Best Action movies of 1979

Actors : Monique van de Ven, Grant Page, Paul Haynes, Margaret Gerard,
Directors : Brian Trenchard-Smith,

Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to Los Angeles to work on a television series. He uses his spare time to lend his expertise to rock band Sorcery, whose act features duels between the ...

Actors : Deep Roy, Maribel Martín, Christian Anders, Dunja Rajter,

Actors : Jun Fubuki, Mikio Narita, Kei Satô, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

Yusaka Matsuda stars as a seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salary man who leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the ...

Actors : Yuen Man Meng, Jang Lee Hwang, Hoi Mang, Yeong-Mun Kwon,
Directors : Chin-Ku Lu,

Two young kung fu experts are terrorized by an evil warlord whose weapon is known as the Hell's Wind Staff. With the aid of an old rival of the warlord, they train in the Dragon Hands and ...

Actors : Chiu-Sing Hau, Yuan-Chun Wu, Siu-Hung Leung, Austin Wai,
Directors : Mar Lo,

Three young martial arts students and their teacher are beaten up badly by a wandering man who proclaims himself ''a corrector of bad kung-fu.'' Determined to avenge their teacher and ...

Actors : Ian McShane, Stephen Greif, Warren Clarke, Christopher Malcolm,
Directors : Francis Megahy,

A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.

Actors : Perry King, George Kennedy, Tisa Farrow, Don Stroud,
Directors : William Fruet,

The members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up murdered. The police soon begin to suspect that he is in fact the killer. He knows he isn't, and must find the real killer ...

Actors : Szu Shih, Feng Ku, Lung Ti, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Chung Sun,

Warrior Tuan Changqing (Ti Lung) meets courtesan Liu Yinxi (Shih Szu) in a small town. Liu pleads Tuan to kill underworld master Guo Tiansheng (Ku Feng), known as the "Killer Doctor", in ...

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshio Harada, Ayumi Ishida, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan ...

Actors : Eagle Han, John Liu, Don Wong, Lung Chan,
Directors : Chi Chang,

Ming General Cheng has taken a group of soldiers to Taiwan after their kingdom succumbed to the Ching. The Ching prince sends mercenaries to finish of Cheng, but Cheng's elite guard surprises the Manchurian foes.

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Chiu-Sing Hau, Billy Chong, Brandy Yuen,
Directors : Shan Hua,

A young man vows revenge against the killers of his father. To do this, he must train with his father's teacher who teaches him the "Shadow Claw", a deadly combination of the eagle claw and...

Actors : Joe Lewis, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Bach, Christopher Lee,
Directors : Ernest Pintoff,

A world's new kung-fu hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs and help save the world from an evil con (Christopher Lee).

Actors : Meng Lo, Chien Sun, Li Wang, Feng Lu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Yuan Ying Fei is the descendant of the one known as Golden Sword and himself is a master of the technique as well as being boss of the town. He is so a cruel man and has killed his sparring...

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Ka-Yan Leung, Yi Lung Huang, Ling-Lung Ouyang,
Directors : Wing-Cho Yip,

After being beaten by some thugs, police officer Chin Tai Ba (Leung Kar Yan) learns the Sleeping Fist style from martial arts master Chung Yiu (Yuen Siu Tin). After mastering his training, ...

Actors : David Chiang, Norman Chu, Lieh Lo, Lily Li,
Directors : Ho Meng-Hua,

International favorite, David Chiang, stars as the great Chih Shim, the monk who saved the Southern Shaolin Temple. Joining him is Lo Lieh, the Shaws' first international star who returns ...

Actors : Seema, Mustafa Qureshi, Aasia, Sultan Rahi,
Directors : Yunus Malik,

Maula Jat tells the true story of it's eponymous hero's blood feud with the local "gunda" Nuri Nath.

Actors : Percy Hogan, Luc Merenda, Laurence Stark, Donald O'Brien,
Directors : Joe D'Amato,

A ruthless hit man, joins a group of mercenaries deep in a South American jungle. His plan is to kidnap and collect the million dollar bounty on one of the other hired soldiers during one ...

Actors : Ann Sothern, Chris Petersen, Pat Petersen, Charles Lane,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.

Actors : Asha Puthli, Margherita Fumero, Tomas Milian, Enzo Cannavale,
Directors : Bruno Corbucci,

An ex policeman, now working for Interpol, and his ex assistant find themselves caught up in a Mafia war. With the help of a large dose of luck, two sexy women and the timely arrival of ...

Actors : Long Ten Hsiang, Pai Ah, Jeanie Chang, Hui Lou Chen,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

A winery owner and drunken boxing master trains two young boys in the art of drunken boxing after he catches them stealing from his winery.