Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Bolo Yeung, Fan Chiang, Wai-Man Chan, Yeh Fang,
Directors : Ta Huang,

A martial arts fighter, haunted by his past, takes a job as a dock worker in a small village. His vow never to fight again is tested by the cruel owner of the pier.

Actors : William Smith, Michael Pataki, Roger E. Mosley, Tom Johnigarn,
Directors : Henning Schellerup,

A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local rackets.

Actors : Balkrishna, Kalpana, Vishnuvardhan, Rajkumar,
Directors : Vijay,

This movie is about a forest officer who is posted to a place to stop sandalwood smuggling and the family angle of the plot unfolds thereafter.

Actors : Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz, John Ashley,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader ...

Actors : Shirley Washington, Chiquito, James Iglehart, Marissa Delgado,
Directors : Cesar Gallardo,

The Jefferson's honeymoon night in Hong Kong will be troubled by a number of people wishing to get hold of a Bouddha statuette that the husband offered her when window-shopping that day. ...

Actors : John Daniels, Tom Hankason, Marva Farmer, Eli Haines,
Directors : Matt Cimber,

Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his ...

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Stacy Keach, Margot Kidder, Barry Primus,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

Actors : Vicki Baltimore, Calvin Lockhart, Joan Blondell, Marlene Clark,
Directors : Phillip Fenty,

Black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia. Complications ensue.

Actors : Dub Taylor, Roger Davis, Tricia Sembera, Richard Kiel,

Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.

Actors : Ming-Tsai Wu, Cheng-Wu Yang,

During the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty, commissioner Ma Chui Kau was a man of peace until a massacre tore apart his family and honor-bounds him to capture the notorious outlaw Hsiung-Wu; that is, until the outlaw captures the commissioner.

Actors : Dinamik, Iraj Ghaderi, Saeed Rad, Ahmad Ghadakchian,
Directors : Iraj Ghaderi,

Two brothers are separated from each other for many years. Khosrow is now a police officer but his missing brother Essi is a thief. Essi gets release from the prison but is in need to money...

Actors : Franca Gonella, Pierre Marfurt, Antonio Sabato, Cesare Barro,

A gang of young and ruthless bikers terrorizes the streets of Rome for no other reason than kicks and to kill their copious amounts of spare time.

Actors : Su-Chen Chen, Caryn White, Yunzhong Li, Bruce Li,
Directors : Hsing-Lai Wang,

A highly fictionalized biography of the famous Bruce Lee, this movie traces his college life, his marriage to Linda Lee, his relationship with his master, and his untimely death.

Actors : Chin Hu, Yung-Sze Chen, Hao-Yun Tang, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Mu Chu,

Chi Kuan Chun's family is murdered by three crooks and he sets out to get revenge first by killing one and then attempting to frame the leader for sleeping with the local governor's wife. ...

Actors : Foe Brown, Bruce Li, Lu Wen Lu, Fei Lung,
Directors : Chia Chun Wu,

Scientist Dr Ting has invented a secret formula that will help the world's food crisis, but refuses an offer to sell it. When Dr Ting is later kidnapped by a sinister organization, Alice's ...

Actors : Naoko Ohtani, Shimokawa Shinpei, Yoshio Harada, Etsushi Takahashi,
Directors : Yûsuke Watanabe,

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once ...

Actors : Albert Salmi, Jesse Vint, Seymour Cassel, Karen Carlson,
Directors : Bob Kelljan,

An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge.

Actors : David Chiang, Chung Wang, Kuan Tai Chen, Danny Lee,
Directors : Hsueh Li Pao,

With the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-head in The Imposter which sees ...

Actors : Prem Nath, Saira Banu, Vinod Khanna, Sunil Dutt,
Directors : Raj Khosla,

A kingpin smuggler kills a police officer and succeeds in separating his teen-aged sons. The elder son who had vowed to take revenge, accidentally meets his younger brother. The two join forces to bust the smugglers gang.

Actors : Bong-jin Jin, Pik-yu Ho, Jin Heo,
Directors : Sang-ok Shin,

Japan conquers China just before WW2 starts. Chinese women are captured and placed in concentration camps, where they are tortured and humiliated. Some try to escape incurring enormous risks, and death if they fail.