Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee Gulzar, Shatrughan Sinha, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Inspired by a true mining tragedy the film is about people from all walks of life showing courage and character to fight the forces of nature.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Raj Kiran, Simi Garewal, Tina Ambani,
Directors : Subhash Ghai,

Ravi is killed by his wife after his marriage. He is reborn as Monty and is now a singer he goes to holiday in Ooty where he recollects his memories from previous life and inquires about his family from first life and his evil wife Kamini.

Actors : James Mason, Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jill Ireland,
Directors : Terence Young,

A brutal drug trader takes his violent revenge after his wife is captured by a drug boss.

Actors : Yul Brynner, Gérard Herter, Ignazio Spalla, Dean Reed,
Directors : Gianfranco Parolini,

Master gunslinger Sabata helps some Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagonload of gold.

Actors : Jack Hawkins, Robert Morley, Anthony Hopkins, Nathalie Delon,
Directors : Etienne Périer,

In a vein similar to James Bond movies, British Agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.

Actors : Robert Hossein, Dyan Cannon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

In 1970s Athens a group of professional burglars plan an emerald heist from the home of a gem collector but the corrupt Greek police inspector Abel Zacharia is on their trail.

Actors : Alexander Knox, Sven-Bertil Taube, Patrick Allen, Barbara Parkins,
Directors : Geoffrey Reeve,

Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ...

Actors : Rod Cameron, George Hamilton, Bert Freed, Sue Lyon,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big ...

Actors : Diana Lorys, Silvia Monti, Terence Hill, George Martin,
Directors : Lorenzo Gicca Palli,

Rivaling Pirates and Spanish gold are the ingredients for this story. Blackie the pirate is the one who first hears from this shipment of gold when he encounters "Don" Pedro. He thinks of a...

Actors : Ion Fintesteanu, Puiu Calinescu, Dem Radulescu, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

Three paroled inept Romanian convicts dream up get-rich-quick schemes on the Black Sea Riviera where a petty-crime police squad led by Captain Panait is vacationing.

Actors : Puiu Calinescu, Sebastian Papaiani, Dem Radulescu, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Mircea Dragan,

In 1971 three inept petty Romanian criminals are released from prison but find themselves at the core of two money laundering and burglary cases.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, George C. Scott, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.

Actors : Cameron Mitchell, Rip Torn, Stella Stevens, Jim Brown,
Directors : Jack Starrett,

Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.

Actors : Woody Strode, Henry Silva, Adolfo Celi, Mario Adorf,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but ...

Actors : Claude Akins, Yvette Mimieux, Charlton Heston, James Brolin,
Directors : John Guillermin,

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 in this disaster film filled with the usual early '70s stereotypes, and demands to be taken to Russia.

Actors : Siu Tin Yuen, Dean Shek, Hung Lieh Chen, Jackie Chan,

Young Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice. One day, he meets an old beggar who offers to teach Jackie how to fight. Jackie grows...

Actors : Imtiaz Khan, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Dharmendra,
Directors : Nasir Hussain,

Three brothers are separated after their parents' murder. Years later, their only hope of avenging their parents and reuniting as a family lies in the song they learned as children.

Actors : Pierre Mondy, Aldo Maccione, Robert Lamoureux, Jean Lefebvre,
Directors : Robert Lamoureux,

1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can ...

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Daniel Ivernel, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Alain Delon,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."

Actors : Gino Santercole, Tomas Milian, Laura Belli, Henry Silva,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A small-time homicidal maniac kidnaps the daughter of a rich man, prompting a hardened detective to work outside the law to pursue him.