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Top Action Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Star Wars 1977 George Lucas 8
2 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 29
3 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 42
4 The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 43
5 The General 1926 Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton 45
6 Saving Private Ryan 1998 Steven Spielberg 50
7 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah 51
8 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 60
9 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 65
10 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 92
11 Die Hard 1988 John McTiernan 94
12 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 95
13 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 96
14 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 98
15 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 113
16 Braveheart 1995 Mel Gibson 116
17 Platoon 1986 Oliver Stone 122
18 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 123
19 Ben-Hur 1959 William Wyler 140
20 All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Lewis Milestone 146
21 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 150
22 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 151
23 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 153
24 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 165
25 Return of the Jedi 1983 Richard Marquand 178
26 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 185
27 Goldfinger 1964 Guy Hamilton 186
28 Das Boot 1981 Wolfgang Petersen 194
29 Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 211
30 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 216
31 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 234
32 Dirty Harry 1971 Don Siegel 255
33 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 272
34 The Blues Brothers 1980 John Landis 293
35 Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Ôtomo 302
36 The Road Warrior 1981 George Miller 306
37 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 342
38 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 351
39 The Thin Red Line 1998 Terrence Malick 357
40 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 370
41 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 379
42 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 385
43 The Killer 1989 John Woo 398
44 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997 Jay Roach 401
45 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 411
46 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman 426
47 Independence Day 1996 Roland Emmerich 431
48 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 441
49 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 450
50 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 451
51 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 463
52 Enter the Dragon 1973 Robert Clouse 490
53 Zulu 1964 Cy Endfield 491
54 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 495
55 The Fugitive 1993 Andrew Davis 496
56 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 501
57 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Nicholas Meyer 507
58 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Robert Aldrich 518
59 Alexander Nevsky 1938 Sergei M. Eisenstein and Dmitri Vasilyev 523
60 Dr. No 1962 Terence Young 524
61 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson 549
62 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 562
63 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 575
64 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 581
65 The Italian Job 1969 Peter Collinson 586
66 Bullitt 1968 Peter Yates 587
67 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 592
68 Face/Off 1997 John Woo 602
69 Mad Max 1979 George Miller 606
70 The Longest Day 1962 Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki 614
71 The Big Red One 1980 Samuel Fuller 619
72 Gunga Din 1939 George Stevens 623
73 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 625
74 Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox 629
75 The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Clint Eastwood 645
76 A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Sergio Leone 653
77 Three Kings 1999 David O. Russell 663
78 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 665
79 Diva 1981 Jean-Jacques Beineix 669
80 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 Steven Spielberg 676
81 Hard Boiled 1992 John Woo 693
82 Ghost in the Shell 1995 Mamoru Oshii 697
83 Tron 1982 Steven Lisberger 703
84 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 711
85 Jason and the Argonauts 1963 Don Chaffey 715
86 From Russia with Love 1963 Terence Young 720
87 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 733
88 Grosse Pointe Blank 1997 George Armitage 745
89 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks 746
90 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi 765
91 The Guns of Navarone 1961 J. Lee Thompson 783
92 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 787
93 Lethal Weapon 1987 Richard Donner 794
94 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 796
95 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 797
96 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 814
97 Total Recall 1990 Paul Verhoeven 846
98 Les Vampires 1915 Louis Feuillade 856
99 X-Men 2000 Bryan Singer 858
100 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass 859
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