Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Charlene Jones, Sid Haig, Pat Woodell, John Ashley,
Directors : Eddie Romero,

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

Actors : Roy Chiao, Ying Bai, Chia-Hsiang Wu, Feng Hsu,
Directors : King Hu,

The emperor dispatches an officer and a small band of men to deal with pirates.

Actors : Anne Archer, Erik Estrada, James Mitchum, Karen Lamm,
Directors : Richard T. Heffron,

When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get ...

Actors : Akiko Koyama, Tsunehiko Watase, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuo Umemiya,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Nami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.

Actors : Fei Meng, Lin Lin Li, Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Chi Lin,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Ho Mei Fong is a young woman in trouble, running from a gang of criminals with something of importance hidden in her purse. She dies in Chien Chen's taxi while trying to escape, but not ...

Actors : Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Sheng Chiang, Lung Ti, Sheng Fu,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The movie involves two stories concerning the original Ten Tigers and their future disciples.

Actors : Robert Guillaume, Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier, Roscoe Lee Browne,
Directors : Ron O'Neal,

A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.

Actors : R. Muthuraman, Pandharibai, Kamal Haasan, Mohan Babu,
Directors : I.V. Sasi,

Actors : Nobuo Kaneko, Hiroki Matsukata, Bunta Sugawara, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and ...

Actors : Bunjaku Han, Takeo Chii, Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji,
Directors : Toshiya Fujita,

Five freewheeling friends conjure up a plan to rob 30 million yen from a religious movement.

Actors : Marcel Bozzuffi, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Lonsdale, David Birney,
Directors : Geoffrey Reeve,

American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But...

Actors : César del Campo, Eric del Castillo, Mary Montiel, Santo,
Directors : René Cardona,

Actors : Slim Pickens, Anne Archer, James Coburn, Lois Nettleton,
Directors : Steve Ihnat,

An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Fabio Testi, Franco Nero, Lina Polito,
Directors : Pasquale Squitieri,

In this period piece set in Italy, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some ...

Actors : Richard Harrison, Szu Shih, Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

Four friends learn kung fu to avenge the death of their friend against the manchus.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Faryal, Neetu Singh, Rajendra Nath,
Directors : Narendra Bedi,

On the run from murderers, two men disguise themselves as women and join an all girl band.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Sanae Kitabayashi, Atsuo Nakamura, Yoshio Harada,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry...

Actors : Rockne Tarkington, Richard X. Slattery, Heidi Vaughn, Steve Sandor,
Directors : Daniel Vance,

A decorated Vietnam War vet returns home to his small southwestern town, only to find carnies and bikers are stepping all over it, prompting him to take action.

Actors : Toshio Kurosawa, Tetsurô Tanba, Kaoru Yumi, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late....

Actors : Vonetta McGee, Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Paul Stevens,
Directors : Hugh A. Robertson,

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It ...