Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2196 Films to Buy & Rent
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason…
- Influential action–comedy rides shotgun with trucking good ol’ boys Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, trying to out–race sheriff Jackie…
Sorcerer (1977)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal
- Second film adaptation of the French novel WAGES OF FEAR, following the fates of four outcasts who take on a job transporting a cargo of unstable…
Spiderman (1977)
- Dir. E.W. Swackhamer
Feat. Nicholas Hammond
- Becoming The Webbed One when bitten by a radioactive spider, Nicholas Hammond goes on to display wall–hugging behaviour and lumpy costume, with…
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel
- Moore's Bond teams up with seductive Soviet Agent Anya Amasova (Bach) to track down missing Allied and Soviet atomic submarines. The trail leads to…
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
Sweeney! (1977)
- Dir. David Wickes
Feat. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster
- An officer in the Flying Squad, a division of London's Metropolitan Police, becomes embroiled in a political scandal when he investigates the death…
Telefon (1977)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Charles Bronson
- Espionage thriller with Bronson as Russian agent sent to stop a crazy defector from triggering hypnotised saboteurs in the US.
Wonder Woman, The New Adventures of (TV Series) (1977-1979)
- Feat. Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner
- Charles Moulon’s 1940s comic strip updated to the feminist 70s, his superheroine fighting terrorist and subversive elements for undercover…
18 Bronzemen (Return of the 18 Bronzemen) (1976)
- Dir. Joseph Kuo
Feat. Tien Peng, Carter Hwang, Polly Shang-Kuan
- Two friends must fight their way out of a Shaolin temple – and 18 formidable bronze warriors – in this celebrated kung fu classic.…
21 Hours at Munich (1976)
- Dir. William A. Graham
Feat. William Holden, Shirley Knight, Franco Nero…
- Teledrama depiction of the infamous events at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where the terrorist group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes…