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Top Action Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 8
2 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 15
3 Blade Runner 1982 Ridley Scott 25
4 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 28
5 The Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 35
6 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 42
7 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 44
8 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 45
9 The General 1927 Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton 46
10 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 48
11 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah 50
12 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 55
13 Metropolis 1927 Fritz Lang 64
14 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 68
15 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 72
16 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 74
17 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 89
18 Stagecoach 1939 John Ford 91
19 Rocky 1976 John G. Avildsen 97
20 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 98
21 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 99
22 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 103
23 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 106
24 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 Sergio Leone 110
25 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 111
26 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 114
27 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 116
28 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 117
29 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 120
30 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 122
31 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Lewis Milestone 141
32 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 142
33 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 144
34 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 150
35 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 158
36 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 174
37 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 180
38 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 182
39 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 183
40 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 185
41 Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 186
42 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 195
43 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 197
44 Planet of the Apes 1968 Franklin J. Schaffner 218
45 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 242
46 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 260
47 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 263
48 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 268
49 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh 273
50 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 285
51 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick 291
52 The Professional 1994 Luc Besson 297
53 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 303
54 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 312
55 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 331
56 Ghostbusters 1984 Ivan Reitman 341
57 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 369
58 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 371
59 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 375
60 The Killer 1989 John Woo 379
61 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman 386
62 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 396
63 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 399
64 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 403
65 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 406
66 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 419
67 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges 431
68 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 438
69 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Sergei M. Eisenstein and Dmitri Vasilyev 445
70 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 452
71 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 453
72 The Thin Red Line 1998 Terrence Malick 456
73 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 475
74 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 489
75 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 491
76 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 497
77 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 503
78 The Italian Job 1969 Peter Collinson 513
79 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 521
80 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson 534
81 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 546
82 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 549
83 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 555
84 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 572
85 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 577
86 Mad Max 1979 George Miller 582
87 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Robert Aldrich 583
88 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 588
89 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 589
90 Bullitt 1968 Peter Yates 594
91 The Big Red One 1980 Samuel Fuller 604
92 The Longest Day 1962 Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki 608
93 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 628
94 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Sergio Leone 629
95 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 643
96 Throne of Blood 1957 Akira Kurosawa 645
97 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 649
98 Natural Born Killers 1994 Oliver Stone 660
99 Diva 1981 Jean-Jacques Beineix 663
100 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman 669
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