I’m working to determine the top 10 action movies, according to my friends, family and visitors of this site. I will update this site with all progress throughout the steps to determine the top 10. I will post the top 50 list soon. In the meantime I would greatly appreciate any suggestions, via comments (even if it is already listed below), to help decide the top 50.
Here are the 40 nominees thus far in no particular order:
(the x’s represent votes after the first nomination prior to this post)
01-Terminator 2: Judgement Day xxxx
02-Predator xx
03-Mission: Impossible III
04-The Running Man
05-RAMBO
06-Taken xx
07-Enter the Dragon
08-Troy
09-Fight Club x
10-Transporter x
11-Pulp Fiction
12-Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back xxx
13-Snatch xxx
14-Iron Man xx
15-Star Trek (2009) xx
16-Bloodsport
17-Legend of the Drunken Master xx
18-Die Hard xxxx
19-Lord of the Rings: Return of the King xx
20-Black Hawk Down
21-Dark Knight x
22-Transformers
23-Die Hard: With a Vengence
24-Crank
25-Natural Born Killers
26-Tremors
27-Dark Knight xxx
28-Batman Begins
29-Top Gun
30-Boondock Saints
31-Bad Boys
32-Terminator
33-Bullitt
34-Con Air
35-Bad Boys II
36-The 5th Element
37-Lethal Weapon xx
38-Jurassic Park
39-Enemy at the Gates
40-The Kingdom
Here are the top 50 “Action” movies by rating according to http://www.imdb.com voters
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 9.0 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) | 138,422 |
| 2. | 8.8 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 406,148 |
| 3. | 8.8 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 253,273 |
| 4. | 8.8 | Shichinin no samurai (1954) | 87,867 |
| 5. | 8.8 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | 327,111 |
| 6. | 8.8 | Star Wars (1977) | 296,457 |
| 7. | 8.7 | Cidade de Deus (2002) | 146,747 |
| 8. | 8.7 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 224,083 |
| 9. | 8.7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 353,500 |
| 10. | 8.6 | The Matrix (1999) | 345,090 |
| 11. | 8.6 | North by Northwest (1959) | 84,922 |
| 12. | 8.6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | 296,609 |
| 13. | 8.6 | Apocalypse Now (1979) | 158,566 |
| 14. | 8.5 | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) | 29,986 |
| 15. | 8.5 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) | 212,481 |
| 16. | 8.5 | Saving Private Ryan (1998) | 246,157 |
| 17. | 8.5 | Das Boot (1981) | 64,655 |
| 18. | 8.5 | Aliens (1986) | 153,683 |
| 19. | 8.4 | Mihai Viteazul (1970) | 2,792 |
| 20. | 8.4 | Metropolis (1927) | 35,143 |
| 21. | 8.4 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 61,020 |
| 22. | 8.4 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 6,139 |
| 23. | 8.3 | The General (1926) | 17,849 |
| 24. | 8.3 | The Great Escape (1963) | 56,317 |
| 25. | 8.3 | Full Metal Jacket (1987) | 136,501 |
| 26. | 8.3 | Nefes: Vatan sagolsun (2009) | 6,314 |
| 27. | 8.3 | District 9 (2009) | 95,993 |
| 28. | 8.3 | Le salaire de la peur (1953) | 12,458 |
| 29. | 8.3 | Braveheart (1995) | 219,273 |
| 30. | 8.3 | Sin City (2005) | 231,195 |
| 31. | 8.3 | Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) | 37,879 |
| 32. | 8.3 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 157,897 |
| 33. | 8.3 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) | 194,008 |
| 34. | 8.3 | Batman Begins (2005) | 244,447 |
| 35. | 8.3 | Yojimbo (1961) | 26,227 |
| 36. | 8.3 | Gladiator (2000) | 250,211 |
| 37. | 8.3 | Blade Runner (1982) | 170,600 |
| 38. | 8.3 | Die Hard (1988) | 164,060 |
| 39. | 8.3 | Ran (1985) | 31,391 |
| 40. | 8.2 | Satya (1998) | 1,536 |
| 41. | 8.2 | Heat (1995) | 130,911 |
| 42. | 8.2 | Ben-Hur (1959) | 53,008 |
| 43. | 8.2 | Platoon (1986) | 98,894 |
| 44. | 8.2 | Star Trek (2009) | 104,274 |
| 45. | 8.2 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) | 208,677 |
| 46. | 8.2 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 128,423 |
| 47. | 8.2 | The Wild Bunch (1969) | 28,217 |
| 48. | 8.1 | Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992) | 1,906 |
| 49. | 8.1 | Ivan Vasilevich menyaet professiyu (1973) | 2,565 |
| 50. | 8.1 | The Terminator (1984) | 161,157 |
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