Best Action movies of 1978

Actors : Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Bryan O'Dell, Renn Woods, Tony Allen,
Directors : Noel Nosseck,

A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth. In HD.

Actors : Meng Lo, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Chen Chi Lin, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

LIFE GAMBLE is the tale of a simple blacksmith (Kuo Chue) with extraordinary martial arts skills who is entangled in a life and death struggle between swordsmen, thieves, con artists, a ...

Actors : Peter Conrad, Joycelyn Norris, Benny Latimore, Steve Gallon,
Directors : Rene Martinez Jr.,

Super Soul Brother was originally going to be the "Black Superman". However, it ended up an action comedy. Wildman Steve plays a bum who agrees to allow an experimental drug to be ...

Actors : Yun Ling, Barry Chan, Nancy Yen, Ying Bai,
Directors : Chia Chih Li,

A soldier returning home from battle joins forces with villagers seeking justice after their families are brutally slain.

Actors : Kwok Kuen Chan, Sing Chen, Wai-Man Chan, Bruce Li,
Directors : Chi Lo,

Fantastic fighting sequences mark this kung fu action film.

Actors : Fonda Lynn, Jacky Lim, Alan Tam, Lona Chang,
Directors : Karen Yang,

A young woman is released from prison and starts her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper, she tries to settle in. When bizarre incidents occur, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her.

Actors : Gregg Henry, Tina Louise, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers,
Directors : Mel Stuart,

When his friend injures a little girl in a small southern town while driving drunk, country singer Paul agrees to state in court he had been driving. But his lawyer betrays him, and he ends...

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 »

Actors : Paul L. Smith, Yi Chang, Bruce Li, Angela Mao,
Directors : Jimmy Shaw,

Shrewd'n'suave Chang Wong and his redoubtable female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin drug ring led by the nefarious Paul. Moreover, Wong also works for a rival ...

Actors : Hung Wei, Chung Wang, Locke Hua Liu, Feng Ku,

The heroic Ma Teng has developed a counter to the Flying Guillotines attack, and when word reaches The Emperor, who is more bloodthirsty than ever, he creates a new deadlier version and ...

Actors : Ping Ou Wei, Bruce Li, Yuan Chuan, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Bruce Li,

An undercover cop has been assigned to bust up a narcotics ring but comes up against the mob's hired martial arts assassin. Both men are the best in their field and in a battle to the death, only one will survive...

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Nami Misaki, Jim Kelly, Sing Chen,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart ...

Actors : David Chiang, Wai-Man Chan, Lieh Lo, Ping Chen,
Directors : Meng Hua Ho,

As an expert of the 'Cross fists' technique, a reclusive kung fu master Li Pai perfects a lethal maneuver called the 'Shaolin Handlock' while an old wolf-in-sheep's-clothing friend Fang ...

Actors : Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kon Ichikawa,

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and ...

Actors : Stephen McNally, Mel Ferrer, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Story of a group of drag races and the young boy and girl who join them.

Actors : Magdalena Wollejko, Miroslaw Konarowski, Ryszard Gajewski, Cezary Morawski,
Directors : Jan Lomnicki,

Actors : June Allyson, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, James Mitchum,
Directors : Eddy Matalon,

Thriller about four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's famous 1977 blackout.

Actors : Yuet Sang Chin, Meg Lam, Jason Pai Piao, Fat Chung,
Directors : Karl Maka,

Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible ...

Actors : Yun Ling, Tony Liu, Lung Ti, Li Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Once again we follow the ultimate playboy sword master, Chu Liu Hsiang, and his faithful friend, Yi Tien Hung, on another amazing adventure in Southeastern China. This time, our heroes make...

Actors : Feng Ku, Chen Chi Lin, Hui-Ling Liu, Lung Ti,
Directors : Shan Hua,

Famed actor Ti Lung plays a lone swordsman trying to defeat the "Number One Swordsman" as part of his vengeance package in life in Soul Of The Sword. He quickly learns however, that sometimes wanting is better than having.