Best Action Movies Ever

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The Top Ten

1
The Matrix
What a great begining and what a great end. We all don't like movies where the hero dies, but this one takes the cake. And all that moves. Yummy. You got to love this movies. Action, romance great story line all in one.
Oh this movie is great. This must be in the top ten list of best films... It is mind blowing and its story is too good to be true.. Its action romance freedom... Wow
Yea, no that's my stuff! I reckon its the greatest movie in the last few decades, it's got a super-revolutionary idea, it just blew me away. Plus it has the ever-amazing Keanu Reeves :P The whole series rocks... All for Zion!

JesusOfSuburbia07

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2Die Hard
Die Hard is the quintessential action film. You have a character than was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A band of terrorists hell bent on chaos. Great supporting roles and a wonderful villain in Hans. And lets not forget the humor in John Mclane as he tries to make light of the dark situation around him.

Die Hard is the movie that all other action films are judged upon. Enough said.
Die hard 1st, matrix 2nd... Finally a list that makes sence
It is a pretty good movie, the coolest guy in the movie, is: the limo driver. He just kick-as
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3Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Awesome action. In '91, this was the top of its class visual effects. I still think it is one of the greats.

heather

U talk about anything you know about movies... Including action ofcourse as the very movie belong to the Genre. Other than the movie you've nothing in ur mind. Try and watch the collector's edtion. I will recommend TROY, Behind Enemey Lines, True Lies, Braveheart, and Scarface right after T2 in "the best action movies ever" category. Watch the next 3 Films along with the T2. You need to see these before you Die! Terminator II is not a movie. Its a BOMB.

redgedawson

Car chases, truck crashes, gunfights, explosions, helicopter chases, motorbike stunts, a lot of broken windows, a nuclear explosion, thousands of bullets fired, mental hospital escape, warehouse break in, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bad language, tons of special effects and a minigun! One of the greatest films I've ever seen.
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The best War Movie of ALL TIME, It made my blood boil with excitement!
300 is the best cause of of all the gore and but shame Sparta didn't win

bosch03

More teachable movie and I think you also need to vote this movie and there are it show how we do the struggle win our life so this is my favorite movie in Hollywood. And if you wanna get something the yous also need to watch this movie. Because this is story of 300 soldier over 3000000 soldier of other side
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5Gladiator
If I make a list about good movies, this is always going to be on the top. Deal.

heather

Can't go wrong with Ridley Scott

Solidamas

Freakin awesome choice!It's the best by far
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6Jurassic Park
These movies have just always fascinated me. I mean, its the kind of movie that can make you jump, without fully scaring the living daylights out of you. Its a movie you can take the whole family to see, that will be just as enjoyable for the kids as it is for the adults. And no matter what anyone think, that kind of movie is just hard to find these days. And I for one, am glad we have them,
After all these years, this movie still holds up as a top-notch film. It's got all the makings of an exciting action film including groundbreaking special effects, but also manages to have a lot of heart and emotion, which many action movies forget.
I started watching this movie when I was 4... and I still watch it today! just an amazing movie

decorulez97

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7Aliens
Just as good as the first one! But with a little more action, with a very good story behind it all, one of my favorite one's
I think this should be number one! Action? Horror? Drama (kind of)? Social message (kind of)? This has literally everything!
The aliens have freaking little mouths in their big ones

Smithy6

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8The Dark Knight
Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So, we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.

BKAllmighty

This movie is the greatest movie of all time! Action movies are rising stock now in the movie industry! and this is a fine example!
Because the joker is a very unique character, a criminal genius capable of making batman hassles. The plot is also difficult to guess and advanced equipment in the Batman of course.
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9Troy

The choreography of the fights in this movie are top-notch, incredibly unique, and eye catching.

heather

This is a great movie according to me. Because it shows the power of a man. Even he is the only person who lives for himself and his group. Mostly I like the attitude of the Achilles. That's really great

I'm surprised no one else has voted for this movie masterpiece I mean sure it has 1 or 2 sex scenes but I just fast forward this movie is a heck of a lot better than die hard, terminator 2 but not the matrix! :D ;D peace out!

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10Star Wars
Star Wars practically buries all other action movies because 1. It is a classic trilogy of films that really strike your action loving self. 2. The action in the trilogy is amazing, no doubt. Go Star Wars!

Godisawesome1

Movies you can watch more then once a year

Robots that were beyond their time

FLIPPIN LAZER SWORD everyone has sword fought at least once
Really is a classic, the action and dialogue is so good in this movie, Harrison Ford is a crack up and so is Chewie!
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The Contenders

11The Bourne Ultimatum

this such a fast paced action with brillant and superlogical action scenes... what the hell this deserves to be No1

Shynash21

To me, this is the best action movie ever, "Salt" will also be on my hit 10 list. "Taken" will take the second place.

This makes its predecessors look like a really bad dream!

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12Equilibrium

The action in this movie is out of this world! Its unique, and fast, and so, captivating. Not a real commonly heard-of movie, but I recommend if you haven't seen if, take the time, spend the money, its worth it!

heather

amazing action at its best, the story is gripping the action and effects are awesome what more do you want?

Ye bale is cool and very fucing good action in this one really

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13Transformers
What! Transformer should e in top tens...! Bets movie by michael bay and the best action movie ever released. There are many amazing fights in this movie and one thing special is the theme song is what I've done by linkin park which exactly matched to it. Finnaally transformers rocks! And linkin park forever!...
I getting hook on Megan Fox because she's a hottie and she made her breakout role in this transformers movie! Two transformers movie turn out great, but the last one Dark of the Moon didn't go so well!
Not much story, not great acting, but some of the greatest action scenes ever created. What kids dream was not seeing giant robots kicking each others asses all over the place.
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14Saving Private Ryan

this could go for one of the best movies period but this black hawk down and fight club are genus movies

KMS0694

The greatest war movie of all time, besides LOTR, The beginning and the ending is a very emotional ride! There is action all the time in this movie and it is GOREY! Respect for those soldiers who lost their lives during the most brutal conflict in history World War II

robertoantonioortuso

I love this movie the story line is amazing and the action never stops also the weaponary is so cool Best Movie Ever

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15Fight Club
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton are amazing action stars! And this movie is a fine example of how amazing they are at performing!
I am yet to see a better made movie! Its but a joke that Fight Club doesn't feature in Top 10!
how is this not 1 its amazing if you haven't seen it yet... GO SEE IT

arsenal193

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16Live Free or Die Hard

Action means car chase, explotion, loud noise and ofcourse some kick ass!

this movie provides all, I love this movie a lot, I watched it for many2 times.. I like all Die hard series too, and Matrix was even nice, but you all choose Gladiator for 1st?
I bet many Chicks are here, eh?

IF YOU ARE A GUY, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT TO CHOOSE! :P

mesh13


17Rambo

Rambo is the greatest action movie of all time, look at all the ARE rated. Gorey and thrilling, little kids even get killed in this MOVIE. This movie is based upon NOTHING BUT ACTION. In my opinion it has to be in the top ten action movies of all time, to top everything off!

Full of ARE Rated action. Unbelievable gore and Rambo's most violent movie ever (not to mention Sylvester Stallone) It is stunning what they do in this movie because

Live for nothing or die for something... Your call.

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18Predator

While Arnold's classic hunt-or-be-hunted showdown with the extra-terrestrial gladiator is relatively short on story, it's filled with some great one liners, an excellent setting, and some truly mystical scenes. A favorite is the moment when the Predator standing on a high-up tree branch swing the extracted spine of one of its victims while uttering a glorious hunter's roar.

montreal45

A great movie with great effects for when it was made

the effects of the movie are amazing.the manliest movie ever made. arnold rules

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19The One
Jet lee is really looking just superb in this movie. And the action sequences of this movie really makes me crazy about it.
Jet Li is the most underrated actor of all time! and this movie follows!
Jet Li, is the greatest action hero of all time and should be praised!
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20The Expendables

One of the most action packed movies ever!

sansiddh


21The Terminator

how is the terminator so low on this list? the terminator to this day still scares the crap out of me. a robot sent back in time to the 80s to kill the mother of the leader of the resistance with arnold as the robot how is that not a kick ass movie? in my opinion that's how the end of the world is coming, we build robots to protect us and they end up killing us.


22Casino Royale
All of the James bond movies are overrated and stupid and lame and boring. To this day I don't understand all the hype around the James bond movies, they just plain suck! This movie is espically overrated! When will people realize that theses movies are not good! Ugh!
Damn! The best bond movie after skyfall is casino royale and what the hell is it doing at 26th... And it is better than die hard 1! Daniel craig is the best the action world has got... And casino royale deserves to be in the top 5!
Raw Brut action, well made. Looks too good, however might not go with overall bond movies but still qualifies to be a superb action movie. The chase sequence is priceless

23Kill Bill - Volume 1

Great stunt work in this. This is the best film Quentin Tarantino has done in the last 10 years.


24The Rock

great story great cast. Fantastic soundtrack. A bit of humor as well all the ingredients for a brilliant film


25Enter the Dragon
To try and put any movie ahead of ENTER THE DRAGON is almost like saying TotalLY LUDICROUS
The best action movie of all time... Starring the legendary bruce lee!
Bruce Lee at his prime and some brilliant fight sequences make this film a must-watch. A cult classic!
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26Commando

Arnold rocks and proves that he can do it much better than Stallone in Rambo series!


27The Avengers

That last half hour or more of non stop action... What more can you ask for

This movie was amazing in that it managed to capture the essence of most of the actual avengers with the exception of a few.

Avengers! Assemble!
This movie is the best film ever!
It's impossible not to like Hulk, Iron Man, Captain, Thor, Hawkeye and Black Widow

sagat2010


28The Expendables 2

The expendables is the best film in the univers (bandit)


29I Am Legend

Mindblowing indeed. Will Smith is awesome

BigBoss

1. You can't really say it is AMAZING if you haven't seen it. 2. Willow is hardly in this movie, SHE DIES. 3. Put on I Am Number Four yourself, braniac, and 4. You may as well have voted for something you've actually WATCHED, instead of wasting your vote on something you haven't watched. Sorry for being a hater, but it's true.

this is such an action movie ITS SO COOL WILLOW SMITH IS AMAZING in this movie I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE BUT MY SIS HAS SHE SAID IT WAS AWSOME.

P. S I WISH THEY PUT I AM NUMBER FOUR ON THIS LIST IT WOULD BE #1 I WATCH IT FROM 10:30 TO 12:30 I USUALLY GO TO BED AT 11:00 BUT I WASNT EVEN SLEEPY


30The Departed
It's a great action movie..

31Fast Five

that film is the best of recent times.. really a nice movies fully action packed film deserves to be one of the best


32Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

this is the best movie of all time. the direction is awesome and steven spielberg always comes out brilliantly planned story

This is the alpha/omega of great action movies without it there wouldn't be the genre. Also greatest character.

This was like an old adventure serial come to life! It really was an amazing flick!

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33Crank

One of those very few action flicks that does not pretend to be more than it is, but it deliverers everything it pretends to be. Jason Statham's very best role in a film that is literally an adrenaline rush. The original editing ads to the flavor of the slightly homophobic, a bit racist and even female unfriendly humor. No one gets spared.


34Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
This movie is surprisingly good, and is one of the most underrated movies of all time, and has some great action in it!
I love dis movie.
This movie is so unbelievably good and deserves to be in the top 12! it has a lot of good fighting scenes!
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35The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers

The greatest movie ever made! The acting is done excellently, and the effects are even better! You Can't beat the lord of the rings trilogy at anything!

The Lord of the Rings are the greatest trilogy of all time! Nobody will come close to this beautifully done movie!

Legolas has some great arrow and bow action, the best ever in history!

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36Boondock Saints

BLOODY AWESOME FILM one of my favorites kicks ass probs because I'm part irish and they just shoot up everyone


37The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King
An outrage this is simply.

38The Dark Knight Rises

39Ben Hur

It's an oldie, but man is it a goodie! This movie is a classic.

heather

Old is Gold, No one can make this kind of movie, Particularly that Race, No words to describe


40Mission Impossible

41Resident Evil: Retribution

42The Tournament

43Serenity

44Resident Evil: Extinction

Great movie but second one is better. Should be in top10 anyway


45Seven Samurai

How is this not in the top ten? This movie goes way, WAY beyond a normal action movie, with incredible characters and plot development... Not only is this the greatest action movie, this is one of the greatest movies EVER!

Japan has made some amazing movies and this is a fine example of how they make fine movies! Seven Samurai is without a doubt the most action-filled movie of all time! And this is saying something for a film made in 1957! Listen to me when I say, a must watch for any action film fans!

The greatest movie I have seen in a while actually! It moves you emotionally and deserves a lot of praising, because, this is the greatest japanese action movie of all time!

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46Pulp Fiction

I looked at imdb and saw that it was so high up and I'm thinking wha...? Then, one friday night I watched it and it overtook the Dark Knight to become my favorite film of all! I'd never thought I'd be a fan of John Travolta... Until now!

REAL MEN - this is THE action movie. Are you gonna let Transformers and all that other crap outrank this classic?

A great movie in general. If you haven't seen it, make it your next Friday night movie.


47Drive

Worst movie in the world. He thinks he is the transporter, but instead is a talentless skinny pretty boy who thinks he is tough. Jason statham could kill him by just staring at him. Besides, the actress was plain ugly and looked like a 12 year old teen virgen


48Alien Vs. Predator

49Resident Evil: Afterlife

50The Long Kiss Goodnight

51Braveheart

Great movie it is heart touching mel gibson done a excellant job in this movie


52Fifth Element

I agree, this is my favourite movie EVER. GET IT!! NOW!!

I agree, this is my favourite movie EVER. GET IT! NOW!

How the hell can this not be on here


53Spiderman
Sorry but Die hard isn't the best action movie ever. This is!
I love Spiderman!

54Lethal Weapon

Regardless of how you feel about Mel Gibson, his role as the suicidal cop Martin Riggs is spectacular in what most would call the best buddy cop movie of all time. Danny Glover also pulls his weight with some excellent, quotable lines, and the two mesh perfectly to form an unforgettable dynamic.

montreal45


55Resident Evil: Apocalypse

56Transformers: Dark of the Moon

57Rambo: First Blood Part II

58Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

59Mortal Kombat

60Resident Evil

61Shooter

Actually, I think it's a pity this movie got listed so low... O. K, there's not a lot of action, but the storyline is amazing. And I just love action movies where the good guy is always on the run for the people that claim the good guy to be bad, just so they can get things their way! Epic movie, epic actors and one he'll of an epic storyline... I'd put this on number 2 or 3, definitely!


62Ong Bak

tony Jaa is simply an comparable and upcoming actor... he is a perfect mua thigh fighter who don't need too much of a computer work... anyone can wait a year for his new release

Amen. he is like the son of jackie chan, Bruce lee and chuck norris.

louiethefly

Tony Jaa does what others can only pretend to do, with wires and special effects.

He's jaw-dropping.


63Double Impact

64Iron Man 3

65AVP: Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

66Transporter 3

67Black Hawk Down

This real-life movie is full of great war action.

heather


68Top Gun

69The Crow

The Crow is Brandon Lee's best movie ever, He is truly Bruce Lee's son, Pity he had to die in the making of this movie. Sadly missed


70Speed
I couldn't walk away from the screen while this movie was on...
One of the most memorable action movies of the last 30 years.
What I love about speed is the fact that every character is likeable and it's a movie that everyone can love. All of the action it has and my 60 year old mother loves it as much as I do!
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71Face/Off

72Spider-Man 3

73Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

I found myself wondering, "what are we going to do" while I was watching this movie. Then I remembered, it was just a movie, but the action in this movie is INtense.

heather


74Real Steel

"This is a nice film. Fighting between robots was really fantastic


75Wanted

76X-Men

77Man on Fire

78Bad Boys II

Was no body paying attention during Hot Fuzz?

Tbog009


79Platoon

80Prometheus

81Quantum of Solace

82Scarface

83The Bourne Identity

84Con Air
Great action, great actors and great one liners
this movie deserves to be at least in the top 20... one of nicholas cages finest... excellent plot...
Amazing cast, amazing sets, amazing story.

truly an amazing movie.
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85Born To Fight

86The Replacement Killers

87District B13

You just can't look away 'til the credits roll!


88The Forbidden Kingdom

This movies is the best of kungu fu and matilrats movies, And jet li is very powar full actor in chinna am very big fan.


89The Transporter

90Predators

91The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

92The Killer

93Gone in 60 Seconds

94Mission Impossible II

how this is movie isn't listed?
Thandie newton and Tom cruise make it all.. don't comment, just watch!


95Soldier

96Underworld - Evolution

97The Patriot

Different kind of action than the modern day gun-slinging or martial-arts movie, but give Mel Gibson and rifle and a tomahawk, and you are in for a treat.

heather


98The Matrix Reloaded

99Predator 2
Actually the best Predator movie of them all. Glover rocks

100Yojimbo

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