List of action films of the 1970s
This is chronological list of action films released in the 1970s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres ; the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
1970 | - | - | - | - |
A Taste of Cold Steel | Feng Yueh | Chang Yi, Essie Lin Chia, Chan Hung-lit, Ku Feng, Wu Ma, Sammo Hung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Airport | George Seaton | Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg | United States | |
Brothers Five | Lo Wei | Cheng Pei-pei, Chin Han, Chang Yi | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Cold Blade | Yuen Chor | Hong Kong | ||
Cold Sweat | Terence Young | Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jill Ireland | France Italy | Action thriller |
Cotton Comes to Harlem | Ossie Davis | Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart | United States | Action comedy |
King Eagle | Chang Cheh | Ti Lung, Li Ching, Yuen Woo-ping | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Chinese Boxer | Jimmy Wang Yu | Jimmy Wang Yu, Lo Lieh, Wang Ping | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Heroic Ones | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Wandering Swordsman | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Lily Li, Wu Ma, Bolo Yeung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Vengeance | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
1971 | - | - | - | - |
Blood of the Dragon | Kao Pao-shu | Jimmy Wang Yu, Lung Fei, Chiao Chiao | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Diamonds Are Forever | Guy Hamilton | Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray | ||
Dirty Harry | Don Siegel | Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, John Larch, John Mitchum, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, Mae Mercer, Albert Popwell, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Lois Foraker, William Paterson, Debralee Scott | United States | Action thriller |
Duel of Fists | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Le Mans | Lee H. Katzin | Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen | United States | |
Shaft | Gordon Parks | Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwen Mitchell | United States | |
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Melvin Van Peebles | Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales | United States | Action thriller |
The Ammunition Hunters | Fung Chi Kong | Chen Chen | Hong Kong | |
The Anonymous Heroes | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ku Feng | Hong Kong | Action comedy |
The Big Boss | Lo Wei | Bruce Lee, Maria Yi | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Deadly Duo | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ku Feng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The French Connection | William Friedkin | Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Alan Weeks | United States | Action thriller |
The Duel | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Wang Ping | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The New One-Armed Swordsman | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Lee Ching | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Omega Man | Boris Sagal | Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash | United States | Science fiction action |
The Shadow Whip | Lo Wei | Cheng Pei-pei, Hua Yueh, Li Jen Ho | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Water Margin | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Tetsurō Tamba | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
THX 1138 | George Lucas | Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe, Marshall Efron, Sid Haig, John Pearce, James Wheaton | United States | Science fiction action |
Vanishing Point | Richard C. Sarafian | Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin, Karl Swenson, Lee Weaver, John Amos, Tom Reese, Paul Koslo, Robert Donner, Owen Bush, Bill Drake, Severn Darden, Delaney Bramlett, Bonnie Bramlett, Bekka Bramlett, Rita Coolidge, Patrice Holloway, David Gates, Anthony James, Timothy Scott | United States | Action thriller |
1972 | - | - | - | - |
Angry Guest | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ching Li | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Boxer From Shantung | Chang Cheh | David Chiang | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Delightful Forest | Chang Cheh | Ti Lung, Chiang Nan, Kong Ling | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Shunya Ito | Meiko Kaji, Kayoko Shiraishi, Fumio Watanabe | Japan | Action thriller | |
Fist of Fury | Lo Wei | Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Tien Feng, James Tien, Lo Wei | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Five Fingers of Death | Cheng Chang Ho | Lo Lieh, Chao Hsiung, Wang Ching-Feng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Four Riders | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Fuzz | Richard A. Colla | Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, Tom Skerritt, Jack Weston, James McEachin, Bert Remsen, Steve Ihnat, Peter Bonerz, Don Gordon, Dan Frazer, Norman Burton, Charles Tyner, Neile Adams, Tamara Dobson, Charles Martin Smith | United States | Action comedy |
Man of Iron | Chang Cheh | Chen Kuan-tai, Ching Li, Wong Chung | Hong Kong | |
One Armed Boxer | Jimmy Wang Yu | Jimmy Wang Yu, Jackie Chan | China | Martial arts film |
Shaft's Big Score | Gordon Parks | Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundi Brown | United States | |
Slaughter | Jack Starrett | Jim Brown, Rip Torn, Norman Alfe | United States | Action thriller |
The 14 Amazons | Gang Cheng | Lisa Lu, Ivy Ling Po, Chen Yen-yen | Hong Kong | |
The Getaway | Sam Peckinpah | Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Jack Dodson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Roy Jenson | United States | Action thriller |
The Legend of Nigger Charley | Martin Goldman | Thomas Anderson, Don Pedro Colley, Jerry Gatlin | United States | |
The Outside Man | Jacques Deray | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider | France Italy | Action thriller |
The Poseidon Adventure | Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen | Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Arthur O'Connell, Eric Shea, Leslie Nielsen, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Mathews, John Crawford, Bob Hastings | United States | |
Way of the Dragon | Bruce Lee | Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
1973 | - | - | - | - |
Charley Varrick | Don Siegel | Walter Matthau, Andy Robinson, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Sheree North, Felicia Farr, Norman Fell, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, Jacqueline Scott, Benson Fong, Marjorie Bennett, Joe Conforte, Tom Tully, Kathleen O'Malley | United States | Action thriller |
Cleopatra Jones | Jack Starrett | Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes | United States | |
Coffy | Jack Hill | Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui | United States | |
Detroit 9000 | Arthur Marks | Rudy Challenger, Scatman Crothers, Ella Edwards | United States | Action thriller |
Electra Glide in Blue | James William Guercio | Robert Blake, Billy "Green" Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook, Royal Dano, Hawk Wolinski, Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Lee Loughnane, Walter Parazaider, Michael Butler, Nick Nolte | United States | |
Enter the Dragon | Robert Clouse | Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly | United States | Martial arts film |
Hell Up in Harlem | Larry Cohen, Janelle Cohen | Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry | United States | Action thriller |
Hit! | Sidney J. Furie | Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton | United States | |
Le Magnifique | Philippe de Broca | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli | France Italy | |
Milano Rovente | Umberto Lenzi | Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Marisa Mell | Italy | Action thriller |
Japan Sinks | Shiro Moritani, Ayumi Ishida, Keiju Kobayashi | Hiroshi Fujioka | Japan | |
Live and Let Die | Guy Hamilton | Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
Magnum Force | Ted Post | Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven, Robert Urich, Felton Perry, Mitchell Ryan, Margaret Avery, Bob McClurg, John Mitchum, Albert Popwell, Richard Devon, Christine White, Tony Giorgio, Maurice Argent, Suzanne Somers | United States | Action thriller |
Savage! | Cirio Santiago | Aura Aurea, Vic Diaz, Lada Edmund | Mexico | |
Shaft in Africa | John Guillermin | Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee | United States | Action thriller |
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Gordon Douglas | Jim Brown, Ed McMahon | United States | Action thriller |
That Man Bolt | Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich | Ken Kazama, Fred Williamson, Byron Webster | United States | Martial arts film |
The Black Six | Matt Cimber | Gene Washington, Mercury Morris, Willie Lanier | United States | |
The Blood Brothers | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ching Li | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Crazies | George A. Romero | Edith Bell, Lane Carroll, Will Disney | United States | Action thriller |
The Flash Legs | Wu Ma | Tan Tao-liang, Lo Lieh, Ouyang Sha-fei | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Mackintosh Man | John Huston | Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Nigel Patrick, Peter Vaughan, Roland Culver, Percy Herbert, Robert Lang, Leo Genn, Jenny Runacre, John Bindon, Hugh Manning, Wolfe Morris, Noel Purcell | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
The No Mercy Man | Daniel Vance | Steve Sandor, Rockne Tarkington, Sid Haig | United States | Action thriller |
The Pirate | Chang Cheh | Ti Lung, David Chiang, Dean Shek | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Spook Who Sat By the Door | Ivan Dixon | Lawrence Cook | United States | |
The Stone Killer | Michael Winner | Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, David Sheiner, Norman Fell, Ralph Waite, Paul Koslo, Stuart Margolin, Jack Colvin, John Ritter | United States | |
Westworld | Michael Crichton | Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Alan Oppenheimer, Victoria Shaw, Dick Van Patten, Linda Scott, Steve Franken, Michael Mikler, Terry Wilson, Majel Barrett, Anne Randall, Nora Marlowe, Charles Seel | United States | Science fiction action |
White Lightning | Joseph Sargent | Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Louise Latham, Diane Lad, R. G. Armstrong, Conlan Carter, Dabbs Greer, Lincoln Demyan, John Steadman, Iris Korn, Stephanie Burchfield, Barbara Muller, Laura Dern | United States | Action thriller |
1974 | - | - | - | - |
99 and 44/100% Dead | John Frankenheimer | Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman | United States | |
Airport 1975 | Jack Smight | Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy | United States | Disaster film |
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men | Cesar Gallardo, Cirio Santiago | Shirley Washington | Philippines | Martial arts film |
Black Belt Jones | Robert Clouse | Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers | United States | Martial arts film |
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Sam Peckinpah | Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández, Kris Kristofferson, Donnie Fritts | United States | Action thriller |
Busting | Peter Hyams | Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield | United States | |
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry | John Hough | Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Vic Morrow, Kenneth Tobey, Lynn Borden, Adrianne Herman, James W. Gavin, Roddy McDowall | United States | |
Earthquake | Mark Robson | Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Victoria Principal Walter Matthau, Monica Lewis, Gabriel Dell, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Lloyd Gough, John Randolph, Kip Niven, Scott Hylands, Tiger Williams, Donald Moffat, Jesse Vint, Alan Vint, John S. Ragin, George Murdock, Donald Mantooth, Bob Cunningham, John Dennis, Gene Dynarski, Hard Boiled Haggerty | United States | Disaster film |
Emergency Squad | Stelvio Massi | Tomas Milian, Gastone Moschin, Raymond Lovelock | Italy | Action thriller |
Teruo Ishii | Sonny Chiba, Makoto Satō, Eiji Go | Japan | Action comedy, martial arts film | |
Five Shaolin Masters | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Freebie and the Bean | Richard Rush | James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Alex Rocco, Mike Kellin, Paul Koslo, Valerie Harper, Linda Marsh, Christopher Morley, Maurice Argent | United States | Action comedy |
Gone in 60 Seconds | H.B. Halicki | Hal McClain, Markos Kotsikos, Jonathan E. Fricke | United States | Action thriller |
Heroes Two | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Chen Kuan-tai | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Juggernaut | Richard Lester | Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
Mr. Majestyk | Richard Fleischer | Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell, Paul Koslo, Taylor Lacher, Frank Maxwell, Alejandro Rey | United States | Action thriller |
Policewomen | Lee Frost | Jeanie Bell, Wes Bishop, Sondra Currie | United States | |
Sister Street Fighter | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Sue Shiomi, Sonny Chiba | Japan | |
Stone | Sandy Harbutt | Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt | Australia | |
The Black Godfather | John Evans | Don Chastain, Damu King | United States | |
The Man with the Golden Gun | Guy Hamilton | Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
The Executioner | Teruo Ishii | Sonny Chiba, Makoto Satō, Yasuaki Kurata, Shozo Saijo | Japan | Martial arts film |
The Savage Five | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Stranger and the Gunfighter | Antonio Margheriti | Lee Van Cleef, Lo Lieh, Julian Ugarte | Italy Spain France Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Street Law | Enzo G. Castellari | Franco Nero | Italy | Action thriller |
The Street Fighter | Shigehiro Ozawa | Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada, Tony Cetera | Japan | Martial arts film |
The Super Cops | Gordon Parks | Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier | United States | |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Joseph Sargent | Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Héctor Elizondo, Earl Hindman, James Broderick, Dick O'Neill, Lee Wallace, Tony Roberts, Doris Roberts, Jerry Stiller, Nathan George, Beatrice Winde, Rudy Bond, Kenneth McMillan, Julius Harris | United States | Action thriller |
The Towering Inferno | Irwin Allen, John Guillermin | Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O. J. Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, Susan Flannery, Sheila Matthews Allen, Norman Burton, Jack Collins, Don Gordon, Felton Perry, Gregory Sierra, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Rogers, Mike Lookinland, William Bassett, John Crawford | United States | |
TNT Jackson | Cirio Santiago | Jeanie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson | United States | Action thriller |
Truck Turner | Jonathan Kaplan | Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto | United States | Action thriller |
1975 | - | - | - | - |
All Men Are Brothers | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Bolo Yeung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Boss Nigger | Jack Arnold | Fred Williamson, William Smith, Elizabeth Saxon | United States | Action thriller |
Brannigan | Douglas Hickox | John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon, Daniel Pilon, Ralph Meeker, Lesley Anne Down, Barry Dennen, John Stride, James Booth, Arthur Batanides, Pauline Delaney, Del Henney, Brian Glover, Don Henderson, Tony Robinson | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
Breakout | Tom Gries | Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall, Jill Ireland, John Huston, Randy Quaid, Sheree North, Alejandro Rey, Emilio Fernández, Paul Mantee, Alan Vint, Roy Jenson | United States | Action thriller |
Bucktown | Arthur Marks | Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala | United States | |
Champion of Death | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Sonny Chiba | Japan | Martial arts film |
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold | Chuck Bail | Tamara Dobson, Magali Noël, Janet Agren | Hong Kong United States | |
Cover Girl Models | Cirio Santiago | Pat Anderson, Lindsay Bloom, Rhonda Leigh Hopkins | United States Philippines | |
Death Race 2000 | Paul Bartel | David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone | United States | Science fiction action |
Disciples of Shaolin | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Kuan-Chun Chi, Ming Li Chen | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Dolemite | D'Urville Martin | D'Urville Martin, Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed | United States | Action comedy |
Fear Over the City | Henri Verneuil | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli | France Italy | Action thriller |
French Connection II | John Frankenheimer | Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Ed Lauter, Charles Millot, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Cathleen Nesbitt | United States | Action thriller |
Hard Times | Walter Hill | Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Robert Tessier, Michael McGuire, Nick Dimitri, Margaret Blye, Thomas Jefferson | United States | |
Gérard Pirès | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur | France Italy | Action thriller | |
Race with the Devil | Jack Starrett | Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong, Clay Tanner, Carol Blodgett, Paul A. Partain, James N. Harrell, Jack Starrett | United States | |
Rollerball | Norman Jewison | James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Ralph Richardson, Pamela Hensley, Barbara Trentham, John Normington, Shane Rimmer, Robert Ito, Burt Kwouk, Nancy Bleier, Richard LeParmentier | United States | Science fiction action |
Sheba, Baby | William Girdler | Pam Grier, Austin Stoker | United States | |
Syndicate Sadists | Umberto Lenzi | Tomas Milian, Joseph Cotten, Maria Fiore | Italy | |
The Black Gestapo | Lee Frost | Rod Perry, Charles P. Robinson, Phil Hoover | United States | Action thriller |
The Candy Tangerine Man | Matt Climber | John Daniels, Eli Haines, Tom Hankason | United States | Blaxploitation |
The Eiger Sanction | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy, Heidi Brühl, Thayer David, Gregory Walcott, Reiner Schöne, Michael Grimm, Jean-Pierre Bernard, Brenda Venus, Candice Rialson, Elaine Shore | United States | Action thriller |
The Killing Machine | Noribumi Suzuki | Sonny Chiba | Japan | |
The Man from Hong Kong | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Ros Spiers | Australia Hong Kong | |
The Return of the Street Fighter | Shigehiro Ozawa | Sonny Chiba | Japan | |
The Super Inframan | Hua-Shan | Li Hsiu-hsien, Wang Hsieh, Lin Wen-wei | Hong Kong Japan | Martial arts film |
White Line Fever | Jonathan Kaplan | Jan-Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, Sam Laws, L.Q. Jones, Don Porter, R.G. Armstrong, Leigh French, Dick Miller, Martin Kove | Canada United States | |
Wildcat Women | Stephen Gibson | Joey Ginza, Yolanda Love | United States | |
1976 | - | - | - | - |
7-Man Army | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-Tai | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Assault on Precinct 13 | John Carpenter | Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer | United States | Action thriller |
Black Samurai | Al Adamson | D'Urville Martin, Marilyn Joi, Jim Kelly | United States | Martial arts film |
Black Shampoo | Greydon Clark | John R. Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Joe Ortiz | United States | Action thriller |
Black Sister's Revenge | Jamaa Fanaka | Jerri Hayes, Ernest Williams II, Charles D. Brooks III | United States | |
Boxer Rebellion | Chang Cheh | Li Hua Li, Sheng Fu, Ka-Yan Leung | Hong Kong Taiwan | Martial arts Film |
Brotherhood of Death | Bill Berry | Roy Jefferson, Mike Thomas, Haskell V. Anderson | United States | Action thriller |
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave | Lee Doo-yong | Bruce Lee | South Korea | Martial arts film |
Cannonball | Paul Bartel | David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Robert Carradine, James Keach, David Arkin, Louisa Moritz, Roger Corman, Don Simpson, Martin Scorsese, Sylvester Stallone | Hong Kong United States | |
Colt 38 Special Squad | Massimo Dallamano, Luciano Ercoli | Marcel Bozzuffi, Carole Andre, Ivan Rassimov | Italy | Action thriller |
Deathcheaters | Brian Trenchard-Smith | John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerard | Australia | |
Ebony, Ivory, and Jade | Cirio Santiago | Dick Adair, Max Alvarado, Sylvia Anderson | United States | |
Gator | Burt Reynolds | Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Jerry Reed, Alice Ghostley, Dub Taylor, Mike Douglas, Burton Gilliam, William Engesser, John Steadman, Alex Hawkins, Don Ferguson, Ned Beatty | United States | Action thriller |
Hand of Death | John Woo | Dorian Tan, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Hot Potato | Oscar Williams | Jim Kelly, George Memmoli, Geoffrey Binney | United States | Martial arts film |
Killer Clans | Chor Yuen | Chen Ping, Ku Feng, Lo Lieh | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Logan's Run | Michael Anderson | Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Michael Anderson Jr., Peter Ustinov, Randolph Roberts, Ashley Cox, Gary Morgan | United States | Science fiction action |
Master of the Flying Guillotine | Jimmy Wang Yu | Jimmy Wang Yu, Kam Kong, Lung Kun Yee | Hong Kong | Martial arts films |
Shaolin Temple | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Shaolin Wooden Men | Chan Jeung Wa | Jackie Chan, Chin Long, Kong Kim | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Alberto De Martino | Stuart Whitman, Carole Laure, Martin Landau | Italy Canada | |
The Big Racket | Enzo G. Castellari | Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer | Italy | |
The Enforcer | James Fargo | Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter, Albert Popwell, John Crawford, Robert Hoy, Michael Cavanaugh, Jocelyn Jones, Dick Durock, Samantha Doane, M. G. Kelly, Terry McGovern, John Roselius, Rudy Ramos, Joe Spano | United States | Action thriller |
The Human Tornado | Cliff Roquemore | Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch | United States | Action comedy, martial arts film |
The New Shaolin Boxers | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Jenny Tseng, Hsia Hui Wu | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Next Man | Richard C. Sarafian | Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi | United States | Action thriller |
The Shaolin Avengers | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Kuan-Chun Chi, Yen Tsan Tang | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Web of Death | Yuen Chor | Hua Yueh, Lieh Lo, Li Ching | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
1977 | - | - | - | - |
Airport '77 | Jerry Jameson | Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro | United States | Action thriller |
Bare Knuckles | Don Edmonds | Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson, Michael Heit | United States | Martial arts film |
Breaker! Breaker! | Donald Hulette | Chuck Norris, George Murdock, Terry O'Connor, Don Gentry, John Di Fusco, Ron Cedillos, Michael Augenstein, Dan Vandegrift, Douglas Stevenson, Paul Kawecki, Larry Feder, Jack Nance | United States | |
Black Sunday | John Frankenheimer | Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller | United States | Action thriller |
Chinatown Kid | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Philip Kwok, Lo Mang | Hong Kong | Martial arts Film |
Chinese Connection 2 | Bruce Li, Lo Lieh | Hong Kong | ||
Double Nickels | Jack Vacek | Jack Vacek, Ed Abrams, Patrice Schubert | United States | Action thriller |
Yukio Noda | Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Jerry Ito | Japan | Action thriller, Martial arts film | |
Grand Theft Auto | Ron Howard | Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Marion Ross | United States | Action comedy |
High Rolling in a Hot Corvette | Igor Auzins | Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Judy Davis | Australia | Action comedy |
Karate Bear Fighter | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Sonny Chiba | Japan | Martial arts film |
Karate for Life | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Sonny Chiba | Japan | Martial arts film |
L'Animal | Claude Zidi | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raquel Welch, Charles Gérard | France | Action comedy |
Operation Thunderbolt | Menahem Golan | Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan | Israel | Action thriller |
Return of the Chinese Boxer | Jimmy Wang Yu | Jimmy Wang Yu, Fei Lung, Emily Y. Chang | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Rollercoaster | James Goldstone | George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt | United States | Action thriller |
Smokey and the Bandit | Hal Needham | Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, Macon McCalman, Susan McIver, George Reynolds, Laura Lizer Sommers, Michael Mann, Lamar Jackson, Alfie Wise, Ben Jones, Joe Klecko, Hank Worden | United States | Action comedy |
Star Wars | George Lucas | Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing | United States | Science fiction action |
Telefon | Don Siegel | Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel, Patrick Magee, Sheree North, Frank Marth, John Mitchum, Ed Bakey, Hank Brandt, Åke Lindman, Ansa Ikonen, Kathleen O'Malley, Roy Jenson, Jacqueline Scott, John Carter, Regis Cordic, Burton Gilliam, George O. Petrie, Ville-Veikko Salminen, Cliff Emmich, Derek Rydall | United States | Action thriller |
The Brave Archer | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, Philip Kwok, Ti Lung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Clones of Bruce Lee | Joseph Kong | Bruce Lai, Dragon Lee | South Korea Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Doberman Cop | Kinji Fukasaku | Sonny Chiba, Janet Hatta, Hiroki Matsukata | Japan | Action thriller, Martial arts film |
The Gauntlet | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Michael Cavanaugh, Carole Cook, Mara Corday, Doug McGrath, Jeff Morris, Roy Jenson, Dan Vadis | United States | Action thriller |
The Heroin Busters | Enzo G. Castellari | Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Joshua Sinclair | Italy | Action thriller |
The Naval Commandos | Chang Cheh | David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Philip Kwok, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng | Hong Kong Taiwan | |
The Spy Who Loved Me | Lewis Gilbert | Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
To Kill with Intrigue | Lo Wei | Jackie Chan, Hsu Feng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
1978 | - | - | - | - |
7 Grandmasters | Joseph Kuo | Jack Long, Li Yi Min | Hong Kong | |
Crippled Avengers | Chang Cheh | Kuo Chui, Lu Feng, Lo Mang | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Deathsport | Allan Arkush, Henry Suso | David Carradine, Claudia Jennings, Richard Lynch | United States | Science fiction action |
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | Sammo Hung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film | |
Drunken Master | Yuen Woo Ping | Jackie Chan | Hong Kong | Martial arts film, action comedy |
Enter the Fat Dragon | Sammo Hung | Sammo Hung, Billy Chan, Fung Hak-On | Hong Kong | Martial arts film, action comedy |
Every Which Way but Loose | James Fargo | Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo, Ruth Gordon, John Quade, Dan Vadis, Roy Jenson, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, Jeremy Joe Kronsberg, Gary Davis, Scott Dockstader, Orwin Harvey, Gene LeBell, Chuck Waters, Jerry Wills, Judson Scott, James McEachin, Walter Barnes, Gregory Walcott, Hank Worden, George Chandler, Cary Michael Cheifer, Manis | United States | |
Five Deadly Venoms | Chang Cheh | Philip Kwok, Lo Mang, Ku Feng | Hong Kong | Martial arts Film |
Game of Death | Robert Clouse | Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger | Hong Kong United States | Action thriller, martial arts film |
Good Guys Wear Black | Ted Post | Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus, Lloyd Haynes, Dana Andrews, Jim Backus, Lawrence P. Casey, Anthony Mannino, Soon-Tek Oh, Joe Bennett, Jerry Douglas, Stack Pierce, Michael Payne, David Starwalt, Aaron Norris, Don Pike, Benjamin J. Perry, Kathy McCullen, Michael Stark, James Bacon, Hatsuo Uda, Virginia Wing, Viola Harris, Jacki Robins, Pat E. Johnson, Warren Smith, Dick Shoemaker | United States | Action thriller |
High-Ballin' | Peter Carter | Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver, Chris Wiggins, David Ferry, Harvey Atkin, Michael Hogan, Michael Ironside | Canada United States | |
Hooper | Hal Needham | Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, Robert Klein, John Marley, James Best, Alfie Wise, Adam West, Terry Bradshaw | United States | Action comedy |
Invincible Shaolin | Chang Cheh | Kuo Chui, Lo Mang, Lu Feng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Shogun's Samurai | Kinji Fukasaku | Sonny Chiba, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Etsuko Shihomi, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tetsurō Tamba, Toshirō Mifune | Japan | Jidaigeki, martial arts film |
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow | Yuen Woo Ping | Simon Yuen, Hwang Jang Lee, Jackie Chan | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin | Chen Chi Hwa | Jackie Chan, Nora Miao | Hong Kong | |
Soul of the Sword | Shan Hua | Ti Lung, Chen Chi Lin, Feng Ku | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Stunt Rock | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Margaret Gerard, Grant Page, Sorcery | Australia | Action thriller |
Superman | Richard Donner | Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Jeff East, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York, Marc McClure, Sarah Douglas, Harry Andrews, Larry Hagman, Rex Reed | United States | Superhero film |
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin | Lau Kar-Leung | Gordon Lau, John Cheung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
The Brave Archer 2 | Chang Cheh | Alexander Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, Philip Kwok | Hong Kong | Martial arts Film |
The Inglorious Bastards | Enzo G. Castellari | Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten | Italy | Action thriller |
Warriors Two | Sammo Hung | Liang Chia-Je, Sammo Hung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
1979 | - | - | - | - |
1941 | Steven Spielberg | Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshirō Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen, Slim Pickens, John Candy, Penny Marshall, Frank McRae, Dub Taylor, Michael McKean, Lucille Benson, Elisha Cook Jr., Mickey Rourke, John Landis, Jerry Hardin, James Caan | United States | Action comedy |
A Force of One | Paul Aaron | Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager, Ron O'Neal, Bill Wallace, Eric Laneuville, James Whitmore Jr, Clint Ritchie, Pepe Serna, Ray Vitte, Chu Chu Malave, Eugene Butler, Mel Novak, Kevin Geer | United States | Action thriller, martial arts film |
Angels Revenge | Greydon Clark | Sylvia Anderson | United States | |
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Irwin Allen | Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Paul Picerni, Patrick Culliton, Dean Raphael Ferrandini, Peter Boyle, Angela Cartwright, Jack Warden, Shirley Knight, Veronica Hamel, Shirley Jones, Slim Pickens, Mark Harmon | United States | |
City on Fire | Alvin Rakoff | Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters | Canada | |
Concorde Affaire '79 | Ruggero Deodato | Joseph Cotten, Mimsy Farmer, James Franciscus | Italy | Action thriller |
Dance of the Drunk Mantis | Yuen Woo Ping | Simon Yuen | Hong Kong | Action comedy, martial arts film |
Day of the Assassin | Brian Trenchard-Smith, Carlos Vasallo | Chuck Connors | Mexico | |
Disco Godfather | Rudy Ray Moore, J. Robert Wagone | Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Julius J. Carry III | United States | Martial arts film |
Dragon Fist | Lo Wei | Jackie Chan, Nora Miao, James Tien | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Escape from Alcatraz | Don Siegel | Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Patrick McGoohan, Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau, Larry Hankin, Frank Ronzio, Roberts Blossom, Paul Benjamin, Bruce M. Fischer, Madison Arnold, Danny Glover, Don Michaelian | United States | |
Kid with the Golden Arm | Chang Cheh | Kuo Chui, Chiang Sheng, Lo Mang | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Kung-Fu Commandos | Hsin Yi Chang | Yu-ching Chang, Ching Cheng, Tien-Chi Cheng | Taiwan | Martial arts film |
Last Hurrah for Chivalry | John Woo | Damian Lau | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Mad Max | George Miller | Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Geoff Parry, Jonathan Hardy, Sheila Florence, Vincent Gil | Australia | Science fiction action |
Mad Monkey Kung Fu | Lau Kar-leung | Hsiao Ho, Lo Lieh, Kara Wai | Hong Kong | Martial arts Film |
Magnificent Butcher | Yuen Woo Ping | Sammo Hung | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Magnificent Ruffians | Chang Cheh | Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, Lo Mang | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Moonraker | Lewis Gilbert | Roger Moore | United Kingdom France | |
Shaolin Daredevils | Chang Cheh | Philip Kwok, Lu Feng, Lo Mang, Chiang Sheng | Hong Kong | Martial arts film |
Shaolin Rescuers | Chang Cheh | Lo Mang, Chiang Sheng, Kuo Chui | Hong Kong | |
The Concorde... Airport '79 | David Lowell Rich | Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner | United States | Action thriller |
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge | Shigehiro Ozawa | Sonny Chiba, Bruce Li, Sue Shiomi | Japan | |
Supersonic Man | Juan Piquer Simón | Antonio Cantafora, Cameron Mitchell, Diana Polakov | Spain | Superhero film |
The Warriors | Walter Hill | Michael Beck, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly | United States | Action thriller |
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung | Chang Cheh | Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Dick Wei | Hong Kong |