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Music Lists Greatest Action Movies

Title - (Year, Director) (Main Actors)

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark - (1981, Steven Spielberg)

(Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman)
2. Die Hard - (1988, John McTiernan) (Bruce Willis,
Alan Rickman)
3. Goldfinger - (1964, Guy Hamilton) (Sean Connery,
Honor Blackman)
4. The Killer - (1989, John Woo) (Chow Yun-Fat,
Danny Lee)
5. Enter the Dragon - (1973, Robert Clouse) (Bruce
Lee, Kien Shih)
6. The Terminator - (1984, James Cameron) (Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton)
7. The Matrix - (1999, Larry and Andy Wachowski)
(Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne)
8. Mad Max: Fury Road - (2015, George Miller) (Tom
Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult)
9. Lethal Weapon - (1987, Richard Donner) (Mel
Gibson, Danny Glover)
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - (2000, Ang Lee)
(Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh)
11. The Road Warrior - (1981, George Miller) (Mel
Gibson, Bruce Spence)
12. Bullitt - (1968, Peter Yates) (Steve McQueen,
Robert Vaughan)
13. From Russia With Love - (1963, Terence Young)
(Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi)
14. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - (1991, James
Cameron) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton)
15. Skyfall - (2012, Sam Mendes) (Daniel Craig, Javier
Bardem, Naomie Harris)
16. Once Upon a Time in China - (1991, Tsui Hark)
(Jet Li, Yuen Biao)
17. Hard Boiled - (1992, John Woo) (Chow Yun-Fat,
Tony Leung)
18. Predator - (1987, John McTiernan) (Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers)
19. The Bourne Ultimatum - (2007, Paul Greengrass)
(Matt Damon, Julia Stiles)
20. Speed - (1994, Jan de Bont) (Keanu Reeves,
Sandra Bullock)
21. The French Connection - (1971, William Friedkin)
(Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider)
22. Kill Bill Vol. 1 - (2004, Quentin Tarantino) (Uma
Thurman, Lucy Liu)
23. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance - (1972,
K. Misumi) (Tomisaburo Wakayama)

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24. Furious 7 - (2015, James Wan) (Vin Diesel, Paul
Walker, Dwayne Johnson)
25. Dr. No - (1962, Terence Young) (Sean Connery,
Ursula Andress)
26. Mad Max - (1979, George Miller) (Mel Gibson,
Joanne Samuel)
27. A Better Tomorrow - (1986, John Woo) (Chow Yun-
Fat, Ti Lung)
28. Robocop - (1987, Paul Verhoeven) (Peter Weller,
Nancy Allen)
29. The Fugitive - (1993, Andrew Davis) (Harrison
Ford, Tommy Lee Jones)
30. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin - (1978, Chia-Liang
Liu) (Chia-Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Chia Yung Liu)
31. The Legend of Drunken Master - (1994, Chia-
Liang Liu) (Jackie Chan, Ti Lung)
32. Fist of Fury - (1972, Lo Wei) (Bruce Lee, Nora
Miao)
33. Police Story - (1985, Jackie Chan) (Jackie Chan,
Brigitte Lin)
34. John Wick - (2014, Chad Stahelski) (Keanu
Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen)
35. Sin City - (2005, Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller)
(Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba)
36. Tokyo Drifter - (1966, Seijun Suzuki) (Tetsuya
Watari, Chieko Matsubara)
37. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - (2015,
Christopher McQuarrie) (Tom Cruise)
38. First Blood - (1982, George P. Cosmatos)
(Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna)
39. Clear and Present Danger - (1994, Phillip Noyce)
(Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer)
40. Shaft - (1971, Gordon Parks) (Richard Roundtree,
Moses Gunn)
41. Fast Five - (2011, Justin Lin) (Vin Diesel, Paul
Walker, Jordana Brewster)
42. The Warriors - (1978, Walter Hill) (Michael Beck,
James Remar)
43. Kill Bill Vol. 2 - (2005, Quentin Tarantino) (Uma
Thurman, David Carradine)
44. The Raid: Redemption - (2011, Gareth Evans) (Iko
Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy)
45. Taken - (2008, Pierre Morel) (Liam Neeson,
Maggie Grace)
46. Midnight Run - (1988, Martin Brest) (Robert De
Niro, Charles Grodin)
47. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - (1969, Peter R.
Hunt) (George Lazenby, Diana Rigg)
48. Cliffhanger - (1993, Renny Harlin) (Sylvester
Stallone, John Lithgow)
49. Face/Off - (1997, John Woo) (John Travolta,
Nicolas Cage)

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50. The Rock - (1996, Michael Bay) (Sean Connery,
Nicolas Cage)
51. La Femme Nikita - (1990, Luc Besson) (Anne
Parillaud, Marc Duret)
52. Casino Royale - (2006, Martin Campbell) (Daniel
Craig, Eva Green)
53. A Bullet in the Head - (1990, John Woo) (Tony
Leung, Jackie Cheung)
54. Mission: Impossible - Fallout - (2018, Christopher
McQuarrie) (Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames)
55. The Bourne Identity - (2002, Doug Liman) (Matt
Damon, Franka Potente)
56. The Italian Job - (1969, Peter Collinson) (Michael
Caine, Noel Coward)
57. The Getaway - (1972, Sam Peckinpah) (Steve
McQueen, Ali McGraw)
58. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - (1989,
Steven Spielberg) (Harrison Ford, Sean Connery)
59. Once Upon a Time in China II - (Tsui Hark, 1992)
(Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan)
60. Ronin - (1998, John Frankenheimer) (Robert De
Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone)
61. Patriot Games - (1992, Phillip Noyce) (Harrison
Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer)
62. Salt - (2010, hillip Noyce) (Angelina Jolie, Liev
Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor)
63. Assault on Precinct 13 - (1976, John Carpenter)
(Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston)
64. Jack Reacher - (2012, hristopher McQuarrie) (Tom
Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins)
65. Léon (The Professional) - (1994, Luc Besson)
(Jean Reno, Gary Oldman)
66. Hanna - (2011, Joe Wright) (Saoirse Ronan, Cate
Blanchett, Eric Bana)
67. Desperado - (1995, Robert Rodriguez) (Antonio
Banderas, Salma Hayek)
68. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx -
(1972, K. Misumi) (Tomisaburo Wakayama)
69. John Wick: Chapter 2 - (2017, Chad Stahelski)
(Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane)
70. Battle Royale - (2000, Kinji Fukasaku) (Tatsuya
Fujiwara, Aki Maeda)
71. Air Force One - (1997, Wolfgang Petersen)
(Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman)
72. The Spy Who Loved Me - (1977, Lewis Gilbert)
(Roger Moore, Barbara Bach)
73. Thunderball - (1965, Terence Young) (Sean
Connery, Claudine Auger)
74. Goldeneye - (1995, Martin Campbell) (Pierce
Brosnan, Sean Bean)
75. Lethal Weapon 2 - (1989, Richard Donner) (Mel
Gibson, Danny Glover)

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76. The Fast and the Furious - (2001, Rob Cohen)
(Paul Walker, Vin Diesel)
77. True Lies - (1994, James Cameron) (Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis)
78. Versus - (2000, Ryuhei Kitamura) (Tak Sakaguchi,
Hideo Sakaki)
79. Ip Man - (2008, Wilson Yip) (Donnie Yen, Simon
Yam, Siu-Wong Fan)
80. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior - (2003, Prachya
Pinkaew) (Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao)
81. Escape from New York - (1981, John Carpenter)
(Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef)
82. Mission: Impossible - (1996, Brian DePalma) (Tom
Cruise, Jon Voight)
83. Under Siege - (1992, Andrew Davis) (Steven
Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones)
84. Drunken Master - (1978, Yuen Woo-ping) (Jackie
Chan, Siu Tien Yuen)
85. The Protector - (2005, Prachya Pinkaew) (Tony
Jaa, Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao)
86. Rambo: First Blood Part 2 - (1985, George P.
Cosmatos) (Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna)
87. Top Gun - (1986, Tony Scott) (Tom Cruise, Kelly
McGillis)
88. Hero - (2002, Zhang Yimou) (Jet Li, Tony Leung)
89. Con Air - (1997, Simon West) (Nicolas Cage, John
Cusack)
90. The Transporter - (2003, Corey Yuen) (Jason
Statham, Shu Qi)
91. El Mariachi - (1992, Robert Rodriguez) (Carlos
Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez)
92. Full Contact - (1993, Ringo Lam) (Chow Yun-Fat,
Simon Yam)
93. Die Hard 2: Die Harder - (1990, Renny Harlin)
(Bruce Willis, William Sadler)
94. The Bourne Supremacy - (2004, Paul Greengrass)
(Matt Damon, Franka Potente)
95. The Expendables 2 - (2012, Simon West)
(Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth)
96. Escape Plan - (2013, Mikael Håfström) (Sylvester
Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger)
97. Die Hard With a Vengeance - (1995, John
McTiernan) (Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson)
98. Once Upon a Time in Mexico - (2003, Robert
Rodriguez) (Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek)
99. Atomic Blonde - (2017, David Leitch) (Charlize
Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman)
100. Rambo - (2008, Sylvester Stallone) (Sylvester
Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden)

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101. Fast & Furious 6 - (2013, Justin Lin) (Vin Diesel,
Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson)
102. Machete - (2010, Ethan Maniquis, Robert
Rodriguez) (Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez)
103. Death Wish - (1974, Michael Winner) (Charles
Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia)
104. Commando - (1985, Mark L. Lester) (Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong)
105. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - (2015, Guy Ritchie)
(Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander)
106. The Long Kiss Goodnight - (1996, Renny Harlin)
(Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson)
107. The Mechanic - (2011, Simon West) (Jason
Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland)
108. Diamonds Are Forever - (1971, Guy Hamilton)
(Sean Connery, Jill St. John)
109. The Equalizer - (2014, Antoine Fuqua) (Denzel
Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë)
110. Lady Snowblood - (1973, Toshiyo Fujita) (Meiko
Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa)
111. House of Flying Daggers - (2004, Zhang Yimou)
(Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau)
112. Live and Let Die - (1973, Guy Hamilton) (Roger
Moore, Jane Seymour)
113. The Sword of Doom - (1966, Kihachi Okamoto)
(Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûzô Kayama)
114. Spectre - (2015, Sam Mendes) (Daniel Craig,
Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux)
115. You Only Live Twice - (1967, Lewis Gilbert) (Sean
Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi)
116. Licence to Kill - (1989, John Glen) (Timothy
Dalton, Carey Lowell)
117. True Romance - (1993, Tony Scott) (Christian
Slater, Patricia Arquette)
118. A Better Tomorrow II - (1987, John Woo) (Chow
Yun-Fat, Dean Shek)
119. The Sum of All Fears - (2002, Phil Alden
Robinson) (Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman)
120. The Transporter - (2002, Louis Leterrier, Corey
Yuen) (Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze)

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