Best Action movies of 1972

Actors : Yeh Tien, Hsin Tang, Yu Wang, Fei Lung,
Directors : Yu Wang,

After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing.

Actors : Reha Yurdakul, Cüneyt Arkin, Bilal Inci, Meral Zeren,
Directors : Natuk Baytan,

Battal Gazi takes on the Byzantium to save his kidnapped wife and kid.

Actors : Jean-Louis Trintignant, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Jacques Deray,

Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a French contract assassin hired by a Los Angeles crime family, ostensibly to perform a hit on some other mafia target. But simultaneously, as he arrives to do ...

Actors : David Chiang, Mario Milano, Kuan Tai Chen, Li Ching,

Leaving the poverty of his life in Shantung to seek fortune in Shanghai, The Boxer is instead drawn into a world of corruption, gang warfare and evil... Where his only protection is his famed fighting technique.

Actors : Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Asao Koike, Noboru Andô,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself leading the remnants of the gang he once belonged to in order to secure an area of their own.

Actors : Kyoko Yoshizawa, Shintarô Katsu, Yasuhiro Koume, Kiwako Taichi,
Directors : Shintarô Katsu,

After accidentally causing an old lady's death, Zatoichi seeks out her daughter to atone for the tragedy, consequently getting into all sorts of trouble.

Actors : Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Patrick Wright, Laurie Rose,
Directors : Don Schain,

Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.

Actors : Giuliano Gemma, Wolfgang Preiss, Florinda Bolkan, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.

Actors : Betty Pei Ti, Lin Tung, Lily Ho, Hua Yueh,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

The Four Seasons Brothel is run by a ruthless madam, Lady Chun Yi. Countless young girls have been kidnapped or bought and then sold into a life of servitude, prostitution, and torture at ...

Actors : Asher Tzarfati, Shmuel Wolf, Lily Avidan, Tzila Karney,
Directors : Amos Sefer,

Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4 people go searching for freedom and happiness on an isolated island . When their boat goes ...

Actors : Luciana Paluzzi, Brenda Sykes, Martin Landau, Jim Brown,
Directors : Robert Hartford-Davis,

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang ...

Actors : David Chiang, Chung Wang, Kuan Tai Chen, Lung Ti,

Tells the story of the 108 Heroes who stood up against a corrupt government. Each hero has his own unique fighting skill, but they are all willing to die to uphold justice.

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 : Miki Sugimoto, Emi Jô, Linda Kimoto, Reiko Ike,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Members of the Red Helmet biker girl gang wind up in Kyoto, where they get into conflict with other girl gangs and local yakuza thugs.

Actors : Amadeus August, Christine Böhm, Gianni Macchia, Raimund Harmstorf,

When terrorists rob a bank all hell is let loose.

Actors : Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Dallas Edward Hayes, Beverly Ballard,
Directors : Larry Yust,

Two Phildelphia con men try to evade gangsters they have conned and cops who are trying to put them in jail.

Actors : Carter Wong, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Han Jae Ji, Angela Mao,
Directors : Feng Huang,

Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair...

Actors : Kuan Tai Chen, Sing Chen, Yung Henry Yu, Ta Chuan Liu,
Directors : See-Yuen Ng,

A band of evil Japanese martial artists want to possess all the dragon herb in a small Chinese village. It's up to fugitive loner and ace karate fighter Jang Wu-dip to stop these nefarious marauders.

Actors : Douglas Frey, Penny Boran, Jacqueline Giroux, John Alderman,

An "adults only" retelling of the legend of Zorro.

Actors : Rajesh Khanna, Bindu, Sujit Kumar, Tanuja,
Directors : Ravikant Nagaich,

A talented artist (Rajesh Khanna) falls in love with a London-returned doctor, but his past creates problems for him. When that part of his past is resolved and he is to marry the girl he ...