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IMDB - Top 50 - Action Movies

The Top 50 Action Movies as voted by the users of the Internet Movie Database.
Updated: November 19, 2009

(found at: http://www.imdb.com/chart/action)
1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by Sergio Leone
  
2. The Dark Knight
by Christopher Nolan
  
3. Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition)
by Irvin Kershner
  
4. Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
  
5. Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by George Lucas
  
6. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)  
7. City of God
by Fernando Meirelles
  
8. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Special Edition)  
9. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)  
10. The Matrix
by Larry Wachowski
  
11.
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 North by Northwest [Blu-ray]
by Alfred Hitchcock
  
12. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Widescreen Edition)  
13. Apocalypse Now  
14. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by John Huston
  
15. Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by James Cameron
  
16. Saving Private Ryan
by Steven Spielberg
  
17. Das Boot - The Director's Cut
by Wolfgang Petersen
  
18. Aliens (Special Edition)
by James Cameron
  
19. Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
by Fritz Lang
  
20.
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 Mihai Viteazul (1970)
by Sergiu Nicolaescu
  
21. Some Like It Hot
by Billy Wilder
  
22.
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 Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
by Buster Keaton
  
23. The General
by Clyde Bruckman
  
24. District 9 [Blu-ray]
by Neill Blomkamp
  
25. The Great Escape
by John Sturges
  
26. Full Metal Jacket
by Stanley Kubrick
  
27.
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 Criterion Collection: Wages of Fear (Spec Sub) [Blu-ray]
by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  
28. Braveheart  
29. Sin City  
30. For A Few Dollars More  
31. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade - Widescreen Edition
by Steven Spielberg
  
32. Batman Begins (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
33. Star Wars, Episode VI- Return of the Jedi (Widescreen Edition)  
34. Yojimbo - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
  
35. Blade Runner (Four-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Ridley Scott
  
36. Gladiator (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)  
37. Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)
by John McTiernan
  
38. Ran - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
  
39. Satya  
40. Heat (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Mann
  
41. Ben-Hur
by William Wyler
  
42.
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 Star Trek [Theatrical Release]  
43. Platoon (Special Edition)  
44. Kill Bill, Volume 1
by Quentin Tarantino
  
45.
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 The Bourne Ultimatum
by Paul Greengrass
  
46. The Wild Bunch [Blu-ray]
by Sam Peckinpah
  
47. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
by Mansoor Khan
  
48. Ivan Vasilievich - Back to the Future
by Leonid Gaidai
  
49. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
  
50. The Terminator
by James Cameron
  
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Created by tykechandler on Dec 25, 2006.