Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes |
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| 1970 |
Airport | George Seaton | Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg | United States | [1] |
| 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 | |
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 |
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 | |
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 | | [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 | |
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 |
| 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 | | United States | Action thriller[24] |
The Legend of Nigger Charley | Martin Goldman | | 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 | | | 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 | | 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 | | 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] |
| 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 | | 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 | | 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] |
| Gérard Pirès | | 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 | | South Korea | Martial arts film[119] |
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 | | United States | Science fiction action[128] |
Master of the Flying Guillotine | Jimmy Wang Yu | | 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 | | 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] |
| Yukio Noda | Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Jerry Ito | Japan | Action thriller, Martial arts film[142] |
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] |
High Rolling in a Hot Corvette | Igor Auzins | Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Judy Davis | Australia | Action comedy[145] |
Karate Bear Fighter | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Sonny Chiba | Japan | Martial arts film[146] |
Karate for Life | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Sonny Chiba | Japan | Martial arts film[147] |
L'Animal | Claude Zidi | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Raquel Welch, Charles Gérard | France | Action comedy[148] |
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 | | 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 | | 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] |
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 | | Canada | [177] |
Concorde Affaire '79 | Ruggero Deodato | Joseph Cotten, Mimsy Farmer, James Franciscus | Italy | Action thriller[178] |
The Concorde ... Airport '79 | David Lowell Rich | | 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] |
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