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- 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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- ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ (2015) You don’t need to be familiar with the original 1960s spy show — the one where Robert Vaughn and David McCallum got into Bond-lite adventures (though to be fair, Ian Fleming was a creative consultant for the series) — to dig Guy Ritchie’s big-screen adaptation, which channels the era’s espionage-a-go-go style while adding a dash of Cold War grit.
- ‘Escape From New York’ (1981) When the President’s plane goes down behind the walls of the nation’s most dangerous, maximum-security penal colony — a.k.a.
- ‘Dead or Alive’ (1999) You might possibly accuse Takashi Miike’s yakuza flick of being a little derivative in the narrative department: A cop (Sho Aikawa) is determined to take down a mobster (Riki Takeuchi) by any means necessary.
- ‘The Rock’ (1996) Welcome…to the Rock. The best Michael Bay movie by a huge margin (all apologies, Armageddon fans) turns Alcatraz into the sight of a hostage situation, with a gung-ho rogue general (Ed Harris) threatening to reduce the Bay Area to rubble.
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- 'The Dark Knight' (2008) IMDb Rating: 9.0/10. Nolan’s second installment in the titular trilogy, The Dark Knight, is still among the best live-action portrayals of Batman.
- 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' (2003) IMDb Rating: 9.0/10. Based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s eponymous 1955 novel, director Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King masterfully weaves together the major storylines depicted in the first two movies of the trilogy.
- 'Inception' (2010) IMDb Rating: 8.8/10. Often cited alongside the best sci-fi movies of all time, director Christopher Nolan’s Inception follows a group of professional thieves led by Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio).
- 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (2001) IMDb Rating: 8.8/10. The film that first transported countless fans to Middle-earth, The Fellowship of the Ring depicts the fantastical story of Frodo, whose fate becomes intertwined with the One Ring.
1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller. 7.7. Rate. 81 Metascore. Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands. Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg.
1. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller. 8.2. Rate. 69 Metascore. After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her. Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen. Votes: 1,194,062 | Gross: $70.10M.
