The All-Time Greatest Action Movies!
Matthew Jackson, at Mental Floss, posted his list of The 30 Greatest Action Movies of All-Time. I took Jackson’s list and compiled my top ten (using just choices from his 30 greatest). Here are how things shook out. (Jackson’s list is by year and mine is alphabetical — they’re all great action movies.)
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Jackson |
Zablo |
1. THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) |
1. DIE HARD (1988) |
2. SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) |
2. ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) |
3. GOLDFINGER (1964) |
3. FIRST BLOOD (1982) |
4. SHAFT (1971) |
4. JOHN WICK (2014) |
5. ENTER THE DRAGON (1973) |
5. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) |
6. THE DRIVER (1978) |
6. THE MATRIX (1999) |
7. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) |
7. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT (2018)
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8. FIRST BLOOD (1982) |
8. POINT BREAK (1991) |
9. ROBOCOP (1987) |
9. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) |
10. DIE HARD (1988) |
10.TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY(1991) |
There are 4 in his top 30 that I haven’t seen: THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953); DRUNKEN MASTER II (1994), BATTLE ROYALE (2000) and THE VILLAINESS (2017).
There are two on his list that I saw and didn’t like much at all: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000) and ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR (2003).
Here are some movies that didn’t make Jackson’s list but would have made mine: Predator; Casino Royale, Atomic Blonde; Aliens; and Army of the Dead. (And those are just off the top of my head!)
I only saw 12 of the 30 listed and liked only 8 of the 12 !
What other action films that didn’t make the list would you have added?
Lethal Weapon, Con Air, The Rock, Face Off,…. (in fact action movies are not my favourite movies. I’m more fan of thrillers.
Lethal Weapon, Con Air, and The Rock would have made my list as well. Excellent choices!