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Top Action Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 7
2 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 17
3 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 25
4 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 32
5 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 36
6 The General 1927 Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton 42
7 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 46
8 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 47
9 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah 51
10 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 59
11 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 66
12 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 67
13 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 69
14 Stagecoach 1939 John Ford 76
15 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 88
16 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 94
17 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 101
18 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 104
19 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 110
20 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 111
21 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 118
22 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Lewis Milestone 119
23 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 124
24 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 126
25 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 131
26 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 136
27 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 137
28 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 138
29 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 140
30 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 145
31 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 153
32 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 155
33 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 166
34 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 175
35 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 177
36 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 183
37 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 191
38 Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 198
39 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 199
40 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 205
41 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 211
42 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 213
43 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 226
44 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 265
45 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 279
46 The Wages of Fear 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot 285
47 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick 302
48 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 312
49 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 314
50 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 345
51 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman 350
52 The Killer 1989 John Woo 355
53 Glory 1989 Edward Zwick 358
54 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 370
55 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Sergei M. Eisenstein and Dmitri Vasilyev 383
56 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 384
57 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 386
58 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 388
59 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 390
60 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 398
61 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 407
62 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 429
63 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 446
64 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 449
65 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 461
66 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 468
67 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 469
68 Run Lola Run 1998 Tom Tykwer 489
69 The Thin Red Line 1998 Terrence Malick 490
70 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 492
71 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 493
72 The Italian Job 1969 Peter Collinson 494
73 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 509
74 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 514
75 The Longest Day 1962 Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki 536
76 Mad Max 1979 George Miller 543
77 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 569
78 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 574
79 The Big Red One 1980 Samuel Fuller 575
80 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson 579
81 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 581
82 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 583
83 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 588
84 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 589
85 Safety Last! 1923 Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor 606
86 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 608
87 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 609
88 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 610
89 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 624
90 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Robert Aldrich 632
91 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 657
92 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 673
93 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 682
94 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 685
95 Les Vampires 1915 Louis Feuillade 697
96 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Sergio Leone 702
97 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 704
98 Natural Born Killers 1994 Oliver Stone 709
99 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 710
100 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 712
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