Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure: 2193 Films to Buy & Rent
Hustle (1975)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Eddie Albert…
- A case–hardened Los Angeles detective finds himself drawn into a dark, complex puzzle involving the death of a teenage girl, but his…
Killer Elite, The (1975)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Robert Duvall, James Caan
- Minor Peckinpah shoot–em–up with mercenary Duvall double–crossing partner Caan. Gripping finale, though.
Man Friday (1975)
- Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier
- Spin–off on the Defoe classic, "Robinson Crusoe", updated with Man Friday revolting against white supremacy and engaging in a conflict with…
Man from Hong Kong, The (1975)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. George Lazenby, Bill Hunter, Rebecca Gilling…
- Cracking martial arts adventure tracking an inspector sent to Australia to expel a drug courier. Photogenically set against the backdrops of Ayers…
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.