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The Top 25 Action Flicks of All-Time!
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 3, 2007
What is movie fans’ favorite action flick of all-time? This is something that could be debated to the death by some action fanboys, but AMC Theaters and Rogue Pictures took to the web with a 19 day long poll to find the answer. The poll was held in support of the release of Hot Fuzz, the British action satire by Director Edgar Wright that is currently invading the U.S. and hanging around in the Box Office top 10, despite a limited release.
So what was the favorite action film of all time, as voted on by the fans? 1988’s Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis as John McClane. Check out the entire Top 25 below:
1. Die Hard
2. The Terminator
3. Lethal Weapon
4. Se7en
5. Dirty Harry
6. The Blues Brothers
7. Training Day
8. Bad Boys II
9. The Untouchables
10. Man on Fire (2004)
11. Beverly Hills Cop
12. Bad Boys
13. L.A. Confidential
14. Heat
15. The French Connection
16. Desperado
17. Witness
18. 48 Hours
19. The Bone Collector
20. Serpico
21. Bullitt
22. Lethal Weapon 2
23. Tango & Cash
24. Hard-Boiled
25. The Last Boy Scout
Needless to say there is a lot about this list with which I do not agree. Placing Bad Boys II above Bad Boys is almost a crime in itself. And as my “Fat Guys at the Movies” co-host Kevin Carr would probably say, there is too much Michael Bay on this list. Speaking of Michael Bay, where is The Rock? I also don’t understand how The Blues Brothers made it onto this list. It is a great film, a classic, but I never really considered it an action flick. But while the list is suspect, it was voted on by fans… So I guess that makes it somewhat legit, right?
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11 Comments
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 pm
At least 40% of those movies shouldn’t really be considered “action” movies. Despite scenes of action its hard for me to fathom Seven, The Bone Collector, French Connection, LA Confidential, Training Day, The Blues Brothers, and several others as action films. Real action films are the above mentioned Die Hard as well as the missing Predator, Commando, SWAT, The Marine, etc. This is a pitiful and shameful list.
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
I like many of your top movies. I don’t think I’d agree that Se7en belongs in action…I view that as more of some other category…dunno at the moment which type sounds best. But overall, great list!
Oh, I’d add “The Bourne Identity” to the list :)
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
I believe Bambi is missing from the list. It certainly has more action than most of those movies - the hunter v. Bambi’s mother scene is a classic! Gun shots, dynamic tension, death! What more could an action nut want?
May 3rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
The Bone Collector? Both Bad Boys? Who the hell voted, Usher’s fan club? Do these people even know what action flick means?
I’m only glad Die Hard kicked ass and my boy John “guns over kung-fu” Woo is represented for a change.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Se7en? The Blues Brothers? LA Confidential? C’mon guys, you’ve got about half a dozen real action pictures (almost all the great Bruce Willis) but the rest?
And I loved The Bone Collector, but that’s not an action picture, that’s a psychological profile.
This list is for the dung heap.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
What about Streetfighter The Movie?
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Yeah, and what about Scarecrow’s Brain?
May 4th, 2007 at 5:58 am
Not a great list- there should be at least three more Arnie flicks on there:
Predator
Commando
Total Recall
AMC doesn’t know squat!
July 6th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
these movies are like so totally out of it.what about die hard4.0/the jackal/ratatouille and evan almighty etc
July 6th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
These movies on this list are like so totally last millennium.
All you suckers want nothing from me.
December 26th, 2007 at 4:49 am
hey wht abt the matrix series?? and surprising to see only die hard in the list. wht abt the rest of die hard ones?? xxx series is missing, steve segal ones, van damme ones, films such true lies and all!!!!!!!!!!