Best Action movies of 1976

Actors : Siu-Lung Leung, Hoi Mang, Hung Gai Chan, Kung Chang,
Directors : See-Yuen Ng,

The grandson of a petroleum company president is kidnapped in Rome. The kidnappers want $10 million dollars in ransom money. The boy's grandfather wants his grandson back but doesn't want ...

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Defne Toppare, Tarik Simsek, Salih Kirmizi,
Directors : Duygu Sagiroglu,

Two rebels battle an evil king in a fantasy medieval Turkish kingdom. Identifying tattoos, galley slavery, stoning, beheadings, sword fights abound. A disneyesque fantasy history yarn, except for the rather extreme violence.

Actors : Dean Shek, Pu-Liao Hsu, Kai Chia, Angela Mao,
Directors : Chi-Hwa Chen,

A woman uses her knowledge of kung fu to kill many warriors by kicking them in the ribs and head.

Actors : Ying Bai, Ting Chao, Kang Chin, Shao-Peng Chen,

Prince Chien Lung, who soon became the Ching Dynasty's most famous and far-reaching emperor, travels with his bodyguard to locate a secret document offering evidence of the prince's Han ...

Actors : Iraj Ghaderi, Bahman Mofid, Nuri Kasrai, Iran Ghaderi,
Directors : Iraj Ghaderi,

Zabih and Reza decide to leave the crime forever. But Reza who is in love with Aghdas is imprisoned for a fight over his friend Zabih. Aghdas herself comes to Tehran from Mashad to find ...

Actors : Ziggy, Grant Page, John Hargreaves, Margaret Gerard,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans turned stunt men, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.

Actors : Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Lingfeng Shangguan, Feng Shih, Ching Cheng,
Directors : Min-Hsiung Wu,

This film depicts the early exploits of the founder of Tai Chi, Chang Zhang Fong, The story starts with Chang staying at the Shaolin temple and stumbling upon the secret manuscripts that ...

Actors : Kuang-Tseng Lin, Ling Chia, Feng Hsu, Chiang-Lung Wen,
Directors : Sheng Tang,

The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his most trusted aides who is the general of all the armies. He attacks the palace to establish himself as the new emperor. The real emperor is killed...

Actors : Marga Barbu, Mircea Albulescu, Zephi Alsec, Jean Constantin,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

A true story about the romanian biggest shipyard during 70's. The secret of mounting giant propeller is finally revealed due to a daring man: the shipyard director himself.

Actors : Biu Gam, Lieh Lo, Wai-Man Chan, Ping Wang,
Directors : Chih Chen,

In the last Big Boss (A.K.A.:Fists Of Fury), Cheng Chao-On was arrested after killing Hsiao Mi, "The Big Boss". In this sequel, his brother, Cheng Chao-Chun (Lo Lieh), visits his brother in...

Actors : Molly Mershon, Henry Bal,
Directors : Thomas G. Reeves,

Earnest, taciturn, and fiercely self-reliant independent Native American fisherman Joe Bass tenaciously fights for his fishing rights in a tiny North Michigan lakeside hamlet. Joe butts ...

Actors : Youssef Chaban, Omar El-Hariri, Nour El-Sherif, Mirvat Amen,

Four men commit a big robbery dreaming of wealth but one of them convince the others to get rid of the fourth man and get his share as he also wants his girlfriend to himself, fifteen years...

Actors : Jenny Tamburi, George Eastman, Roberto Giraudo, Jack Palance,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

Dan Caputo arrives at New York to avenge the death of his father, an ex-cop who was involved in mob business.

Actors : Jeannie Rapstad, Gordon Austin, Larry Harris, Michael Nahay,
Directors : Michael Nahay,

When a black gang stages a bloody robbery of his drug operation in an effort to take over the city's narcotics racket, a Mafia boss calls in a retired hitman to get back his drugs and wipe out the gang that stole them.

Actors : Nigel Davenport, Ken Gampu, Bima Stagg, Peter Dyneley,
Directors : Christopher Rowley,

A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.

Actors : Reena Roy, Asha Parekh, Jeetendra, Asrani,
Directors : Chander Vohra,

Wealthy Dr. Shivnath decides to adopt an injured orphan named Rajkumar, who has been separated from his sister, Munni, much to the chagrin of his wife, Janki, who resents him and reserves ...

Actors : Takeo Chii, Takashi Ebata, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Bitô,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that...

Actors : Ranjeet, Rekha, Bindu, Randhir Kapoor,
Directors : Kundan Kumar,

Randhir and Ranvir Verma are twins. Randhir is straightforward, while Ranvir is a petty criminal. These petty thefts add up, and soon the police arrest Ranvir, and he is sentenced to prison...

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Hsiang Chin Han, Chi-Hsia Tai, Barry Chan,
Directors : Min-Hsiung Wu,

It's 1645, and the forces loyal to the Ming are fast losing out to the Ching (Manchu). Treacherous quisling Shu Ting Kao betrays Captain Sher and takes him prisoner, as per the (Ching) ...

Actors : Ling Chia, Sing Chen, Chin Hai Chen, Chiang-Lung Wen,
Directors : Fu-Ti Lin,

Tamo the founder of Buddhism in China travels from India seeking a disciple and he finds one in the son a village doctor, but he doesn't want to be a disciple.