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Entertainment Weekly's "25 Greatest Action Movies Ever Made"

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."

(found at: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20041669_20041686_20042607,00.html)
1. Die Hard (Widescreen Edition)
by John McTiernan
  
2. Aliens (Special Edition)
by James Cameron
  
3. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition)  
4. The Road Warrior
by George Miller (II)
  
5. The Matrix
by Larry Wachowski
  
6. Seven Samurai - Criterion Collection
by Akira Kurosawa
  
7. Gladiator (Widescreen Edition)
by Ridley Scott
  
8. Saving Private Ryan
by Steven Spielberg
  
9. Hard Boiled - Criterion Collection  
10. Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by James Cameron
  
11. Speed (Widescreen Edition)
by Jan de Bont
  
12. Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition)
by Irvin Kershner
  
13. The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
14. Robocop (20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)  
15. Enter the Dragon (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
16. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  
17. The Bourne Supremacy (Widescreen Edition)
by Paul Greengrass
  
18. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Michael Curtiz
  
19. Goldfinger (Special Edition)
by Guy Hamilton
  
20. Kill Bill, Volume 1
by Quentin Tarantino
  
21. Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Sam Raimi
  
22. Predator (Widescreen Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by John McTiernan
  
23. The Legend of Drunken Master
by Jackie Chan
  
24. Lethal Weapon (Director's Cut)
by Richard Donner
  
25. The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)  
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Created by MKaiserman on Jun 15, 2007.