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Selection of Greatest Action Films:
(Entertainment Weekly's June 22, 2007 issue listed their ranked choices for the Top 25 Greatest Action Films,
each marked with a rotating star () and ranking number in the following list)
- Early Classic Action Films:
- The Great Train Robbery (1903)
The General (1927)
- The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) (
- The Sea Hawk (1940)
- The Wages of Fear (1953, Fr/It.)
- The Seven Samurai (1954, Jp.) (
- Recent Action Films (see above also):
- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Dr. No (1962, UK)
- From Russia With Love (1963)
- Goldfinger (1964, UK) (
- Zulu (1964)
- Thunderball (1965)
- The Train (1965)
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Point Blank (1967)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Bullitt (1968)
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- The Wild Bunch (1969) (
- Airport (1970)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- Duel (1971)
- The French Connection (1971)
- Shaft (1971)
- Deliverance (1972)
- The Getaway (1972)
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Enter the Dragon (1973) (
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
- Rollerball (1975)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- Black Sunday (1977)
- Superman: The Movie (1978)
- Mad Max (1979)
- The Warriors (1979)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Mad Max 2 (1981) (aka The Road Warrior) (
- Nighthawks (1981)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (
- 48 Hrs. (1982)
- First Blood (1982)
- Fitzcarraldo (1982, W. Germ.)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Commando (1985)
- Police Story (1985)
- Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- Runaway Train (1985)
- Aliens (1986) (
- Raw Deal (1986)
- Top Gun (1986)
- Lethal Weapon (1987) (and sequels) (
- Police Story 2 (1987)
- Predator (1987) (
- Robocop (1987) (
- The Untouchables (1987)
- Die Hard (1988) (
- Hard Boiled (1988)
- Red Heat (1988)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Batman (1989)
- The Killer (1989, HK)
- Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
- La Femme Nikita (1990, Fr./It.)
- The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Total Recall (1990)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
- Point Break (1991)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Hard-Boiled (1992) (
- Passenger 57 (1992)
- Patriot Games (1992)
- Under Siege (1992)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- The Fugitive (1993)
- In the Line of Fire (1993)
- Supercop 2 (1993)
- True Romance (1993)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Drop Zone (1994)
- Drunken Master II (1994) (aka The Legend of Drunken Master) (
- Fist of Legend (1994)
- Iron Monkey (1994)
- Leon (1994) (aka The Professional)
- Speed (1994) (
- True Lies (1994)
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Crimson Tide (1995)
- Desperado (1995)
- Heat (1995)
- First Strike (1996)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- The Rock (1996)
- Set It Off (1996)
- Twister (1996)
- Air Force One (1997)
- Con Air (1997)
- Face/Off (1997)
- The Fifth Element (1997)
- Gattaca (1997)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Titanic (1997)
- Volcano (1997)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Deep Impact (1998)
- Enemy of the State (1998)
- Ronin (1998)
- Run Lola Run (1998)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998) (
- Fight Club (1999)
- The Matrix (1999) (
- Three Kings (1999)
- Charlie's Angels (2000)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (
- Gladiator (2000) (
- Mission: Impossible II (2000)
- The Perfect Storm (2000)
- Romeo Must Die (2000)
- Shaft (2000)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
- Spy Kids (2001)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003) (
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004) (
- The Incredibles (2004) (animated) (
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) (
