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1. Too Late the Hero (1970)

PG | 145 min | Action, Drama, War

A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews

Votes: 3,977 | Gross: $0.31M

2. La colomba non deve volare (1970)

90 min | Action, War

An undercover Nazi in Libya aims to steal fuel and deliver it to a specific location in the desert where an Italian bomber would refuel on its way to Allied target.

Director: Sergio Garrone | Stars: Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, William Berger, Riccardo Garrone

Votes: 72

3. I 7 di Marsa Matruh (1970)

100 min | Action, Drama, War

When the German Afrika Korps smashes through the Allied lines in North Africa in 1942 during World War Two; a group of British soldiers are determined to get back to their own lines. ... See full summary »

Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Ivan Rassimov, Monica Strebel, Kirk Morris, Marcella Michelangeli

Votes: 170

4. The Last Escape (1970)

G | 90 min | Action, Drama, War

During the final days of WW2, an Allied commando team races toward a German rocket base to abduct a Nazi scientist before the fast advancing Soviet troops could reach him.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Collin, Martin Jarvis, Pinkas Braun

Votes: 288

5. Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

R | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two Harlem cops investigate a robbery, believing that a reverend has staged it in order to steal the money he's collected for a local fundraiser.

Director: Ossie Davis | Stars: Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, Calvin Lockhart, Judy Pace

Votes: 2,688 | Gross: $4.39M

6. Satan's Harvest (1970)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action

Murdock inherits an estate in Africa, on which "Satan's Harvest" (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of the way, so things get messy.

Director: George Montgomery | Stars: George Montgomery, Tippi Hedren, Matt Monro, Davy Kaye

Votes: 168

7. El Condor (1970)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal, Marianna Hill

Votes: 1,413 | Gross: $0.70M

8. Puppet on a Chain (1970)

PG | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ... See full summary »

Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins, Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen

Votes: 1,277 | Gross: $0.77M

9. Churchill's Leopards (1970)

84 min | Action, Thriller, War

The mission: The British have to carry out a plan hatched by Churchill himself to blow up a French dam, by bringing in commandos led by the twin brother of the German commander.

Director: Maurizio Pradeaux | Stars: Richard Harrison, Pilar Velázquez, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Frank Braña

Votes: 296

10. Hornets' Nest (1970)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, War

In 1944, during a sabotage mission, the sole surviving U.S. paratrooper is saved by a group of Italian orphans who later aid him in blowing up a vital enemy dam.

Directors: Phil Karlson, Franco Cirino | Stars: Rock Hudson, Sylva Koscina, Sergio Fantoni, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Votes: 1,121

11. The Beast (1970)

89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Mexican couple, a maniacal Gringo rapist and a gang of cut-throat Mexican bandits are all after the large inheritance of a kidnapped Texas woman.

Director: Mario Costa | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Gabriella Giorgelli, Giuseppe Cardillo, Paolo Casella

Votes: 215

12. The Assassin (1970)

87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Hayata is an undercover cop assigned to infiltrate not one, but two rival Yakuza gangs. Things get complicated when Hayata gets into a relationship with a young schoolteacher, the daughter ... See full summary »

Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Ryôhei Uchida, Fumio Watanabe, Toshiaki Minami

Votes: 96

13. The Yakuza (1974)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Eiji Okada, Herb Edelman

Votes: 10,448

14. Get Carter (1971)

R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

80 Metascore

When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.

Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne

Votes: 36,785 | Gross: $0.39M

15. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

71 Metascore

After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.

Director: Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan, Simon Chuckster

Votes: 5,868 | Gross: $15.18M

16. The Taste of the Savage (1971)

R | 86 min | Western, Thriller, Action

A vengeful widow hires a professional killer to train her son so that he can hunt down and kill the men who murdered her husband. The quest for revenge soon becomes an obsession.

Director: Alberto Mariscal | Stars: Isela Vega, Helena Rojo, Jorge Luke, Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 75

17. Three Bullets... for a Long Gun (1971)

PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A Gringo called Major helps Mexican outlaw Lucky escape his execution because both men own parts of a treasure map and form an uneasy alliance, trusting no one they encounter on their way and not even each other, for that matter.

Director: Peter Henkel | Stars: Beau Brummell, Keith G. van der Wat, Patrick Mynhardt, Don McCorkindale

Votes: 83

18. The Gatling Gun (1971)

PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Western

Two backstabbing deserters steal a Gatling Gun from their cavalry unit to attack an Apache tribe and steal their gold. They get help from a naive pacifist pastor. Meanwhile, both the cavalry and the Apache go after them - and the Gun.

Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Guy Stockwell, Robert Fuller, BarBara Luna, Woody Strode

Votes: 421

19. The Female Bunch (1971)

R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a string of bad times with men, Sandy tries to kill herself. Co-waitress Libby saves her and takes her to meet some female friends of hers who live on a ranch in the desert. Grace, ... See full summary »

Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn, Jennifer Bishop, Aleshia Brevard

Votes: 518 | Gross: $0.05M

20. Billy Jack (1971)

GP | 114 min | Action, Drama

50 Metascore

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.

Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat, Victor Izay

Votes: 6,601 | Gross: $98.00M

21. Vengeance Cops (1971)

81 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

The police discovers that the perpetrators of an important bank- robbery belong to a group of organized criminals. On the other side was a member of this group killed by his mates during the assault and his sister seeks revenge.

Director: Ivan Hall | Stars: Chris du Toit, Helga van Wyk, Dawid van der Walt, Ian Yule

Votes: 30

22. Shaft (1971)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

66 Metascore

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John

Votes: 21,029 | Gross: $16.69M

23. The Dawn of Victory (1971)

91 min | Drama, Adventure, Action

Allied forces in the Middle East commission the son of a German collaborator to destroy the German military airport in Crete.

Director: Dimis Dadiras | Stars: Lakis Komninos, Betty Arvaniti, Miranda Kounelaki, Nikos Dadinopoulos

Votes: 66

24. The French Connection (1971)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

94 Metascore

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Votes: 135,724 | Gross: $15.63M

25. The Organization (1971)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.

Director: Don Medford | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North

Votes: 2,160 | Gross: $1.50M

26. Dirty Harry (1971)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

87 Metascore

When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

Directors: Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni

Votes: 168,317 | Gross: $35.90M

27. Flic Story (1975)

112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The hunt for a seasoned killer becomes a matter of life for a policeman. Action-packed drama based on real events.

Director: Jacques Deray | Stars: Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger

Votes: 2,935

28. Summertime Killer (1972)

PG | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A six-year-old boy witnesses mobsters beat his father to death. Twenty years later, the now-grown boy begins to track down and eliminate the men who did it, determined to wipe out the ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Stars: Karl Malden, Olivia Hussey, Christopher Mitchum, Raf Vallone

Votes: 458

29. Sitting Target (1972)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Oliver Reed, Jill St. John, Ian McShane, Edward Woodward

Votes: 1,532

30. Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shaft is back to find the murderer of an old friend on the cold hard city streets with a little help from his new friends.

Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown, Joseph Mascolo

Votes: 3,596 | Gross: $10.00M

31. Fuzz (1972)

PG | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.

Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt

Votes: 2,251 | Gross: $0.57M

32. The New Centurions (1972)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An idealistic rookie cop joins the L.A.P.D. to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson

Votes: 3,287

33. Super Fly (1972)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

The daily routine of cocaine dealer Priest who wants to score one more super deal and retire.

Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris

Votes: 8,600

34. Slaughter (1972)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.

Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 1,314

35. Hammer (1972)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Los Angeles dock worker becomes a boxer but his crooked manager is involved in various rackets and he's working for the mob.

Director: Bruce D. Clark | Stars: Fred Williamson, Bernie Hamilton, Vonetta McGee, William Smith

Votes: 751

36. Trouble Man (1972)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A neighborhood "problem solver" is framed for murder by a couple of local crime bosses trying to get him out of the way.

Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers

Votes: 1,606

37. Dolemite (1975)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

67 Metascore

After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.

Director: D'Urville Martin | Stars: Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed

Votes: 6,852 | Gross: $0.24M

38. Bucktown (1975)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King

Votes: 1,599

39. 'Sheba, Baby' (1975)

PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.

Director: William Girdler | Stars: Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, D'Urville Martin, Rudy Challenger

Votes: 1,809

40. That Man Bolt (1973)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

To take a briefcase from Hong Kong to Mexico City, via Los Angeles, is it necessary to call on that man - Bolt? With the number of dangerous spies and gangsters who are after that briefcase, maybe Jefferson Bolt is not enough.

Directors: Henry Levin, David Lowell Rich | Stars: Fred Williamson, Byron Webster, Miko Mayama, Teresa Graves

Votes: 433

41. Melinda (1972)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Frankie Parker, a womanizing DJ in LA, meets new girl in town, Melinda, falling hard for her. When she's murdered in his apartment, he is framed for it - an ex-girlfriend and a karate class to help find her killer and clear his name.

Director: Hugh A. Robertson | Stars: Calvin Lockhart, Rosalind Cash, Vonetta McGee, Paul Stevens

Votes: 317

42. Black Caesar (1973)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin

Votes: 3,892

43. Hell Up in Harlem (1973)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Julius Harris, Gloria Hendry, Margaret Avery

Votes: 1,760 | Gross: $1.45M

44. Across 110th Street (1972)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Frank Adu

Votes: 7,147 | Gross: $3.60M

45. The Getaway (1972)

PG | 123 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

55 Metascore

A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers

Votes: 35,695 | Gross: $36.73M

46. The Mechanic (1972)

PG | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

51 Metascore

An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland

Votes: 15,756 | Gross: $7.30M

47. The Limit (1972)

PG | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan. One afternoon, Mark has a run-in with... See full summary »

Director: Yaphet Kotto | Stars: Yaphet Kotto, Quinn K. Redeker, Virgil Frye, Corinne Cole

Votes: 40 | Gross: $0.03M

48. The Boss (1973)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.

Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Gianni Garko, Antonia Santilli

Votes: 2,340

49. Savage! (1973)

R | 81 min | Action, Drama

Action packed story of how Jim Haygood (James Glehart) young, black and brilliant becomes the legendary leader of a rebel army. In a daring ambush on the beach Moncada, elusive leader of ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: James Iglehart, Lada Edmund Jr., Carol Speed, Sally Jordan

Votes: 167

50. Stacey (1973)

R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The sleazy and dangerous adventures of a gorgeous female private detective.

Director: Andy Sidaris | Stars: Anne Randall, Alan Landers, James Westmoreland, Marjorie Bennett

Votes: 264

51. Steel Arena (1973)

PG | 98 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Dusty Russell shows off his talent as the greatest daredevil on the circuit. Later, he awaits the biggest challenge of his career.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Dusty Russell, Buddy Love, Gene Drew, Dutch Schnitzer

Votes: 160

52. Beyond Atlantis (1973)

PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure. The islanders are just as determined to keep their sacred treasure. Complications ensue.

Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Patrick Wayne, John Ashley, Leigh Christian, Sid Haig

Votes: 767

53. Coffy (1973)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

60 Metascore

A sexy Black nurse takes vigilante justice against inner-city drug dealers after her sister becomes their latest victim.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott

Votes: 12,937

54. Super Fly T.N.T. (1973)

R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.

Director: Ron O'Neal | Stars: Ron O'Neal, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sheila Frazier, Robert Guillaume

Votes: 409

55. Shaft in Africa (1973)

R | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Private investigator John Shaft is recruited to go undercover to break up a modern slavery ring where young Africans are lured to Paris to do chain-gang work.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee, Neda Arneric

Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $3.18M

56. Black Samson (1974)

R | 88 min | Action, Drama

Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.

Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Rockne Tarkington, William Smith, Connie Strickland, Carol Speed

Votes: 629 | Gross: $0.09M

57. Fly Me (1973)

R | 74 min | Action, Drama

Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.

Directors: Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Pat Anderson, Lenore Kasdorf, Lyllah Torena, Richard Young

Votes: 279

58. Cleopatra Jones (1973)

PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

58 Metascore

During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.

Director: Jack Starrett | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas

Votes: 3,532 | Gross: $2.98M

59. The Stone Killer (1973)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo

Votes: 3,796 | Gross: $1.39M

60. Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud, Brock Peters

Votes: 598

61. Detroit 9000 (1973)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Alex Rocco, Hari Rhodes, Vonetta McGee, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 1,153 | Gross: $3.36M

62. The Slams (1973)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Everybody is after the money stolen by Hook before he ended up in prison, including the villainous head guard Capt. Stambell.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Jim Brown, Judy Pace, Roland Bob Harris, Paul Harris

Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.26M

63. The Knock Out Cop (1973)

Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Adventures of the police inspector "Flatfoot" Rizzo in the slums of Naples.

Director: Steno | Stars: Bud Spencer, Adalberto Maria Merli, Raymond Pellegrin, Juliette Mayniel

Votes: 4,179

64. The Black 6 (1973)

R | 94 min | Action, Drama

A high school student, who is a person of colour, is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother seeks revenge.

Director: Matt Cimber | Stars: Robert Howard, Cindy Daly, Mikel Angel, John Isenbarger

Votes: 629

65. Le Magnifique (1973)

95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.

Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Hans Meyer

Votes: 6,282

66. Magnum Force (1973)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

58 Metascore

Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan pursues a conspiracy of vigilante cops, who are not above going beyond the law to kill San Francisco's undesirables.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul

Votes: 66,651 | Gross: $4.56M

67. The Seven-Ups (1973)

PG | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

Director: Philip D'Antoni | Stars: Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold, Jerry Leon

Votes: 6,650 | Gross: $2.32M

68. Tough Guys (1974)

PG | 92 min | Action, Crime

An ex-convict priest and a framed former policeman hunt a machine-gun killer behind a bank robbery.

Director: Duccio Tessari | Stars: Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly

Votes: 387

69. The Black Dragon (1974)

R | 88 min | Action, Drama

Decent, simple, honest Chinese farmhand and ace martial artist Tai-Lin goes to the Philippines to seek his fortune. He befriends scruffy petty street hoodlum Siao-Mao and gets a job as a ... See full summary »

Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Tony Ferrer, Alona Alegre, Dick Chan, Jimmy Lee

Votes: 117

70. Sugar Hill (1974)

PG | 91 min | Action, Crime, Horror

When her boyfriend is murdered by mobsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD. She asks the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse to summon Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, to help ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Maslansky | Stars: Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Betty Anne Rees

Votes: 2,303 | Gross: $0.03M

71. Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Jefferson's honeymoon night in Hong Kong will be troubled by a number of people wishing to get hold of a Buddha statuette that the husband offered her when window-shopping that day. ... See full summary »

Director: Cesar Gallardo | Stars: James Iglehart, Shirley Washington, Chiquito, Marissa Delgado

Votes: 278

72. Foxy Brown (1974)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

46 Metascore

A voluptuous vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown, Terry Carter

Votes: 12,038 | Gross: $2.46M

73. Truck Turner (1974)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Isaac Hayes, Yaphet Kotto, Alan Weeks, Annazette Chase

Votes: 3,593 | Gross: $0.18M

74. The Take (1974)

PG | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crime fighter Terry Sneed arrives in New Mexico to help out a local police chief - but he's already taking money from the underworld.

Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Eddie Albert, Frankie Avalon, Sorrell Booke

Votes: 315

75. TNT Jackson (1974)

R | 72 min | Action

A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson, Ken Metcalfe

Votes: 1,409

76. Savage Sisters (1974)

R | 86 min | Action, Drama

Three women of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.

Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz, John Ashley

Votes: 471

77. The Destructors (1974)

PG | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a U.S. Intelligence Agent is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man with whom he is put in contact turns out to be an old friend.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet

Votes: 1,612

78. Loaded Guns (1975)

PG | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.

Director: Fernando Di Leo | Stars: Ursula Andress, Woody Strode, Marc Porel, Isabella Biagini

Votes: 486

79. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

57 Metascore

A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police.

Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee

Votes: 2,279

80. Bogard (1975)

X | 93 min | Action, Crime

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

Director: Timothy Galfas | Stars: Richard Lawson, Annazette Chase, Philip Michael Thomas, Robert Burr

Votes: 512

81. Force Four (1975)

R | 82 min | Action, Drama

When a priceless African statue is stolen and its courier is murdered, the Force Four are called in to deal out some old fashioned retributive action.

Director: Michael Fink | Stars: Owen Watson, Warhawk Tanzania, Malachi Lee, Judie Soriano

Votes: 103 | Gross: $0.24M

82. The Eiger Sanction (1975)

Approved | 129 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

61 Metascore

Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy

Votes: 22,338 | Gross: $1.53M

83. Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)

R | 94 min | Action

When fellow operatives (and childhood friends) Matthew Johnson and Melvin Johnson disappear during an undercover mission in Hong Kong, Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) travels there to find ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Ni Tien, Norman Fell

Votes: 1,215

84. The Mack (1973)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama

59 Metascore

Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up King of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.

Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed

Votes: 3,302

85. The Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama

Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.

Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Ron Van Clief, Charles Bonet, Phillip Ko, Bobby Canavarro

Votes: 156

86. Friday Foster (1975)

R | 90 min | Action

At Los Angeles airport, magazine photographer Friday Foster witnesses an assassination attempt against billionaire Blake Tarr and is drawn into a murky political conspiracy.

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala

Votes: 2,548

87. Adiós Amigo (1975)

PG | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Western

A conman's crimes are blamed on a good-natured fast-drawing cowboy he meets and decides to use as decoy.

Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown, Robert Phillips

Votes: 341 | Gross: $0.64M

88. Killer Force (1976)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A five-man team of professionals undertake a daring robbery at a diamond mine.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Hugh O'Brian, Christopher Lee

Votes: 758

89. Strange Shadows in an Empty Room (1976)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In Canada, a rough Ottawa cop seeks the killer who poisoned his sister.

Director: Alberto De Martino | Stars: Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow

Votes: 1,048

90. Long jia jiang (1976)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shek Kin plays the head of a large crime family. His sons get into all sorts of trouble with the other triad bosses. They both escalate the situation with drugs and murder and create a bitter feud with a rival family.

Director: Hao Chen | Stars: Kien Shih, Shan Kwan, Lik Cheung, Shi-Kwan Yen

Votes: 27

91. No Way Back (1976)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Crowder is a man who will do anything, if the price is right. He is a private detective with a past in the police force. A woman comes to his office one day and asks if he will find her ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Charles Woolf, Tracy Reed, Virginia Gregg

Votes: 110

92. Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976)

PG | 76 min | Action, Drama

An American track team has just arrived in The Philippines for an international competition. Among the competitors are Ginger and Pam, nicknamed "Ivory" and "Ebony", who meet up with ... See full summary »

Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Rosanne Katon, Colleen Camp, Sylvia Anderson, Ken Washington

Votes: 215

93. Death Journey (1976)

R | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A D.A. tasks a private detective to safely transport a mob trial witness from L.A. to N.Y. but hired killers are after them.

Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Bernie Kuby, Heidi Dobbs, Stephanie Faulkner

Votes: 312

94. Devil's Express (1976)

R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A tough black martial artist cop takes on warring street gangs and an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.

Director: Barry Rosen | Stars: Warhawk Tanzania, Larry Fleischman, Wilfredo Roldan, Stephen DeFazio

Votes: 539

95. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

89 Metascore

A Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West

Votes: 55,629

96. Blood and Bullets (1976)

100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dan Caputo arrives at New York to avenge the death of his father, an ex-cop who was involved in mob business.

Director: Alfonso Brescia | Stars: George Eastman, Jack Palance, Jenny Tamburi, Roberto Giraudo

Votes: 134

97. The Enforcer (1976)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

58 Metascore

Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 49,167 | Gross: $46.20M

98. Black Samurai (1976)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime

Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Chinese girl who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb - but the 'Warlock' ... See full summary »

Director: Al Adamson | Stars: Jim Kelly, Bill Roy, Roberto Contreras, Marilyn Joi

Votes: 1,045

99. Black Oak Conspiracy (1977)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama

An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge.

Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Jesse Vint, Karen Carlson, Albert Salmi, Seymour Cassel

Votes: 224

100. Thunder and Lightning (1977)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A young man who hauls liquor for moonshiners comes up against a competing gang of moonshiners who intend to get rid of him and take over his operation.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: David Carradine, Kate Jackson, Sterling Holloway, Patrick Cranshaw

Votes: 538 | Gross: $6.76M



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