NFT: Mount Rushmore of Action Movies

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Terminator
3. Matrix
4. Heat

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Predator, The Running Man, Zulu, Zulu Dawn, The Wild Geese, Where Eagles Dare, Dirty Harry, Bataan, Back to Bataan, The Longest Day, The Dirty Dozen, The Devils Brigade, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Alamo


I mixed some war movies in there, but I consider those to be action movies, too.

Predator
Aliens
The Rock
Terminator 2
Heat

...

300
Gladiator
Top Gun

:unsure:

Die Hard franchise
Indiana Jones minus the last 2
Delta Force
Rambo franchise

‘Air Force One’ is up there for me.

‘Get off my plane!’

Is the 🐐 of action movies

Raiders of the Lost Ark (best of great franchise)
Aliens (best of great franchise)
Terminator (gotta go with the original although 2 is right there . . . gimme your clothes, yours boots and your motorcycle)
North by Northwest

Gunga Din
Predator
Body Heat :)

1. MI: Fallout
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Fury Road
4. Kill Bill 1

1) Leon (the Professional)
2) Inglorious Bastards
3) Bullitt
4) Once Upon a Time in China
5) Point Break

Washington’s Armor
Jefferson in Paris
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Bully: An Adventure with Teddy Roosevelt

- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- The Road Warrior
- Die Hard
- Hard Boiled

80s: Die Hard, Predator, Raiders, Road Warrior
90s: T2, Point Break, Face/Off, The Rock
00s: Bourne, Dark Knight, Taken, Unstoppable
10s: Fast 5, Edge of Tomorrow, Wick, Equalizer
20s: Maverick, Nobody, Dead Reckoning, Ambulance

I definitely overlooked some classics. I could add 10 more Cruise movies to this easily. Not to mention the various Netflix stabs at action (Extraction, Triple Frontier, etc.).

In comment 16557742 HardTruth said:

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Is the 🐐 of action movies

I do enjoy Die Hard, but to me the 🐐 is Raiders of the Lost Ark.

McTiernan was on a roll (Predator, Die Hard, Hunt for Red October) - and then The Last Action Hero came along and basically destroyed his career. It's too bad the film wasn't closer to what the original writers had in mind.

In comment 16557743 3000_MilesToMeadowlands said:

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (best of great franchise) Aliens (best of great franchise) Terminator (gotta go with the original although 2 is right there . . . gimme your clothes, yours boots and your motorcycle) North by Northwest

Should end the thread, since it is the only action movie I know that actually features Mt. Rushmore...

In comment 16557775 Spyder said:

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In comment 16557743 3000_MilesToMeadowlands said: Quote: Raiders of the Lost Ark (best of great franchise) Aliens (best of great franchise) Terminator (gotta go with the original although 2 is right there . . . gimme your clothes, yours boots and your motorcycle) North by Northwest Should end the thread, since it is the only action movie I know that actually features Mt. Rushmore...

Superman II, lol.

I have Point Break and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on my top 5 with Apacalypto as number 1 on my list.

1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. Heat
3. Die Hard
4. The Matrix

Die Hard
Independence Day
Lethal Weapon

Total Recall
Enter the Dragon
Kill Bill (1 & 2)
Rambo (First blood 2)

Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Raiders of the Lost Ark

If Jaws fits, Jaws

In comment 16557828 tommcd66 said:

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Great Escape The Magnificent Seven The Outlaw Josey Wales Raiders of the Lost Ark If Jaws fits, Jaws

Whooped em again Josey!

lol

In comment 16557739 The_Boss said:

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Die Hard franchise Indiana Jones minus the last 2 Delta Force Rambo franchise

Any man who includes Delta Force knows his action movies, well done

In comment 16557837 mfsd said:

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In comment 16557739 The_Boss said: Quote: Die Hard franchise Indiana Jones minus the last 2 Delta Force Rambo franchise Any man who includes Delta Force knows his action movies, well done

Never heard of this one.

French Connection

Bourne Identity
Gladiator
Terminator
The Matrix

Thats my top 5

set the standard. All others are at least a step below.

In comment 16557828 tommcd66 said:

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Great Escape The Magnificent Seven The Outlaw Josey Wales Raiders of the Lost Ark If Jaws fits, Jaws

Just a fun tidbit - my dad met the real Virgil Hilts (the guy Steve McQueen played in The Great Escape). He said the movie was fairly accurate except that he did not have a ball or glove with him in the camp.

Gladiator
Terminator 2
Patton

I can watch any of them at any time.

the John Wick franchise?!

2. The Lord of the Rings 1-3
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Tombstone

Predator
Die Hard
Raiders
F it Big Trouble in Little China

Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Is it both?

In comment 16557863 pjcas18 said:

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Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Is it both?

Haha. I know some people consider Die Hard to be a Christmas movie, but I'm not one of them.

In comment 16557756 Chris in Philly said:

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- Raiders of the Lost Ark - The Road Warrior - Die Hard - Hard Boiled

For those unfamiliar with asian cinema, Hard Boiled is a must watch if you are action aficionado.

In comment 16557868 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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In comment 16557863 pjcas18 said: Quote: Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Is it both? Haha. I know some people consider Die Hard to be a Christmas movie, but I'm not one of them.

Can’t leave that comment standing without submitting the Official Die Hard Christmas Movie Trailer.
Die Hard Christmas Trailer - ( New Window )

2.) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
3.) Terminator II
4.) Diehard

Really think James Bond should be in there, but there isn’t one movie specifically or one James Bond actor that I could choose above all the others. Lots of other movies can easily be in there but these are all iconic action movies in their own right.

Predator
Braveheart
Taras Bulba
Enter the Dragon

Add The Fugitive for me to round it out.

Lies

Surprising

is that the movie can be watched over and over again. Like you're scrolling through on a lazy Sunday afternoon and the movie happens to be on FX or TNT or whatever and boom, you know what you're doing for the couple of hours. And it doesn't matter that you gotta stop 45 min in because you gotta drive your kid somewhere. You know what happens the rest of movie scene for scene and can recite damn near every line by heart.

The Rock
Bad Boys II
Fury Road
John Wick

I decided to leave out strong choices like Aliens and Predator since I feel like they belong on the Mt Rushmore of Sci Fiction movies alongside Star Wars. I put Die Hard onto the Mt Rushmore of Christmas movies. Blackhawk Down and Saving Private Ryan I put onto the Mt Rushmore of War Movies.

…by Northwest.

The Fugitive
Heat
MI: Ghost Protocol
True Lies

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Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Speed
John Wick

There was nothing appealing about Dark Knight. Long and boring.

In comment 16557759 Enzo said:

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80s: Die Hard, Predator, Raiders, Road Warrior 90s: T2, Point Break, Face/Off, The Rock 00s: Bourne, Dark Knight, Taken, Unstoppable 10s: Fast 5, Edge of Tomorrow, Wick, Equalizer 20s: Maverick, Nobody, Dead Reckoning, Ambulance I definitely overlooked some classics. I could add 10 more Cruise movies to this easily. Not to mention the various Netflix stabs at action (Extraction, Triple Frontier, etc.).

Face off I think is very underrated

of the Earth is worth a mention

Underrated flick.

Anyone watch Taken 2?

Taken 3 stunk

If you like those kind of movies Mr Nobody is good. Monkey Man, released earlier this year, is also good.

In comment 16563833 UConn4523 said:

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Taken 3 stunk If you like those kind of movies Mr Nobody is good. Monkey Man, released earlier this year, is also good.

Thanks UConn!

Cold Pursuit might be his most underrated movie. Fun, mindless action movie.

In comment 16563837 UConn4523 said:

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Cold Pursuit might be his most underrated movie. Fun, mindless action movie.

Thumbsup!

that it is hard to choose.