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The Best Action Movies on Netflix Instant Watch
22, Aug 2011
by Dan
Usually, this spot is reserved for our weekly rundown of the new movies available to stream on Netflix Instant but August is a dead month and there is only one notable movie new to streaming this week. That movie happens to be pretty big and awesome though. So in honor of The Expendables coming to Netflix Instant, let’s run down the best action movies streaming on Netflix:
New Movies Streaming on Netflix Instant Watch – Sunday August 28th
The Expendables 
Flickchart Ranking: #1703
Times Ranked: 15833
Win Percentage: 47%
Top-20 Rankings: 31 Users
Directed By: Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone • Jason Statham • Jet Li • Dolph Lundgren • Eric Roberts
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New to Netflix Streaming On Monday August 1st:
The Dirty Dozen (NR | 1967)Flickchart Ranking: #392
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Directed By: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Charles Bronson • Jim Brown • John Cassavetes • Richard Jaeckel • Robert Ryan
Genres: Adventure • Ensemble Film • War • War Adventure
Studios/Franchises: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills
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Lethal Weapon (R | 1987)Flickchart Ranking: #477
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Directed By: Richard Donner
Starring: Gary Busey • Mel Gibson • Danny Glover
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Police Detective Film • Odd Couple Film • Holiday Film
Studios/Franchises: Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2 is also available to stream.
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (PG | 1970)Flickchart Ranking: #4976
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Directed By: Billy Wilder
Starring: Robert Stephens • Colin Blakely • Tamara Toumanova • Christopher Lee • Geneviève Page
Genres: Detective Film • Mystery • Romance • Romantic Mystery
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Spaceballs (PG | 1987)Flickchart Ranking: #493
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Directed By: Mel Brooks
Starring: Rick Moranis • Daphne Zuniga • John Hurt • Dick Van Patten
Genres: Comedy • Science Fiction • Parody/Spoof • Sci-Fi Comedy • Absurd Comedy
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Fallen (R | 1998)Flickchart Ranking: #1652
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Directed By: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Donald Sutherland • Embeth Davidtz • Elias Koteas • Denzel Washington • John Goodman • James Gandolfini
Genres: Thriller • Supernatural Thriller • Detective Film
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Misery (R | 1990)Flickchart Ranking: #658
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Directed By: Rob Reiner
Starring: James Caan • Kathy Bates • Richard Farnsworth • Frances Sternhagen • Lauren Bacall
Genres: Psychological Thriller • Thriller
Studios/Franchises: Stephen King
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Gothika (R | 2003)Flickchart Ranking: #5098
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Directed By: Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr. • Charles S. Dutton • Penélope Cruz • Halle Berry
Genres: Thriller • Supernatural Thriller
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Henry V (PG13 | 1989)Flickchart Ranking: #792
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Directed By: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Robbie Coltrane • Geraldine McEwan • Robert Stephens • Judi Dench • Fabian Cartwright
Genres: Based-on-Shakespeare • Biopic • Epic • Historical Epic • Historical Film • Based-on-a-True-Story
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Scream 3 (R | 2000)Flickchart Ranking: #3560
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Directed By: Wes Craven
Starring: Courteney Cox Arquette • Scott Foley • Matt Keeslar • Liev Schreiber • Jamie Kennedy
Genres: Horror • Mystery • Slasher Film • Teen Movie • Thriller
Studios/Franchises: Scream
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3000 Miles to Graceland (R | 2001)Flickchart Ranking: #2917
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Directed By: Demien Lichtenstein
Starring: Kurt Russell • Kevin Costner • Courteney Cox Arquette • Jon Lovitz • Howie Long • Ice-T • David Kaye • Louis Lombardi • Shawn Michael Howard • Christian Slater
Genres: Crime • Action • Caper • Chase Movie
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Sukiyaki Western Django (R | 2007)Flickchart Ranking: #4314
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Directed By: Takashi Miike
Starring: Kaori Momoi • Quentin Tarantino • Hideaki Ito • Masanobu Ando • Kôichi Satô
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Dead End (NR | 1937)Flickchart Ranking: #8735
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Directed By: William Wyler
Starring: Sylvia Sidney • Joel McCrea • Humphrey Bogart • Wendy Barrie • Claire Trevor
Genres: Crime • Crime Drama • Drama • Gangster Film • Message Movie
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The Mummy (NR | 1932)Flickchart Ranking: #2314
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Directed By: Karl Freund
Starring: Boris Karloff
Genres: Horror
Studios/Franchises: The Mummy
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New to Netflix Streaming On Wednesday August 3rd:
I Love You Phillip Morris (R | 2009)Flickchart Ranking: #1887
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Directed By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Jim Carrey • Ewan McGregor • Leslie Mann • Rodrigo Santoro
Genres: Black Comedy • Comedy • Gay and Lesbian Film • Prison Film
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Expiring from Netflix Instant on August 1st
- About a Boy (2002) – Hugh Grant
- The Bourne Identity (2002) – Matt Damon
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) – Billy Wilder (dir)
- Get Shorty (1995) – John Travolta
- Swingers (1996) – Vince Vaughn
- La Dolce Vita (1960) – Federico Fellini
- The Fountain (2006) – Hugh Jackman
- Wall Street (1987) – Michael Douglas
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1988) – William Shatner
- Throw Momma From the Train (1987) – Billy Crystal
- Phantasm (1979) – Don Coscarelli (dir.)
- Undercover Brother (2002) – Eddie Griffin
- Spy Kids (2001) – Robert Rodriguez (dir.)
- Wall Street (1987) – Michael Douglas
Expiring from Netflix Instant on August 4th
- Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008) – Really solid sports doc with a bunch of surprise stars
Expiring from Netflix Instant on August 5th
- Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Expiring from Netflix Instant on August 6th
- Field of Dreams (1989) – Kevin Costner
- View our archive of posts on the lists of new movies on Netflix Instant Streaming every week -
As always, these are all the streaming movies we could verify by Sunday night via Netflix and their API and all dates are subject to change at Netflix’s discretion.
Movies To See Before You Die: Se7en
10, May 2011
by Nigel Druitt
“What I have done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed… forever.”
Well, it will certainly be remembered.
In 1995, sophomore feature-film director David Fincher and fledgling screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker unleashed Se7en upon an unsuspecting world, and movie thrillers have never been the same since. Se7en is, by turns, devastating and shocking, and populated by powerhouse performances and bravura directing. It’s ranked #18 on Flickchart’s list of the Best Movies of All Time, #4 among thrillers, #6 on my personal chart, and it features the single best-written ending I have ever seen. If, somehow, you have not seen this movie, and this ending has not been spoiled for you (it will not be here), avoid any discussions of Se7en you may come across until you can see it. Because Se7en is a Movie to See Before You Die… provided, at least, you have the stomach for it.
- In: Movies To See Before You Die
- Tags: 1995, 8MM, Alien, Alien 3, Andrew Kevin Walker, Brad Pitt, Christopher Nolan, david fincher, Fight Club, Frank Darabont, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Joel Schumacher, Lethal Weapon, Morgan Freeman, Ridley Scott, Saw, Scream, se7en, Seven, Sleepy Hollow, Steven Spielberg, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Mist, The Prestige, The Social Network, The WOlfman, Thir13en Ghosts, Tim Burton, Zodiac
Reel Rumbles #27: “Die Hard” vs. “Lethal Weapon”
23, Dec 2010by Nigel Druitt
In This Corner…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means many people will be turning their movie-watching attention to a lot of those feel-good holiday favorites. But for some, this is the most wonderful time of the year… for busting some heads. Nothing says peace on Earth like a good, old-fashioned, blood-pumping action flick, and this year we’re entering the Reel Rumbles ring with a couple of the best. So get ready to deck the halls (and some thugs). It’s time for Die Hard vs. Lethal Weapon.
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 1987, 1988, 48 Hrs., Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Christmas, cop out, Danny Glover, Die Hard, film, films, Gary Busey, John McTiernan, Lethal Weapon, matchup, Mel Gibson, Mitchell Ryan, movies, predator, Reel Rumbles, Reginald VelJohnson, Richard Donner, Rush Hour, Superman, Sylvester Stallone, Tango & Cash, The Goonies, The Omen, The Other Guys, Witness
Reel Rumbles #19 – “Jaws” vs. “Predator”
1, Mar 2010
In This Corner…
Just when you thought it was safe to head back to the Flickchart Blog, another Reel Rumbles is here to determine once and for all what is scarier: a murderous great white shark on the loose in a small fishing village or a lone member of a mysterious alien race haunting the jungles of Central America? Separated by twelve years and undeniable advancements in special effects, this looks, on paper, to be a match for the ages. But is it really that close? Does testosterone-fueled action and a Die Hard pedigree trump master filmmaking and deep characterization? Read on and find out in Jaws vs. Predator.
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2010, 52 Pick-Up, All That Jazz, Apollo Creed, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Blue Thunder, Carl Gottlieb, Carl Weathers, Commando, Die Hard, Elpidia Carrillo, Jaws, Jesse Ventura, Jim Thomas, John McTiernan, John Thomas, John Williams, Kevin Peter Hall, Lethal Weapon, Marathon Man, Moby Dick, monster, Nomads, Peter Benchley, Pierce Brosnan, predator, Reel Rumbles, Richard Chaves, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Rocky, Roy Scheider, Shane Black, Sorcerer, Steven Spielberg, Still of the Night, The French Connection, The Seven-Ups