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Sort by List order. 1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. 2024 2h 28m R. 7.8 (97K) Rate. 79 Metascore. The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max. Director George Miller Stars Anya Taylor-Joy Chris Hemsworth Tom Burke.
3 days ago · Critics Consensus: This is where it all began for the Muscles from Brussels, but beyond Van Damme's athleticism, Bloodsport is a cliched, virtually plotless exercise in action movie recycling. Synopsis: U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly...
2 days ago · Starring: Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Jae Suh Park. Directed By: Quoc Bao Tran. Fresh and Certified Fresh 2021 action movies ranked by Tomatometer, including Black Widow, Nobody, Gunpowder Milkshake and more!
- 55 'Point Break'
- 54 'House of Flying Daggers'
- 53 'Shaft'
- 52 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga'
- 51 'Samurai Rebellion'
- 50 'Coffy'
- 49 'Sorcerer'
- 48 'Goldfinger'
- 47 'North by Northwest'
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Without a doubt, Kathryn Bigelow knows how to craft great action/thriller movies, with Point Break exemplifying this well. It’s also a noteworthy film for Keanu Reeves, given it was one of his first opportunities to show off his capabilities as an action movie star, with such abilities being further realized through The Matrix and John Wickfilms later in his career. Patrick Swayze also gives one of his most iconic performances here, playing the leader of a gang of bank robbers, with Reeves pl...
Directed by Zhang Yimou
House of Flying Daggersis more than just an action/martial arts movie, as there are strong drama/romance elements spread throughout, but it’s all very well-balanced in the end. The film’s story takes place more than 1000 years ago, and involves several people who are wrapped up in an extended conflict between corrupt government forces and an army of rebel warriors. Coming out at a time when martial arts cinema seemed to be having a brief resurgence in popularity, House of Flying Daggers reall...
Directed by Gordon Parks
A classic action/crime film that pushed boundaries for its time, Shaft is well-recognizedas a distinctive 1970s classic, not to mention an influential one that also happened to have a pair of follow-ups in the 21st century, not to mention two direct sequels in the years following its release. The plot’s pretty simple, following the title character (first name John) as he undertakes a mission to retrieve the kidnapped daughter of a powerful criminal. The story might not be anything too out-the...
Directed by George Miller
Some might say Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a tad too recent to be called one of the all-time greatest action movies, but the spectacle and creativity on offer is just too immense to resist. It serves as a prequel to 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, and does contain more of an emphasis on story, character, and world-building, all the while having similarly entertaining bursts of action. Though Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is long and not as consistently action-packed, the runtime does still allow for plen...
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi made plenty of films that dealt with violent conflict, though his movies classifiable as action films are a good deal more patient and sparing with their action sequences than most. Samurai Rebellionis an example of this, as it’s mostly a drama with some brief spurts of intense action here and there, though the build-up to physical conflict taking part proves to be supremely tense in its own way. The story takes a critical look at feudalism and the samurai way of life, with a...
Directed by Jack Hill
Few actors or actresses have ever been quite as cool as Pam Grier, especially when she was at the height of her popularity in the 1970s (though she had a great comeback in the 1990s, partly thanks to Jackie Brown). Of her early films, Coffy and Foxy Brown are likely Grier's most iconic, with the former being the slightly stronger one overall, particularly for those after a satisfying crime/action movie. Coffy sees a nurse taking matters into her own hands when the drugs and crime that surroun...
Directed by William Friedkin
It's always hard to top a film that’s already seen as a classic when it comes to doing a reboot/remake, and William Friedkin therefore had a difficult task ahead of him when it came to making Sorcerer. This 1977 film is a reimagining of The Wages of Fear, which is one of the best movies of the 1950s. Both films are white-knuckle thriller/adventure films, following individuals tasked with transporting highly explosive material across rough terrain. It's hard to say which is better between The...
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Though it feels like the James Bond movies have been around forever, back in 1964, the film series was relatively new. In fact, Goldfinger was only the third of the bunch, but to this date, it’s still usually considered up there as one of the greatest movies featuring 007, and includes perhaps Sean Connery’s greatest single performance in the lead roleout of all of them. Narratively, Goldfingeris typical spy/adventure/action stuff, with the main villain having an ambitious plan that involves...
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Though he made many great movies throughout his time, few Alfred Hitchcock films can strictly be labeled as action movies. Most of the time, Hitchcock was focused on suspense, favoring the build-up to an explosion more than showing the explosion itself, for example. But then came North by Northwest, which was one of his most action-packed efforts and showed the filmmaker was more than capable of tackling that broadest and most wide-appealing of genres. North by Northwest is also a thriller, a...
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Apr 18, 2024 · When you start discussing modern-day action movie classics, the Japanese 2000s movie Battle Royale needs to be in the conversation. Battle Royale is the last film to come from director Kinji Fukasaku and is an unapologetic adaptation of Koushun Takami’s controversial novel of the same name, which centers around a deadly game that a group of junior high school students are forced to play.
- Anthony Mcglynn
Jul 14, 2023 · Michael Mann’s self-described “L.A. Crime Story” may feature some of the most staggering set-pieces in action-movie history, but the glue that holds it together is the specificity of its ...
2 days ago · We’re putting the team together: Every Fresh and Certified Fresh action movie from the year with at least 20 reviews. From hard-hitters (Extraction) to superheroes (Birds of Prey) to sci-fi (Tenet), these are the best action movies of 2020, ranked by Tomatometer. —Alex Vo
