Blaxploitation Action Genre Movies
List of movies from the 1970's "Blaxploitation" era that produced some great films
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- DirectorGordon Parks Jr.StarsMoses GunnKevin HooksIrene CaraIn New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
- DirectorFrank PackardStarsJ. Walter SmithTobar MayoRoxie YoungUpon moving into a bigoted neighborhood, the scientist father of a persecuted black family gives a superpower elixir to a tough bodyguard, who thus becomes a superpowered crimefighter.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsCarol SpeedWilliam MarshallTerry CarterA marriage counselor becomes possessed by a demon of sexuality when her father-in-law, an archaeologist and an exorcist, accidentally frees it while in Africa.
- DirectorBarry ShearStarsAnthony QuinnYaphet KottoAnthony FranciosaTwo New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
- DirectorFred WilliamsonStarsFred WilliamsonRichard PryorJames BrownA conman's crimes are blamed on a good-natured fast-drawing cowboy he meets and decides to use as decoy.
- DirectorBobby DavisStarsGwynn BarbeeSammy SamsLevi BalfordWhen Johnny Boyles is falsely accused of murdering his ex-boss, he turns to the unstoppable attorney, Eva Taylor, to help him plea his case.
- DirectorStan LathanStarsMoms MableySlappy WhiteRosalind CashAn elderly woman in a Baltimore neighborhood finds out that a somewhat slow-witted neighbor is being put up for local office by some shady politicians who have no interest in their neighborhood but are interested in getting their hands on the money that comes into it. She gets some neighborhood people together and together they plan to thwart the politicians' schemes.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsGreydon ClarkTom JohnigarnJacqulin ColeA white ex-GI goes to a Black ghetto to deliver a letter from his buddy, a Black soldier who died in Vietnam, but when he gets there he encounter hostility and trouble from all sides.
- DirectorDon EdmondsStarsRobert ViharoSherry JacksonMichael HeitA bounty hunter in Los Angeles sets out to track down and stop a masked serial killer who murders women by using kung-fu moves.
- DirectorCesar GallardoStarsJames IglehartShirley WashingtonChiquitoChiquito, as the Kung Fu Master, you've seen the rest -- now you'll see the best.
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsSunshine WoodsSandy DempseyCharlene MilesWanting revenge on a street gang for a rape attack, four young girls get together, take kung-fu lessons, learn how to shoot, form a gang called the Black Alley Cats and search out the gang that attacked them.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsBilly Dee WilliamsJames Earl JonesRichard PryorIn the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players touring the towns of the Midwest.
- DirectorLaurence MerrickStarsDes RobertsJohn King IIILinda JacksonWhen an African-American biker gang is tricked into believing that a white biker gang is planning a war, all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsJim KellyGloria HendryScatman CrothersA Mafia buy out of Papa Byrd's karate school downtown ends in his death. Byrd's daughter, Sydney, refuses to sell, and wants revenge. Byrd's students call the Black Belt Jones for help. Jones reluctantly teams with Sydney in many battles.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsStephen BoydRobert HooksSusan OliverA racist officer is put in charge of a squad of black troops charged with taking an important bridge from the Germans.
- DirectorTso Nam LeeStarsJim KellySing ChenTao-Liang TanAn American insurance investigator goes to Hong Kong to retrieve a famous diamond stolen by a local criminal organization.
- DirectorHenning SchellerupStarsGladys BunkerBetty BartonYvonneIn Africa, four native women join and are hired to find a wealthy man's son who has disappeared, and use the opportunity to get revenge on a gang of mercenaries who have massacred the inhabitants of the womens' village.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsFred WilliamsonGloria HendryArt LundRaised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
- DirectorMichael FinnStarsThe Checkmates Ltd.Bobby StevensSweet LouieLas Vegas drug dealer is in deep with the Italian mob over a large amount of missing cocaine. He must get creative to get out from under the mob before they take the ultimate course of action.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsFred WilliamsonRosemary ForsythTeresa GravesPrivate detective investigated a series of murders connected with a drug ring in Venice, California.
- DirectorScott SandersStarsMichael Jai WhiteArsenio HallTommy DavidsonBlack Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice.
- DirectorMichael FinkStarsOwen WatsonWarhawk TanzaniaMalachi LeeWhen a priceless African statue is stolen and its courier is murdered, the Force Four are called in to deal out some old fashioned retributive action.
- DirectorLee FrostStarsRod PerryCharles RobinsonPhil HooverGeneral Ahmed has started an inner-city People's Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed's second-in-command Colonel Kojah asks for permission to start a protection squad to take more direct action. Ahmed fears this protection squad will just turn into a vigilante mob, and his prediction soon proves correct. Will Ahmed be able to wrest control back from the power-mad Kojah, or will he be the mob's next victim?
- DirectorMatt CimberStarsRobert HowardCindy DalyMikel AngelA high school student, who is a person of colour, is caught dating a white girl by the girl's brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy's brother seeks revenge.
- DirectorTimothy GalfasStarsRichard LawsonAnnazette ChasePhilip Michael ThomasTo make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.