Best 29 Action Movies Highly Rated Released in 1975

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit. Read about Sholay / IMDB / YouTube

In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality. Find out about Death Race 2000 / IMDB / YouTube

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game. Look into Rollerball / IMDB / YouTube

Classical art professor and collector Dr. Jonathan Hemlock, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend. Learn about The Eiger Sanction / IMDB / YouTube

Popeye Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York. Check out French Connection II / IMDB / YouTube

The saga of a drifter who turns to illicit bare-knuckle boxing in Depression-era New Orleans. Details on Hard Times / IMDB / YouTube

The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter. See more about The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge / IMDB / YouTube

Vijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship. Read about Deewaar / IMDB / YouTube

A Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco. See more about The Wind and the Lion / IMDB / YouTube

American private-eye Harry Kilmer returns to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter from the clutches of the Yakuza. More about The Yakuza / IMDB / YouTube

Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual. See more about Race with the Devil / IMDB / YouTube

Mike Locken, who works for a private security firm affiliated with the C.I.A., is betrayed by his partner and left apparently crippled for life. Read about The Killer Elite / IMDB / YouTube

After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place. Find out about Dolemite / IMDB / YouTube

Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan. Get info on Brannigan / IMDB / YouTube

An Interpol investigation uncovers a shunned biologist, his cyborg daughter, and their monstrous dinosaur, entwined in a alien plot to resurrect Mechagodzilla and construct a new utopia from the ashes of humanity. More about Terror of Mechagodzilla / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of ex-Rough Riders, a former prostitute, a gunfighter, an aging cowboy and an English gentleman enter a 700-mile horse race through the Southwest desert in 1908. Details on Bite the Bullet / IMDB / YouTube

A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life. More about Mitchell / IMDB / YouTube

A bush pilot is hired for fifty thousand dollars to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. See more about Breakout / IMDB / YouTube

In the New World, a new Spanish governor finds the province of Nueva Aragón under the iron fist of the corrupt Colonel Huerta and vows to bring justice under the guise of a masked avenger. Find out about Zorro / IMDB / YouTube

Commissaire Letellier and Inspector Moissac are tracking Minos, a serial killer whose victims are women. Read about The Night Caller / IMDB / YouTube

Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police. Check out Coonskin / IMDB / YouTube

In the Far-East, Italian police inspector Rizzo and American mobster Frank Barella co-operate in finding clues about the identity of a dirty cop in Rizzo's narcotics department. See more about Flatfoot in Hong Kong / IMDB / YouTube

While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run. Info on Truck Turner / IMDB / YouTube

Two Atlanta men raise funds for their charity by rigging boxing matches in New Orleans, but their tricks attract the mob's attention. Explore Let's Do It Again / IMDB / YouTube

In a women's prison, a group of inmates band together to combat the repressive and abusive policies of the crippled female warden and the corrupt prison doctor. Info on Caged Heat / IMDB / YouTube

Circumstances force a tough single mother and her two daughters into a life of crime and they quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along the way, and traveling to different states, pursued by the law. Read about Big Bad Mama / IMDB / YouTube

Two black bounty hunters, pursuing an outlaw, take over a small Western town without a sheriff. Read about Boss Nigger / IMDB / YouTube

In a Scandinavian country, national security chief Colonel Tahlvik is tasked to rescue the passengers of a hijacked British airliner while the British Ambassador is being held hostage at his residence by another terrorist team. Look into The Terrorists / IMDB / YouTube

A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police. See more about The Wilby Conspiracy / IMDB / YouTube