Best Action movies of 1970s

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 : Barbara Werle, Stefanie Powers, Aldo Ray, James Caan,
Directors : Bernard Girard,

After being framed, a cowboy is sent to jail. After his time is served, he leaves with vengeance in his heart. Soon he meets a young Native American woman and together they go to settle their score with a small town and its corrupt leader.

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 : Iurie Darie, Puiu Calinescu, Jean Constantin, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

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

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

Actors : Lon Chaney Jr., Jennifer Bishop, Russ Tamblyn, Aleshia Brevard,

After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, ...

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 : 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 : Angelique Pettyjohn, Janet Wood, Tom Keena, Victoria Racimo,
Directors : Joel M. Reed,

A journalist gets mixed up with a stripper, a defecting Chinese scientist and Red Chinese agents.

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 : Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Colea Rautu, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : Dixie Peabody, Clyde Ventura, Joanne Moore Jordan, Terry Mace,
Directors : Barbara Peeters,

Tautly directed biker film, told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.

Actors : Peter Cushing, Stuart Whitman, Lung Ti, Lily Li,

Shatter, an international hitman, is hiding out in Hong Kong after he has completed a contract out on an African leader. Shatter soon finds out that everyone wants him dead, including the ...

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 : Connie Strickland, William Smith, Carol Speed, Rockne Tarkington,
Directors : Charles Bail,

Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.

Actors : Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, Jack Palance,
Directors : William H. Bushnell,

The film centres around gangland boss Vic Morono who presides over a mixed pack of cards with the trumps being the 'The Four Deuces'-Chip Morono, Mickey Navarro, Ben Arlen and Smokey Ross. ...

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 : Aldo Sambrell, Helga Liné, Espartaco Santoni, Peter Lee Lawrence,
Directors : León Klimovsky,

The sole survivor, named Sando Kid (Peter Lee Lawrence), of a Northern slaughter seeks vendetta. After suffering atrocity, Kid executes a single-handedly revenge, he ravages, he hits and ...

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.