Best Action movies of 1970s

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 : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Feng Lu, Chien Sun,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The heroes pose as gun dealers and acrobats in order to get close to the bad guys so they can avenge the death of one of their brothers. In the end they lock the bad guys in a warehouse for a final battle to the death.

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 : Sushilendra Joshi, Vasant Rao Nakod, Rekha Sabnis, Shankar Nag,
Directors : Girish Karnad,

A mercernary sets out to assist a tribal chieftain to defeat the chieftain's brother who is now an opponent and an enemy.

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 : R. Muthuraman, Pandharibai, Kamal Haasan, Mohan Babu,
Directors : I.V. Sasi,

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 : 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 : Toshio Kurosawa, Tetsurô Tanba, Kaoru Yumi, Yôko Tsukasa,
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 : 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 : 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 : César del Campo, Eric del Castillo, Mary Montiel, Santo,
Directors : René Cardona,

Actors : Meg Lam, Siu Tin Yuen, Lau Chan, Bruce Li,
Directors : Bong Luk,

A well-to-do villager decides learning kung fu is the best way to protect himself and his family from the local gangsters. But the mentor he visits is a conman who is only after his money.

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

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

Actors : Sheng Chiang, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Fu, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples.

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 : Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova, Bérangère Bonvoisin, Francis Huster,
Directors : José Giovanni,

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 : 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.