Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Ben Johnson, James Coburn,
Directors : Richard Brooks,

A group of ex-rough riders, an ex-prostitute and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert.

Actors : Masaaki Daimon, Meiko Kaji, Miyoko Akaza, Toshio Kurosawa,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

A young girl is born and raised to be an instrument of revenge.

Actors : Jane Seymour, Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Margaret Whiting,
Directors : Sam Wanamaker,

Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch.

Actors : Iftekhar, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Chandra Barot,

Don, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Judy Geeson, Richard Attenborough, John Wayne,
Directors : Douglas Hickox,

Chicago police lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the UK to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the USA but Larkin's hit-men prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Jack Kruschen, Loretta Swit, James Caan,
Directors : Richard Rush,

San Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.

Actors : Luciano Catenacci, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, David Huddleston,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Neetu Singh, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Vijay struggles as a dockworker. Eventually, he becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother, Ravi, is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.

Actors : LeVar Burton, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

The story of professional bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson.

Actors : Angel Tompkins, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.

Actors : Patty Shepard, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Deogratias Huerta,
Directors : Marcello Fondato,

After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.

Actors : Erin Gray, Gil Gerard, Henry Silva, Pamela Hensley,
Directors : Daniel Haller,

A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.

Actors : Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre, H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia,
Directors : H.B. Halicki,

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford...

Actors : Susan Blakely, George Kennedy, Robert Wagner, Alain Delon,
Directors : David Lowell Rich,

American based Federation World Airlines has just acquired a Concorde jet, which will make its inaugural commercial flight from Washington D.C. to Paris and then to Moscow as a goodwill ...

Actors : Marjoe Gortner, David Hasselhoff, Christopher Plummer, Caroline Munro,
Directors : Luigi Cozzi,

An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a secret weapon by the evil Count Zarth Arn.

Actors : Henry Fonda, Paul Newman, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Paul Newman,

A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.

Actors : D'Urville Martin, Lady Reed, Rudy Ray Moore, Jerry Jones,
Directors : D'Urville Martin,

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a...

Actors : Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, May Dlamini, Joe Bugner,
Directors : Italo Zingarelli,

In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant, starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian Zoo's! Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by ...

Actors : Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Ian Bannen, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.

Actors : Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne,
Directors : John Sturges,

Seattle cop Lon McQ investigates the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the police department.