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BFI's Great Action Film for Every Year, 1924 to Now (Plus Runner-Up) - Page 2

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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Mouse Trouble (1944)
Mouse Trouble (1944)
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To Have and Have Not (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
43
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
44
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
45
My Darling Clementine (1946)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
46
Canyon Passage (1946)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
47
Snow Trail (1947)
Snow Trail (1947)
48
Brute Force (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
49
Red River (1948)
Red River (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
50
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
51
Fast and Furry-Ous (1949)
Fast and Furry-Ous (1949)
52
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
53
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
54
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
55
The Steel Helmet (1951)
The Steel Helmet (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
56
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
57
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
58
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
Way of a Gaucho (1952)
59
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
60
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
61
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
62
Godzilla (1954)
Godzilla (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
63
The Dam Busters (1955)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
64
The Last Frontier (1955)
The Last Frontier (1955)
65
The Mountain (1956)
The Mountain (1956)
66
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
67
Hell Drivers (1957)
Hell Drivers (1957)
68
Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
69
The Vikings (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   76%
70
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
71
North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
72
Ben-Hur (1959)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
73
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
74
Spartacus (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
75
Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
76
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
77
Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
78
The Tale of Zatôichi (1962)
The Tale of Zatôichi (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
79
Youth of the Beast (1963)
Youth of the Beast (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
80
From Russia With Love (1963)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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