Best Action movies of 1976

Actors : Darwin Joston, Martin West, Laurie Zimmer, Austin Stoker,
Directors : John Carpenter,

A police sergeant and an unlikely band of criminals defend a closing LA precinct office on New Years Eve against an army of gang members.

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

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

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Bradford Dillman, Harry Guardino,
Directors : James Fargo,

Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.

Actors : Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Jack Smight,

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Actors : Tien Wu Chu, Chung-Erh Lung, Yu Wang, Kang Chin,
Directors : Yu Wang,

After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Joseph Bologna, Rene Auberjonois, John Beck,
Directors : James Frawley,

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is going Non-stop from New York to Denver and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the ...

Actors : Bill McKinney, Gerrit Graham, David Carradine, Veronica Hamel,
Directors : Paul Bartel,

This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll ...

Actors : Roger Moore, Ian Holm, Lee Marvin, Barbara Parkins,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

During World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.

Actors : Sven Wollter, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Håkan Serner, Thomas Hellberg,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. They discover that Nyman was a very tough policeman who received ...

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Charles Bronson, John Houseman,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Abner Procane, top L.A. burglar, finds that somebody stole his plans for next ambitious heist. He hires Raymond St. Ives, crime books writer, to negotiate the return of those documents.

Actors : Peter Boyle, Robert Shaw, Geneviève Bujold, James Earl Jones,
Directors : James Goldstone,

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Actors : Jack Weston, Jerry Reed, Lauren Hutton, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward,
Directors : Jack Gold,

In WW1 the high casualty rate among the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.

Actors : Louis Gossett Jr., Joan Pringle, Carl W. Crudup, Glynn Turman,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

A docile black law student is possessed by a 1940's mobster in mid-70's New Orleans. The mobster seeks revenge upon the people who killed him and his sister.

Actors : Gloria Delaney, Jimmy Lynch, Lady Reed, Rudy Ray Moore,
Directors : Cliff Roquemore,

A flabby black comedian defends his community from attacks by stereotypical whites.

Actors : Bud Spencer, Frédéric de Pasquale, Franco Agostini, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Pasquale Festa Campanile,

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the...

Actors : Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

Influential Arab diplomat becomes the target of numerous assassination attempts, when he announces his plan to make peace with Israel by letting them join the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Jean Négroni, Patrick Fierry, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Philippe Labro,

L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks before ...

Actors : Ping-Yu Chang, Jackie Chan, Chung-Erh Lung, Kang Chin,
Directors : Chi-Hwa Chen,

Jackie witnesses his father's death by the skilled hands of a martial arts master with an unknown killing technique. Jackie vows to become a Shaolin monk and avenge his death (not very ...