Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made
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"They get a bad rap from snobs, but don’t mess with action movies—they’re pumped up, loaded with ammo and in your face like Arnold Schwarzenegger on a bad day. Truth be told, no one can live solely on Woody Allen movies or animation alone. We need explosions periodically. Big ones. Preferably accompanied by catchphrases and squealing electric guitars. With crucial contributions from Hong Kong and France, the genre has a global richness that sneaks up on you like a swarthy henchman with a knife clenched between his teeth. And when we arrived at action’s ’80s movies heyday, when Hollywood stars ruled the roost, our research was euphoric. We’ve polled over 50 experts in the field, from essential directors like Die Hard’s John McTiernan to the actual folks in the line of fire, such as Machete himself, Danny Trejo. Critics and experts have weighed in, too."
The list has 102 titles because Kill Bill was counted as one entry.
List was last updated August 14 2020
Modnote about list order: When Timeout changed the web formatting of the list from its previous pagination the ordering of each group of 10 got reversed. The list here is in it's original correct ordering.
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Lat sau san taam
1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check -
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Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
9 -7
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
25 +3
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
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Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
30 -7
Shao Lin san shi liu fang
1978 — a.k.a. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in 8 top lists Check -
33 +7
Ying hung boon sik
1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check -
35 +3
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
37 -1
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
43 +7
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
44 +5
Dao
1995 — a.k.a. The Blade, in 3 top lists Check -
46 +1
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
47 -1
Saat po long
2005 — a.k.a. Kill Zone, in 3 top lists Check -
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Ip Man
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
55 +4
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
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Dung fong tuk ying
1987 — a.k.a. Eastern Condors, in 3 top lists Check -
61 -9
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
66 +3
Runaway Train
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
70 -5
Unleashed
2005, in 1 top list Check -
78 -1
Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
79 -3
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
81 -7
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
82 -9
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
84 +7
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
88 -1
Cheung foh
1999 — a.k.a. The Mission, in 5 top lists Check -
89 -3
Scarface
1983, in 19 top lists Check -
91 -7
Hap do Ko Fei
1992 — a.k.a. Full Contact, in 2 top lists Check -
93 +9
Sorcerer
1977, in 4 top lists Check -
94 +7
Xian si jue
1983 — a.k.a. Duel to the Death, in 3 top lists Check -
95 +5
Dip huet gai tau
1990 — a.k.a. Bullet in the Head, in 2 top lists Check -
96 +3
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
2010 — a.k.a. 13 Assassins, in 1 top list Check -
97 +1
Miami Vice
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
98 -1
Swiri
1999 — a.k.a. Shiri, in 3 top lists Check -
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Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma
1972 — a.k.a. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, in 3 top lists Check -
102 -9
Gladiator
2000, in 25 top lists Check
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