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The Best Action Movies Of All Time (88 titles)
In No Order. Just My All Time Fav Action Movies!
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Predator
Brutal, violent and great fun, shame about the sequel
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Predator
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Duke, Elpidia Carrillo
Director: John McTiernan
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In the remote jungle of a Central American country, an elite group of commandos led by Major Dutch Schaeffer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), embarks on a CIA mission to clear out a guerrilla stronghold and rescue the remaining hostages. However, the hunters become the hunted when a highly intelligent, ..read more »
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from 30,103 members
Red Heat
Brilliant pairing between Jim Belushi and Arnie, another classic Arnie shoot em up
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Red Heat
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle
Director: Walter Hill
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After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, ..read more »
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from 4,952 members
Striking Distance
One of Bruce's best!
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Striking Distance
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina
Director: Rowdy Herrington
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Detective Sgt. Tom Hardy (BRUCE WILLIS) is a maverick cop who has been demoted to "waterdog" -- river patrol -- because he is convinced the department has convicted the wrong man of a score of serial killings, including that of his father. His reputation is on the line as the killings continue--and ..read more »
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from 4,947 members
Con Air
I loved this film when I first watched it, a bit daft but superb action movie that makes you laugh!
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Con Air
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich
Director: Simon West
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Nothing makes good-guy non-recidivist offender Cameron Poe happier than the thought of returning to society, where his angelic wife and the equally angelic little girl he's never known are waiting. And nothing makes him angrier than the passel of psychopathic murderers and rapists aboard his prison ..read more »
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from 28,144 members
Die Hard With A Vengeance
Not as good as the first but well still proper action filled
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Die Hard With A Vengeance
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: John McTiernan
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Superhero cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) returns in DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. Freshly expelled from the NYPD, McClane encounters a number of threatening phone calls from a terrorist calling himself Simon (Jeremy Irons). Simon tests McClane's wits, and allows him the chance to stop each bomb by ..read more »
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from 31,632 members
Die Hard
Great action with brilliant performances from Willis & Rickman, great fun
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Die Hard
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason
Director: John McTiernan
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On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
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from 50,325 members
The Terminator
A classic
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The Terminator
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Director: James Cameron
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James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda ..read more »
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from 56,659 members
Rambo - First Blood
Brilliant film, they don't make them like this anymore. Superb action, brutal and thrilling.
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Rambo - First Blood
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy
Director: Ted Kotcheff
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Features: 'Rambo - First Blood', 'Rambo - First Blood - Part II' and 'Rambo III' RAMBO III, which could be called 'Rambo In Afghanistan', is set in 1988, near the end of the Soviet Union's involvement there. At the beginning of the film, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is living a secluded life in ..read more »
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from 14,339 members
Robocop Trilogy
The first was a classic, not so sure about the rest but still good
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Robocop Trilogy
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox
Director: Paul Verhoeven, Irvin Kershner, Fred Dekker
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This collection features ROBOCOP and its two sequels. In Paul Verhoeven's original urban sci-fi Western, Peter Weller stars as Murphy, a good Detroit cop who literally gets shot to pieces while on duty and winds up reborn as a crime-fighting machine--RoboCop. His former partner (Nancy Allen) tries ..read more »
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from 9,096 members
The Running Man
Brilliant action with a young Arnie, violent with some superb cheesy one liners!
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The Running Man
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
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Set in 2019, an ex-cop framed and convicted of mass slaughter, becomes a contestant on the most popular game show in which convicted felons race for their lives in decimated L.A. in hopes of a pardon. Adapted from a Stephen King novel.
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from 16,983 members
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