Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Candice Bergen, Alan Badel, Thommy Berggren, Charles Aznavour,
Directors : Lewis Gilbert,

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his ...

Actors : William Smith, Barbara Leigh, Guich Koock, Christopher Joy,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.

Actors : Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams, Paul Hampton, Gwen Welles,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug ...

Actors : David Chiang, Jeanette Yu Wei, Ping Wang, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A Kung Fu artist sacrifices everything to avenge his father's execution.

Actors : Cristina Raines, Clarke Peters, Beau Bridges, David Essex,
Directors : David Wickes,

A young hot-headed motorbike enthusiast inherits the prototype for an incredibly fast machine which was designed by his brother. He successfully gets the finance for it, and uses the bike ...

Actors : Rod Taylor, Theodore Bikel, Suzy Kendall, Ahna Capri,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice.

Actors : O.J. Simpson, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Michael Winner,

A merc is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal. A woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

Actors : Rod Steiger, Trevor Howard, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Don Sharp,

Hennessy is an Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. After his family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Actors : Albert Au, Tin Sang Lung, Lieh Lo, Chen Chi Lin,
Directors : Hark Tsui,

Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and starts to manipulate them. The four criminals plan more and more daring acts.

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Fei Ai, Ping Chen, Shen Chan,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Two clans compete for dominance over the martial arts world in this classic of violent swordplay and political intrigue. A complex tale of deception and double crosses. Killer Clans leaves ...

Actors : Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Dallas Edward Hayes, Beverly Ballard,
Directors : Larry Yust,

Two Phildelphia con men try to evade gangsters they have conned and cops who are trying to put them in jail.

Actors : Silvano Tranquilli, Ray Lovelock, Richard Conte, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Marino Girolami,

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of...

Actors : David Chiang, Cecilia Wong, Chia Yung Liu, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Shaolin Mantis (Orig. Tang lang) is a 1978 Shaw Brothers film directed by Lau Kar-leung. Starring David Chiang and Liu Chia Hui. Shaolin Mantis tells the story of a man who learns martial arts by observing a praying mantis.

Actors : Kuan Tai Chen, Chia-Hui Liu, Yue Wong, Lily Li,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

Teenager Wong Fei-hung is sent to train in the art of hung gar kung fu from his father's teacher, Luk Ah-choy. With training complete, Wong must fight an assassin and regain the honor of his school.

Actors : William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Adam Roarke, Houston Savage,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Hell's Angels vs. the Viet Cong!

Actors : Pomson Shi, Yao Lin Chen, Chiu-Sing Hau, John Cheung,
Directors : Sum Cheung,

A snake style expert travels the lands, imposing his mastery on others, until he runs into a monkey expert living on the edge of a small town, who defeats him soundly. The snake expert ...

Actors : Tani Guthrie, John Considine, Jennifer Billingsley, Judith McConnell,
Directors : Terry Becker,

Beautiful young girls are kidnapped off the streets of Manila by a death cult that needs their blood to remain immortal.

Actors : Jack Elam, Cornel Wilde, Lee Majors, Mel Ferrer,
Directors : Charles B. Pierce,

An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

Actors : Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Dharmendra,

Alibaba, (Dharmendra) a native of Guleba is in love with Marjina (Hema Malini). The town has a ruler, Abu Hasan. Guleban is terrorized by dacoits. Ali Baba hears the password to the door of...

Actors : Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Fernando Rey, Stella Stevens,

A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.