scrowe
Distinguished Member
Post your best, top3, top5, top10 ..whatever.
The rules are ....
1. you must justify each choice with a few words or sentences
2. They must be Action Movies in purest form ... no Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero in this thread.
3. If you have an edge-case - justify it, e.g. Armageddon/Face-Off/Hobbs and Shaw scrape in as the technology shown has grounding. But no to Universal Solder/Terminator - they are sci-fi.
4. Sequels/Prequels are allowed but the individual films must appear on their own merit, no blanket trilogy mentions, or similar.
5. All mentions will build aTop20 Top100 by order of first mentioned in this seed post.
6. Edit to 4: Full list now shows other entries mentioned from same franchise grouped beside in order of mention, as fans of one often like the rest.
7. '*' denotes - other entries in the franchise are available
On the List - in order of mentions only as of 09/02/2021
1. Die Hard (Die Hard2)*
2. Speed*
3. Con Air
4. Lethal Weapon (Lethal Weapon 2)*
5. Bad Boys (Bad Boys II)*
6. Armageddon
7. Under Siege*
8. Daylight
9. White House Down
10. Police Story (Police Story 2) (Police Story 3 - Supercop)*
11. Fist of Fury
12. Commando
13. Fist of Legend
14. Sha Po Lang
15. Flash Point
16. Hard Boiled
17. Heat
18. The Rock
19. 48 Hours (Another 48 Hours)
20. Cliffhanger
21. Hobbs and Shaw (Fast and the Furious: Fast 5) (Fast 3,4,6,7,8)*
22. American Ninja*
23. The Best of the Best*
24. No Retreat No Surrender*
25. Bloodsport
26. Kickboxer*
27. A.W.O.L.
28. The Bourne Identity (The Bourne Supremacy)(The Bourne Ultimatum)*
29. Rambo: First Blood Part 1 (Rambo IV)*
30. Taken*
31. Road House
32. John Wick (Part II & Part III)*
33. IP Man 3*
34. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Fallout) (II& III) (Ghost Protocol)*
35. Mad Max: Fury Road (Mad Max: Original Trilogy)*
36. Atomic Blonde
37. Kill Bill Part 1 (Kill Bill Part 2)
38. Casino Royale (Goldfinger) (The Spy Who Loved Me) (Goldeneye)*
39. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Temple of Doom) (The Last Crusade)*
40. Streets of Fire
41. Walking Tall
42. Faster
43. The Raid (The Raid 2)*
44. The Kingdom
45. Man on Fire
46. The Transporter*
47. Leon - The Professional
48. Face/Off
49. Collateral
50. Baby Driver
51. Point Break (Original)
52. Once Upon a Time in China Part 1 (Once Upon a Time in China Part 2)*
53. Black Hawk Down
54. La Femme Nikita
55. Ronin
56. The Long Kiss Goodnight
57. The Last Boy Scout
58. Tears of the Sun
59. The 13th Warrior
60. Shooter
61. The Mechanic*
62. Assault on Precinct 13 (original)
63. Lone Wolf and Cub*
64. Dirty Harry*
65. Crank (Crank 2)*
66. Safe
67.Blitz
68. Welcome to the Jungle (not Jumanji)
69. Crying Freeman
70. Brotherhood of the Wolf
71. Hard Target
72. Top Gun*
73. True Lies
74. Red Heat
75. Delta Force*
76. Desperado*
77. Beverly Hills Cop*
78. Hanna
79. Haywire
80. The Fugitive*
81. The Wild Bunch
82. Extreme Prejudice
83. The Driver
84. Drive
85. Drive (Mark Dacascos)
86. Rapid Fire
87. Marked for Death
88. A Better Tomorrow Part 1 (A Better Tomorrow Part 2)*
89. Inception
90. The Killer
91. Enter the Dragon
92. The Crow
93. Unleashed
94. War
95. Waterworld
97. The Hunt for Red October (Clear and Present Danger)*
98. Passenger 57
99. Murder at 1600
100. Runaway Train
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The rules are ....
1. you must justify each choice with a few words or sentences
2. They must be Action Movies in purest form ... no Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Superhero in this thread.
3. If you have an edge-case - justify it, e.g. Armageddon/Face-Off/Hobbs and Shaw scrape in as the technology shown has grounding. But no to Universal Solder/Terminator - they are sci-fi.
4. Sequels/Prequels are allowed but the individual films must appear on their own merit, no blanket trilogy mentions, or similar.
5. All mentions will build a
6. Edit to 4: Full list now shows other entries mentioned from same franchise grouped beside in order of mention, as fans of one often like the rest.
7. '*' denotes - other entries in the franchise are available
On the List - in order of mentions only as of 09/02/2021
1. Die Hard (Die Hard2)*
2. Speed*
3. Con Air
4. Lethal Weapon (Lethal Weapon 2)*
5. Bad Boys (Bad Boys II)*
6. Armageddon
7. Under Siege*
8. Daylight
9. White House Down
10. Police Story (Police Story 2) (Police Story 3 - Supercop)*
11. Fist of Fury
12. Commando
13. Fist of Legend
14. Sha Po Lang
15. Flash Point
16. Hard Boiled
17. Heat
18. The Rock
19. 48 Hours (Another 48 Hours)
20. Cliffhanger
21. Hobbs and Shaw (Fast and the Furious: Fast 5) (Fast 3,4,6,7,8)*
22. American Ninja*
23. The Best of the Best*
24. No Retreat No Surrender*
25. Bloodsport
26. Kickboxer*
27. A.W.O.L.
28. The Bourne Identity (The Bourne Supremacy)(The Bourne Ultimatum)*
29. Rambo: First Blood Part 1 (Rambo IV)*
30. Taken*
31. Road House
32. John Wick (Part II & Part III)*
33. IP Man 3*
34. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Fallout) (II& III) (Ghost Protocol)*
35. Mad Max: Fury Road (Mad Max: Original Trilogy)*
36. Atomic Blonde
37. Kill Bill Part 1 (Kill Bill Part 2)
38. Casino Royale (Goldfinger) (The Spy Who Loved Me) (Goldeneye)*
39. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Temple of Doom) (The Last Crusade)*
40. Streets of Fire
41. Walking Tall
42. Faster
43. The Raid (The Raid 2)*
44. The Kingdom
45. Man on Fire
46. The Transporter*
47. Leon - The Professional
48. Face/Off
49. Collateral
50. Baby Driver
51. Point Break (Original)
52. Once Upon a Time in China Part 1 (Once Upon a Time in China Part 2)*
53. Black Hawk Down
54. La Femme Nikita
55. Ronin
56. The Long Kiss Goodnight
57. The Last Boy Scout
58. Tears of the Sun
59. The 13th Warrior
60. Shooter
61. The Mechanic*
62. Assault on Precinct 13 (original)
63. Lone Wolf and Cub*
64. Dirty Harry*
65. Crank (Crank 2)*
66. Safe
67.Blitz
68. Welcome to the Jungle (not Jumanji)
69. Crying Freeman
70. Brotherhood of the Wolf
71. Hard Target
72. Top Gun*
73. True Lies
74. Red Heat
75. Delta Force*
76. Desperado*
77. Beverly Hills Cop*
78. Hanna
79. Haywire
80. The Fugitive*
81. The Wild Bunch
82. Extreme Prejudice
83. The Driver
84. Drive
85. Drive (Mark Dacascos)
86. Rapid Fire
87. Marked for Death
88. A Better Tomorrow Part 1 (A Better Tomorrow Part 2)*
89. Inception
90. The Killer
91. Enter the Dragon
92. The Crow
93. Unleashed
94. War
95. Waterworld
97. The Hunt for Red October (Clear and Present Danger)*
98. Passenger 57
99. Murder at 1600
100. Runaway Train
Also checkout…
Thread 'Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies in the World ...ever! that you should watch'
Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies in the World ...ever! that you should watch
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