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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1 +9
Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check -
3 +5
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
5 +1
Mad Max 2
1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check -
7 -3
Ging chaat goo si
1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check -
13 +6
First Blood
1982, in 5 top lists Check -
15 +2
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
17 -2
Ong-bak
2003 — a.k.a. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, in 2 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 -
24 +5
Bullitt
1968, in 11 top lists Check -
26 +1
Lethal Weapon
1987, in 5 top lists Check -
32 +9
Point Break
1991, in 9 top lists Check -
34 +5
Rambo: First Blood Part II
1985, in 4 top lists Check -
35 +3
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
41 -9
The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
42 +9
The Bourne Identity
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
43 +7
Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
45 +3
True Lies
1994, in 5 top lists Check -
56 +2
Rambo
2008, in 1 top list Check -
61 -9
Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
62 -9
John Wick
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
71 -7
From Russia with Love
1963, in 4 top lists Check -
72 -9
Vanishing Point
1971, in 5 top lists Check -
76 +3
The Rock
1996, in 5 top lists Check -
80 -5
Dirty Harry
1971, in 17 top lists Check -
87 +1
Machete
2010, in 1 top list Check -
93 +9
Sorcerer
1977, in 3 top lists Check -
101 -7
War
2007, in 1 top list Check
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