Your Favorite Action Movies

Endhiran - India's answer to the Terminator:



Or Bollywood's Chuck Noris:

Point Break (the original)

One that hasn't been mentioned and that I hadn't seen since it's release years ago until relatively recently; The Fugitive.

Still holds up very well to be fair, good plot (crams an entire TV series worth of plot into a single movie) and solid performances all around.

Walter Hill has made some action masterpieces, for car chase sequences its got to be The Driver from 1978 with Ryan O'Neal, some of the best wreckless driving stunts I've ever seen, I rate it even better than Bullet or The Italian Job (both versions.) No sub plots, no names, hardly any dialogue, just realistic frightening night shots of scary, scary driving. I recommend it for the opening chase sequence alone, totally adrenaline pumping and no CGI whatsoever.

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Any mention of The Equalizer with Denzel Washington? Slow start but some great fight scenes in it.

If we're talking Denzel, Crimson Tide is his best film.

Skylinehead wrote: »

Submarines! Him, Gene Hackman, Viggo Mortensen, Tony Soprano. I do love a submarine film though.

Hunt for Red October was better. Although are they action films? A lot of films we're mentioning are action/war or action/adventure or action/suspense..

I don't mind. They're great films

csallmighty wrote: »

Lots of good movies here, one that hasn't been mentioned is Starship Troopers.

Apparently it's absolutely nothing like the book which was a discussion about fascism. Who cares.

MEDIC!!!!

Dual
Blind Fury
Smokey and the bandit
Crush proof
Accelerator

Blazer wrote: »

it also gave us this Honest trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupWquPNoTc

That is a brilliant Honest Trailer.
Pew Pew Pew.

Terminator 2 is one of my favourite movies even when not confined to the Action genre, so that.

I would have a fondness for the first 3 Die Hards too, great nostalgia trips.

The Bourne Identity was great, though I don't know if it quite fits the action genre.

The Fifth Element is another one that's largely action with a Sci-Fi twist. I know this one is a bit marmite, but I love it. Weird characters and setting, doesn't take itself seriously at all. Some great one liners and quips.

Same goes for Demolition Man, couldn't be listing top action flicks without including that.

2012.

Now I know a lot of people will disagree because the story and action sequences are so stupid but..... It's just sooo over the top. Just enjoy the stupidity of it and it's amazing. If you want to make it interesting then pop open a drink and take a slug everytime John Cusack narrowly avoids death. It starts off slow but there will be points where you're chugging it down and by the time you're halfway through you'll be locked and cheering everytime he avoids death from yet another volcano.

Grayson wrote: »

2012.

Now I know a lot of people will disagree because the story and action sequences are so stupid but..... It's just sooo over the top. Just enjoy the stupidity of it and it's amazing. If you want to make it interesting then pop open a drink and take a slug everytime John Cusack narrowly avoids death. It starts off slow but there will be points where you're chugging it down and by the time you're halfway through you'll be locked and cheering everytime he avoids death from yet another volcano.

Armageddon is my choice for terrible but great disaster film. Drink every time you see an American flag

bodhrandude wrote: »

Yeah Duel is a classic, Steven Speiberg's directorial debut into the cinema world, one great big dirty menacing truck terrifying a city dweller in a tiny red car (Denis Weaver) on a remote highway. Speilberg was one of the first to take the engine sound seriously in the movie soundtrack, you could tell that this thundering monstrosity was creeping up on you again. Don't forget Convoy with Kris Kristofferson, more a comedy than action, but still some good action sequences too.

Ye it was a good film

From Dusk Till Dawn. Salma Hayek dancing scene is all the action you ever need.