Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Wayne, Margaret Whiting,
Directors : Sam Wanamaker,

Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch.

Actors : Jang Lee Hwang, Siu Tin Yuen, Dean Shek, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Woo-Ping Yuen,

Jackie Chan is a boy who is used as a janitor at his kung-fu school. Jackie Chan can't fight and is always getting bullied by the teachers and pupils. One day an old man helps Jackie train ...

Actors : Samantha Eggar, Christopher George, Robert Ginty, Steve James,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a great war zone and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.

Actors : Angel Tompkins, Sissy Spacek, Gene Hackman, Lee Marvin,
Directors : Michael Ritchie,

A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.

Actors : Alan Arkin, Jack Kruschen, Loretta Swit, James Caan,
Directors : Richard Rush,

San Francisco police detectives Freebie and Bean are determined to bust local crime boss Red Meyers at any cost, even if this means destroying the whole city in the process.

Actors : Patty Shepard, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Deogratias Huerta,
Directors : Marcello Fondato,

After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.

Actors : Mel Ferrer, Judy Geeson, Richard Attenborough, John Wayne,
Directors : Douglas Hickox,

Chicago police lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the UK to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the USA but Larkin's hit-men prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Neetu Singh, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Yash Chopra,

Vijay struggles as a dockworker. Eventually, he becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother, Ravi, is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.

Actors : Luciano Catenacci, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, David Huddleston,
Directors : Enzo Barboni,

An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.

Actors : Iftekhar, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Amitabh Bachchan,
Directors : Chandra Barot,

Don, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.

Actors : Erin Gray, Gil Gerard, Henry Silva, Pamela Hensley,
Directors : Daniel Haller,

A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.

Actors : LeVar Burton, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold,
Directors : Buzz Kulik,

The story of professional bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson.

Actors : Jerry Daugirda, James McIntyre, H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia,
Directors : H.B. Halicki,

Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford...

Actors : Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne,
Directors : John Sturges,

Seattle cop Lon McQ investigates the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the police department.

Actors : David Hasselhoff, Marjoe Gortner, Christopher Plummer, Caroline Munro,
Directors : Luigi Cozzi,

An outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a secret weapon by the evil Count Zarth Arn.

Actors : Susan Blakely, George Kennedy, Robert Wagner, Alain Delon,
Directors : David Lowell Rich,

American based Federation World Airlines has just acquired a Concorde jet, which will make its inaugural commercial flight from Washington D.C. to Paris and then to Moscow as a goodwill ...

Actors : Henry Fonda, Paul Newman, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin,
Directors : Paul Newman,

A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times.

Actors : Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Ian Bannen, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Robert Aldrich,

A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.

Actors : Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon,
Directors : Terence Young,

In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift from Japan to the U.S. President, prompting a man hunt to retrieve it.

Actors : Victor Arnold, Roy Scheider, Jerry Leon, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Philip D'Antoni,

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.