Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Siu-Lung Leung, Billy Chong, Chin-Kun Li, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Wisjnu Mouradhy,

Young man travels to Indonesia to visit relatives and learns the art of karate.

Actors : Junko Miyashita, Ren Seido, Yuri Yamashina, Naomi Tani,
Directors : Shôgorô Nishimura,

Okoma (literally, Red Cherry) was a woman gambler until she retired from the yakuza world. Two years later, she returns home, and finds that the big boss has been assassinated and his ...

Actors : Loraine Ferris, Daphne Lawrence, Deborah Marcus, Lonnie Pense,

Three Colorado girls decide to hop on their motorcycles and head to California. On the way they get mixed up in drugs, rape and stolen motorcycles.

Actors : Chiang Chen, Chin Hu, Hsieh Wang, Lieh Lo,

A woman in exile in the wilderness, brings up her son with the help of a tiger. Once the boy becomes a young man he ventures back into civilization and trouble ensues.

Actors : Meg Lam, Ming-Chuen Wang, Tung-Shing Yee, Shen Chan,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Inspired from a famous martial arts tale, a young swordsman becomes obsessed with sword supremacy and challenges another kung fu master, where everything begins.

Actors : Ann Villegas, Charlie Davao, Tony Ferrer, Lito Lapid,
Directors : Jerry O. Tirazona,

While investigating a crime syndicate, a dedicated cop crosses path with a mute vagrant who turns out to be an undercover agent that would eventually help him with his fight agaist it.

Actors : Seaward Forbes, Brad von Beltz, Ed Parker, Bong Soo Han,
Directors : Elliott Hong,

SEE ED PARKER, AND RUSS DODSON, FROM "REVENGE of THE PINK PANTHER," SEE "THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE", BONG SOO HAN,BRANSCOMBE RICHMOND, AND RUSS DODSON, THE MARTIAL ARTS STUNT COORDINATOR CAROL CONNORS

Actors : Carter Wong, Sing Chen, Kong Chu, Angela Mao,
Directors : Feng Huang,

The plot deals with a search for a valuable pearl, dubbed the Buddha's Relic, which is sold to an unwitting Japanese emissary by a corrupt Ching Dynasty prince who seeks to steal it back for his own purposes.

Actors : Ranjeet, Shashi Kapoor, Sulakshana Pandit, Pran,
Directors : Harmesh Malhotra,

In seeking to avenge his father's murder, a young man puts an entire village at risk of retribution.

Actors : Nora Miao, Lun Chia, Wai-Man Chan, Pauline Yu-Huan Wang,
Directors : Wu Ma,

Handcuff is a biographical film about the life of Hong Kong Gangster Chen Hui Man. In the film, Chan wants to quit the triads and retire to Europe but the dons have other ideas.

Actors : Darm Dasakorn, Yao Lin Chen, Tôru Abe, Nobuo Kaneko,
Directors : Hideo Nanbu,

Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries' native to martial arts. Romance, intrigue, martial arts are the ingredients of this films atmosphere.

Actors : Bhavana Bhatt, Danny Denzongpa, Major Anand, Leena Das,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Mahesh Chopra lives a middle-classed lifestyle with his Government-employee dad, and mom, Shanti, in Government quarters in Bombay. Here he is enrolled in an Arts college, and is in love ...

Actors : Makis Revmatas, Costas Bakalis, Ketty Papanika, Theodoros Katsadramis,
Directors : Pantelis Skroubelos,

The constant battle of the weak people against the conquerors. The movie is based on the Turkish invasion in Cyprus. After the invasion lots of prisoners are taken to a concentration camp. ...

Actors : Bill Cobbs, Adolph Caesar, Ron O'Neal, Sheila Frazier,
Directors : Christopher Leitch,

An ex-professional boxer (O'Neal) tries to make a new start when teaming up with a fast talking but ageing hoodlum (Ceaser) and an ex-call girl (Frazier) but soon get more than they ...

Actors : Li-Peng Wan, Ka-Yan Leung, Dean Shek, Lung Chan,
Directors : Chung-Kuang Wang,

Minute Fong is a ruthless contract killer who dispatches his victims in precisely sixty seconds. Working exclusively for an organization headed by the Master Chou Jan Tung, Fong begins to ...

Actors : Tony Liu, Lung Ti, Lily Li, Li Ching,
Directors : Yuen Chor,

Master kung-fu choreographer Tang Chia leads the king and queen of Shaw Brothers' swordplay, Ti Lung and Lily Li, to the amazing "Deer Sword" and escape from the insidious maze-like "Toy Land"

Actors : Fong Lung, Kuan Tai Chen, Sing Chen, Kang-Yeh Cheng,
Directors : Kuan Tai Chen,

Chen and his brother travel to Shanghai in search of fame and fortune, but end up pitted against Chinese Mafia bosses - and can only fight their way out of the web of violence and betrayal they find themselves caught up in.

Actors : Nancy Yen, Chung-Erh Lung, David Wei Tang, Lieh Lo,
Directors : Joseph Kuo,

A grandfather and his young granddaughter travel to a town with a very unusual proposition: if any man can beat her in a fight, she will be his bride.

Actors : Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Vinod Khanna, Parveen Babi,
Directors : Prayag Raj,

Reformist Bombay Police Inspector Shankar Kumar would like to try a new approach to tackle crime - make new leaves of criminals by making them change their ways. He tries this on Raja ...

Actors : Jeong-ran Kim, So-ryong Yeo,
Directors : Seok-hun Nam,

Japanese karate champion Hayagawa kills Cheong-ryong's brother and elderly mother. Knowing that he cannot defeat the murder using karate, Cheong-ryong goes to Korea to study taekwondo before seeking revenge.