Posted on 11/14/2017 5:35:19 AM PST by w1n1
The greatest action movies of all time starring some of the best action stars to have ever fought on screen. The best action movies tend to be the ones where we get a little substance to go along with the shooting; a little banter along with the battles. This list has some of the most awesome action films of all time.
This list of greatest action movies ever has a mix of one man renegades (Die Hard), extraterrestrial thrills (Alien), and science fiction dreams brought to reality on the big screen (Terminator, Jurassic Park).
You’ll even find some great comedic performances among the gun fights, smack talking, and explosions. Heck, you could probably fill a New Jersey size dump with all the stuff that gets blown up in these action films.
The list covers a broad time range as well with nearly as many classic action movies making the list as newer, big budget CGI action-fest. This is a fan ranked list compiled from Reddit and Ranker, not based from IMDB. Without further adieu these are the greatest action films:
I agree with the original Terminator as #1—it was groundbreaking.
Also:
— Die Hard
— Aliens
— Indiana Jones (Lost Ark & Temple of Doom)
— Fight Club (not strictly an action movie, but damn)
— John Wick (I & II)
— Skyfall (epic motorcycle chase)
Pre 1980:
— To Hell and Back [the Audie Murphy story]. All the more great because it really happened.
— The Dirty Dozen
— Kelly’s Heroes (Oddball, LOL)
— The Longest Day
— Sands of Iwo Jima
— You Only Live Twice (a lot of people don’t like this Bond movie, but I always did)
The Killer
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2
These make Die Hard look PG13!
The Green Berets
“The Professionals”
“Dirty Dozen”
Guess I’m just a Lee Marvin Fan
Captain Blood.
Two bad movies that are so much fun to watch...
The Fifth Element
Starship Troopers
Mark
John Wick.
John Wick II
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Rambo was a mental case.
Ronin
The Road Warrior
YOLT is one my favorite Connery Bond movies.
Amazing that a modern for the time launch facility and no one around ever notices.
Little Nelly is a neat toy.
"Everything you post looks like it's written by a 7th grader."
HA! And there's the reason he didn't list any great action movies made before 1980.
Bullit 1968 gets my vote. Earlier action is a sure thing.
Wrong. It is adieu. It is French. You are the idiot. Just sayin.
Jake Speed (1986)
Blazing Saddles.
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I give you “KUNG FURY!!”
Let’s go back farther!
Captain Blood
Charge of the Light Brigade.
San Antonio
Wichita
Northwest Passage
Operation Burma
Denver and Rio Grande
The Last Command
Caribbean
A Fair Wind to Java
Khartoum
EL CID
Fall of the Roman Empire
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Sands of the Kalahari
A Twist of Sand
The War Lord
Ivanhoe
55 Days at Peking
Patton
The Train
Guns of Navarone
Sahara (Humphrey Bogart)
And that is just the short list.
Now THAT was a great movie! +100 indeed
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.
Evil Dead: Army of Darkness
Where Eagles Dare
From Russia with Love (the fight scene with Bond and Grant in the small room was terrific)
Pirates of the Caribbean(the first one)
The Lord of the Rings II and III. (The first one was more adventure than action)
True Lies
Stolen Valor
The Professionals
Lone Survivor
Casino Royale
Mad Max 11
Vanishing Point
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