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Action Cinema

My canon. In (approximate) order of favorite films, not necessarily of best action sequences.

Trying to keep a relatively open definition of "action" here.

I have a feeling some of those could rank high, but I haven't seen any of them: Blue Steel; Year of the Dragon; Eight Diagram Pole Fighter; Dragon Inn; A Better Tomorrow (and other Woo); Anything from Tsui Hark (The Blade, Once Upon a Time in China); Outland (or other Hyams); The Sword of Doom; The 36th Chamber of Shaolin; The Driver; a bunch of other Walter Hill movies like Southern Comfort, Extreme Prejudice, Streets of Fire; Charley Varrick; Basic and more McTiernan; Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky; Motorway; Last Man Standing; Drunken Master/The Legend of Drunken Master; Wheels on Meals; To Live and Die in L.A.; A bunch of films from To (not going to name them); Tango & Cash; Demolition Man; Hard Target; Last Action Hero; Crippled Avengers; Commando; Rocky IV and III

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  • Miami Vice

    1

  • Rio Bravo

    2

  • Johnny Guitar

    3

  • Le Cercle Rouge

    4

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    5

  • Fort Apache

    6

  • The New World

    7

  • Spies

    8

  • Safety Last!

    9

  • High and Low

    10

  • Body Double

    11

  • Public Enemies

    12

  • Stagecoach

    13

  • RoboCop

    14

  • Heat

    15

  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    16

  • Vertigo

    17

  • The Killer

    18

  • Duelle

    19

  • Dead Man

    20

  • Southland Tales

    21

  • Blackhat

    22

  • Beau Travail

    23

  • The Lusty Men

    24

  • Sparrow

    25

  • The Third Man

    26

  • Sherlock, Jr.

    27

  • They Live

    28

  • Man with a Movie Camera

    29

  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

    30

  • Army of Shadows

    31

  • Thief

    32

  • Five Dedicated to Ozu

    33

  • Resident Evil: Retribution

    34

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    35

  • Tabu

    36

  • Ms .45

    37

  • Speedy

    38

  • Blow Out

    39

  • Night at the Crossroads

    40

  • Ali

    41

  • Blind Detective

    42

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    43

  • Duck Soup

    44

  • Hard Boiled

    45

  • The Thing

    46

  • Europa

    47

  • Wild at Heart

    48

  • Crank

    49

  • Manhunter

    50

  • Basic Instinct

    51

  • The World's End

    52

  • The Thin Red Line

    53

  • Jaws

    54

  • Heaven's Gate

    55

  • Point Break

    56

  • Throw Down

    57

  • A Touch of Zen

    58

  • SPL 2: A Time for Consequences

    59

  • Inglourious Basterds

    60

  • Election

    61

  • The Assassin

    62

  • The Battle of Algiers

    63

  • Come Drink with Me

    64

  • Drug War

    65

  • Trouble Every Day

    66

  • Carlito's Way

    67

  • Magic Mike XXL

    68

  • Paths of Glory

    69

  • Love Exposure

    70

  • Goodbye to Language

    71

  • Le Trou

    72

  • Running on Karma

    73

  • Collateral

    74

  • Prince of Darkness

    75

  • Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

    76

  • Throne of Blood

    77

  • Unforgiven

    78

  • The Kid

    79

  • Point Blank

    80

  • Pompeii

    81

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    82

  • Déjà Vu

    83

  • The Steel Helmet

    84

  • PTU

    85

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    86

  • Die Hard

    87

  • Seven Samurai

    88

  • Hot Fuzz

    89

  • Speed Racer

    90

  • Femme Fatale

    91

  • Gamer

    92

  • Breaking News

    93

  • Lucy

    94

  • Death Proof

    95

  • Underworld

    96

  • Rififi

    97

  • Ashes and Diamonds

    98

  • Crank: High Voltage

    99

  • The Hidden Fortress

    100