Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure: 2161 Films to Rent
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1975)
- Dir. Yu Wang
Feat. Yu Wang
- Legendary martial arts anomaly cited by Quentin Tarantino as his favourite kung fu film, this stars (and is directed by) Jimmy Yu Wang as a…
Rollerball (1975)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams…
- The title refers to a violent sport in a corrupt, totalitarian future society where all forms of violence have been outlawed. Influenced by A…
Sheba, Baby (1975)
- Dir. William Girdler
Feat. Pam Grier, Austin Stoker, Rudy Challenger
- Blaxploitation action film with Pam Grier playing a Chicago private detective who returns to her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to fight the…
Sholay (Flames) (1975)
- Dir. Ramesh Sippy
Feat. Dharmendra , Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Bhaskar
- This roundabout Bollywood classic, about a former law enforcer who enlists two criminal misfits to help him seek revenge, plunders spaghetti…
Velvet Smooth (1975)
- Dir. Michael Fink
Feat. Johnnie Hill
- Minor blaxploitation starlet Johnnie Hill gets to strut her stuff as a "fighting whirlwind" in this cheesey 70s effort.
Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Sean Connery, Candice Bergen
- Connery plays a Moroccan sheik who kidnaps American Bergin, angering the US government. Old fashioned epic based loosely on fact.
Yakuza, The (1975)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura
- Mitchum challenges the sword and secrets of the Japanese Mafia in this accomplished actioner written by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne.
Airport 1975 (1974)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy…
- First sequel to the 'disaster' blockbuster of 1970, this places its star–cast in a disabled Boeing 747 with both pilots down and the chief…
Black Belt Jones (1974)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Jim Kelly
- Jim Kelly (a former international middleweight karate champion) battles the Mafia to save his school of self–defense in this…
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Warren Oates, Kris Kristofferson, Gig Young…
- One of the director's best, a modern–day western set in Mexico, with wash–out gringo Warren Oates questing for the bounty–prize…