Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, James Coburn, Lee Grant,
Directors : Ken Hughes,

A retired agent devises a cunning plan to eliminate those who know too much about his past.

Actors : Carter Wong, Jack Long, Lieh Lo, Kuan-Wu Lung,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

Two warlord chiefs, a ton-fa wielder who can destroy an opponents weapon and a Tai Chi expert that is impervious to weapons, send a pair of killers to track down and kill an old master ...

Actors : Charles Grodin, Joan Collins, Farrah Fawcett, Art Carney,
Directors : Richard C. Sarafian,

After a rich old man dies in a suspicious car accident in Acapulco, his widow wants his insurance company to pony up $5 million. A hotshot investigator Decker (Grodin) and a charming model (Fawcett) come in to check it out.

Actors : Delia Boccardo, Luc Merenda, Richard Conte, Raymond Pellegrin,
Directors : Fernando Di Leo,

A police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.

Actors : Charles Garret, Cüneyt Arkin, Barbara Lake, Bahar Erdeniz,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

When the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Chia Yung Liu, Lung Chan,
Directors : Chia Yung Liu,

The titular 'Odd Couple' are Sammo (King of Sabres) and Lau Kar Wing (King of Spears). They compete regularly against each other but every encounter results in a draw! Both decide to ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Yutaka Nakajima, Naoya Makoto,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the...

Actors : Rekha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Ajit,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents ...

Actors : Haskell V. Anderson III, Mike Thomas, Roy Jefferson, Le Tari,
Directors : Bill Berry,

A group of black Vietnam vets go up against the Ku Klux Klan.

Actors : Raf Vallone, George Peppard, Giovanna Ralli, Pete Duel,
Directors : Paul Wendkos,

In 1916, when a Mexican rebel steals cannons from the American army, General Pershing sends out a group of misfits to retrieve the stolen weapons.

Actors : Loye Hawkins, Cathy Davis, Patricia Fulton, Wanda Starr,
Directors : Rene Martinez Jr.,

Tough streetwise private investigator Al Connors, who works in Florida but originally hails from Harlem, is hired by the CIA to guard a visiting African princess. Moreover, Connors uses all...

Actors : Vonetta McGee, William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Fred Williamson,
Directors : Bruce D. Clark,

A dock worker becomes a prizefighter, but gets mixed up with a crooked manager. A sympathetic L.A. detective tries to set him straight, but he won't listen. His manager, who is also a drug ...

Actors : Terry Liu, Hsieh Wang, Birte Tove, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Chih-Hung Kuei,

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

Actors : Fabio Testi, Sherry Buchanan, Wolfango Soldati, David Hemmings,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

An Italian policeman goes undercover to break up an international heroin smuggling ring and butts heads with a hot-tempered Interpol agent assigned by his agency to do the same task.

Actors : Sylvia Miles, Zeenat Aman, Rex Harrison, Dharmendra,
Directors : Krishna Shah,

On the run from the police, S.S. Kumar, a thief, comes across a private invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley addressed to Raja Bahadur Singh. When the Raja is shot, Kumar takes him...

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Gianni De Luigi, Sven Valsecchi, Ettore Manni,
Directors : Lucio Fulci,

Young boy who sees his father gunned down kills the assassin. Years later, he has grown up to be a successful bounty hunter who is feared by many. And then one day he discovers secrets to ...

Actors : Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.

Actors : Nory Wright, John Ericson, Karen Ericson, Crystin Sinclaire,
Directors : Cesar Gallardo,

World War II: Allied Command learns that in 60 days three Japanese generals and an admiral party at a bordello on a tiny Philippine island. It's fortified and hard to attack, so a creative,...

Actors : Harold Sakata, George Lazenby, Jim Kelly, Terry Moore,
Directors : Al Adamson,

The Pig has a plan to eradicate some people with a freeze bomb that instantly freezes people to death. It is up to Detective Ash to stop him and protect the woman with the secret to the ice...

Actors : Jill Harris, Frank Silvano, Chesty Morgan, Saul Meth,
Directors : Doris Wishman,

Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too close to the truth, but manages to gasp out a clue as to the identity of Toplar: he has a ...