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A list of 200 action movies ranked by a user based on personal preference and criteria. Includes classics like Kill Bill, The Terminator, The Matrix, and Aliens, as well as some lesser-known titles.
- David Fear
- ‘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.
- 45 'Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One'
- 44 'Why Don’T You Play in Hell?'
- 43 'Dangerous encounters of The First Kind'
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Director: Christopher McQuarrie
It’s not the easiest thing in the world to label one of the Mission: Impossible movies as the best, as they all have different things to offer while having generally consistent action and sequences of impressive stunt work. The ever-committed Tom Cruise sought to outdo what had been done in previous installments with 2023’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and the results were largely successful and genuinely thrilling. Like any Mission: Impossible movie, the plot of Dead Reckon...
Director: Sion Sono
Yakuza movies tend to get pretty violent, but at the same time, few can hold up to the level of carnage and bloodshed on display in the over-the-top Why Don’t You Play in Hell?(a movie that also might have one of the best titles in recent memory). It’s about a film crew going to great lengths to capture authenticity in the movie they’re making, which leads to them finding themselves in the middle of a genuine yakuza gang war. It's not the most serious of looks at the infamous Japanese crimina...
Director: Tsui Hark
Speaking of violent, dark, and fairly wild movies, Dangerous Encounters of the First Kindis genuinely unlike anything else out there, and serves as one of the most uncompromising and cynical action/crime/thriller movies of all time. The lead characters comprise a trio of social outcasts who one day begin setting off explosives in public places, seemingly for a laugh, which catches the attention of a much more violent and ruthless young woman who wants to use them for her own violent means. Da...
A list of the best action movies ever made, from classics like 'Die Hard' and 'Aliens' to newer films like 'John Wick' and 'The Raid'. See the rankings, plot summaries, and where to watch these adrenaline-pumping films.
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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.
2. No Time to Die (2021) PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller. 7.3. Rate. 68 Metascore. James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Nov 26, 2023 · A list of the most explosive films in the history of cinema, voted on by IGN's biggest action fans. From Captain America to John Wick, from Casino Royale to RRR, see the rankings and reviews of the best action movies of all time.
A guide to the most essential action movies from every era, style, and movement of action movies, with ratings, reviews, and summaries. Find classics like Die Hard, John Wick, and Equilibrium, as well as modern favorites like Hardcore Henry, Hero, and The Villainess.
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