Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Ling Chia, Kuan Tai Chen, Lin Chiao, Sing Chen,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

A kung-fu fighting detective investigating the murder of the emperor's wife uncovers a high-ranking conspiracy.

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

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

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

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 : Joe Lewis, Barbara Bach, Donald Pleasence, 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 : Reyes Poveda, José Febles, Ángel Fernández Franco, Teresa Giménez,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

A veteran policeman named Fernando feels a lot of hatred against Ángel because the boy ran him over with a car leaving him lame. Now Fernando accuses the young crook of having participated ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Meng Lo, Feng Lu, Li Wang, Chien Sun,
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 : 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 : Siu Tin Yuen, Billy Chong, Chiu-Sing Hau, 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 : Shan Chang, Cheng-Lan Chen, Tien-Chi Cheng, Kai Chia,

A ruthless white haired general intends to take over a small town with the help of his "Five Hands Gang"

Actors : Bo Svenson, Rod Steiger, Ann Turkel, Jack Palance,
Directors : Allan A. Buckhantz,

A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman.

Actors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Chien Sun, Feng Lu,
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 : Vinod Mehra, Sanjeev Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Sunil Dutt,
Directors : Rajkumar Kohli,

A newly married bride disappears after her marriage.

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.

Actors : David Chiang, Lieh Lo, Norman Chu, 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 : Feng Ku, Yue Wong, Lung Ti, Angie Chiu,
Directors : Chung Sun,

The Kung-Fu Instructor was director Sun Cheng's homage to Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo where Ti Lung plays a righteous weapon instructor. It's the first time a Shaw Brother's director uses a ...

Actors : Siu-Tung Ching, Feng Kuan, Chiu-Sing Hau, Hui Huang Lin,
Directors : Mar Lo,

A small-time crook goes in search of the other half of a wooden keepsake which will lead him to the legendary kung fu technique of the Gibbon Clan Fist.