Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made
As seen by MMDan
You are viewing mmdan's version of this list. You can view your version too.
An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from senorroboto).
Favorited 39 times, disliked 0 times, added to 54 watchlists.
"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.
Source
Pssst, want to check out the Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made list in our new look?
Filter
-
46 +1
Ben-Hur
1959, in 22 top lists Check -
9 -7
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
55 +4
Spartacus
1960, in 19 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 -
29 -5
Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
89 -3
Scarface
1983, in 19 top lists Check -
31 -9
C'era una volta il West
1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 29 top lists Check -
79 -3
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957, in 32 top lists Check -
102 -9
Gladiator
2000, in 25 top lists Check -
82 -9
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
64 +7
The Dirty Dozen
1967, in 8 top lists Check -
50 -7
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018, in 5 top lists -
8 -5
The Wild Bunch
1969, in 25 top lists Check -
85 +5
The Avengers
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
96 +3
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
2010 — a.k.a. 13 Assassins, in 1 top list Check -
45 +3
True Lies
1994, in 5 top lists Check -
19 -6
Face/Off
1997, in 7 top lists Check -
10 -9
Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
21 -9
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004, in 10 top lists Check -
3 +5
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
95 +5
Dip huet gai tau
1990 — a.k.a. Bullet in the Head, in 2 top lists Check -
11 +10
The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
65 +5
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
76 +3
The Rock
1996, in 5 top lists Check -
1 +9
Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check -
97 +1
Miami Vice
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
61 -9
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
75 +5
Thunderball
1965, in 4 top lists Check -
81 -7
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
4 +3
Lat sau san taam
1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check -
90 -5
The Magnificent Seven
1960, in 11 top lists Check -
98 -1
Swiri
1999 — a.k.a. Shiri, in 3 top lists Check -
32 +9
Point Break
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
74 +7
Ronin
1998, in 1 top list Check -
84 +7
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
93 +9
Sorcerer
1977, in 3 top lists Check -
69 -3
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
40 -7
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015, in 23 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 -
78 -1
Ying xiong
2002 — a.k.a. Hero, in 6 top lists Check -
42 +9
The Bourne Identity
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
73 +9
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984, in 11 top lists Check -
59 -4
300
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
48 -4
The Professionals
1966, in 2 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 -
67 +1
Zatôichi
2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check -
15 +2
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
71 -7
From Russia with Love
1963, in 4 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
Last updated on Jun 4, 2021 by PeacefulAnarchy; source