Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Ian Hendry, Jack Watson, Helmut Griem, Brian Keith,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

During WW2, German POWs in Britain plot to escape from their prison camp in Scotland.

Actors : William Smithers, Richard Lynch, David Carradine, Claudia Jennings,

Futuristic Science Fiction about a sport to the death, using "destructocycles".

Actors : Vincent Van Patten, Marcel Bozzuffi, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland,

A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.

Actors : Eva Bender, Bilal Inci, Kartal Tibet, Seher Seniz,
Directors : Mehmet Aslan,

TARKAN VERSUS THE VIKINGS features a mustached villain, who is the leader of a Viking clan that worships an octopus god-monster. The Vikings wish to kidnap a beautiful girl to sacrifice her...

Actors : James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Anthony Quinn,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.

Actors : Kris Kristofferson, Bernadette Peters, Victoria Principal, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : George Armitage,

After oil is found in a small town and local factory shut down, violent crime skyrockets. A young man has had enough and calls in his older brother, a cynical Vietnam vet, who cleans the streets but then tries to take over the town.

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Eiji Gô, Yumi Takigawa, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his self control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Actors : Cleavon Little, Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

Actors : Teruhiko Saigô, Hiroki Matsukata, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and ...

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 : Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace, Godfrey Cambridge,
Directors : Ossie Davis,

Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are two black cops with a reputation for breaking the odd head. Both are annoyed at the success of the Reverend Deke O'Mailey who is selling trips ...

Actors : Sonja Jeannine, John Steiner, Donald O'Brien, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

A bounty hunter arrives in a mining town and is hired to track down the missing daughter of the town's crippled mayor and learns she has been kidnapped by the mayor's corrupt right-hand-man and a band of outlaws he is secretly working for.

Actors : Jack Weston, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Tom Skerritt,
Directors : Richard A. Colla,

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Actors : Rekha, Kader Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajit,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Natwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When ...

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 : Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva,

Arizona cop is sent to Switzerland to bring in the girlfriend of a dangerous mobster so she can testify against him. The mobster sends someone too - assassins.

Actors : Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi, Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Hanzo begins tracking him down using his unorthodox interrogation techniques.

Actors : Charles Bronson, Bert Remsen, Michael Lerner, Bruno Kirby,
Directors : Jerrold Freedman,

On the U.S.-Mexican border, border cop Jeb Maynard is hunting for a human smuggler responsible for Jeb partner's murder.

Actors : Feng Ku, Evelyne Kraft, Wei Tu Lin, Danny Lee,
Directors : Meng Hua Ho,

King Kong goes Hong Kong as a giant Himalayan beast tries to save a sexy Russia Tarzanette from a sleazy show-biz promoter. The action, locations set in India, and interracial romance made ...

Actors : Barbara Bach, Beryl Cunningham, Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson,
Directors : Sergio Martino,

Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.