Best Action movies of 1979

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Don Sharp,

On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during WW2, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency NATO frequency and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.

Actors : Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch, Rudy Ray Moore, Jerry Jones,
Directors : J. Robert Wagoner,

A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, ...

Actors : Liza Greer, Sylvia Anderson, Jacqulin Cole, Lieu Chinh,
Directors : Greydon Clark,

Six sexy women, and a teenage girl, devastate a right-wing militia before doing battle with ruthless drug pushers.

Actors : Nora Miao, James Tien, Yin-Ju Lin, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A dishonored student of the Dragon Fist Sect seeks revenge for the death of his teacher.

Actors : Robert Hogan, Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Lewis Teague,

1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl. Written by John Sayles.

Actors : Beverly Johnson, Peter Ustinov, Michael Caine, Kabir Bedi,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.

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

Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.

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 : 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 : 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 : Maximilian Schell, Linda Evans, Robert Shaw, Lee Marvin,

Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.

Actors : Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis, Dom DeLuise,
Directors : Dom DeLuise,

Three cops try to set up a sting by establishing their own Fencing operation. They have less than complete support from above and as they begin mingling more and more with the underworld ...

Actors : Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Graham Kennedy,
Directors : Tom Jeffrey,

In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.

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 : Meng Lo, Sheng Chiang, Feng Lu, Chien Sun,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Director Chang Cheh reunites the Five Venoms in his second biggest cult hit in the West. It's Lo Meng's most memorable performances whose showdown with fellow Venom Kuo Chue is artistically violent while being graphically artsy.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Biao Yuen, Billy Chan, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

Knockabout is Sammo HungÂ's (TVÂ's Martial Law, The Legend Of Zu) brilliant cinematic achievement at merging comedy with kung fu. His meticulous blending of the two ingredients is vividly demonstrated in this film.

Actors : Kimiko Ikegami, Bunta Sugawara, Kazuo Kitamura, Kenji Sawada,
Directors : Kazuhiko Hasegawa,

A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.

Actors : Rekha, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Vikram has prospered in a life of crime and lives a hedonistic, self-indulgent lifestyle. When Durga, his wife gives birth to twins, he not only repudiates the children but discards his ...

Actors : Moeko Ezawa, Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Etô, Ryô Hayami,
Directors : Kôsei Saitô,

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the ...

Actors : Chung-Kuei Chang, Chiu Ho, Sung-Chuan Shen, Chao-Ming Kang,
Directors : Kei Law,

Two men skilled in the arts of Kung-Fu are betrayed by their master and crippled for life, one left with no arms and the other with no legs. Despite their obvious disadvantages, they learn ...