Entertainment Weekly's "25 Greatest Action Movies"

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From the June 22, 2007 issue: "Trends come and go, but Hollywood’s always been good at blowing stuff up. We rank the movies that delivered the biggest bang for the buck, from No. 25 to No. 1."

(This is a FIXED list from Entertainment Weekly. Please do not add your own suggestions, but start your own list instead)

  1. 1.
    Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)
    by John McTiernan
  2. 2.
    Aliens (Special Edition)
    by James Cameron
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
    The Road Warrior
    by George Miller
  5. 5.
    The Matrix
    by Andy Wachowski
  7. 7.
    Gladiator (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Ridley Scott
  8. 8.
    Saving Private Ryan (Single-Disc Special Limited Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg
  9. 9.
    Hard Boiled (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Woo
  10. 10.
    Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by James Cameron
  11. 11.
    Speed (Widescreen Edition)
    by Jan de Bont
  12. 12.
  14. 14.
    Robocop (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
    by Paul Verhoeven
  15. 15.
    Enter the Dragon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Bruce Lee
  16. 16.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    by Ang Lee
  17. 17.
    The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)
    by Paul Greengrass
  19. 19.
    Goldfinger (Special Edition)
    by Guy Hamilton
  20. 20.
    Kill Bill: Volume One
    by Quentin Tarantino
  21. 21.
    Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Sam Raimi
  22. 22.
    Predator (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
    by John McTiernan
  23. 23.
    The Legend of Drunken Master
    by Jackie Chan
  24. 24.
    Lethal Weapon (Director's Cut)

  25. 25.
    The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Brad Bird
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Created by Mark Kaiserman on Jun 15, 2007.
 

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Mark Kaiserman

Restored — 2 years ago

Someone added their own ideas of good action movies and muddied up the list. It is restored to the original EW list.

Jan 02, 11:05AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Mark Kaiserman

Mostly Good List — 4 years ago

Nearly all the picks are solid. “Saving Private Ryan” and “The Incredibles” really don’t belong on an Action Film list.

Surpringly few superhero films. While many of these films have sequels, 8 of the 25 are sequels themselves.

Jun 19, 06:15AM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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