Best Action movies of 1972

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Mayumi Nagisa, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Asao Koike,
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Peter De Anda, Raymond St. Jacques, Percy Rodrigues, Godfrey Cambridge,
Directors : Mark Warren,

Sequel to Cotton comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black ...

Actors : Marga Barbu, Florin Piersic, Aimee Iacobescu, Toma Caragiu,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

Actors : Gina Romand, Roberto Cañedo, Santo, Anel,
Directors : Miguel M. Delgado,

A mad female scientist needs Santo's blood for a youth serum; and she has Frankenstein's reliable old monster to help her get it.