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. 88 -1

    Cheung foh

    1999 — a.k.a. The Mission, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 60 -6

    Dou foh sin

    2007 — a.k.a. Flash Point, in 1 top list Check
  3. 86 +3

    Fong Sai Yuk

    1993 — a.k.a. The Legend, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 91 -7

    Hap do Ko Fei

    1992 — a.k.a. Full Contact, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 68 -1

    Qun long xi feng

    1989 — a.k.a. Pedicab Driver, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 47 -1

    Saat po long

    2005 — a.k.a. Kill Zone, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 70 -5

    Unleashed

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  8. 101 -7

    War

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  9. 94 +7

    Xian si jue

    1983 — a.k.a. Duel to the Death, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 53 +8

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 82 -9

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 9 -7

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 69 -3

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  14. 31 -9

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 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
  16. 11 +10

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 3 +5

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 65 +5

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 43 +7

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 10 -9

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 81 -7

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 79 -3

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  23. 102 -9

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 35 +3

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 1 +9

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 22 +9

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  27. 29 -5

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 20 -9

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 89 -3

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 46 +1

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 15 +2

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 18 -4

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 61 -9

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  34. 8 -5

    The Wild Bunch

    1969, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 21 -9

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 59 -4

    300

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 45 +3

    True Lies

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 73 +9

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    1984, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 76 +3

    The Rock

    1996, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 34 +5

    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 19 -6

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 42 +9

    The Bourne Identity

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 37 -1

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 49 -4

    Ip Man

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 55 +4

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 39 -5

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 25 +3

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 87 +1

    Machete

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  49. 52 +10

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 24 +5

    Bullitt

    1968, in 11 top lists Check
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