Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Atsuo Nakamura, Sanae Kitabayashi, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry...

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Faryal, Neetu Singh, Rajendra Nath,
Directors : Narendra Bedi,

On the run from murderers, two men disguise themselves as women and join an all girl band.

Actors : Anne Archer, Erik Estrada, James Mitchum, Karen Lamm,
Directors : Richard T. Heffron,

When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get ...

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Asrani,
Directors : Shakti Samanta,

A singer by profession, Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) gets stranded in resthouse in the coutnryside during a rainstorm. While there he experiences ununsual feelings, as if he has been there before....

Actors : Fei Meng, Lin Lin Li, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Chi Lin,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Ho Mei Fong is a young woman in trouble, running from a gang of criminals with something of importance hidden in her purse. She dies in Chien Chen's taxi while trying to escape, but not ...

Actors : Shirley Yu, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Susan Yam-Yam Shaw, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

After getting in trouble with local gangs, a young man (Fu Sheng) flees to San Francisco, where the same gangs are still causing problems. He becomes a part of one gang, and eventually ...

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier, Roscoe Lee Browne,
Directors : Ron O'Neal,

A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.

Actors : Rockne Tarkington, Richard X. Slattery, Heidi Vaughn, Steve Sandor,
Directors : Daniel Vance,

A decorated Vietnam War vet returns home to his small southwestern town, only to find carnies and bikers are stepping all over it, prompting him to take action.

Actors : Carter Wong, Szu-Cheng Mu, Sing Chen, Shao-Peng Chen,
Directors : Raymond Lui,

A fighter confronts a rogue master armed with weapons capable of severing a head from 100 feet away.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Fabio Testi, Franco Nero, Lina Polito,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some ...

Actors : Ferdinando Murolo, Luc Merenda, Enzo Cannavale, Adolfo Lastretti,
Directors : Michele Massimo Tarantini,

Police Commissioner Dario Mauri investigates the activities of a drug ring led by Don Domenico Laurenzi.

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, David Birney,
Directors : Geoffrey Reeve,

American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But...

Actors : Charles Bonet, Jang Lee Hwang, John Liu, Yi Lung Huang,

As China and Russia's governments are talking peace, traitorous agents on both sides seek war. Enter John Liu as a special agent sent to identify who the Russian traitor is and who his contact is within the walls of the Forbidden City.

Actors : Richard Harrison, Szu Shih, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Four friends learn kung fu to avenge the death of their friend against the manchus.

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.

Actors : Roy Chiao, Ying Bai, Chia-Hsiang Wu, Feng Hsu,
Directors : King Hu,

The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Tyne Daly, Robert Loggia, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : Earl Bellamy,

After a wave of unsolved car thefts, an insurance company calls in private investigator Pete Nobeck to solve the case. While the chief of police isn't thrilled about having an outsider come...

Actors : Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and ...

Actors : Toshio Kurosawa, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa, Kaoru Yumi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late....

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Masaomi Kondô,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701 -- 1702, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the ... See full synopsis »