Best '70s action movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best '70s action movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. To qualify, the film had to have action as one of its genres on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 5,000 IMDb user votes. Ties were broken by votes.
#50. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
- Director: Guy Hamilton
- Stacker score: 75.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 43
- Runtime: 125 minutes
#49. Rollerball (1975)
- Director: Norman Jewison
- Stacker score: 75.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.6
- Metascore: 56
- Runtime: 125 minutes
#48. Midway (1976)
- Director: Jack Smight
- Stacker score: 75.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 48
- Runtime: 132 minutes
#47. Capricorn One (1977)
- Director: Peter Hyams
- Stacker score: 75.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 38
- Runtime: 123 minutes
#46. Le Mans (1971)
- Director: Lee H. Katzin
- Stacker score: 76.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 52
- Runtime: 106 minutes
#45. Mr. Majestyk (1974)
- Director: Richard Fleischer
- Stacker score: 76.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 55
- Runtime: 103 minutes
#44. Live and Let Die (1973)
- Director: Guy Hamilton
- Stacker score: 76.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 55
- Runtime: 121 minutes
#43. Shaft (1971)
- Director: Gordon Parks
- Stacker score: 76.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.6
- Metascore: 66
- Runtime: 100 minutes
#42. The Enforcer (1976)
- Director: James Fargo
- Stacker score: 76.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 96 minutes
#41. The Mechanic (1972)
- Director: Michael Winner
- Stacker score: 76.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 51
- Runtime: 100 minutes
#40. Silver Streak (1976)
- Director: Arthur Hiller
- Stacker score: 76.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 41
- Runtime: 114 minutes
#39. Logan's Run (1976)
- Director: Michael Anderson
- Stacker score: 77.2
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 53
- Runtime: 119 minutes
#38. French Connection II (1975)
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Stacker score: 77.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.7
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 119 minutes
#37. Coffy (1973)
- Director: Jack Hill
- Stacker score: 77.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 60
- Runtime: 90 minutes
#36. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
- Director: Hal Needham
- Stacker score: 77.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 50
- Runtime: 96 minutes
#35. Death Wish (1974)
- Director: Michael Winner
- Stacker score: 78.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 51
- Runtime: 93 minutes
#34. The Hot Rock (1972)
- Director: Peter Yates
- Stacker score: 78.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 101 minutes
#33. The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- Director: John Milius
- Stacker score: 78.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 119 minutes
#32. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
- Director: Gordon Hessler
- Stacker score: 78.8
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 105 minutes
#31. Walking Tall (1973)
- Director: Phil Karlson
- Stacker score: 78.9
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 60
- Runtime: 125 minutes
#30. Mad Max (1979)
- Director: George Miller
- Stacker score: 79.3
- IMDb user rating: 6.8
- Metascore: 73
- Runtime: 88 minutes
#29. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
- Director: Lewis Gilbert
- Stacker score: 79.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.0
- Metascore: 55
- Runtime: 125 minutes
#28. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
- Director: Michael Cimino
- Stacker score: 80.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.0
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 115 minutes
#27. The Driver (1978)
- Director: Walter Hill
- Stacker score: 80.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 56
- Runtime: 91 minutes
#26. Westworld (1973)
- Director: Michael Crichton
- Stacker score: 80.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.9
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 88 minutes
#25. The Towering Inferno (1974)
- Director: John Guillermin
- Stacker score: 80.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.0
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 165 minutes
#24. The Way of the Dragon (1972)
- Director: Bruce Lee
- Stacker score: 81.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 90 minutes
#23. Magnum Force (1973)
- Director: Ted Post
- Stacker score: 81.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 124 minutes
#22. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Director: Ronald Neame
- Stacker score: 82.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 70
- Runtime: 117 minutes
#21. Vanishing Point (1971)
- Director: Richard C. Sarafian
- Stacker score: 82.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 61
- Runtime: 99 minutes
#20. The Getaway (1972)
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Stacker score: 82.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 55
- Runtime: 123 minutes
#19. The Three Musketeers (1973)
- Director: Richard Lester
- Stacker score: 82.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 106 minutes
#18. Fist of Fury (1972)
- Director: Wei Lo
- Stacker score: 82.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 107 minutes
#17. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
- Director: Richard Fleischer
- Stacker score: 83.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 46
- Runtime: 144 minutes
#16. The In-Laws (1979)
- Director: Arthur Hiller
- Stacker score: 84.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 103 minutes
#15. Drunken Master (1978)
- Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
- Stacker score: 85.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 111 minutes
#14. The Warriors (1979)
- Director: Walter Hill
- Stacker score: 85.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 93 minutes
#13. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- Director: John Carpenter
- Stacker score: 86.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 89
- Runtime: 91 minutes
#12. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- Director: Sam Peckinpah
- Stacker score: 86.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 112 minutes
#11. Get Carter (1971)
- Director: Mike Hodges
- Stacker score: 86.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 112 minutes
#10. Superman (1978)
- Director: Richard Donner
- Stacker score: 86.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 81
- Runtime: 143 minutes
#9. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
- Director: Joseph Sargent
- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 104 minutes
#8. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Stacker score: 87.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 72
- Runtime: 102 minutes
#7. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
- Director: Don Siegel
- Stacker score: 88.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 76
- Runtime: 112 minutes
#6. Lady Snowblood (1973)
- Director: Toshiya Fujita
- Stacker score: 88.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 80
- Runtime: 97 minutes
#5. Enter the Dragon (1973)
- Director: Robert Clouse
- Stacker score: 88.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 83
- Runtime: 102 minutes
#4. Dirty Harry (1971)
- Director: Don Siegel
- Stacker score: 90.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 87
- Runtime: 102 minutes
#3. Badlands (1973)
- Director: Terrence Malick
- Stacker score: 90.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 93
- Runtime: 94 minutes
#2. The French Connection (1971)
- Director: William Friedkin
- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 94
- Runtime: 104 minutes
#1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Director: George Lucas
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.6
- Metascore: 90
- Runtime: 121 minutes
