Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Jenny Tseng, Hsia Hui Wu, Sheng Fu,

International favorite Alexander Fu Sheng cemented his stardom in this, the fourth film in his esteemed director's "Shaolin" series. Fu gives both a great dramatic and kung-fu performance ...

Actors : Yao Hsiao, Feng Ku, Lung Ti, Lily Li,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Actors : Peter De Anda, Raymond St. Jacques, Percy Rodrigues, Godfrey Cambridge,
Directors : Mark Warren,

Sequel to Cotton comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black ...

Actors : Gina Romand, Roberto Cañedo, Santo, Anel,
Directors : Miguel M. Delgado,

A mad female scientist needs Santo's blood for a youth serum; and she has Frankenstein's reliable old monster to help her get it.

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

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 : Connie Strickland, Kipp Whitman, Dennis Burkley, Carol Speed,
Directors : William Allen Castleman,

The manager of a rock band fires the drunken, psycho bass player, who goes on a rape and murder spree.

Actors : Dem Radulescu, Toma Caragiu, Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

When a big ocean liner's cargo of fertilizer catches fire, it causes an explosion and pretty soon, the whole ship is ablaze. A helpful newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire.

Actors : Milo O'Shea, Frank Converse, Cliff Robertson, Diane Baker,
Directors : Cliff Robertson,

Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.

Actors : Chia-Hui Liu, Yi Ling Chen, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

When the ruling dynasty in China sends soldiers to destroy the Shaolin Temple, students use their martial arts to defend the school.

Actors : Raf Baldassarre, David Dreyer, Lloyd Battista, Tony Anthony,
Directors : Ferdinando Baldi,

While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.

Actors : Keith Andes, Broderick Crawford, Kent Taylor, Scott Brady,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A government agent tries to break a Neo-Fascist group in California

Actors : Yi Chang, Shao Chun Chao, Bruce Li, Kang Chin,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

This martial arts movie tries to explain the strange death of the international movie star and kung fu master Bruce Lee. Most of the story centers on a former disciple of Lee who launches a...

Actors : Hua Yueh, Ping Chin, Chiao Chiao, Miao Ching,
Directors : Kang Cheng,

Actors : David Hyry, J. Craig Collicut, Carson Jackson, Jan Sisk,

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Masaru Shiga, Janet Hatta, Eiko Matsuda,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.

Actors : Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Aimee Iacobescu, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : Ping Lu, Yu Wang, Ching Ching Chang, Fei Lung,
Directors : Lung Chien,

When the Japanese massacre the people of his fishing village, the Chinese hero of this Kung Fu epic (Jimmy Wang Yu) heads to Japan seeking vengeance.

Actors : Gary Waddell, Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller,
Directors : Stephen Wallace,

Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. ...