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TopTenREVIEWS top Action movie of all time is Star Wars.

Top 1970's Action Movies

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1Movie reviews for Star Wars (1977)Star Wars (1977)Movie critics combined give Star Wars a score of 3.9039 out of 4
3.9039
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PGAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi $8.26 Part IV in George Lucas' epic, "Star Wars: A New Hope" follows Luke Skywalker, a orphaned farm boy, ...more about Star Wars  starring Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford
2Movie reviews for Superman (1978)Superman (1978)Movie critics combined give Superman a score of 3.7628 out of 4
3.7628
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PGAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi $5.99 An alien child is sent to Earth from his dying home planet to help preserve his people. When Clark ...more about Superman  starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman
3Movie reviews for French Connection, The (1971)French Connection, The (1971)Movie critics combined give French Connection a score of 3.7459 out of 4
3.7459
39
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RAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime $9.27 Two NYC narcotics cops are trying to trace a heroin connection from France to the U.S. On a tip, ...more about French Connection  starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey
4Movie reviews for Dirty Harry (1971)Dirty Harry (1971)Movie critics combined give Dirty Harry a score of 3.4307 out of 4
3.4307
69
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RAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime $19.99 A renegade police officer, Harry, is assigned by the mayor to take down and bring in Scorpio, a ...more about Dirty Harry  starring Clint Eastwood and Harry Guardino
5Movie reviews for Warriors, The (1979)Warriors, The (1979)Movie critics combined give Warriors a score of 3.2899 out of 4
3.2899
85
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RAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Teen $7.96 The Warriors are wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader in NYC during an "all gang meeting" ...more about Warriors  starring Michael Beck and James Remar
6Movie reviews for Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)Movie critics combined give Assault on Precinct 13 a score of 3.2343 out of 4
3.2343
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NAAction, Thriller, Crime $5.54 Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to ...more about Assault on Precinct 13  starring Austin Stoker and Darwin Joston
7Movie reviews for Rocky (1976)Rocky (1976)Movie critics combined give Rocky a score of 3.1668 out of 4
3.1668
75
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PGAction, Drama, Romance, Sports $5.69 A struggling armature boxer from So. Philly gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance at a major heavyweight ...more about Rocky  starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire
8Movie reviews for Enter the Dragon (1973)Enter the Dragon (1973)Movie critics combined give Enter the Dragon a score of 3.1593 out of 4
3.1593
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RAction, Thriller $3.59 A Shaolin Temple and Kung Fu masteris asked by the British government to compete in a martial arts ...more about Enter the Dragon  starring Bruce Lee and Kien Shih
9Movie reviews for Shaft (1971)Shaft (1971)Movie critics combined give Shaft a score of 3.1578 out of 4
3.1578
53
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NAAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime $5.46 John Shaft is the ultimate in suave black detectives. He first finds himself up against Bumpy, the ...more about Shaft  starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn
10Movie reviews for Death Race 2000 (1975)Death Race 2000 (1975)Movie critics combined give Death Race 2000 a score of 3.1478 out of 4
3.1478
62
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NAAction, Sci-Fi, Sports $10.98 In the future, the most popular American pastime will be cross-country car racing. Racers are given ...more about Death Race 2000  starring David Carradine and Simone Griffeth
11Movie reviews for Mad Max (1979)Mad Max (1979)Movie critics combined give Mad Max a score of 3.0981 out of 4
3.0981
73
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NAAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi $4.12 In the future following the apocalypse pillage and plunder is a way of life. Mild-mannered, police ...more about Mad Max  starring Mel Gibson and Joanne Samuel
12Movie reviews for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)Movie critics combined give Tora! Tora! Tora! a score of 3.0629 out of 4
3.0629
50
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Not RatedAction, Adventure, Drama, History, War $6.88 In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are ...more about Tora! Tora! Tora!  starring Martin Balsam and Shogo Shimada
13Movie reviews for Westworld (1973)Westworld (1973)Movie critics combined give Westworld a score of 3.0378 out of 4
3.0378
27
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NAAction, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Western $13.79 Two Chicago businessmen visit an expensive fantasy resort where robots and computers simulate ...more about Westworld  starring Yul Brynner and Richard Benjamin
14Movie reviews for Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)Movie critics combined give Escape from the Planet of the Apes a score of 3.0271 out of 4
3.0271
40
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NAAction, Drama, Sci-Fi $9.99 When the planet of the apes is destroyed in 3955 Zira, Cornelius, and Dr. Milo get on a shuttle and ...more about Escape from the Planet of the Apes  starring Kim Hunter and Bradford Dillman
15Movie reviews for Bridge Too Far, A (1977)Bridge Too Far, A (1977)Movie critics combined give Bridge Too Far a score of 3.0252 out of 4
3.0252
23
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NAAction, Drama, History, War $6.62 This WWII film follows the perspectives of American, Polish and British soldiers attempting to ...more about Bridge Too Far  starring Dirk Bogarde and James Caan
16Movie reviews for Marathon Man (1976)Marathon Man (1976)Movie critics combined give Marathon Man a score of 3.0189 out of 4
3.0189
32
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RAction, Adventure, Drama, Thriller $3.90 In New York City, the brother of an infamous Nazi war criminal is killed in a head on collision car ...more about Marathon Man  starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier
17Movie reviews for Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)Movie critics combined give Poseidon Adventure a score of 3.0164 out of 4
3.0164
58
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PGAction, Adventure, Drama, Thriller $13.78 A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on ...more about Poseidon Adventure  starring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine
18Movie reviews for Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)Movie critics combined give Outlaw Josey Wales a score of 3.0108 out of 4
3.0108
45
reviews
PGAction, Adventure, Drama, Western $28.99 When a group of renegade Union soldiers destroys his farm and murders his family a peaceful, quite ...more about Outlaw Josey Wales  starring Clint Eastwood and Chief Dan George
19Movie reviews for Big Doll House, The (1971)Big Doll House, The (1971)Movie critics combined give Big Doll House a score of 2.9684 out of 4
2.9684
16
reviews
NAAction, Drama $7.02 ...more about Big Doll House  starring Roberta Collins and Pam Grier
20Movie reviews for Crazies, The (1973)Crazies, The (1973)Movie critics combined give Crazies a score of 2.9653 out of 4
2.9653
55
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NAAction, Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi $12.95 A biological weapon gone awry is only the start of problems in the little town of Evan's City, ...more about Crazies  starring Lane Carroll and Harold Wayne Jones
21Movie reviews for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)Movie critics combined give Conquest of the Planet of the Apes a score of 2.9501 out of 4
2.9501
41
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NAAction, Sci-Fi $9.99 Cornelius and Zira's son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Dogs ...more about Conquest of the Planet of the Apes  starring Natalie Trundy and Hari Rhodes
22Movie reviews for Electra Glide in Blue (1973)Electra Glide in Blue (1973)Movie critics combined give Electra Glide in Blue a score of 2.9357 out of 4
2.9357
27
reviews
NAAction, Crime $5.50 A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious ...more about Electra Glide in Blue  starring Robert Blake and Mitch Ryan
23Movie reviews for Prime Cut (1972)Prime Cut (1972)Movie critics combined give Prime Cut a score of 2.9205 out of 4
2.9205
12
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Crime $4.94 A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only ...more about Prime Cut  starring Gene Hackman and Angel Tompkins
24Movie reviews for Big Bad Mama (1974)Big Bad Mama (1974)Movie critics combined give Big Bad Mama a score of 2.9109 out of 4
2.9109
25
reviews
NAAction, Comedy $10.98 After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. ...more about Big Bad Mama  starring Angie Dickinson and William Shatner
25Movie reviews for Towering Inferno, The (1974)Towering Inferno, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Towering Inferno a score of 2.9056 out of 4
2.9056
32
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Thriller $8.25 Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his ...more about Towering Inferno  starring William Holden and Faye Dunaway
26Movie reviews for Black Sunday (1977)Black Sunday (1977)Movie critics combined give Black Sunday a score of 2.8784 out of 4
2.8784
27
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Thriller $5.56 Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. A woman called ...more about Black Sunday  starring Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern
27Movie reviews for Vanishing Point (1971)Vanishing Point (1971)Movie critics combined give Vanishing Point a score of 2.8635 out of 4
2.8635
24
reviews
RAction, Drama $6.33 Kowalski, the hero of the story, works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 ...more about Vanishing Point  starring Cleavon Little and Dean Jagger
28Movie reviews for Swarm, The (1978)Swarm, The (1978)Movie critics combined give Swarm a score of 2.8579 out of 4
2.8579
17
reviews
NAAction, Horror, Sci-Fi $5.98 Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, ...more about Swarm  starring Michael Caine and Katharine Ross
29Movie reviews for King Kong (1976)King Kong (1976)Movie critics combined give King Kong a score of 2.8520 out of 4
2.8520
50
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Romance $3.42 An expedition of the "Petrox" company, is exploring in search of petrol. A strange island where ...more about King Kong  starring Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin
30Movie reviews for Midway (1976)Midway (1976)Movie critics combined give Midway a score of 2.8409 out of 4
2.8409
19
reviews
NAAction, Drama, History, War $5.95 The summer of 1942 brought Naval stalemate to the Pacific as the American and Japanese fleets stood ...more about Midway  starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda
31Movie reviews for Duellists, The (1977)Duellists, The (1977)Movie critics combined give Duellists a score of 2.8409 out of 4
2.8409
34
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PGAction, Drama, War $8.97 Set during the grand, sweeping Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another ...more about Duellists  starring Keith Carradine and Albert Finney
32Movie reviews for Wind and the Lion, The (1975)Wind and the Lion, The (1975)Movie critics combined give Wind and the Lion a score of 2.8313 out of 4
2.8313
11
reviews
NAAction, Adventure $5.95 At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The ...more about Wind and the Lion  starring Sean Connery and Candice Bergen
33Movie reviews for Silver Streak (1976)Silver Streak (1976)Movie critics combined give Silver Streak a score of 2.8279 out of 4
2.8279
21
reviews
NAAction, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy $9.99 A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a ...more about Silver Streak  starring Gene Wilder and Jill Clayburgh
34Movie reviews for Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)Movie critics combined give Spy Who Loved Me a score of 2.8246 out of 4
2.8246
27
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Thriller $5.99 The British discover that someone has perfected a way of tracking submerged submarines and is ...more about Spy Who Loved Me  starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach
35Movie reviews for Double Agent 73 (1974)Double Agent 73 (1974)Movie critics combined give Double Agent 73 a score of 2.8155 out of 4
2.8155
15
reviews
NAAction $11.99 Underworld drug king Toplar is flooding the market with low-grade heroin. Agent 99 gets a bit too ...more about Double Agent 73  starring Chesty Morgan
36Movie reviews for Rocky II (1979)Rocky II (1979)Movie critics combined give Rocky II a score of 2.8150 out of 4
2.8150
24
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NAAction, Drama, Sports $5.69 After his fight with Apollo Creed, Rocky decides to live a peaceful life with his wife Adrian. ...more about Rocky II  starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire
37Movie reviews for Wild Geese, The (1978)Wild Geese, The (1978)Movie critics combined give Wild Geese a score of 2.7987 out of 4
2.7987
13
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Drama, War $10.95 A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of ...more about Wild Geese  starring Richard Burton and Roger Moore
38Movie reviews for Arena, The (1974)Arena, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Arena a score of 2.7930 out of 4
2.7930
15
reviews
NAAction, AdventureN/ATwo thousand years ago, the people of Rome are so blasée, so used to violence, that entertaining ...more about Arena  starring Margaret Markov and Pam Grier
39Movie reviews for Get Carter (1971)Get Carter (1971)Movie critics combined give Get Carter a score of 2.7905 out of 4
2.7905
23
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NAAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime $13.41 A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins ...more about Get Carter  starring Michael Caine and Ian Hendry
40Movie reviews for Emperor of the North Pole (1973)Emperor of the North Pole (1973)Movie critics combined give Emperor of the North Pole a score of 2.7879 out of 4
2.7879
13
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Thriller $6.88 It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. ...more about Emperor of the North Pole  starring Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine
41Movie reviews for Diamonds Are Forever (1971)Diamonds Are Forever (1971)Movie critics combined give Diamonds Are Forever a score of 2.7873 out of 4
2.7873
45
reviews
NAAction, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi $43.91 After traveling the world in his quest to kill Blofeld, Bond returns triumphant, only to discover a ...more about Diamonds Are Forever  starring Sean Connery and Jill St. John
42Movie reviews for Bite the Bullet (1975)Bite the Bullet (1975)Movie critics combined give Bite the Bullet a score of 2.7841 out of 4
2.7841
21
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NAAction, Adventure, Western $3.92 At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to ...more about Bite the Bullet  starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen
43Movie reviews for Coffy (1973)Coffy (1973)Movie critics combined give Coffy a score of 2.7731 out of 4
2.7731
35
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NAAction, Drama, Thriller, Crime $5.49 Coffy is a nurse whose younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by ...more about Coffy  starring Pam Grier and Booker Bradshaw
44Movie reviews for Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1974)Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Golden Voyage of Sinbad a score of 2.7691 out of 4
2.7691
17
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NAAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Family $8.26 Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the ...more about Golden Voyage of Sinbad  starring Caroline Munro and Tom Baker
45Movie reviews for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Movie critics combined give Beneath the Planet of the Apes a score of 2.7666 out of 4
2.7666
43
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NAAction, Drama, Sci-Fi $6.88 In an effort to find the missing astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston), James Fransiscus goes on a ...more about Beneath the Planet of the Apes  starring James Franciscus and Kim Hunter
46Movie reviews for Harder They Come, The (1972)Harder They Come, The (1972)Movie critics combined give Harder They Come a score of 2.7627 out of 4
2.7627
26
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Crime, Music $24.99 A poor Jamaican, a 1970s anti-hero, tries to make it with a hit record but finds that payola rules. ...more about Harder They Come  starring Jimmy Cliff and Janet Barkley
47Movie reviews for Beast Must Die, The (1974)Beast Must Die, The (1974)Movie critics combined give Beast Must Die a score of 2.7561 out of 4
2.7561
33
reviews
NAAction, Horror, Mystery $11.12 Tom Newcliffe, a rich businessman and expert hunter summons six guests to his huge country estate ...more about Beast Must Die  starring Calvin Lockhart and Peter Cushing
48Movie reviews for Three Musketeers, The (1973)Three Musketeers, The (1973)Movie critics combined give Three Musketeers a score of 2.7453 out of 4
2.7453
29
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NAAction, Adventure $21.26 The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and ...more about Three Musketeers  starring Oliver Reed and Raquel Welch
49Movie reviews for Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)Movie critics combined give Battle for the Planet of the Apes a score of 2.7446 out of 4
2.7446
48
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NAAction, Drama, Sci-Fi $9.99 After conquering the oppressive humans in "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes", Caeser(Roddy ...more about Battle for the Planet of the Apes  starring Michael Stearns and Claude Akins
50Movie reviews for Switchblade Sisters (1975)Switchblade Sisters (1975)Movie critics combined give Switchblade Sisters a score of 2.7403 out of 4
2.7403
20
reviews
NAAction, Drama, Crime $7.02 The "Dagger Debs" are a gang of snarling girls, and Maggie is their newest member. Lace, the ever ...more about Switchblade Sisters  starring Robbie Lee and Joanne Nail
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