Best Action movies of 1979

Actors : Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch, Rudy Ray Moore, Jerry Jones,
Directors : J. Robert Wagoner,

A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, ...

Actors : Robert Hogan, Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl. Written by John Sayles.

Actors : Liza Greer, Sylvia Anderson, Jacqulin Cole, Lieu Chinh,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.

Actors : Beverly Johnson, Peter Ustinov, Michael Caine, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.

Actors : Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset, Georges Géret, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

Commissaire Stanislas Borowitz is going undercover as gangster Antonio Cerutti in order to expose corrupted policemen.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Don Sharp,

On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during WW2, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency NATO frequency and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva,

Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.

Actors : Barbara Bach, Beryl Cunningham, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.

Actors : James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

Actors : Rekha, Kader Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajit,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When ...

Actors : Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Feng Lu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It's Lo Meng's most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy.

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Linda Evans, Robert Shaw, Lee Marvin,

Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.

Actors : Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, Graham Kennedy, John Jarratt,
Directors : Tom Jeffrey,

In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Biao Yuen, Billy Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Knockabout is Sammo HungÂ's (TVÂ's Martial Law, The Legend Of Zu) brilliant cinematic achievement at merging comedy with kung fu. His meticulous blending of the two ingredients is vividly demonstrated in this film.

Actors : Pai Wei, Damian Lau, Chiu-Hua Wei, Kong Lau,
Directors : John Woo,

A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him.

Actors : Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed, Ossie Davis, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Dom DeLuise,

Three cops try to set up a sting by establishing their own Fencing operation. They have less than complete support from above and as they begin mingling more and more with the underworld ...

Actors : Moeko Ezawa, Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Ryô Hayami,
Directors : Kôsei Saitô,

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the ...

Actors : Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Leslie Nielsen, Shelley Winters,
Directors : Alvin Rakoff,

A pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.

Actors : Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Vikram has prospered in a life of crime and lives a hedonistic, self-indulgent lifestyle. When Durga, his wife gives birth to twins, he not only repudiates the children but discards his ...

Actors : Ursula Andress, Sylvia Kristel, Cornel Wilde, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Ken Annakin,

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and ...