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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4 +3
Lat sau san taam
1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check -
6 -1
Enter the Dragon
1973, in 14 top lists Check -
12 +8
RoboCop
1987, in 15 top lists Check -
19 -6
Face/Off
1997, in 7 top lists Check -
20 -9
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003, in 18 top lists Check -
21 -9
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
23 +7
Serbuan maut
2011 — a.k.a. The Raid: Redemption, in 2 top lists Check -
25 +3
Dip huet seung hung
1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check -
29 -5
Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
32 +9
Point Break
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
33 +7
Ying hung boon sik
1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check -
41 -9
The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
43 +7
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
47 -1
Saat po long
2005 — a.k.a. Kill Zone, in 3 top lists Check -
51 -9
Kung fu
2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check -
54 +6
Fai caan che
1984 — a.k.a. Wheels on Meals, in 3 top lists Check -
63 +9
Ging chaat goo si juk jaap
1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 top lists Check -
65 +5
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
67 +1
Zatôichi
2003 — a.k.a. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, in 6 top lists Check -
70 -5
Unleashed
2005, in 1 top list Check -
74 +7
Ronin
1998, in 1 top list Check -
75 +5
Thunderball
1965, in 4 top lists Check -
77 +1
Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat
1992 — a.k.a. Police Story 3, in 4 top lists Check -
80 -5
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 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 -
87 +1
Machete
2010, in 1 top list 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 -
92 -9
Breakdown
1997, in 1 top list Check -
95 +5
Dip huet gai tau
1990 — a.k.a. Bullet in the Head, in 2 top lists Check -
97 +1
Miami Vice
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
98 -1
Swiri
1999 — a.k.a. Shiri, in 3 top lists Check -
101 -7
War
2007, in 1 top list Check
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