Best Action movies of 1970s

Actors : Goichi Yamada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Fumio Watanabe, Etsuko Shiomi,
Directors : Shigehiro Ozawa,

Tough karate master Terry Tsurugi takes it upon himself to protect a late businessman's daughter from the Yakuza.

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Martin Balsam, John Saxon, Linda Evans,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

A sleazy, incompetent detective tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a socialite who murdered a burglar.

Actors : Roger Moore, Ian Holm, Lee Marvin, Barbara Parkins,
Directors : Peter R. Hunt,

During World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.

Actors : Bill McKinney, Gerrit Graham, David Carradine, Veronica Hamel,
Directors : Paul Bartel,

This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll ...

Actors : Bud Spencer, Nando Paone, Raimund Harmstorf, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua,
Directors : Michele Lupo,

The "Bulldozer", a former football star, is now working as a fisherman. As a group of street-people arranges a football match against the local Armybase, he is asked to be their trainer. ...

Actors : Telly Savalas, Peter Boyle, Sally Field, Michael Caine,
Directors : Irwin Allen,

Adventurers return to the overturned ship, seeking a fortune.

Actors : Roger Moore, James Mason, Michael Parks, Anthony Perkins,
Directors : Andrew V. McLaglen,

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.

Actors : Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras,

A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies.

Actors : Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Donald Pleasence, Walter George Alton, Sydne Rome,
Directors : Alberto De Martino,

Low-budget film about a young man given a mystical medallion by an Aztec shaman, in order to become a puma-empowered champion like his father before him. In trying to initially locate the ...

Actors : Kristine DeBell, José Ferrer, Mako, Jackie Chan,
Directors : Robert Clouse,

A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.

Actors : Akira Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Kawase, Toshie Kimura, Toshio Shiba,
Directors : Yoshimitsu Banno,

From Earth's pollution a new monster is spawned. Hedorah, the smog monster, destroys Japan and fights Godzilla while spewing his poisonous gas to further the damage.

Actors : Isao Yamagata, Yûko Hama, Gô Katô, Tomisaburô Wakayama,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Hans Meyer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Vittorio Caprioli,
Directors : Philippe de Broca,

Francois Merlin is an espionnage-book writer. He likes to mix every-day character he can met in his book. In his book, he is Bob Saint Clar, his neighbour Christine appears as Tatiana and ...

Actors : Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Flip Wilson,
Directors : Sidney Poitier,

At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.

Actors : Clive Revill, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Michael Caine,
Directors : Don Siegel,

A British Agent's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Charles Bronson, Maximilian Schell, John Houseman,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Abner Procane, top L.A. burglar, finds that somebody stole his plans for next ambitious heist. He hires Raymond St. Ives, crime books writer, to negotiate the return of those documents.

Actors : Anne Archer, Lloyd Haynes, Chuck Norris, James Franciscus,
Directors : Ted Post,

An ex-US Army commando must find the reason why his comrades from his unit are being systematically murdered before he is next.

Actors : Roddy McDowall, David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Jeff Cooper,
Directors : Richard Moore,

A young martial artist embarks on an adventure, encountering other martial artists in battle until one day he meets an aging blind man who will show him the true meaning of martial arts and life.

Actors : David Niven, Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, Stefanie Powers,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

A World War II adventure, involving a group of Allied POWs, Nazis, black market priceless art treasures, Greek resistance, a Greek monastery, and a secret German rocket base.

Actors : James Tien, Dean Shek, Jackie Chan, Hui Lou Chen,
Directors : Jackie Chan,

Jackie Chan is a youngster, living in a remote village with his grandfather who teaches him Kung-Fu. He keeps getting into fights, even though his grandfather warns him not to show their ...