Action Cinema
Beyond brains (and soul), we love a film that delivers a sucker punch to the guts via stunningly delivered thrills.
By Hemanth Kissoon
Adrenaline, bravura exhilaration, the best action movies:
By Hemanth Kissoon
Adrenaline, bravura exhilaration, the best action movies:
Cars:
Cop Car
Death Race 2000
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Drive
Gone in 60 Seconds [1974]
Fast and the Furious 5
Fast & Furious 6
Furiosa
Lost Bullet 1 & 2
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Redline
Ronin
Speed Racer
Trespass Against Us
Vanishing Point
Chase:
'71
26 Years
Casino Royale
Deliver Us from Evil
Essential Killing
Good Time
Gravity
Hunt for the Red October
I Saw the Devil
Jawan
License to Kill
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Point Break [1991]
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Run Lola Run
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Chaser
The Day of the Jackal
The Decline
The Grey
The Robber
The Train
The Warriors
The Yellow Sea
Fantasy:
Baahubali 2
Blade
Conan the Barbarian [1982]
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Historical:
Apocalypto
Gladiator
The Last of the Mohicans
The General [1926]
Troy
Martial Arts and Fisticuffs:
A Bittersweet Life
AKA
Atomic Blonde
Ballerina
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Carter
Chocolate
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Day Shift
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
District 13
Dragon Lord
Enter the Dragon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Furies
Haywire
Headshot
Hell Dogs in the House of Bamboo
JCVD
John Wick 1 - 4
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Killer
Kung Fu Panda
Magnificent Warriors
Man of Tai Chi
Mr. Vampire
Police Story 1 and 2
Polite Society
Project A
Project A II
Raging Fire
Re:Born
Return to the 36th Chamber
Road House [2024]
Safe
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sixty Minutes
SPL2: A Time for Consequences
Thallumaala
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Big 4
The Bourne trilogy
The City of Violence
The Fable
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill
The Fearless Hyena
The Flying Guillotine
The Green Hornet
The Man From Hong Kong
The Man from Nowhere
The Matrix
The One Armed Swordsman
The Paper Tigers
The Raid
The Raid 2
The Young Master
Thunivu
Unleashed
Warrior
Wheels on Meals
Sci-fi:
Aliens
Boss Level
Chrysalis
Demolition Man
Gantz: O
Jupiter's Moon
Looper
Predator
Prey
RoboCop
Rogue One
Snowpiercer
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness
Starship Troopers
Tenet
Terminator 2
The Avengers
The Dark Knight
The Incredibles
The Suicide Squad
Total Recall [1990]
X-Men 2
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Watchmen
Shoot-'em Ups:
Athena
Bad Black
Bad Boys 2
Battle Royale
Blood & Gold
Cliffhanger
Cold Eyes
Collateral
Con Air
Crazy World
Die Hard
Face/Off
First Blood
Grosse Point Blank
Hard Boiled
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Kingsman
Largo Winch: The Burma Conspiracy
Last Action Hero
Nobody
Red 2
The Accountant
The Good the Bad the Weird
The Hunt
The Lone Ranger
The Losers
The Nest
Time to Hunt
Who Killed Captain Alex?
Swordplay:
13 Assassins
Hero [2002]
Kill Bill vol.1
Killer Constable
Kingdom [2019]
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Rurouni Kenshin [quintet]
Samurai Marathon
Seven Samurai
Shadow
Sword Master
The King’s Man
The One-Armed Swordsman
The Three and Four Musketeers [1973 & 1974]
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan
Zatoichi [2003]
Cop Car
Death Race 2000
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Drive
Gone in 60 Seconds [1974]
Fast and the Furious 5
Fast & Furious 6
Furiosa
Lost Bullet 1 & 2
Mad Max 2
Mad Max: Fury Road
Redline
Ronin
Speed Racer
Trespass Against Us
Vanishing Point
Chase:
'71
26 Years
Casino Royale
Deliver Us from Evil
Essential Killing
Good Time
Gravity
Hunt for the Red October
I Saw the Devil
Jawan
License to Kill
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Point Break [1991]
Ruben Brandt, Collector
Run Lola Run
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Chaser
The Day of the Jackal
The Decline
The Grey
The Robber
The Train
The Warriors
The Yellow Sea
Fantasy:
Baahubali 2
Blade
Conan the Barbarian [1982]
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Historical:
Apocalypto
Gladiator
The Last of the Mohicans
The General [1926]
Troy
Martial Arts and Fisticuffs:
A Bittersweet Life
AKA
Atomic Blonde
Ballerina
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Carter
Chocolate
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Day Shift
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
District 13
Dragon Lord
Enter the Dragon
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Furies
Haywire
Headshot
Hell Dogs in the House of Bamboo
JCVD
John Wick 1 - 4
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Killer
Kung Fu Panda
Magnificent Warriors
Man of Tai Chi
Mr. Vampire
Police Story 1 and 2
Polite Society
Project A
Project A II
Raging Fire
Re:Born
Return to the 36th Chamber
Road House [2024]
Safe
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Sixty Minutes
SPL2: A Time for Consequences
Thallumaala
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
The Big 4
The Bourne trilogy
The City of Violence
The Fable
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill
The Fearless Hyena
The Flying Guillotine
The Green Hornet
The Man From Hong Kong
The Man from Nowhere
The Matrix
The One Armed Swordsman
The Paper Tigers
The Raid
The Raid 2
The Young Master
Thunivu
Unleashed
Warrior
Wheels on Meals
Sci-fi:
Aliens
Boss Level
Chrysalis
Demolition Man
Gantz: O
Jupiter's Moon
Looper
Predator
Prey
RoboCop
Rogue One
Snowpiercer
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness
Starship Troopers
Tenet
Terminator 2
The Avengers
The Dark Knight
The Incredibles
The Suicide Squad
Total Recall [1990]
X-Men 2
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Watchmen
Shoot-'em Ups:
Athena
Bad Black
Bad Boys 2
Battle Royale
Blood & Gold
Cliffhanger
Cold Eyes
Collateral
Con Air
Crazy World
Die Hard
Face/Off
First Blood
Grosse Point Blank
Hard Boiled
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Kingsman
Largo Winch: The Burma Conspiracy
Last Action Hero
Nobody
Red 2
The Accountant
The Good the Bad the Weird
The Hunt
The Lone Ranger
The Losers
The Nest
Time to Hunt
Who Killed Captain Alex?
Swordplay:
13 Assassins
Hero [2002]
Kill Bill vol.1
Killer Constable
Kingdom [2019]
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
Rurouni Kenshin [quintet]
Samurai Marathon
Seven Samurai
Shadow
Sword Master
The King’s Man
The One-Armed Swordsman
The Three and Four Musketeers [1973 & 1974]
The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan
Zatoichi [2003]