peckinpah,

A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.