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BFI's Great Action Film for Every Year, 1924 to Now (Plus Runner-Up) - Page 3

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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81
The Train (1964)
The Train (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
82
Goldfinger (1964)
Goldfinger (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
83
Thunderball (1965)
Thunderball (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
84
Red Line 7000 (1965)
Red Line 7000 (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   60%
85
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
86
Come Drink With Me (1966)
Come Drink With Me (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
87
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
88
Dragon Inn (1967)
Dragon Inn (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
89
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
90
Bullitt (1968)
Bullitt (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
91
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
92
Antonio Das Mortes (1969)
Antonio Das Mortes (1969)
93
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
94
Vengeance (1970)
Vengeance (1970)
95
A Touch of Zen (1971)
A Touch of Zen (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
96
Dirty Harry (1971)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
97
Five Fingers of Death (1972)
Five Fingers of Death (1972)
98
Fist of Fury (1972)
Fist of Fury (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
99
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
100
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
101
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   43%
102
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
103
Sholay (1975)
Sholay (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
104
Deewar (1975)
Deewar (1975)
105
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
106
The Man on the Roof (1976)
The Man on the Roof (1976)
107
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Rolling Thunder (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
108
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
109
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
110
The Driver (1978)
The Driver (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
111
Dirty Ho (1979)
Dirty Ho (1979)
112
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
113
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Shogun Assassin (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
114
Kagemusha (1980)
Kagemusha (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
115
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
116
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
117
48 Hrs. (1982)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
118
First Blood (1982)
First Blood (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
119
Duel to the Death (1983)
Duel to the Death (1983)
120
Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain (1983)
Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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