Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Supposedly dead, embittered former official, The Ghost Face Killer has returned and seeking revenge on those martial arts masters than once opposed him - his name is infamous and his Five ...

Actors : Louis Quinn, Tony Young, Joyce Jillson, Thomas Reardon,
Directors : Ed Forsyth,

Tara B. True is a flight attendant who makes a weekly swing through New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. In each city, she has a man: Edward, older and wealthy; Johnny, a beach bum with ...

Actors : Joseph Cotten, Tomas Milian, Maria Fiore, Mario Piave,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.

Actors : Peter Fonda, Telly Savalas, Hugh O'Brian, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Val Guest,

A five-man team of professionals undertake a daring robbery at a diamond mine.

Actors : Feng Tien, Chun Shih, Yueh Sun, Feng Hsu,
Directors : King Hu,

An esquire and a General eyes a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, held in a Temple library. The Abbot of the Temple selects his successor.

Actors : Juarez Santalvo, Guilherme Lamounier, Freddie Gedeon, Ademir Da Silva,
Directors : Hall Bartlett,

Inspired by the classic novel by Brazilian cultural icon Jorge Amado, this is the story of a gang of homeless children lead by Pedro Bala. Set in Bahia, the film follows the adventures of ...

Actors : Ronald L. Marchini, Michael Chong, Joshua Johnson, Mari Honjo,
Directors : Paul Kyriazi,

An evil Oriental Dragon Lady injects three martial arts fighters with a serum that turns them into zombie-like assassins, and she sends them out against her enemies.

Actors : Yasuhiro Shikamura, Feng Tien, Lieh Lo, Bruce Li,

After Chen Zhen's execution in Shanghai, the Japanese feared that his death would unite all Chinese kung fu schools against them. Fearing this, the Japanese gave orders to the head of the ...

Actors : Sevda Karaca, Cüneyt Arkin, Piero Fabiani, Hüseyin Baradan,

Pasha Yunus returns from his tax collecting mission at the service of the Ottoman Fatih Sultan Mehmet (1451-1481), when his ship is attacked and taken by the Black Pirate and his men. Yunus...

Actors : Reiko Oshida, Nobuo Kaneko, Yumiko Katayama, Junzaburô Ban,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Juvenile delinquent Rika gets released from the reform school and ends up protecting the debt-ridden father of her friend from local gangsters.

Actors : Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an expert gambler, and has been so as long as he can remember, and has never lost a game. These skills bring him to the attention of the underworld don Saxena (...

Actors : Carter Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Han Jae Ji, Angela Mao,
Directors : Feng Huang,

Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair...

Actors : Richard Smedley, Cheri Caffaro, Patrick Wright, Laurie Rose,
Directors : Don Schain,

Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Peter Fonda, Richard Lynch, Cornelia Sharpe,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

Three young men take a young woman and a middleaged man to an isolated cabin, where they are terrorized in different ways.

Actors : Mimsy Farmer, Fiamma Maglione, Venantino Venantini, James Franciscus,
Directors : Ruggero Deodato,

A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.

Actors : Yi Chang, Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Fanny Wang,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Chung Yao, a martial arts expert, has long been on the run from his stepbrother, who he caught trying to rape his wife on their wedding night. His brother has never given up the chase ...

Actors : Yen-Ching Ou, David Chiang, Ping Wang, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

China 1925, a man returns to track down a kill the men who murdered his brother.

Actors : Lois Ayres, Allan Baker, John Ballee, Billy Schwartz,
Directors : Lance D. Hayes,

A remote monastery in China has trained a talking gorilla, King Kung Fu, in the ancient art of kung fu. Having mastered his fighting skills, King Kung Fu is sent to America to demonstrate ...

Actors : Rakhee Gulzar, Neetu Singh, Randhir Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Ramesh Behl,

Suman (Raakhee) and Amit (Amitabh Bachchan) love each other and plan to marry soon. Amit lives with his younger brother, Raju (Randhir Kapoor), and Raju already calls Suman "Bhabhi". Amit ...

Actors : Betty Pei Ti, Lin Tung, Hua Yueh, Lily Ho,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

The Four Seasons Brothel is run by a ruthless madam, Lady Chun Yi. Countless young girls have been kidnapped or bought and then sold into a life of servitude, prostitution, and torture at ...