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. 66 +3

    Runaway Train

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 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
  3. 54 +6

    Fai caan che

    1984 — a.k.a. Wheels on Meals, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 36 +1

    Fei lung mang jeung

    1988 — a.k.a. Dragons Forever, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 99 -3

    Romancing the Stone

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 72 -9

    Vanishing Point

    1971, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 50 -7

    Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    2018, in 5 top lists
    Check
  8. 83 +9

    Lung hing foo dai

    1986 — a.k.a. Armour of God, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 77 +1

    Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat

    1992 — a.k.a. Police Story 3, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 63 +9

    Ging chaat goo si juk jaap

    1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 62 -9

    John Wick

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 48 -4

    The Professionals

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 93 +9

    Sorcerer

    1977, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 95 +5

    Dip huet gai tau

    1990 — a.k.a. Bullet in the Head, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 38 -3

    Commando

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 45 +3

    True Lies

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 34 +5

    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 30 -7

    Shao Lin san shi liu fang

    1978 — a.k.a. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 47 -1

    Saat po long

    2005 — a.k.a. Kill Zone, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 40 -7

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 88 -1

    Cheung foh

    1999 — a.k.a. The Mission, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 27 -1

    'A' gai wak

    1983 — a.k.a. Project A, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 32 +9

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 33 +7

    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 28 -3

    Jui kuen II

    1994 — a.k.a. The Legend of Drunken Master, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 7 -3

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 26 +1

    Lethal Weapon

    1987, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 4 +3

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 64 +7

    The Dirty Dozen

    1967, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 12 +8

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 24 +5

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 76 +3

    The Rock

    1996, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 90 -5

    The Magnificent Seven

    1960, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 19 -6

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 23 +7

    Serbuan maut

    2011 — a.k.a. The Raid: Redemption, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 25 +3

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 85 +5

    The Avengers

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 55 +4

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 41 -9

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 80 -5

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 39 -5

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 37 -1

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  43. 8 -5

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 46 +1

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 61 -9

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  46. 29 -5

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 22 +9

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  48. 52 +10

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 79 -3

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  50. 5 +1

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
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