Best Action movies of 1979

Actors : Angela Luce, Gianni Garko, Marco Girondino, Nunzio Gallo,
Directors : Alfonso Brescia,

Gennarino is a Neapolitan orphan boy. He lives with Angela his adoptive mother, a former famous singer now fallen in the dust. She has a serious illness, and they together try to get the ...

Actors : Vijaya Bhanu, Aparna, Manju Bhargavi, Agha,
Directors : Rama Rao Tatineni,

Amar lives a poor lifestyle along with his widowed mom in a village, and has a sweetheart in Savitri. He is a trouble-maker and makes life difficult for the Panchayat Chair, Kalicharan, who...

Actors : Hiroki Matsukata, Guts Ishimatsu, Teruhiko Aoi, Minori Terada,
Directors : Sadao Nakajima,

Generel Sanada, seeking retribution for the murder of his father and a lost battle, both conceived by the Shogun, devises a series of brilliant plans to thwart the Shogun's overwhelming strength.

Actors : Romnick Sarmenta, Lito Lapid, Marianne de la Riva, Eddie Garcia,
Directors : Jun Gallardo,

A tragic childhood experience that led to a total lost, Rod aka Ben (Lito Lapid) grew up full of vengeance in his heart. He studied every single detail and then used his innocent image to ...

Actors : Bruce Le, Ruby Anna, Lik Cheung, Lita Vasquez,
Directors : Joseph Kong,

A young man called Wang Lung has to find his uncle who holds the key to a hidden treasure. He has to battle a lot of opponents to reach his goal.

Actors : Ping-Yu Chang, Yi Chang, Don Wong, Chung-Kuei Chang,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

Master of the "Palm Of Death" is recruited by a Qing government official to collect a manuscript written by the leader of the Ming rebels and kill all those who get in his way.

Actors : Nick Tate, Gary Hope, Gareth Hunt, Fiona Curzon,
Directors : Lindsay Shonteff,

A British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.

Actors : Yi Chang, Chung-Kuei Chang, Hou Tao Hsiao, Kuo Chung Ching,

An old Kung fu master and Assassin adopts a new disciple and teaches him the mantis kung fu in the hope his new protege will continue his killing for him.

Actors : Yen Tsan Tang, Michelle Yim, Feng Ku, Bruce Li,
Directors : Lu Po Tu,

Chan Shan returns home to find his brother is causing trouble in the town, his mother has become blind from the stress of crying and the local Japanese crime boss is terrorizing the family.

Actors : Mithun Chakraborty, Jeevan, Jagdeep, Ranjeeta Kaur,
Directors : Ravikant Nagaich,

In a bid to locate a missing employee, Jackson, the Central Bureau of Investigation assigns Agent Gopi to locate him. Gopi accepts this assignment and must battle women; venomous snakes; ...

Actors : Tony Lorea, Stanley Livingston, James Keach, Alvy Moore,
Directors : Anthony Cardoza,

CB runaways attempt to rob an armored car.

Actors : Dolphy, Celia Rodriguez, Brenda Del Rio, Lotis Key,
Directors : Luciano B. Carlos,

The real Darna (Brenda Del Rio) in the Darna, Kuno? storyline became pregnant. Based on the story, Darna was impregnated by the Japanese anime robots Voltes V and Mazinger Z. Because of the...

Actors : Barry Prima, Eva Arnaz, W.D. Mochtar, Dicky Zulkarnaen,
Directors : Arizal,

Special Silencers are large red pills, obtained from a forest dwelling mystic, which aid in meditation. However, if used by the untrained they cause a huge tree to grow in the stomach, and ...

Actors : Sor Young Chi, Siu Lun Chan, Yi Tao Chang, Kil-su Hyeon,
Directors : Godfrey Ho,

When a young boy finds himself alone in the world when his adoptive father disappears after a fight, his first thought is to go to Shaolin.

Actors : George Steve, Alice Meyer, Ali Tayler, Hsao Lung,

This movie creates a fictional story around Bruce Lee's death. In it a villain known as "Big Boss" drugs Bruce Lee in order to destroy his production company and force him to work for him. ...

Actors : Ranjeet, Ashok Kumar, Prema Narayan, Mahendra Sandhu,
Directors : Shiv Kumar,

An escaped convict blows up a train just to extract vengeance against the CBI Inspector who arrested him.

Actors : Jayamalini, Anita, Anuradha, Aruna,

Abducted, presumed dead, young Pratap survives in an ashram, learns various arts of worship and weaponry, rescues and then falls in love with Kalingnagar's Rajkumari Malti, and wants to wed...

Actors : Elke Sommer, Rod Taylor, Jeremy Kemp, Stuart Whitman,
Directors : Henry Levin,

A chance meeting leads two former college friends into a search for sunken treasure, a search which involves them with the double dealing Landers, supporter of their expedition treasures is...

Actors : Wo Ching, Lo Lai, Gei Ying Chan, Kang Chin,
Directors : Joseph Kong,

A very young dragon Luke Horvat has a sports bet multi problem. He is supposed to be learning the art of karate but is continually distracted by his tab app. His master Matthew Horvat sends...

Actors : Chin Hu, Ming Chin, Chung-Hsing Chao, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Ting Mei Sung,

Also known as Shaolin Red Master.