IMDb's Action Top 50
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Action films usually include high energy, big-budget physical stunts and chases, possibly with rescues, battles, fights, escapes, destructive crises, non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous, often two-dimensional 'good-guy' heroes battling 'bad guys' - all designed for pure audience escapism. Includes the James Bond 'fantasy' spy/espionage series, martial arts films, and so-called 'blaxploitation' films. A major sub-genre is the disaster film.
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The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
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Inception
2010, in 21 top lists Check -
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The Matrix
1999, in 30 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
1980, in 25 top lists Check -
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023, in 10 top lists -
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Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991, in 27 top lists Check -
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Gladiator
2000, in 25 top lists Check -
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Dune: Part Two
2024, in 8 top lists -
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Léon
1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check -
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Aliens
1986, in 24 top lists Check -
12 -1
Avengers: Endgame
2019, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
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Avengers: Infinity War
2018, in 8 top lists Check -
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018, in 21 top lists Check -
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Heat
1995, in 23 top lists Check -
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Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
1983, in 18 top lists Check -
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North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
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Dangal
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
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Die Hard
1988, in 21 top lists Check -
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Top Gun: Maverick
2022, in 7 top lists Check -
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Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021, in 9 top lists -
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Batman Begins
2005, in 10 top lists Check -
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1917
2019, in 12 top lists -
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003, in 18 top lists Check -
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989, in 16 top lists Check -
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Ran
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
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Gangs of Wasseypur
2012, in 8 top lists Check -
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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How to Train Your Dragon
2010, in 12 top lists Check -
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...
2003, in 13 top lists Check -
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Mad Max: Fury Road
2015, in 23 top lists Check -
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Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
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Logan
2017, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Terminator
1984, in 23 top lists Check -
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V for Vendetta
2005, in 10 top lists Check -
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Warrior
2011, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ford v Ferrari
2019, in 7 top lists -
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The Iron Giant
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro...
1997 — a.k.a. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, in 8 top lists Check -
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White Heat
1949, in 16 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 34 top lists Check -
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A Wednesday
2008, in 2 top lists Check -
48 -5
Sholay
1975 — a.k.a. Embers, in 12 top lists Check -
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Safety Last!
1923, in 17 top lists Check -
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Dune: Part One
2021 — a.k.a. Dune, in 8 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 5, 2024; source