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BFI's Great Action Film for Every Year, 1924 to Now (Plus Runner-Up)

Following our previous year-by-year lists of musicals, Japanese cinema and horror, our blow-by-blow account of action cinema keeps pace with this ongoing evolution over the last 100 years. Compared with most action lists online, it digs much deeper into the roots of the modern action movie in the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s, reclaiming names like Raoul Walsh, William A. Wellman and Howard Hawks as key action auteurs, no less than Kathryn Bigelow or John Woo. Think of this as the nascent genre's epic training montage.
Via the revolution of CGI and the digital action spectacles of the Wachowskis, George Miller and S.S. Rajamouli, the list brings us bang up to date and into our own volatile period, when action at the movies continues to be not just intrinsic to the medium but also seen as somehow crucial for its survival.
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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
2
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
3
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Orochi (1925)
Orochi (1925)
5
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
6
The Black Pirate (1926)
The Black Pirate (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
The Kid Brother (1927)
The Kid Brother (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
8
Wings (1927)
Wings (1927)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)
Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery (1928)
10
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
The Flying Scotsman (1929)
The Flying Scotsman (1929)
12
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
13
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
14
Hell's Angels (1930)
Hell's Angels (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
15
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
Dirigible (1931)
Dirigible (1931)
17
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
The Crowd Roars (1932)
The Crowd Roars (1932)
19
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
20
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
21
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
23
Captain Blood (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
24
G-Men (1935)
G-Men (1935)
25
Ceiling Zero (1936)
Ceiling Zero (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
26
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
27
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
28
The Hurricane (1937)
The Hurricane (1937)
29
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
Spawn of the North (1938)
Spawn of the North (1938)
31
Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
34
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
35
They Died With Their Boots on (1941)
They Died With Their Boots on (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
36
The 47 Ronin (1941)
The 47 Ronin (1941)
37
Desperate Journey (1942)
Desperate Journey (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
38
The Black Swan (1942)
The Black Swan (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
39
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
40
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
We Dive at Dawn (1943)
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