Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Kôji Wada, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Akiko Wada,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.

Actors : Neetu Singh, Zeenat Aman, Jeetendra, Dharmendra,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

The story revolves around two small kingdoms in British India. Court intrigue, murder, assassination, Royal excesses, injustice to the subjects were hallmarks of the time and find their way...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Bruce D. Clark,

A dock worker becomes a prizefighter, but gets mixed up with a crooked manager. A sympathetic L.A. detective tries to set him straight, but he won't listen. His manager, who is also a drug ...

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Gianni De Luigi, Sven Valsecchi, Ettore Manni,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to ...

Actors : Fabio Testi, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati, David Hemmings,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned by his agency to do the same task.

Actors : Rekha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Ajit,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents ...

Actors : Delia Boccardo, Luc Merenda, Richard Conte, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

A police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.

Actors : Miki Sugimoto, Emi Jô, Linda Kimoto, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Members of the Red Helmet biker girl gang wind up in Kyoto, where they get into conflict with other girl gangs and local yakuza thugs.

Actors : Jill Harris, Frank Silvano, Chesty Morgan, Saul Meth,
Directors : Doris Wishman,

Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too close to the truth, but manages to gasp out a clue as to the identity of Toplar: he has a ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Yutaka Nakajima, Naoya Makoto,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the...

Actors : Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, James Coburn, Lee Grant,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

A retired agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.

Actors : David Chiang, Han Chin, Lung Ti, Lily Li,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

A Mogul king decides to take stealthy action to help overpower his greatest rivals. He chooses nine out thirteen of his loyal generals (who he treats as sons) to embark on the mission. ...

Actors : Yûko Asano, Masaya Oki, Kensaku Morita, Ryô Ikebe,
Directors : Jun Fukuda,

Earth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.

Actors : James Tien, Hark-On Fung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sing Chen,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

The Iron-Fisted Monk marks the directorial debut of Sammo Hung (Painted Faces, TVÂ's Martial Law), who used the opportunity to push the envelop in kung fu action films.

Actors : Anne Archer, Slim Pickens, James Coburn, Lois Nettleton,
Directors : Steve Ihnat,

An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.

Actors : Bunjaku Han, Takeo Chii, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

Five freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.

Actors : Charlene Jones, Sid Haig, Pat Woodell, John Ashley,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Paul Stevens,
Directors : Hugh A. Robertson,

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It ...

Actors : César del Campo, Eric del Castillo, Mary Montiel, Santo,
Directors : René Cardona,