Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Fikret Hakan, Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Zeren,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.

Actors : Pai Wei, Damian Lau, Chiu-Hua Wei, Kong Lau,
Directors : John Woo,

A son tries to avenge his father, and gets two sword fighters to help him.

Actors : Shirley Gruar, Tony Barry, Kelly Johnson, Claire Oberman,
Directors : Geoff Murphy,

Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John's wife has just left him and moved to Invercargill. He is devastated and needs to talk to her. He has no ...

Actors : Marc Porel, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.

Actors : Barbara Bach, Renzo Palmer, Franco Nero, Giancarlo Prete,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Carlo Antonelli, an engineer from Genoa, gets mugged and decides to take justice into his own hands. At first the muggers seem to get the upper hand, but then he's helped by Tommy, a young robber who takes his side.

Actors : Vinod Mehra, Vinod Khanna, Jeetendra, Dharmendra,
Directors : Ravi Chopra,

A dedicated railway employee's plan to introduce an express train result in sabotage.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Rakesh Kumar,

Two rival burglars end up at the same school with the intent of abducting a rich man's son for a large ransom.

Actors : Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Vladan Holec, Dragan Nikolic, Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic,
Directors : Aleksandar Djordjevic,

Careless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement and their activities bring their names to Gestapo's ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Robert DoQui, Luke Askew, John Davis Chandler,
Directors : Earl Bellamy,

Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Robert Shaw, Henry Woolf, Christopher Malcolm,
Directors : Joseph Losey,

Two escapees are on the run in the wilderness of an unspecified country. Wherever they go, they are followed by a menacing black helicopter.

Actors : Tony King, Thalmus Rasulala, Fred Williamson, Pam Grier,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince ...

Actors : Charles Bronson, Tony Curtis, Patrick Magee, Michèle Mercier,
Directors : Peter Collinson,

During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.

Actors : Reiko Ôhara, Shintarô Katsu, Pîtâ, Kazuko Yoshiyuki,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Zatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, James Tien, Ching Chu, Jackie Chan,
Directors : John Woo,

A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Karen Valentine, Jim Dale,
Directors : Robert Butler,

This saga of the old west involves twin brothers who compete for possession of a rickety cow town founded by their father while a crooked mayor tries to put an end to the competitors so he can inherit the town himself.

Actors : George Kennedy, Max von Sydow, John Cassavetes, Sophia Loren,
Directors : John Hough,

In 1945, General Patton sends Germany's confiscated gold reserves to Frankfurt but the army train is robbed by plotters who also hire a Swiss hit-man to kill the general.

Actors : Hale Soygazi, Cüneyt Arkin, Meral Orhonsay, Melda Sözen,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Sultan Khan of Ottoman Empire has fallen in love with Princess Iren of Byzantium. When he asks her father Niktol for her hand he refuses and tries to kill Khan. The Sultan's armies then ...

Actors : Cüneyt Arkin, Zerrin Arbas, Bilal Inci, Yavuz Selekman,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

When, now senior, Battal Gazi is killed by Byzantine Prince, his son swears to take revenge.

Actors : Renzo Palmer, Fabio Testi, Orso Maria Guerrini, Vincent Gardenia,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.

Actors : David Chiang, Ching Lee, Feng Ku, Lung Ti,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Lei Li lost his right-arm in a sword duel with the master of a martial arts school, long ago. Now, he is able to defend himself well with just his left arm, and kung fu techniques. That he ...