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20 ACTION MOVIES OF ALL TIME

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20. The Man From Nowhere

 

Release Date: August 5, 2010 (South Korea)

Plot:

A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.

Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Writer: Jeong-beom Lee
Stars: Won Bin, Sae-ron Kim, Kim Tae-hoon

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

IMDB: 7.8

Gross worldwide revenue: $44,723,232

 

19. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

 

Release Date: October 10, 2003 (Canada)

Plot:

After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writers: Quentin Tarantino(based on the character “The Bride” created by), Uma Thurman(based on the character “The Bride” created by)
Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah

Rotten Tomatoes: 85%

IMDB: 8.1

Gross worldwide revenue: $180,906,076

18. Die Hard

 

Release Date: July 20, 1988 (United States)

Plot:

An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Director: John McTiernan
Writers: Roderick Thorp(based on the novel by), Jeb Stuart(screenplay by), Steven E. de Souza(screenplay by)
Stars: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

IMDB: 8.2

Gross worldwide: $141,603,197

17. The Matrix

 

Release Date: March 31, 1999 (USA)

Plot:

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Writers: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

IMDB: 8.7

Gross worldwide revenue: $466,364,845

16. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

 

Release Date: July 3, 1991 (United States)

Plot:

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten-year-old son, John Connor, from a more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

IMDB: 8.5

Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron, William Wisher
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong

Gross worldwide revenue: $520,881,154

 

15. Mad Max: Fury Road

 

Release Date: May 15, 2015 (United States)

Plot:

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search of her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max.

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

IMDB: 8.1

Director: George Miller
Writers: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris
Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult

Gross worldwide revenue: $376,097,421

 

14. Casino Royale

 

Release Date: November 17, 2006 (United States)

Plot:

After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

IMDB: 8

Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Neal Purvis(screenplay), Robert Wade(screenplay), Paul Haggis(screenplay)
Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench

Gross worldwide revenue: $616,502,912

 

13. Mission: Impossible – Fallout

 

Release Date: July 27, 2018 (United States)

Plot:

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

IMDB: 7.7

Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writers: Bruce Geller(based on the television series created by), Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames

Gross worldwide revenue: $791,657,398

12. Thor: Ragnarok

 

Release Date: November 3, 2017 (United States)

Plot:

Imprisoned on the planet Sakaar, Thor must race against time to return to Asgard and stop Ragnarök, the destruction of his world, at the hands of the powerful and ruthless villain Hela.

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

IMDB: 7.9

Director: Taika Waititi
Writers: Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, Christopher L. Yost
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett

Gross worldwide revenue: $853,983,911

 

11. Logan

 

Release Date: March 3, 2017 (United States)

Plot:

In a future where mutants are nearly extinct, an elderly and weary Logan leads a quiet life. But when Laura, a mutant child pursued by scientists, comes to him for help, he must get her to safety.

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

IMDB: 8.1

Director: James Mangold
Writers: James Mangold(story by), Scott Frank(screenplay by), Michael Green(screenplay by)
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen

Gross worldwide revenue: $619,179,950

 

10. Marvel’s The Avengers

 

Release Date: May 4, 2012 (United States)

Plot:

Earth’s mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%

IMDB: 8

Director: Joss Whedon
Writers: Joss Whedon(screenplay), Zak Penn(story)
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson

Gross worldwide revenue: $1,518,815,515

 

9. Iron Man

 

Release Date: May 2, 2008 (United States)

Plot:

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

IMDB: 7.9

Director: Jon Favreau
Writers: Mark Fergus(screenplay), Hawk Ostby(screenplay), Art Marcum(screenplay)
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard

Gross worldwide revenue: $585,796,247

 

8. Aliens

 

Release Date: July 18, 1986 (United States)

Plot:

Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

IMDB: 8.3

Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron(story by), David Giler(story by), Walter Hill(story by)
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn

Gross worldwide revenue: $131,060,248

 

7. Seven Samurai

 

Release Date: November 19, 1956 (United States)

Plot:

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves.

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

IMDB: 8.6

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writers: Akira Kurosawa(screenplay by), Shinobu Hashimoto(screenplay by), Hideo Oguni(screenplay by)
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima

Gross worldwide: $322,773

 

6. Enter The Dragon

 

Release Date: August 19, 1973 (United States)

Plot:

A secret agent comes to an opium lord’s island fortress with other fighters for a martial-arts tournament.

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

IMDB: 7.7

Director: Robert Clouse
Writers: Michael Allin, Bruce Lee(uncredited)
Stars: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly

Gross worldwide: $42,805

 

5. The Bourne Ultimatum

 

Release Date: August 3, 2007 (United States)

Plot:

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%

IMDB: 8

Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Tony Gilroy(screenplay), Scott Z. Burns(screenplay), George Nolfi(screenplay)
Stars: Matt Damon, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen

Gross worldwide revenue: $444,100,035

 

4. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

 

Release Date: June 12, 1981 (United States)

Plot:

In 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler’s Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

IMDB: 8.4

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan(screenplay by), George Lucas(story by), Philip Kaufman(story by)
Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman

Gross worldwide revenue: $389,925,971

 

3. The Raid: Redemption

 

Release Date: April 13, 2012 (United States)

Plot:

A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

IMDB: 7.6

Director: Gareth Evans
Writer: Gareth Evans

Stars: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy

Gross worldwide revenue: $9,148,519

 

2. Avengers: Endgame

 

Release Date: April 26, 2019 (United States)

Plot:

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of the remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to reverse Thanos’ actions and restore balance to the universe.

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

IMDB: 8.4

Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Christopher Markus(screenplay by), Stephen McFeely(screenplay by), Stan Lee(based on the Marvel comics by)
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo

Gross worldwide revenue: $2,797,501,328

 

1. The Dark Knight

 

Release Date: July 18, 2008 (United States)

Plot: July 18, 2008 (United States)

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%

IMDB: 9

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan(screenplay), Christopher Nolan(screenplay), David S. Goyer(story)
Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

Gross worldwide revenue: $1,005,973,645

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