The Best Action Movies of All Time

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Serenity

2005    Joss Whedon    Rated PG13

Action    Based-on-Television    Dystopian Film

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The Bourne Supremacy

2004    Paul Greengrass    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Hitman / Assassin Film

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Escape from New York

1981    John Carpenter    Rated R

Action    Crime    Crime Thriller

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Men in Black

1997    Barry Sonnenfeld    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Alien Invasion Films

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Die Hard With a Vengeance

1995    John McTiernan    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

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The Bourne Ultimatum

2007    Paul Greengrass    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Hitman / Assassin Film

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V for Vendetta

2006    James McTeigue    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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Midnight Run

1988    Martin Brest    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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X-Men

2000    Bryan Singer    Rated PG13

Action    Based-on-Comics    Fantasy

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010    Edgar Wright    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Based-on-Comics

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Spider-Man

2002    Sam Raimi    Rated PG13

Action    Based-on-Comics    Science Fiction

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Hard Boiled

1992    John Woo    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Foreign Language Film

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Superman

1978    Richard Donner    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Based-on-Comics

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District 9

2009    Neill Blomkamp    Rated R

Action    Psychological Sci-Fi    Science Fiction

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First Blood

1982    Ted Kotcheff    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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The Karate Kid

1984    John G. Avildsen    Rated PG

Action    Coming-of-Age    Drama

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The Killer

1989    John Woo    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

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Minority Report

2002    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG13

Action    Chase Movie    Cyberpunk / Tech Noir

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Battle Royale

2000    Kinji Fukasaku    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Dystopian Film

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Planet of the Apes

1968    Franklin J. Schaffner    Rated G

Action    Adventure    Dystopian Film

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