Top 100 Best Action Movies Ever Made

Greatest Action Films of All Time

When the genre Action Movies comes in mind then most of the fans think of Hand to Hand combat battles of a single hero with dozen of goons. It was true too in the Bruce Lee era but with the change of time, the Action genre too developed and branched out. Rather than just putting heroes in to a hand to hand combat with multiple goons, the heroes were forced into life threatening situation where they have to save their love, family or on several occasions the entire world. Such action movies are always considered inspiring where the victory of the hero not only satisfy the audience but also gives a small boost to the confidence of the viewers. Probably this is the reason why from past 5 decades Action heroes are among the leading actors of Hollywood and Hollywood action movies are top grosser world-wide.

It is hard to track back the very first Action film but most of the fans consider Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 film “North By Northwest” to be the first popular action film. Cary Grant did several daring scenes in the film. Then came the era of Bruce Lee, about whom it is famous that even film roll was slowed down so that viewers can see the movements of Bruce Lee whiling beating up mobsters. Though the star died at a very young age of 33 in the year 1973 but he inspired whole new generation of action heroes.

When we talk about classic action movies then it won’t be an exaggeration to say that 80s action movies are the best as compared to other decades. Harrison Ford, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis become the heart throb of audience after doing daring stunt scenes in action movies like Rambo, Die Hard and Terminator. Die Hard Inspired many action movies in coming decade and many 90s Action movies were revolved around the main hero caught into a die hard kind of situation.

The 00s gave way to the popular genre Superhero and action movies of 2001 to 2009 were full of thrilling action scenes. Several other genres like Sci Fi and Comedy were mashed up with action and the flavor become favorite of audience in the 00s decade. Over past 2 decades Action genre has branched out into several sub genres including Action Comedy, Action Horror, Action Thriller movies, Action Science Fiction, Buddy Cop, Heist and Action war. Recent action movies have too much violence in them and you can’t include them in the family action movies.

Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Nicolas Cage, Harrison Ford, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Steven Seagal, Wesley Snipes, Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jean Claude Vanne-Damme, Tom Cruise and Matt Damon are some of the finest Action heroes of all time.

Among actresses Uma Thurman, Mila Jovovick, Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie and Hilary Swank have done some of the finest Action roles in their career.
Here is the list of 100 greatest action movies. We tried to include almost all sub genres of action ranging from Martial arts to Car chases to gun fights to Superhero films. Check Out Best Action movies of all time:

100. The Italian Job

99. Pearl harbor

98. Equillibrium

97. Red Series

96. Thor Series

95. Looper

94. Hot Fuzz

93. King Kong

92. I Robot

91. 21 Jump Street

90. Rush Hour Trilogy

89. Point Break

88. Platoon

87. The Day After Tomorrow

86. The Last Samurai

85. From Dusk Till Dawn Series

84. Clash of the Titans,Wrath of the Titans

83. Starship Troopers

82. Serenity

81. The Island

80. Heat

79. District 9

78. Cloverfield

77. Seven Samurai

76. Wanted

75. The Fugitive

74. Scott Pilgrim Vs World

73. Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon

72. Con Air

71. Watchmen

70. The Last of the Mohicans

69. Tron Series

68. The Karate Kid

67. Armageddon

66. Total Recall

65. Top Gun

64. Minority Report

63. V For Vendetta

62. 2012

61. Beverly Hills Cop Series

60. Underworld Series

59. Robocop Series

58. Death Race Series

57. Bad Boys Series

56. Crank Series

55. Hulk Series

54. Desperado Series (El Mariachi,Desperado, Once upon a Time in Mexico)

53. Men In Black Series

52. The Mummy Series

51. Blade Series

50. The Expendables Series

49. National Treasure Series

48. The Fifth Element

47. True Lies

46. Braveheart

45. Inception

44. Avatar

43. Saving Private Ryan

42. Speed

41. Face/Off

40. North By Northwest

39. Taken

38. The Rock

37. Gladiator

36. Independence Day

35. Apocalypto

34. Kick Ass

33. The Avengers

32. 300

31. Mad Max Series

30. The Transporter Series

29. Dirty Harry Series

28. Lethal Weapon Series

27. Rambo Series

26. Predator Series

25. Jurassic Park Series

24. Planet of the Apes Series

23. Star Trek Series

22. Sherlock Holmes (Original, Game of Shadows)

21. Resident Evil Series

20. Transformers Series( Transformers,Revenge of Fallen, Dark of the Moon)

19. Pirates of the Caribbean Series(Curse of Black Pearl,Dead Man’s Chest, At World’s End, Stranger on Tides)

18. Alien Anthology

17. Batman Trilogy (With Michael Keaton)

16. Spiderman Series

15. Superman Series

14. Star Wars Saga (A New Hope,Empire Strikes Back,Return of Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of Clones, Revenge of Sith)

13. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring,Return of the King,The Two Towers)

12. Ironman Trilogy

11. Mission Impossible Series

10. Fast and Furious Series

9. X Men Series (X-men,X2,The Last Stand, Wolverine,First Class)

8. The Bourne Series (The Bourne Identity,The Bourne Supermacy,The Bourne Ultimatum,The Bourne Legacy)

7. Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2

6. The Dark Knight Trilogy (Batman Begins,The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises)

5. Indiana Jones Series (Raiders of Lost Ark, The Lost Crusade, Temple of Doom, Kingdom of Crystal Skull)

4. Die Hard Series (Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard With a Vengeance,Live free or Die Hard, A Good Day to Die Hard)

3. Terminator Series (The Terminator, Terminator:Judgment Day,Terminator 3:Rise of Machines, Terminator Salvation)

2. James Bond Series

1. The Matrix Trilogy (The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded,The Matrix Revolutions)

This was our list of greatest and most popular action movies. So which of the above action movie do you think is best and which film you think is a funny action movie? Who is your favorite action hero or action Director? Shout out loud in the comment box below.