Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2195 Films to Buy & Rent
Great Train Robbery, The (1978)
- Dir. Michael Crichton
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
- Smooth–running recreation of purportedly the first train robbery ever, of a load of gold bullion in 19th century Ireland. Sean Connery…
Hooper (1978)
- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field…
- Burt Reynolds capitalizes on the success of SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT with this equally irreverent action–comedy as an aging Hollywood stuntman who…
Stunt Rock (1978)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Monique Van de Ven
- Corny stunt–fuelled musical actioner about an Aussie stuntman sent to LA to work on a TV series who helps his cousin's band 'Sorcery' to…
Sweeney 2 (1978)
- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Denholm Elliott
- Sequel to the 1977 movie SWEENEY, continuing the adventures of members of the Flying Squad, a division of London's Metropolitan Police. This time the…
Wild Geese, The (1978)
- Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris…
- Trashily entertaining adventure yarn has a gaggle of middle–aged mercenaries drawn into a rescue job for a kidnapped politician in deepest…
Airport '77 (1977)
- Dir. Jerry Jameson
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, James Stewart…
- This third installment in the Airport franchise has a jetliner plunging into the mid–Atlantic's Bermuda Triangle where a fresh celebrity…
Big Sleep, The (1977)
- Dir. Michael Winner
Feat. Oliver Reed, Robert Mitchum, Joan Collins…
- Having switched the setting of Chandler's classic Marlowe mystery to the U.K, it's still a hard act to follow after the magnificent performance of…
Bridge Too Far, A (1977)
- Dir. Richard Attenborough
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Robert Redford, Sean Connery…
- Perhaps a battle–scene too far for some, but for afficiandos this epic account of an abortive Allied invasion of Holland is sure to provide…
Brink's Job, The (1977)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Gena Rowlands…
- In 1950, the Brink’s security firm in Boston was robbed of nearly $3,000,000, in one of the US’ largest ever heists. This version of events…
Cassandra Crossing, The (1977)
- Dir. George P. Cosmatos
Feat. Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner…
- A few too many disasters – train crashes, plagues, terrorists etc. – make for an overcooked yet still entertaining actioner. An…