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May 9, 2024 · Updated May 9, 2024. Brace yourself. From 'Die Hard' to 'Aliens' to 'John Wick: Chapter Four', this is Collider's ranking of the best action movies ever made. Image by Federico Napoli. Let's...
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- The Wages of Fear (1953) The Wages of Fear would not necessarily play as an action film in the eyes of a modern audience, but if you watch enough action movies and understand the vocabulary of their pacing, and the ways in which directors build modern action set pieces, then Henri-Georges Clouzot's thriller about four men transporting extremely volatile nitroglycerine across perilous terrain becomes an invaluable precursor in the construction of action movie grammar.
- Seven Samurai (1954) It really is impossible to overstate Akira Kurosawa's influence on virtually every genre of film in the years since his extraordinary movies began reaching a global audience, and Seven Samurai is perhaps the peak example of that.
- Goldfinger (1964) It begins with Sean Connery pulling off a wetsuit to reveal an immaculate white tuxedo beneath and ends with a mid-flight fight scene.
- Shaft (1971) Shaft came around at a time when "action" movies weren't nearly as fast-paced as they are now, but that does nothing to diminish the impact the film still has as a breakthrough moment for Black action heroes.
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) James Bond had been in a slump since 1974’s lackluster “The Man With the Golden Gun.” But Roger Moore’s third time as the secret agent ended up being one of 007’s biggest crowd-pleasers, as “You Only Live Twice” director Lewis Gilbert returned to the franchise, pairing the secret agent with Russian counterpart XXX, aka Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), who was the perfect foil for Moore’s debonair spy.
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Tom Cruise had long since established himself as willing guinea pig for any and all death-defying physical stunts when time came to follow up his first blockbuster, “Top Gun” — so why wouldn’t he fly the actual Navy vessels that the characters pilot in “Maverick”?
- The Fugitive (1993) This update of the classic ’60s TV series leaps from the original premise into a game of cat-and-mouse between grumpy old men Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
- Vanishing Point (1971) This dusty, greasy classic follows the revved-up adventures of Kowalski (Barry Newman), a delivery driver amped on speed, racing the police and everyone else on the road to get a Dodge Challenger from Colorado to San Francisco in record time.
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Aug 11, 2021 · Rolling Stone ranks 50 best action movies ever — from James Bond to John Wick, 'Black Panther' to 'Mad Max: Fury Road.'.
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