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The "250 key movies" rated and reviewed in the book Action! The Action Movie A-Z (1997) by Marshall Julius.

Author's ratings:
1-14 *****, 15-22 ****½, 23-51 ****, 52-92: ***½, 93-140: ***, 141-182: **½, 183-211 **, 212-226 *½, 227-244 *, 245-250 ½

"Vengeful cops and car chases, lunatic villains and martial arts masters, male-bonding, gun fights and super secret agents, swords and sorcerers, wartime Nazi-bashing, boys' own adventures, casual destruction and general death-defiance... this is what we want to see, and if you feel the same way, "Action!" is for you, a fan's guide to the wackiest genre of 'em all, with 250 key movies rated and reviewed" -Introduction

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  1. 233 -139

    Freejack

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  2. 157 -59

    GoldenEye

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 108 +18

    Licence to Kill

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  4. 226 -98

    The Living Daylights

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  5. 213 +27

    A View to a Kill

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  6. 112 +42

    Octopussy

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 104 -15

    For Your Eyes Only

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 181 +63

    Meng long guo jiang

    1972 — a.k.a. The Way of the Dragon, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 118 +68

    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 144 -131

    Bad Boys

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 21 +186

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    1977, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 175 -41

    The Man with the Golden Gun

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  13. 128 +92

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 38 +89

    Live and Let Die

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 32 +32

    Diamonds Are Forever

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 113 +43

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 196 -94

    Hard Target

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 2 +44

    Commando

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 115 +49

    Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat

    1992 — a.k.a. Police Story 3, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 165 -2

    Ging chaat goo si juk jaap

    1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 44 +147

    Romancing the Stone

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 87 +155

    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 140 +109

    You Only Live Twice

    1967, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 241 -23

    Tank Girl

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 116 +57

    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 37 +87

    Lethal Weapon 2

    1989, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 217 -85

    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  28. 6 +79

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 221 -79

    Moonraker

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 192 -135

    Death Wish

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 210 +18

    Thunderball

    1965, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 63 +32

    From Russia with Love

    1963, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 151 -80

    Dr. No

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 40 +122

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 54 -34

    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 62 +24

    Jing wu men

    1972 — a.k.a. Fist of Fury, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 153 -78

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 64 +37

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 61 +18

    Eraser

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 92 +154

    Where Eagles Dare

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 159 -38

    The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    1974 — a.k.a. The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 30 +32

    Demolition Man

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  43. 47 +149

    The Running Man

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  44. 46 +58

    The Hidden

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 82 -32

    The Crow

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 182 +66

    Willow

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 43 +142

    Road House

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 34 +53

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 16 +58

    Jui kuen

    1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 45 +153

    Shogun Assassin

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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