Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Magnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong) (1979)
- Dir. Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
- Peak Samo Hung martial artistry, collaborating here with with action legend Yuen Woo Ping for a tale based on the true–life exploits of Lam Sai…
Meteor (1979)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden…
- Clumsy disaster movie with the USA and the USSR forming an unlikely alliance during the Cold War to prevent a giant asteroid from destroying the…
Moonraker (1979)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles…
- Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series.
Memorable scenes…
Resurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)
- Dir. Toru Murakawa
Feat. Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba
- A moderately subversive actioner which revolves around an apparently mild–mannered 'salary man' (Matsuda), who by night sheds wig and glasses…
Rocky II (1979)
- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young…
- First sequel to the boxing smash–hit, sees a straight rematch between Rocky Balboa (Stallone) and Apollo Cread. Final fight scene is a…
Shaolin Temple (1979)
- Dir. Cheung Hsin Yen
Feat. Jet Li
- Martial Arts superstar Jet Li’s debut film, as a Shaolin–trained fighter who exacts revenge upon an evil warlord, already displaying the…
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner…
- The final gasp of the AIRPORT series of disaster thrillers, which still attracted top stars right up to this nadir. Here, the titular supersonic…
Warriors, The (1979)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Michael Beck, James Remar
- NY street–gang Warriors, stranded far from their home–turf, must risk crossing the territory of a dozen other hostile gangs. Sleek yet…
Zulu Dawn (1979)
- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Phil Daniels…
- Prequel to ZULU is a vivid recreation of the Battle of Isandhlwana.
Avalanche (1978)
- Dir. Corey Allen
Feat. Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster…
- It's Rock (Hudson) against mountain in this Roger Corman–produced cash–in on the Disaster Movie craze of the 1970s about winter…