Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Shintarô Katsu, Hisaya Morishige, Etsushi Takahashi,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

On the road, Zatoichi meets a dying pregnant woman and delivers the child moments before she passes. Honor bound, he sets out to find the next-of-kin who he discovers have their own problems.

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 : Sean Grady, Larry Brodsky, Jim Fitzpatrick, Alan Bowers,
Directors : David Jamison,

Steve Street is about to lead his Highschool Football team to the City Championship, when he's diagnosed with cancer.

Actors : Sebastian Papaiani, Amza Pellea, Ilarion Ciobanu, George Constantin,
Directors : Sergiu Nicolaescu,

Actors : Seizô Fukumoto, Gorô Ibuki, Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroko Fuji,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

Actors : Theresa Saldana, Rudy Ramos, Danny Aiello, Jan-Michael Vincent,
Directors : John Flynn,

Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the...

Actors : Bobby Alto, Joe Cortese, Lou Criscuolo, Joe Pesci,
Directors : Ralph De Vito,

Neighborhood kid goes to work for the Mafia as a debt collector.

Actors : Feroz Khan, Amjad Khan, Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman,
Directors : Feroz Khan,

A cabaret dancer and singer, Sheela (Zeenat Aman) has two admirers: a small-time thief Rajesh (Feroz Khan), and a young, eligible widower, Amar (Vinod Khanna). Both are best friends and ...

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Yue Wong,
Directors : Chia-Liang Liu,

A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.

Actors : Marianna Hill, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown,
Directors : John Guillermin,

The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.

Actors : Yi-Min Li, Jack Long, Nancy Yen, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

An aging martial arts expert is gifted a plaque from the Emperor declaring him the Kung Fu World Champion. Unsure of whether or not be is deserving of this title, he embarks on a journey to defeat the 7 Grandmasters.

Actors : Hema Malini, Dev Anand, Jeevan, Pran,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Monu (Mohan) and Sonu (Sohan) are the two sons of a police inspector. The kids excel in boxing. Their father gets killed by a goon following orders from Ranjit (Premnath). Mohan kills the ...

Actors : Yûjirô Ishihara, Shintarô Katsu, Toshirô Mifune, Ruriko Asaoka,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set ...

Actors : Jean-François Balmer, Marie Dubois, Carole Laure, Yves Montand,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

The main character is unhappily married and has an affair. When his wife finds out, she lures his girlfriend to a cliff and throws herself of it, making the girlfriend look as her killer. ...

Actors : Jackie Chan, Kuo Chung Ching, Fang Fang, Peng Cheng,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A local Kung Fu expert is hired to form a team of guards to escort an dying man to a doctor. In order that they reach the doctor in time, they must pass through the "Stormy Hills", which ...

Actors : Feng Ku, Sheng Fu, Lung Ti, Lung Chan,
Directors : Chung Sun,

Chi Ming-sing is a former disciple of a gang run by overlord Yoh Xi-hung. Yoh's disciples hunt Chi relentlessly as he travels on a soul-searching journey. He comes to the aid of a seemingly...

Actors : Bunta Sugawara, Toshio Kurosawa, Tatsuo Umemiya, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Conflicts between Hirono's family and Yamamori's family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police's efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs.

Actors : Barry Sullivan, John Saxon, Elio Zamuto, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

An uncompromising cop gets transferred to Naples on account of this city's atrocious crime levels. His no-hold-barred police methods are considered to be the perfect anti-dote.

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, John Liu, Chiang Wang, Hsin Hsing Kuo,
Directors : See-Yuen Ng,

Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides out with a teen who is an expert in the infamous Iron Armor technique, a technique that ...

Actors : Julie Parrish, Simmy Bow, Hal Reed, Byron Mabe,
Directors : Byron Chudnow,

After a failed bank robbery, an ex-con, an ex-waitress and a few of their friends train a pack of doberman dogs to rob a bank for them.