Best Action movies of 1978

Actors : Feng Ku, Chen Chi Lin, Hui-Ling Liu, Lung Ti,
Directors : Shan Hua,

Famed actor Ti Lung plays a lone swordsman trying to defeat the "Number One Swordsman" as part of his vengeance package in life in Soul Of The Sword. He quickly learns however, that sometimes wanting is better than having.

Actors : John Cheung, Dana, Lei Chang, Bruce Li,
Directors : Kuen Yeung,

A band of counterfeiters wants to make Hong Kong their new territory. The disgraced leader of the Special Squad will have to team-up with a group of Hong Kong police officers in an attempt ...

Actors : Pamela Susan Shoop, Cara Williams, Jack Palance, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Charles Martin,

Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who rubs him the wrong way. When women start ...

Actors : Keiko Matsuzaka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Kôshirô Matsumoto,
Directors : Hideo Gosha,

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.

Actors : Kei Tomiyama, Shûsei Nakamura, Yôko Asagami, Gorô Naya,

The Comet Empire approaches, and the Yamato is ready to face them. But this will be the last battle for both sides.

Actors : Cliff Emmich, Les Lannom, William Watson, Christopher Mitchum,
Directors : Richard Taylor,

Lonigan and his partner Tony, two drug dealers, shoot two cops who attempt to set them up, and run away with a million bucks and the drugs, which they stash in a red Corvette Stingray in a ...

Actors : Yuet Sang Chin, Meg Lam, Jason Pai Piao, Fat Chung,
Directors : Karl Maka,

Multi-Hand Chick asks Crazy Frog for protection after stealing someone's wallet at the casino. Foolishly he accepts, and even more foolishly he follows her home and removes his Invincible ...

Actors : Chi Ling Chiu, Bolo Yeung, Michael B. Christy, Bruce Le,

It's approaching World War 2, China is suspecting an invasion from Germany and Japan. Mr. Ang is hired by a Chinese group after a secret document on the top floor of a tower, Mr. Ang must ...

Actors : Franco Ressel, Joan Collins, Maurizio Merli, Werner Pochath,
Directors : Stelvio Massi,

An Italian private investigator tries to get to the bottom of a suspicious kidnapping case with the help of an exotic dancer

Actors : Fonda Lynn, Jacky Lim, Alan Tam, Lona Chang,
Directors : Karen Yang,

A young woman is released from prison and starts her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper, she tries to settle in. When bizarre incidents occur, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her.

Actors : Dana, Sing Chen, Bruce Li, Lik Cheung,

The tribe of a remote island worships the legendary Snake Pearl. Two masters of kung fu visit the isle and discover they must defend the daughter of the murdered chief against a evil wizard.

Actors : Yun Ling, Hua Yueh, Tony Liu, Li Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Following such hits as Killer Clans and Clans Of Intrigue, the winning team of director Chu Yuan and novelist Ku Lung reunite with revered martial art choreographers Tang Chia and Huang ...

Actors : Victor Campos, Robert Donner, Neville Brand, Sherry Boucher,
Directors : George Peppard,

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

Actors : Lingfeng Shangguan, Barry Chan, Lieh Lo, Shu Lin Chang,
Directors : Hung Min Chen,

Silver Mask and Gold Mask and their gang of animal themed henchmen are after a magic sword entrusted to a little boy. It's Taiwanese madness with the star of King Hu's Dragon Inn.

Actors : William Smith, Brian Patrick Clarke, Henry Beckman, Micheline Lanctôt,
Directors : Paul Lynch,

A young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.

Actors : Wei Tung, Don Wong, Lu-Ling Li, Sing Chen,
Directors : Hao-han Chang,

An assassin terrorizes the countryside, killing many fighters from distinct clans and leaving only one clue - a mask. A secret government agent (Don Wong Tao) posing as an assassin, is on ...

Actors : Aruna Irani, Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Pran,
Directors : Ramesh Ahuja,

After the murder of his wife, and his son's kidnapping, Dr. Vidya Bhushan decides to devote the rest of his life as a Poojary, living on the premises of a princely-donated temple, hoping ...

Actors : Ling Chia, Yi Chang, Kuan-Hsiung Wang, Angela Mao,
Directors : Hsin Yi Chang,

Two female and one male (the strong, silent type) constables compete to recapture the Night-Shining Pearl, stolen by the Four Chiefs, who are lead by the treacherous Coldwater Tiger.

Actors : Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Dharmendra, Sulochana Latkar,
Directors : Pramod Chakravorty,

This is the story of a eccentric young man, Ashok (Dharmendra) who believes in doing good without worrying about the consequences. This does not find any favor with his sister-in-law Sarla ...

Actors : Vicente Fernández, Patricia Rivera, Fernando Almada, Roberto Cañedo,
Directors : Alberto Mariscal,

A young boy witnesses the assassination of his father by a criminal who gives him an earring to remember him by. Now grown up, the man is out in the hunt for his father's killer taking anyone down in his way.