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The "250 key movies" rated and reviewed in the book Action! The Action Movie A-Z (1997) by Marshall Julius.

Author's ratings:
1-14 *****, 15-22 ****½, 23-51 ****, 52-92: ***½, 93-140: ***, 141-182: **½, 183-211 **, 212-226 *½, 227-244 *, 245-250 ½

"Vengeful cops and car chases, lunatic villains and martial arts masters, male-bonding, gun fights and super secret agents, swords and sorcerers, wartime Nazi-bashing, boys' own adventures, casual destruction and general death-defiance... this is what we want to see, and if you feel the same way, "Action!" is for you, a fan's guide to the wackiest genre of 'em all, with 250 key movies rated and reviewed" -Introduction

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  1. 146 -113

    Breaker! Breaker!

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  2. 230 -205

    Black Belt Jones

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  3. 180 +61

    Warlords of Atlantis

    1978 — a.k.a. Warlords of the Deep, in 1 top list Check
  4. 26 -18

    American Ninja

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  5. 215 -181

    Broken Arrow

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 77 +97

    Rambo III

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 155 -67

    Flesh+Blood

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 81 -63

    The Beastmaster

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 31 +32

    Desperado

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 129 -119

    Lung hing foo dai

    1986 — a.k.a. Armour of God, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 56 -27

    Blind Fury

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  12. 72 +75

    New Jack City

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 238 -58

    Red Sonja

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 54 -34

    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 45 +153

    Shogun Assassin

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 148 -107

    Cleopatra Jones

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  17. 203 -38

    Posse

    1993, in 1 top list Check
  18. 234 -115

    Last Action Hero

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 128 +92

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 214 -190

    Bird on a Wire

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 201 -56

    Navy Seals

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  22. 86 +139

    The Three Musketeers

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 55 -33

    Tang shan da xiong

    1971 — a.k.a. The Big Boss, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 224 -36

    RoboCop 2

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  25. 181 +63

    Meng long guo jiang

    1972 — a.k.a. The Way of the Dragon, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 88 +141

    Lo foo chut gang

    1988 — a.k.a. Tiger on Beat, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 193 -134

    Death Wish 3

    1985, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 165 -2

    Ging chaat goo si juk jaap

    1988 — a.k.a. Police Story 2, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 95 -78

    Battle Beyond the Stars

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 40 +122

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 16 +58

    Jui kuen

    1978 — a.k.a. Drunken Master, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 36 +69

    Highlander

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 159 -38

    The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    1974 — a.k.a. The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 150 -102

    Conan the Destroyer

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 64 +37

    Lat sau san taam

    1992 — a.k.a. Hard Boiled, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 153 -78

    El mariachi

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 82 -32

    The Crow

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 89 +145

    Trancers

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 166 +10

    Raw Deal

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  40. 43 +142

    Road House

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 118 +68

    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    1991, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 57 -10

    Conan the Barbarian

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 15 +27

    Cliffhanger

    1993, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 141 +86

    3 Ninjas

    1992 — a.k.a. 3 Ninja Kids, in 1 top list Check
  45. 61 +18

    Eraser

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 119 +74

    Hung fan kui

    1995 — a.k.a. Rumble in the Bronx, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 250 -71

    Red Scorpion

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  48. 34 +53

    Flash Gordon

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 6 +79

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 194 -125

    Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
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