When Burt Reynolds wages war against corrupt cops…let’s just say we don’t envy the cops. This 1973 action hit stars Burt Reynolds as one of his most formidable characters, a moonshine-running ex-convict with an axe to grind.

Continue the adrenaline rush with Fred Williamson as a hard-hitting, high-kicking martial arts expert who takes on a crime syndicate after getting set up to be their patsy. From Hong Kong to Las Vegas, he’ll leave a trail of broken glass, broken bones, and even a few broken hearts.

Next up we have one of the most (in)famous revenge tales of all time. Starring the man who’s synonymous with gritty ‘70s action, Charles Bronson, the film follows a vigilante hellbent on vengeance after his wife is brutally murdered. 

If you’re a Bronson fan, you’ll love the French equivalent: Jean-Paul Belmondo. This crime thriller follows the actor as a rugged mercenary who takes on jobs too dangerous for the police, but he may have met his match in a master thief known as “The Hawk.”

Make your way from France to Italy with a police thriller starring Maurizio Merli as a private investigator hired to track down a missing girl. The case leads him into the Austrian underworld, where he meets a femme fatale running a prostitution ring, played by a magnetic Joan Collins. 

This collection wouldn’t be complete without the one and only Clint Eastwood, whose mean squint can send enemies running. In this thriller, Eastwood plays an outlaw who partners with a young drifter (played by Jeff Bridges) on the biggest and riskiest heist of their lives.