Best Action movies of 1978

Actors : Min Kyu Choi, Robby Ban, Chao-jung Chen, Yi Tao Chang,
Directors : Seon-kyeong Kim,

The Master of Manchuria's most renowned school of kung-fu is slaughtered when he resists the invading Japanese. His eldest son is beaten so badly he becomes mentally retarded. The second ...

Actors : Janet Agren, Fabio Testi, Assi Dayan, Siegfried Rauch,

This feature was shot in the midst of some of Europe's most stunning scenery. The story focuses on the efforts of an espionage agent, played by Italian heartthrob Fabio Testi, to secure a ...

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Peng Tien, Pei Ling Chen, Bruce Li,
Directors : Pao-Chang Han,

During World War II, Japanese soldiers invade a small Chinese town. Li immediately takes out four of the soldiers who want to steal some chickens. The story then follows the bumbling ...

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, Sing Chen, Feng Ouyang, Fei Lung,
Directors : Bing Lin,

A corrupt mayor of a town in Szechuan province allies himself with a group of bandits to gain control of the region by cutting off all supply routes to the town. Two police men both expert ...

Actors : Yi Chang, Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Don Wong, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Jimmy Shaw,

A Manchu prince places a cache of treasure in the care of his five most trusted guards who divide it amongst themselves. One by one the guards are murdered. Who are the secret assassins?

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rekha, Joginder Shelly,
Directors : Satpal,

Ram Kumar Verma is an honest albeit unsuccessful Insurance Agent. His poor performance and a quick settlement for Renu and her mom gets him transferred to Madhya Pradesh. During the train ...

Actors : Su-jin Yeo, Lau Chan, Sing Chen, Barry Chan,
Directors : Ling Shang,

When a once infamous criminal decides to give up his lifestyle and return the many treasures he has stolen to their rightful owners; he is promptly murdered by his partners in crime. To ...

Actors : John Laughlin, Shelly Horner, Phoebe Schmidt, Verkina Flower,
Directors : Bethel Buckalew,

Cool van-driving stud Steve gets the hots for Anita, who's the new girl in town. However, this doesn't go over well with Steve's bitchy and jealous girlfriend Donna, who sets Steve up by ...

Actors : Uttam Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit, Nandita Thakur, Utpal Dutt,
Directors : Alo Sarkar,

Maharaj Brajbhan lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bharatpur, India along with his wife, Badi Rani, but have been unable to conceive for Bharatpur, and have no choice but to leave it's reigns ...

Actors : John Cheung, Wah Cheung, Yu An An, Hung-Yi Chang,
Directors : Sum Cheung,

Chan is given a jar of sweets by a beautiful air-hostess; he finds that each one contains a diamond (diamonds that belong to a ruthless smuggling gang). Chan soon realizes that there's no ...

Actors : Elton Chong, Song Baek, Casanova Wong, Il-shik Jang,
Directors : Kei-Ying Cheng,

Casanova is the son of a murdered warrior who has been trained as a killing machine from birth and now is the time to unleash the beast.

Actors : Sing Chen, David Wei Tang, Li Chu, Bruce Li,
Directors : Fei Lung Huang,

The new police chief (Bruce Li) arrives in a small provincial town. He's been charged with bringing a dangerous gang to justice. But within seconds, the chief provokes a showdown with his ...

Actors : Yi Chang, Yi-Min Li, Don Wong, Sing Chen,
Directors : Shih Hao Ko,

During a changeover in China to constitutional government, regional warlords and chiefs use the confusion to rebel against the new government. One honorable chief refuses and leaks a secret...

Actors : Helen, Bindu, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Deven Verma,

In order to prevent honest Ramchandra from being elected as Mayor, Digvijay Singh alias Dharamdas sets his men upon him, his son, Ram Kumar, and his wife, all in vain, as Ramchandra wins. ...

Actors : Michelle Yim, Dana, Bruce Li, Yasuaki Kurata,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

A chauffeur is pursued by drug dealers after his boss, a convicted drug kingpin, is sentenced to death.

Actors : Jackie Lee, Min Kyu Choi, Kelvin Chan, Ben Lee,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

Set during the 1920s in snow covered Manchuria. Kao-Ying sells information on the mining operation in Manchuria to the Japanese Intelligence Agency. He's rewarded with a large quantity of jewelery.

Actors : Dodo Abashidze, Nana Esakia, Ketevan Sharikadze, Gulchina Dadiani,
Directors : Devi Abashidze,

Kvarkvare is wrongly accused of activities against the Tsar and is imprisoned, but the Socialist Revolution makes him an imposter "hero". Blinded with the authority, he goes to far in his avenge against the whole village.

Actors : Bárbara Rey, José Antonio Ceinos, Miguel Ángel Godó, Patricia Adriani,
Directors : Hubert Frank,

A beautiful young girl parachutes onto a remote, isolated island, and finds herself taken prisoner by a gang of criminals hiding out there.

Actors : William Smith, Frank Christi, Tony Burton, Damu King,
Directors : John Evans,

A gang of criminals set out to rob mafia controlled casinos in Las Vegas.

Actors : Maribel Martín, Rafael Albaicín, Fernando Bilbao, Alberto Terracina,
Directors : Antonio Margheriti,

A snake-oil salesman is chased across the desert by a gang of Mexican bandits. He finds out, however, that he is being protected by the spirits of Davey Crockett, Pecos Bill and Johnny Appleseed.