Best action from the 70s
The catalogue's action films from 1970–1979, ranked by audience score. We bias against the cinephile-canonical picks (Letterboxd top-250) — if you've already seen the obvious entries, scroll past the first row.
Star Wars
cozyepicplayful
Space Battleship Yamato
foreign gemcozyepic
Future Boy Conan
foreign gembittersweetoutsider
The Warriors
3am cultneon soakedplayful
The Last Samurai
foreign gemepicbittersweet
They Call Me Trinity
foreign gemcomfort cultplayful
A Touch of Zen
foreign gemepicslow burn
The Day of the Jackal
paranoidslow burn
Lady Snowblood
foreign gemdreadgut punch
The Killing Game
foreign gemoutsiderneon soaked
The French Connection
raw
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
foreign gemplayfultender
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Mystery Of The Arcadia
foreign gemneon soakedoutsider
Enter the Dragon
playfulrawuplifting
Duel
paranoidraw
The Execution Game
foreign gemparanoidraw
Dirty Harry
pitch blackrawneon soaked
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
foreign gemparanoidraw
Kaliman, the Incredible Man
foreign gemepicplayful
Drunken Master
foreign gemcozyplayful
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
foreign gemrawtender
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
foreign gemraw
Charley Varrick
paranoidrawoutsider
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
foreign gemraw
The Ambitious
foreign gemepicoutsider
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
foreign gemparanoidraw
The Man Who Stole the Sun
foreign gem3am cultneon soaked
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
foreign gemcozyoutsider
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
foreign gempitch blackraw
Miyamoto Musashi
foreign gembittersweetcerebral