The Best Action Movies of All Time

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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

1985    Guy Hamilton    Rated PG13

Action    Glamorized Spy Film    Martial Arts

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Wings

1927    William A. Wellman    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Combat Films

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Super

2010    James Gunn    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Black Comedy

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Conan the Destroyer

1984    Richard Fleischer    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Sword-and-Sorcery

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The Driver

1978    Walter Hill    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Carsploitation

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The Flight of the Phoenix

1965    Robert Aldrich    Not Rated

Action    Addiction Drama    Adventure

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Every Which Way But Loose

1978    James Fargo    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Romantic Adventure

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Bad Taste

1987    Peter Jackson    Not Rated

Action    Action Comedy    Alien Invasion Films

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Never Say Never Again

1983    Irvin Kershner    Rated PG

Action    Action Thriller    Glamorized Spy Film

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Last Man Standing

1996    Walter Hill    Rated R

Action    Gangster Film    Crime

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Streets of Fire

1984    Walter Hill    Rated PG

Action    Action Thriller    Biker Film

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Iron Monkey

1993    Woo-ping Yuen    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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Foxy Brown

1974    Jack Hill    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Blaxploitation

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The Train

1964    John Frankenheimer    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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316

Two Mules for Sister Sara

1970    Don Siegel    Rated PG

Action    Comedy Western    Western

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Branded To Kill

1967    Seijun Suzuki    Not Rated

Action    Crime    Crime Thriller

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Tango & Cash

1989    Andrey Konchalovskiy    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Buddy Film

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Transformers

2007    Michael Bay    Rated PG13

Action    Alien Invasion Films    Based-on-Television

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Once Upon a Time in China

1991    Hark Tsui    Rated R

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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Sands of Iwo Jima

1949    Allan Dwan    Not Rated

Action    Combat Films    Drama

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TRON: Legacy

2010    Joseph Kosinski    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Cyberpunk / Tech Noir

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Moonraker

1979    Lewis Gilbert    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Glamorized Spy Film

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Red

2010    Robert Schwentke    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Based-on-Comics

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The Book of Eli

2010    Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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Rio Grande

1950    John Ford    Not Rated

Action    Drama    Romance

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The Dead Pool

1988    Buddy Van Horn    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Police Detective Film

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328

District B13

2004    Pierre Morel    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Dystopian Film

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008    Guillermo del Toro    Rated PG13

Action    Based-on-Comics    Fantasy

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Sonatine

1993    Takeshi Kitano    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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The Gauntlet

1977    Clint Eastwood    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Chase Movie

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The Twilight Samurai

2002    Yôji Yamada    Not Rated

Action    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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The Karate Kid, Part II

1986    John G. Avildsen    Rated PG

Action    Comedy Drama    Drama

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Alien Nation

1988    Graham Baker    Not Rated

Science Fiction    Police Detective Film    Buddy Film

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Lethal Weapon 3

1992    Richard Donner    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Buddy Film

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Predator 2

1990    Stephen Hopkins    Rated R

Action    Alien Invasion Films    Horror

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The Gods Must Be Crazy

1981    Jamie Uys    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Slapstick

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Apocalypto

2006    Mel Gibson    Rated R

Action    Chase Movie    Epic

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Toy Soldiers

1991    Daniel Petrie Jr.    Rated R

Action    Adventure    Adventure Drama

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Supercop

1992    Stanley Tong    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

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The Golden Child

1986    Michael Ritchie    Rated PG13

Action    Comedy    Fantasy Comedy

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The Transporter

2002    Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Dick Tracy

1990    Warren Beatty    Rated PG

Action    Action Comedy    Based-on-Comics

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Under Siege

1992    Andrew Davis    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Thriller

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A View to a Kill

1985    John Glen    Rated PG

Action    Action Thriller    Glamorized Spy Film

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Nighthawks

1981    Bruce Malmuth    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Fist of Legend

1994    Gordon Chan    Rated R

Action    Foreign Language Film    Martial Arts

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F/X

1986    Robert Mandel    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Chase Movie

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Twister

1996    Jan de Bont    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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Midway

1976    Jack Smight    Rated PG

Action    Combat Films    Drama

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Black Sunday

1977    John Frankenheimer    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller

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Rocknrolla

2008    Guy Ritchie    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Caper

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The Black Hole

1979    Gary Nelson    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Cyborg / Android / Robot

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Maniac Cop

1988    William Lustig    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Krull

1983    Peter Yates    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Fantasy

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Underworld

2003    Len Wiseman    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Fantasy

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2003    Robert Rodriguez    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Thriller

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Alexander Nevsky

1938    Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev    Not Rated

Action    Drama    Epic

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Airport

1970    George Seaton    Rated G

Action    Disaster Film    Drama

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Machete

2010    Robert Rodriguez    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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The Incredible Hulk

2008    Louis Leterrier    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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Battlestar Galactica

2003    Michael Rymer    Not Rated

Action    Adventure    Cyborg / Android / Robot

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Invaders from Mars

1953    William Cameron Menzies    Not Rated

Action    Alien Invasion Films    Horror

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The Chaser

2008    Hong-jin Na    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Foreign Language Film

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Defiance

2008    Edward Zwick    Rated R

Action    War    War Drama

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Wizards

1977    Ralph Bakshi    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Animation

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The X-Files

1998    Rob Bowman    Rated PG13

Action    Alien Invasion Films    Based-on-Television

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The Rundown

2003    Peter Berg    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Action Thriller

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Wanted

2008    Timur Bekmambetov    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!

1988    Keenen Ivory Wayans    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Blaxploitation

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Kung Fu Panda 2

2011    Jennifer Yuh    Rated PG

Action    Action Comedy    Adventure

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Jackie Chan's Project A

1983    Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

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The Black Cauldron

1985    Ted Berman    Rated PG

Action    Adventure    Animation

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Blade II

2002    Guillermo del Toro    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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Crank

2006    Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Thriller

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Maximum Overdrive

1986    Stephen King    Rated R

Action    Horror    Psychological Horror

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Cobra

1986    George P. Cosmatos    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Chase Movie

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Police Story 2

1988    Jackie Chan    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Action Thriller

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1941

1979    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG

Action    Action Comedy    Comedy

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Hudson Hawk

1991    Michael Lehmann    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Caper

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The Eiger Sanction

1975    Clint Eastwood    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Hitman / Assassin Film

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The Man from Nowhere

2010    Jeong-beom Lee    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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386

X-Men: The Last Stand

2006    Brett Ratner    Rated PG13

Action    Based-on-Comics    Fantasy

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Constantine

2005    Francis Lawrence    Rated R

Action    Based-on-Comics    Fantasy

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Destroy All Monsters

1968    Ishirô Honda    Rated G

Action    Alien Invasion Films    Foreign Language Film

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Gone In 60 Seconds

2000    Dominic Sena    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Caper

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Body of Lies

2008    Ridley Scott    Rated R

Action    Drama    Spy Film

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Mission: Impossible III

2006    J.J. Abrams    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Television

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Plan 9 from Outer Space

1959    Edward D. Wood Jr.    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Alien Invasion Films

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The Other Guys

2010    Adam McKay    Rated PG13

Absurd Comedy    Action    Action Comedy

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Executive Decision

1996    Stuart Baird    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973    J. Lee Thompson    Rated G

Action    Adventure    Dystopian Film

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Any Which Way You Can

1980    Buddy Van Horn    Not Rated

Action    Biker Film    Buddy Film

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Story of Ricky

1991    Ngai Choi Lam    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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