Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Subgenre/notes
|
1970
|
Airport |
George Seaton |
Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg |
United States |
[1]
|
Alleycat Rock: Female Boss |
Yasuharu Hasebe |
Akiko Wada, Meiko Kaji, Kōji Wada |
Japan |
Action thriller[2]
|
Brothers Five |
Lo Wei |
Cheng Pei-pei, Chin Han, Chang Yi |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[3]
|
The Chinese Boxer
|
Jimmy Wang Yu
|
Jimmy Wang Yu, Lo Lieh, Wang Ping
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Cold Blade |
Yuen Chor |
|
Hong Kong |
[citation needed]
|
Cold Sweat |
Terence Young |
Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, Jill Ireland |
France Italy |
Action thriller[4]
|
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
Ossie Davis |
Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart |
United States |
Action comedy[5]
|
The Heroic Ones
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
King Eagle
|
Chang Cheh
|
Ti Lung, Li Ching, Yuen Woo-ping
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Nam's Angels
|
Jack Starrett
|
William Smith, Bernie Hamilton, Huston Savage
|
United States
|
[6]
|
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[citation needed]
|
Vengeance
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, 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
|
1971
|
The Ammunition Hunters |
Fung Chi Kong |
Chen Chen |
Hong Kong |
[citation needed]
|
The Anonymous Heroes |
Chang Cheh |
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ku Feng
|
Hong Kong |
Action comedy[7]
|
The Big Boss |
Lo Wei |
Bruce Lee, Maria Yi |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[8]
|
Blood of the Dragon |
Kao Pao-shu |
Jimmy Wang Yu, Lung Fei, Chiao Chiao |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[9]
|
The Deadly Duo
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ku Feng
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Diamonds Are Forever |
Guy Hamilton |
Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray |
United Kingdom |
[10]
|
Dirty Harry |
Don Siegel |
Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni |
United States |
Action thriller[11]
|
The Duel
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Wang Ping
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Duel of Fists |
Chang Cheh |
David Chiang, Ti Lung |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[12]
|
The French Connection |
William Friedkin |
Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider |
United States |
Action thriller[13]
|
Le Mans |
Lee H. Katzin |
Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen |
United States |
[14]
|
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[15]
|
The Shadow Whip
|
Lo Wei
|
Cheng Pei-pei, Hua Yueh, Li Jen Ho
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Shaft |
Gordon Parks |
Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Gwen Mitchell |
United States |
[16]
|
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song |
Melvin Van Peebles |
Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales |
United States |
Action thriller[17]
|
THX 1138 |
George Lucas |
Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie |
United States |
Science fiction action[18]
|
Vanishing Point |
Richard C. Sarafian |
Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, |
United States |
Action thriller[19]
|
The Water Margin
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Tetsurō Tamba
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
1972
|
The 14 Amazons |
Gang Cheng |
Lisa Lu, Ivy Ling Po, Chen Yen-yen |
Hong Kong |
[citation needed]
|
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[20]
|
Delightful Forest
|
Chang Cheh
|
Ti Lung, Chiang Nan, Kong Ling
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 |
Shunya Ito |
Meiko Kaji, Kayoko Shiraishi, Fumio Watanabe |
Japan |
Action thriller[21]
|
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[22]
|
Four Riders
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Fuzz |
Richard A. Colla |
Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner |
United States |
Action comedy[23]
|
The Getaway |
Sam Peckinpah |
Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson |
United States |
Action thriller[24]
|
The Legend of Nigger Charley |
Martin Goldman |
Thomas Anderson, Don Pedro Colley, Jerry Gatlin |
United States |
[25]
|
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[26]
|
The Outside Man |
Jacques Deray |
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider |
France Italy |
Action thriller[27]
|
The Poseidon Adventure |
Ronald Neame, Irwin Allen |
Gene Hackman |
United States |
[28]
|
Shaft's Big Score |
Gordon Parks |
Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundi Brown |
United States |
[29]
|
Slaughter |
Jack Starrett |
Jim Brown, Rip Torn, Norman Alfe |
United States |
Action thriller[30]
|
Way of the Dragon |
Bruce Lee |
Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[31]
|
1973
|
The Black Six |
Matt Cimber |
Gene Washington, Mercury Morris, Willie Lanier |
United States |
[32]
|
The Blood Brothers
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Ching Li
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Charley Varrick |
Don Siegel |
Walter Matthau, Andy Robinson, Joe Don Baker, |
United States |
Action thriller[33]
|
Cleopatra Jones |
Jack Starrett |
Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes |
United States |
[34]
|
Coffy |
Jack Hill |
Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui |
United States |
[35]
|
The Crazies |
George A. Romero |
Edith Bell, Lane Carroll, Will Disney |
United States |
Action thriller[36]
|
Detroit 9000 |
Arthur Marks |
Rudy Challenger, Scatman Crothers, Ella Edwards |
United States |
Action thriller[37]
|
Electra Glide in Blue |
James William Guercio |
Robert Blake, Billy "Green" Bush, Mitchell Ryan |
United States |
[38]
|
Enter the Dragon |
Robert Clouse |
Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly |
United States |
Martial arts film[39]
|
The Flash Legs
|
Wu Ma
|
Tan Tao-liang, Lo Lieh, Ouyang Sha-fei
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Hell Up in Harlem |
Larry Cohen, Janelle Cohen |
Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry |
United States |
Action thriller[40]
|
Hit! |
Sidney J. Furie |
Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton |
United States |
[41]
|
Le Magnifique |
Philippe de Broca |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli |
France Italy |
[42]
|
Milano Rovente |
Umberto Lenzi |
Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Marisa Mell |
Italy |
Action thriller[43]
|
Japan Sinks |
Shiro Moritani, Ayumi Ishida, Keiju Kobayashi |
Hiroshi Fujioka |
Japan |
[44]
|
Live and Let Die |
Guy Hamilton |
Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour |
United Kingdom |
Action thriller[45]
|
The Mackintosh Man |
John Huston |
Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason |
United Kingdom |
Action thriller[46]
|
Magnum Force |
Ted Post |
Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul |
United States |
Action thriller[47]
|
The No Mercy Man |
Daniel Vance |
Steve Sandor, Rockne Tarkington, Sid Haig |
United States |
Action thriller[48]
|
The Pirate
|
Chang Cheh
|
Ti Lung, David Chiang, Dean Shek
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Savage! |
Cirio Santiago |
Aura Aurea, Vic Diaz, Lada Edmund |
Philippines |
[49]
|
Shaft in Africa |
John Guillermin |
Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee |
United States |
Action thriller[50]
|
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off |
Gordon Douglas |
Jim Brown, Ed McMahon |
United States |
Action thriller[51]
|
The Spook Who Sat By the Door |
Ivan Dixon |
Lawrence Cook |
United States |
[52]
|
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 |
[53]
|
That Man Bolt |
Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich |
Ken Kazama, Fred Williamson, Byron Webster |
United States |
Martial arts film[54]
|
Westworld |
Michael Crichton |
Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin |
United States |
Science fiction action[55]
|
White Lightning |
Joseph Sargent |
Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty |
United States |
Action thriller[56]
|
1974
|
99 and 44/100% Dead |
John Frankenheimer |
Richard Harris, Edmond O'Brien, Bradford Dillman |
United States |
[57]
|
Airport 1975 |
Jack Smight |
Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy |
United States |
Disaster film[58]
|
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men |
Cesar Gallardo, Cirio Santiago |
Shirley Washington |
Philippines |
Martial arts film[59]
|
Black Belt Jones |
Robert Clouse |
Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers |
United States |
Martial arts film[60]
|
The Black Godfather |
John Evans |
Don Chastain, Damu King |
United States |
[61]
|
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[62]
|
Busting |
Peter Hyams |
Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield |
United States |
[63]
|
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter |
Brian Clemens |
Horst Janson, John Carson, Shane Briant |
United States |
[64]
|
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry |
John Hough |
Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke |
United States |
[65]
|
Earthquake |
Mark Robson |
Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy |
United States |
Disaster film[66]
|
Emergency Squad |
Stelvio Massi |
Tomas Milian, Gastone Moschin, Raymond Lovelock |
Italy |
Action thriller[67]
|
The Executioner |
Teruo Ishii |
Sonny Chiba, Makoto Satō, Yasuaki Kurata, Shozo Saijo |
Japan |
Martial arts film[68]
|
Executioner 2: The Karate Inferno |
Teruo Ishii |
Sonny Chiba, Makoto Satō, Eiji Go |
Japan |
Action comedy, martial arts film[69]
|
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, |
United States |
Action comedy[70]
|
Gone in 60 Seconds |
H.B. Halicki |
Hal McClain, Markos Kotsikos, Jonathan E. Fricke |
United States |
Action thriller[71]
|
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[72]
|
The Man with the Golden Gun |
Guy Hamilton |
Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland |
United Kingdom |
Action thriller[73]
|
Mr. Majestyk |
Richard Fleischer |
Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal |
United States |
Action thriller[74]
|
Policewomen |
Lee Frost |
Jeanie Bell, Wes Bishop, Sondra Currie |
United States |
[75]
|
The Savage Five
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-tai
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Sister Street Fighter |
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
Sue Shiomi, Sonny Chiba |
Japan |
[76]
|
Stone |
Sandy Harbutt |
Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt |
Australia |
[77]
|
The Stranger and the Gunfighter |
Antonio Margheriti |
Lee Van Cleef, Lo Lieh, Julian Ugarte |
Italy Spain France Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[78]
|
The Street Fighter |
Shigehiro Ozawa |
Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada, Tony Cetera |
Japan |
Martial arts film[79]
|
Street Law |
Enzo G. Castellari |
Franco Nero |
Italy |
Action thriller[80]
|
The Super Cops |
Gordon Parks |
Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier |
United States |
[81]
|
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |
Joseph Sargent |
Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam |
United States |
Action thriller[82]
|
TNT Jackson |
Cirio Santiago |
Jeanie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson |
Philippines |
Action thriller[83]
|
The Towering Inferno |
Irwin Allen, John Guillermin |
Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, |
United States |
[84]
|
Truck Turner |
Jonathan Kaplan |
Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto |
United States |
Action thriller[85]
|
1975
|
All Men Are Brothers
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Bolo Yeung
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
The Black Gestapo |
Lee Frost |
Rod Perry, Charles P. Robinson, Phil Hoover |
United States |
Action thriller[86]
|
Boss Nigger |
Jack Arnold |
Fred Williamson, William Smith, Elizabeth Saxon |
United States |
Action thriller[87]
|
Brannigan |
Douglas Hickox |
John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson |
United Kingdom |
Action thriller[88]
|
Breakout |
Tom Gries |
Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall |
United States |
Action thriller[89]
|
Bucktown |
Arthur Marks |
Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala |
United States |
[90]
|
The Candy Tangerine Man |
Matt Climber |
John Daniels, Eli Haines, Tom Hankason |
United States |
Blaxploitation[91]
|
Champion of Death |
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
Sonny Chiba |
Japan |
Martial arts film[92]
|
Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold |
Chuck Bail |
Tamara Dobson, Magali Noël, Janet Agren |
Hong Kong United States |
[93]
|
Cover Girl Models |
Cirio Santiago |
Pat Anderson, Lindsay Bloom, Rhonda Leigh Hopkins |
United States Philippines |
[94]
|
Death Race 2000 |
Paul Bartel |
David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone |
United States |
Science fiction action[95]
|
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[96]
|
The Eiger Sanction |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy |
United States |
Action thriller[97]
|
Fear Over the City |
Henri Verneuil |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Denner, Adalberto Maria Merli |
France Italy |
Action thriller[98]
|
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[99]
|
Hard Times |
Walter Hill |
Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland |
United States |
[100]
|
The Killing Machine |
Noribumi Suzuki |
Sonny Chiba |
Japan |
[101]
|
L'Agression [fr] |
Gérard Pirès |
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur |
France Italy |
Action thriller[102]
|
The Man from Hong Kong |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Ros Spiers |
Australia Hong Kong |
[103]
|
Race with the Devil |
Jack Starrett |
Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit |
United States |
[104]
|
The Return of the Street Fighter |
Shigehiro Ozawa |
Sonny Chiba |
Japan |
[105]
|
Rollerball |
Norman Jewison |
James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams |
United States |
Science fiction action[106]
|
Sheba, Baby |
William Girdler |
Pam Grier, Austin Stoker |
United States |
[107]
|
The Super Inframan |
Hua-Shan |
Li Hsiu-hsien, Wang Hsieh, Lin Wen-wei |
Hong Kong Japan |
Martial arts film[108]
|
Syndicate Sadists |
Umberto Lenzi |
Tomas Milian, Joseph Cotten, Maria Fiore |
Italy |
[109]
|
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 |
[110]
|
Wildcat Women |
Stephen Gibson |
Joey Ginza, Yolanda Love |
United States |
[111]
|
1976
|
7-Man Army |
Chang Cheh |
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Chen Kuan-Tai |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[112]
|
Assault on Precinct 13 |
John Carpenter |
Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer |
United States |
Action thriller[113]
|
The Big Racket |
Enzo G. Castellari |
Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer |
Italy |
[114]
|
Black Samurai |
Al Adamson |
D'Urville Martin, Marilyn Joi, Jim Kelly |
United States |
Martial arts film[115]
|
Black Shampoo |
Greydon Clark |
John R. Daniels, Tanya Boyd, Joe Ortiz |
United States |
Action thriller[116]
|
Black Sister's Revenge |
Jamaa Fanaka |
Jerri Hayes, Ernest Williams II, Charles D. Brooks III |
United States |
[117]
|
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[118]
|
Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave |
Lee Doo-yong |
Bruce Lee |
South Korea |
Martial arts film[119][failed verification]
|
Cannonball |
Paul Bartel |
David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel |
Hong Kong United States |
[120]
|
Colt 38 Special Squad |
Massimo Dallamano, Luciano Ercoli |
Marcel Bozzuffi, Carole Andre, Ivan Rassimov |
Italy |
Action thriller[121]
|
Deathcheaters |
Brian Trenchard-Smith |
John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerard |
Australia |
[122]
|
Ebony, Ivory, and Jade |
Cirio Santiago |
Dick Adair, Max Alvarado, Sylvia Anderson |
Philippines |
[123]
|
The Enforcer |
James Fargo |
Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino |
United States |
Action thriller[124]
|
Gator |
Burt Reynolds |
Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton |
United States |
Action thriller[125]
|
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[126]
|
The Human Tornado |
Cliff Roquemore |
Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Jimmy Lynch |
United States |
Action comedy, martial arts film[127]
|
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 |
United States |
Science fiction action[128]
|
Master of the Flying Guillotine |
Jimmy Wang Yu |
Jimmy Wang Yu, Kam Kong, Lung Kun Yee |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts films[129]
|
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[130]
|
The Shaolin Avengers
|
Chang Cheh
|
Alexander Fu Sheng, Kuan-Chun Chi, Yen Tsan Tang
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
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[131]
|
Strange Shadows in an Empty Room |
Alberto De Martino |
Stuart Whitman, Carole Laure, Martin Landau |
Italy Canada |
[132]
|
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[133]
|
Bare Knuckles |
Don Edmonds |
Robert Viharo, Sherry Jackson, Michael Heit |
United States |
Martial arts film[134]
|
The Brave Archer
|
Chang Cheh
|
Alexander Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, Philip Kwok, Ti Lung
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Breaker! Breaker! |
Donald Hulette |
Chuck Norris, George Murdock, Terry O'Connor, |
United States |
[135]
|
Black Sunday |
John Frankenheimer |
Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller |
United States |
Action thriller[136]
|
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 |
[137]
|
The Clones of Bruce Lee |
Joseph Kong |
Bruce Lai, Dragon Lee |
South Korea Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[138]
|
The Doberman Cop |
Kinji Fukasaku |
Sonny Chiba, Janet Hatta, Hiroki Matsukata |
Japan |
Action thriller, Martial arts film[139]
|
Double Nickels |
Jack Vacek |
Jack Vacek, Ed Abrams, Patrice Schubert |
United States |
Action thriller[140]
|
The Gauntlet |
Clint Eastwood |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, |
United States |
Action thriller[141]
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Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon |
Yukio Noda |
Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Jerry Ito |
Japan |
Action thriller, Martial arts film[142]
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Grand Theft Auto |
Ron Howard |
Ron Howard, Nancy Morgan, Marion Ross |
United States |
Action comedy[143]
|
The Heroin Busters |
Enzo G. Castellari |
Fabio Testi, David Hemmings, Joshua Sinclair |
Italy |
Action thriller[144]
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High Rolling in a Hot Corvette |
Igor Auzins |
Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Judy Davis |
Australia |
Action comedy[145]
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Karate Bear Fighter |
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
Sonny Chiba |
Japan |
Martial arts film[146]
|
Karate for Life |
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi |
Sonny Chiba |
Japan |
Martial arts film[147]
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L'Animal |
Claude Zidi |
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raquel Welch, Charles Gérard |
France |
Action comedy[148]
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The Naval Commandos
|
Chang Cheh
|
David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Philip Kwok, Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng
|
Hong Kong Taiwan
|
|
Operation Thunderbolt |
Menahem Golan |
Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan |
Israel |
Action thriller[149]
|
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 |
United States |
Action thriller[150]
|
Rolling Thunder |
John Flynn |
Tommy Lee Jones, William Devane, Linda Haynes |
United States |
Action thriller[151]
|
Smokey and the Bandit |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed |
United States |
Action comedy[152]
|
The Spy Who Loved Me |
Lewis Gilbert |
Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jürgens |
United Kingdom |
Action thriller[153]
|
Star Wars |
George Lucas |
Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Harrison Ford |
United States |
Science fiction action[154]
|
Telefon |
Don Siegel |
Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence |
United States |
Action thriller[155]
|
To Kill with Intrigue |
Lo Wei |
Jackie Chan, Hsu Feng |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[156]
|
1978
|
7 Grandmasters |
Joseph Kuo |
Jack Long, Li Yi Min |
Hong Kong |
[157]
|
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin |
Lau Kar-Leung |
Gordon Lau, John Cheung |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[158]
|
The Brave Archer 2
|
Chang Cheh
|
Alexander Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, Philip Kwok
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts Film
|
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[159]
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
|
Sammo Hung |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[160]
|
Drunken Master |
Yuen Woo Ping |
Jackie Chan |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film, action comedy[161]
|
Enter the Fat Dragon |
Sammo Hung |
Sammo Hung, Billy Chan |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film, action comedy[162]
|
Every Which Way but Loose |
James Fargo |
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis |
United States |
[163]
|
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[164]
|
Good Guys Wear Black |
Ted Post |
Chuck Norris, Anne Archer, James Franciscus |
United States |
Action thriller[165]
|
High-Ballin' |
Peter Carter |
Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver |
Canada United States |
[166]
|
Hooper |
Hal Needham |
Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent |
United States |
Action comedy[167]
|
The Inglorious Bastards |
Enzo G. Castellari |
Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Peter Hooten |
Italy |
Action thriller[168]
|
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 |
Japan |
Jidaigeki, martial arts film[169]
|
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow |
Yuen Woo Ping |
Simon Yuen, Hwang Jang Lee, Jackie Chan |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[170]
|
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[171]
|
Superman |
Richard Donner |
Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve |
United States |
Superhero film[172]
|
Warriors Two |
Sammo Hung |
Liang Chia-Je, Sammo Hung |
Hong Kong |
Martial arts film[173]
|
1979
|
1941 |
Steven Spielberg |
Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi |
United States |
Action comedy[174]
|
Angels Revenge |
Greydon Clark |
Sylvia Anderson |
United States |
[175]
|
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure |
Irwin Allen |
Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Sally Field |
United States |
[176]
|
City on Fire |
Alvin Rakoff |
Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters |
Canada |
[177]
|
Concorde Affaire '79 |
Ruggero Deodato |
Joseph Cotten, Mimsy Farmer, James Franciscus |
Italy |
Action thriller[178]
|
The Concorde ... Airport '79 |
David Lowell Rich |
Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner |
United States |
Action thriller[179]
|
Dance of the Drunk Mantis |
Yuen Woo Ping |
Simon Yuen |
Hong Kong |
Action comedy, martial arts film[180]
|
Day of the Assassin |
Brian Trenchard-Smith, Carlos Vasallo |
Chuck Connors |
Mexico |
[181]
|
Disco Godfather |
Rudy Ray Moore, J. Robert Wagone |
Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Julius J. Carry III |
United States |
Martial arts film[182]
|
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 |
United States |
[183]
|
A Force of One |
Paul Aaron |
Chuck Norris, Jennifer O'Neill, Clu Gulager |
United States |
Action thriller, martial arts film[184]
|
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[185]
|
Mad Max |
George Miller |
Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne |
Australia |
Science fiction action[186]
|
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[187]
|
Magnificent Ruffians
|
Chang Cheh
|
Philip Kwok, Chiang Sheng, Lo Mang
|
Hong Kong
|
Martial arts film
|
Moonraker |
Lewis Gilbert |
Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale |
United Kingdom France |
[188]
|
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 Street Fighter's Last Revenge |
Shigehiro Ozawa |
Sonny Chiba, Bruce Li, Sue Shiomi |
Japan |
[189]
|
Supersonic Man |
Juan Piquer Simón |
Antonio Cantafora, Cameron Mitchell, Diana Polakov |
Spain |
Superhero film[190]
|
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung
|
Chang Cheh
|
Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Dick Wei
|
Hong Kong
|
|
The Warriors |
Walter Hill |
Michael Beck, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly |
United States |
Action thriller[191]
|