Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Ka-Yan Leung, Siu Tin Yuen, Yi Lung Huang, Ling-Lung Ouyang,
Directors : Wing-Cho Yip,

After being beaten by some thugs, police officer Chin Tai Ba (Leung Kar Yan) learns the Sleeping Fist style from martial arts master Chung Yiu (Yuen Siu Tin). After mastering his training, ...

Actors : Lee de Broux, Jon Shank, Michael Pataki, Paul Carr,
Directors : Jerry Jameson,

A film crew shooting in the desert is terrorized by a vicious outlaw motorcycle gang (on dirt bikes, no less) who are after the women in the company.

Actors : Om Prakash, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Sharmila Tagore,
Directors : Manmohan Desai,

Preeti lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with her widower dad, Heerachand, and is a medical student. While on a trip to Simla, she meets and falls in love with a Casanova, Prem, and...

Actors : Christopher George, Richard Ely, James Luisi, Jim Brown,
Directors : William Witney,

In 1916, A group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.

Actors : Mihai Mereuta, Stela Furcovici, Adrian Pintea, Radu Beligan,
Directors : Dinu Cocea,

The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he's torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side of the law working for the rich.

Actors : Hua Yueh, Ping Chin, Chiao Chiao, Miao Ching,
Directors : Kang Cheng,

Actors : Brioni Farrell, Adam West, Rod Taylor, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic,
Directors : Stole Jankovic,

Partisans attacked the ship, with lots of people and the Jews held by the Germans. After the release and attack, there is yet another partisan attack on the convoy of Germans. Partisans few...

Actors : Raf Baldassarre, David Dreyer, Lloyd Battista, Tony Anthony,
Directors : Ferdinando Baldi,

While escorting a Spanish princess back to her homeland, a wisecracking gunfighter does battle with such foes as Vikings, Moors, barbarians, evil spirits, a raging bull, and a maniacal Shakespeare-quoting hunchback.

Actors : Yi Chang, Shao Chun Chao, Bruce Li, Kang Chin,
Directors : Tso Nam Lee,

This martial arts movie tries to explain the strange death of the international movie star and kung fu master Bruce Lee. Most of the story centers on a former disciple of Lee who launches a...

Actors : Robert Fuller, Guy Stockwell, BarBara Luna, Woody Strode,
Directors : Robert Gordon,

Doctor Gatling invented a war machine to beat all arrows, and guns.

Actors : Lung Wei Wang, Jenny Tseng, Hsia Hui Wu, Sheng Fu,

International favorite Alexander Fu Sheng cemented his stardom in this, the fourth film in his esteemed director's "Shaolin" series. Fu gives both a great dramatic and kung-fu performance ...

Actors : Michel Constantin, Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne,
Directors : Georges Lautner,

The day he is released from jail, Serge is expected by four killers sent by Count Charles Varèse assigned to make him confess where he has hidden the jewels stolen during his last stickup. ...

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Masaru Shiga, Janet Hatta, Eiko Matsuda,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A tough-as-nails cop from Okinawa investigates a savage murder in Tokyo's nightlife district. Originally dismissed as a bumpkin, he soon proves more savvy than the local police.

Actors : David Chiang, Miao Ching, Lung Ti, Li Ching,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

This 1971 top ten hit - a post-Chinese Revolution action adventure of rebels battling warlords -- is another great example of its famed director, stars, and kung-fu choreographer's talen and charisma.

Actors : James Westmoreland, Alan Landers, Anitra Ford, Anne Randall,
Directors : Andy Sidaris,

The sleazy and dangerous adventures of a gorgeous female private detective.

Actors : Yao Hsiao, Feng Ku, Lung Ti, Lily Li,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Actors : Keith Andes, Broderick Crawford, Kent Taylor, Scott Brady,
Directors : Al Adamson,

A government agent tries to break a Neo-Fascist group in California

Actors : Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Yi Ling Chen, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

When the ruling dynasty in China sends soldiers to destroy the Shaolin Temple, students use their martial arts to defend the school.

Actors : David Hyry, J. Craig Collicut, Carson Jackson, Jan Sisk,

Mayhem starts when a gang of bikers is accused of a sadistic rape in a small town.

Actors : Ching Tien, Feng Yu, Mu Chu, Lung Ti,

Wu Sung, a military swordmaster, is acused of murdering his adulterous sister-in-law and a thug, and sent to exile in Meng Chou. At the prison camp, Shih En, son of the camp commander, ...