Best Action movies of 1979

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 : 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 : Grant Page, Monique van de Ven, 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, 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 : 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 : Maribel Martín, Deep Roy, Christian Anders, Dunja Rajter,

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Kin-Kwan Poon, Alan Colavito, Yasuaki Kurata, Tadashi Yamashita,
Directors : Yueh-Ting Men,

After getting into a brawl in a Discotech in Dominica, three strangers; a Japanese tourist, a Chinese restaurant worker, and an American painter find themselves thrown in jail together and left to rot there.

Actors : Siu-Lung Leung, Sing Chen, Ho Chiu Kei, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Lu Po Tu,

The film begins with the police at the time, through the honest Captain Liu, chasing a killer and rapist girls... See full synopsis »

Actors : Yoshirô Aoki, Lily, Aiko Morishita, Yûsaku Matsuda,
Directors : Tôru Murakawa,

Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a new job - the target is a veteran killer as good as he is.

Actors : Ina Skriver, Suzanne Danielle, June Chadwick, Anika Pavel,
Directors : José Ramón Larraz,

A wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of three female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik. They spy, seduce, steal and, when their employer tries to double-cross them, kill.

Actors : Rey Malonzo, Tony Ferrer, Roberto Gonzalez, Erin Murphy,
Directors : Rey Malonzo,

One man is trying for greatness while battling a addiction and everybody thinks he done went bonkers

Actors : Vinod Mehra, Jeevan, Amjad Khan, Bindiya Goswami,
Directors : Jugal Kishore,

After wealthy Dharamdas marries Tara, they are blessed with a son, Moti, but his business suffers. His assistant Bihari convinces him that his wife is responsible for his bad luck, and as a...

Actors : Armando Silvestre, Federico Villa, Lorenzo de Monteclaro, Luciana,
Directors : Rafael Portillo,

When the land was soaked with the blood of an innocent family, the two surviving brothers swore they would take revenge no matter what. What chances do the two siblings have against a gang of ruthless thugs?

Actors : David Chiang, Phillip Ko, Norman Chu, Lily Li,
Directors : Eric Tsang,

The mysterious fighter Kam Ching Hung turns up at several martial arts schools and challenges leaders to duels, apparently with no discernible motive.

Actors : Hua Yueh, Nancy Yen, Lieh Lo, Feng Shih,
Directors : Jen-Chieh Chang,

After several years, a legendary swordsman returns to save the villagers from a highly trained army of swordsmen and their leader.