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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L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check -
22 +9
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
39 -5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
61 -9
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
9 -7
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
79 -3
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
46 +1
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
65 +5
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
90 -5
The Magnificent Seven
1960, in 11 top lists Check -
55 +4
Spartacus
1960, in 19 top lists Check -
71 -7
From Russia with Love
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
75 +5
Thunderball
1965, in 4 top lists Check -
53 +8
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check -
48 -4
The Professionals
1966, in 2 top lists Check -
64 +7
The Dirty Dozen
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
24 +5
Bullitt
1968, in 11 top lists Check -
31 -9
C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check -
8 -5
The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
80 -5
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
41 -9
The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
72 -9
Vanishing Point
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
100 -5
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 -
6 -1
Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
93 +9
Sorcerer
1977, in 3 top lists Check -
69 -3
Star Wars
1977, in 40 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 -
81 -7
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
58 -2
Baai ga jai
1981 — a.k.a. The Prodigal Son, in 3 top lists Check -
5 +1
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
2 +7
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
13 +6
First Blood
1982, in 5 top lists Check -
27 -1
'A' gai wak
1983 — a.k.a. Project A, in 4 top lists Check -
89 -3
Scarface
1983, in 19 top lists Check -
94 +7
Xian si jue
1983 — a.k.a. Duel to the Death, in 3 top lists Check -
54 +6
Fai caan che
1984 — a.k.a. Wheels on Meals, in 3 top lists Check -
73 +9
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984, in 11 top lists Check -
99 -3
Romancing the Stone
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
18 -4
The Terminator
1984, in 24 top lists Check -
38 -3
Commando
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
7 -3
Ging chaat goo si
1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
34 +5
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985, in 4 top lists Check -
66 +3
Runaway Train
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
10 -9
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
83 +9
Lung hing foo dai
1986 — a.k.a. Armour of God, in 3 top lists Check -
33 +7
Ying hung boon sik
1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check -
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Dung fong tuk ying
1987 — a.k.a. Eastern Condors, in 3 top lists Check -
26 +1
Lethal Weapon
1987, in 5 top lists Check -
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Predator
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
12 +8
RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
1 +9
Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check
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